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Prawal
Goyal
CFO
Hays Electrical Services
Prawal Goyal is a finance and accounting executive known for leading organizations through complexity, growth, and transformation. With experience spanning public companies, private equity portfolios, startups, and advisory roles, he has built and repositioned businesses across banking, oil and gas, energy, healthcare, and manufacturing. Currently serving as CFO at Hays Electrical Services, Prawal has also held CFO and board-level roles at TechTrans International and other multi-entity platforms, where he oversaw global portfolios exceeding $2 billion and led initiatives generating more than $50 million in savings. His expertise includes IPO readiness, M&A, corporate finance, capital markets, cost transformation, restructuring, and investor relations. Earlier in his career, he led strategy and finance operations within Berkshire Hathaway’s energy platform and advised clients through complex finance and technology transformations. Prawal is recognized for strengthening free cash flow, optimizing CapEx and OpEx, managing risk with disciplined innovation, and aligning financial strategy with long-term value creation.
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26 February 2026 09:15 - 09:45
The finance function of the next era: Designing teams, tech, and workflows for today and tomorrow
With more than 70% of CFOs saying operational workload limits their ability to focus on strategy (Deloitte), finance teams are under pressure to move faster without letting standards slip. Most CFOs agree the operating model needs to change, but fewer feel it works cleanly in practice. This session explores the tough decisions behind modern finance operating models: what to centralize, what to embed closer to the business, and where automation truly helps versus where it quietly adds work. Expect a candid discussion about trade-offs, false efficiencies, and changes that genuinely create capacity for planning, partnering, and growth leadership. Key takeaways: - Which operating model choices actually remove bottlenecks - Guardrails that reduce dependence on finance leaders while protecting accuracy and compliance - Where automation delivers time back, and where human judgment remains essential