The Diary of a CFO

Wassia Kamon, CPA, CMA, MBA

If you're currently a CFO or on the path to become one, this podcast is for you. The Diary of a CFO takes you behind the scenes of modern finance leadership through honest conversations about how real finance leaders build their careers, make tough decisions, and carry the weight of the CFO role. Hosted by award-winning CFO Wassia Kamon, each episode covers what it actually takes to lead finance teams, work with CEOs and boards, navigate capital decisions, and grow without burning out. To suggest topics, email ask@thediaryofacfo.com. To become a guest or sponsor, visit thediaryofacfo.com.

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The Diary of a CFO

Episodes (68)

Thursday How Operations Experience Makes You a Better CFO, with Donna Cohen, CFO of CarMax Auto Finance (Live in Atlanta)
Jul 24th How to Evaluate a CFO Role in Private Equity Before You Say Yes - Chris Voudouris, 3x PE CFO
Jul 9th From Big 4 Auditor to CFO: How to Make People Want to Work With You in Finance - James White (Live in Atlanta)

The Diary of a CFO

Aug 6, 2026
35½ minutes
32 MB

She spent her entire career in accounting and finance. Public accounting, FP&A, financial reporting, corporate accounting. Then she made a move nobody expected. She went into operations. And when she came back to finance as a CFO, everything was different. In this episode, I sit down in person with Donna Cohen, Chief Financial Officer at CarMax Auto Finance. Donna has been at CarMax for almost 14 years and is a board-ready qualified financial expert with deep expertise in M&A, spinoffs, restructurings, and automation initiatives. We talk about what operations taught...

The Diary of a CFO

How Operations Experience Makes You a Better CFO, with Donna Cohen, CFO of CarMax Auto Finance (Live in Atlanta)

Wassia Kamon, CPA, CMA, MBA

00:00 -34:30