Dell CFO Shakeup: Finance Sales Trigger

🚀 Battle Card

🚀 Battle Card: Dell Technologies

• David Kennedy, Interim Chief Financial Officer · 🔗 LinkedIn

• This Dell Technologies sales trigger underscores the need to fill finance leadership gaps as the company scales its AI offerings → Source

• Maintaining seamless financial reporting and compliance during leadership transition

• Stabilizing investor relations and guidance accuracy amid CFO change

• Primary: Financial Forecasting Automation → ensures real-time visibility and error-free reporting during transition

• Expansion: AI-Driven Analytics Platform → proactive insights for AI-era growth strategies

• HQ: Round Rock, TX

• Employees: ≈ 165,000

• Rev: ≈ $100 B

• Website: https://www.dell.com/

🤼 Competitive Intel

• Oracle — ERP / Financials
• Unique edge: Comprehensive on-prem & cloud suite
• Evaluated by CFO & VP Finance for breadth of modules

• Workday — Cloud Finance Management
• Unique edge: Unified HCM & finance in cloud
• Evaluated by CHRO & CFO for user experience

• BlackLine — Account Close Automation
• Unique edge: Specialized close & reconciliation
• Evaluated by Finance Ops for speed and control

• Anaplan — Connected Planning
• Unique edge: Real-time scenario modeling
• Evaluated by FP&A leads for agility

• SAP — ERP / Financials
• Unique edge: Global support & scalability
• Evaluated by IT & CFO for integration depth

✅ Do-Now Checklist

Next Step

🧠 Copy My Prompt for Personalized Cold Outreach

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✏️ YOUR COMPANY
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OUR_COMPANY   = ❑❑
OFFER_BRIEF   = ❑❑
PROOF_METRIC  = ❑❑
CTA_STYLE     = ❑quick_call❑
TONE          = ❑friendly❑

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📌 TARGET COMPANY
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NAME        = David
COMPANY     = Dell Technologies
DEPT        = Finance
SIZE        = ≈200
BOTTLENECK  = leadership transition
EVENT       = CFO Transition
DETAIL      = CFO Transition effective Sept 9
PAIN        = maintaining seamless financial reporting during leadership change
SRC         = http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=ftfLlWd9aZbF2NXfwppam3Bd664=&newsLang=en&newsId=20250908467929&div=41152219
SIM_CO      = HP Inc.
WIN_METRIC  = 25% faster close
NEXT_SIZE   = ≈500
EMP_EST     = ≈165,000
REV_EST     = ≈$100B

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TASK FOR CHATGPT
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Role: “NewsletterForLeads SDR-Assist”.

Validate any ≈ guesses via SRC.

EMAIL  (keep breaks):
Subject: ≈200-person Finance

David—noticed your Finance team is ≈200.

That’s when leadership transition slows growth.

We helped HP Inc. fix this with ❑❑.

Result: 25% faster close.  
Quick call?

PS—next bottleneck hits ≈500.

DM ≤45 words, TONE:
Saw your post about CFO Transition effective Sept 9 — maintaining seamless financial reporting during leadership change.  
❑❑. ❑❑.  
Quick chat?