How Brex Built and Scaled Their Accounting and Financial Operations #028

In episode #28 of Fintech Underground, our CEO Yoshi speaks with Erik Zhou, Chief Accounting Officer and SVP of Finance and Accounting at Brex about the following topics: 1:00 - How Erik transitioned from auditing at PwC to the world of startups, including implementing new processes and overcoming challenges. 4:00 - Building an internal account team compared to the process of being an auditor. 9:00 - How internal accounting and financial processes scaled during Brex’s growth from 70 to 1,200 employees. 22:00 - Why Brex built a broker-dealer entity within their business. 37:00 - How Brex is working to position itself as the go-to commercial financial services provider for now and the future, and his role in getting there. 44:00 - The pros and cons of remote work in a scaling company. 51:00 - What is the one undervalued opportunity you see in fintech? Thank you for listening to Alpaca Market’s latest episode of Fintech Underground. You can find the full transcript here: https://alpaca.markets/learn/how-brex-built-and-scaled-their-accounting-and-financial-operations-028