1175: Inside the C-Suite: Where Judgment Outranks Data | Amy Wang, CFO, Procurify

1175: Inside the C-Suite: Where Judgment Outranks Data | Amy Wang, CFO, Procurify

From CFO THOUGHT LEADER by The Future of Finance is Listening

April 1, 2026 · 53 min

About this episode

Amy Wang, CFO of Procurify, discusses the importance of trusting one's judgment over data in leadership roles.

Late one night in Calgary, Amy Wang was running final checks on a billion-dollar transaction when something didn’t sit right. “My immediate instinct…was to dismiss it,” she tells us. After all, multiple teams and advisors had already vetted the deal. But she couldn’t let it go. Instead, she challenged the work—carefully, respectfully—and was right. The correction prevented more than a million dollars from being misallocated. That moment became a defining inflection point. It reshaped how Wang viewed leadership—not as deference to expertise, but as the willingness to trust one’s own judgment. Titles and credentials, she tells us, may signal experience, but they don’t guarantee accuracy. Her path to CFO may appear traditional—beginning in audit and progressing through finance roles—but Wang emphasizes that the real education came from moments like this. Early in her career, she believed success meant mastering the numbers. But during Solium’s acquisition by Morgan Stanley, she saw that “everyone can read a spreadsheet,” she tells us. What truly moved the deal forward was the ability to articulate a compelling narrative behind those numbers. Today, as CFO, Wang carries both lessons…

People in this episode

Guest: Amy Wang

Topics covered

  • leadership
  • judgment
  • finance
  • CFO
  • decision making
  • AI

Keywords

  • CFO
  • leadership
  • judgment
  • finance
  • decision making
  • data
  • AI

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Procurify, Morgan Stanley

Places: Calgary

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