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Oana Labes, MBA, CPA

Oana Labes is a Strategic Finance Expert and Top Linkedin Finance Influencer with over 20 years of experience in corporate finance, business growth planning and financial advisory. She has over 130 million views on her Linkedin posts and a worldwide audience of 400,000 readers. Oana is also the founder and president of Financiario, a fully managed FP&A solution providing automated strategic financial planning for small and medium-sized enterprises with revenues up to $200 million.

The Finance Gem 💎 #126: The 6 Step Framework to Earn Board Approval and Respect

Feb 2, 2026

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11 min read

The Finance Gem 💎 #126: The 6 Step Framework to Earn Board Approval and Respect

Oana Labes, MBA, CPA
Oana Labes, MBA, CPA
The Finance Gem 💎 #125: The CEO Shift From Reporting to Engineering Cash Flows

Jan 26, 2026

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The Finance Gem 💎 #125: The CEO Shift From Reporting to Engineering Cash Flows

Oana Labes, MBA, CPA
Oana Labes, MBA, CPA

CFO

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The Finance Gem 💎 #124: The 7-Part Finance Framework Every CEO Should Run

Jan 19, 2026

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The Finance Gem 💎 #124: The 7-Part Finance Framework Every CEO Should Run

Oana Labes, MBA, CPA
Oana Labes, MBA, CPA

Working Capital

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The Finance Gem 💎 #123: How to Engineer Cash Flow (You're Invited)

Jan 12, 2026

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10 min read

The Finance Gem 💎 #123: How to Engineer Cash Flow (You're Invited)

Oana Labes, MBA, CPA
Oana Labes, MBA, CPA
The Finance Gem 💎 #122: How Your Budgets and EBITDA Are Quietly Undermining Your Strategy

Dec 22, 2025

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The Finance Gem 💎 #122: How Your Budgets and EBITDA Are Quietly Undermining Your Strategy

Oana Labes, MBA, CPA
Oana Labes, MBA, CPA
The Finance Gem 💎 #121: The Financial Decisions That Define Your 2026 + Launch of CEO Program 2026

Dec 15, 2025

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11 min read

The Finance Gem 💎 #121: The Financial Decisions That Define Your 2026 + Launch of CEO Program 2026

Oana Labes, MBA, CPA
Oana Labes, MBA, CPA

Financial Intelligence

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The Finance Gem 💎 #120: The Four Levels of Financial Intelligence That  Determine Whether Your Company Can Scale

Dec 9, 2025

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The Finance Gem 💎 #120: The Four Levels of Financial Intelligence That Determine Whether Your Company Can Scale

Oana Labes, MBA, CPA
Oana Labes, MBA, CPA

Cash Flow

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The Finance Gem 💎 #119: How to Accelerate your Financial Intelligence (and why you should do it)

Nov 23, 2025

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8 min read

The Finance Gem 💎 #119: How to Accelerate your Financial Intelligence (and why you should do it)

Oana Labes, MBA, CPA
Oana Labes, MBA, CPA

KPI

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The Finance Gem 💎 #118: Your Finance Metrics Are Misleading You Into Making Bad Decisions

Nov 17, 2025

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8 min read

The Finance Gem 💎 #118: Your Finance Metrics Are Misleading You Into Making Bad Decisions

Oana Labes, MBA, CPA
Oana Labes, MBA, CPA
The Finance Gem 💎 #117: If You Can’t Speak Finance You Can’t Lead

Nov 10, 2025

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The Finance Gem 💎 #117: If You Can’t Speak Finance You Can’t Lead

Oana Labes, MBA, CPA
Oana Labes, MBA, CPA
The Finance Gem 💎 #116: How Top CEOs Engineer Value Through Cash Flow

Nov 3, 2025

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10 min read

The Finance Gem 💎 #116: How Top CEOs Engineer Value Through Cash Flow

Oana Labes, MBA, CPA
Oana Labes, MBA, CPA
The Finance Gem 💎 #115: Profit Is the Narrative. Cash Flow Is the Evidence.

Oct 27, 2025

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The Finance Gem 💎 #115: Profit Is the Narrative. Cash Flow Is the Evidence.

Oana Labes, MBA, CPA
Oana Labes, MBA, CPA
The Finance Gem 💎 #114: Cash Isn’t King. Cash Flow Is.

Oct 20, 2025

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9 min read

The Finance Gem 💎 #114: Cash Isn’t King. Cash Flow Is.

Oana Labes, MBA, CPA
Oana Labes, MBA, CPA
The Finance Gem 💎 #113: The KPI Traps CEOs and CFOs Miss

Oct 13, 2025

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The Finance Gem 💎 #113: The KPI Traps CEOs and CFOs Miss

Oana Labes, MBA, CPA
Oana Labes, MBA, CPA
The Finance Gem 💎 #112: Your CEOs 100 Financial Blind Spots

Oct 6, 2025

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9 min read

The Finance Gem 💎 #112: Your CEOs 100 Financial Blind Spots

Oana Labes, MBA, CPA
Oana Labes, MBA, CPA
The Finance Gem 💎 #111: How CEOs and CFOs Build or Destroy Enterprise Valuations

Sep 29, 2025

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8 min read

The Finance Gem 💎 #111: How CEOs and CFOs Build or Destroy Enterprise Valuations

Oana Labes, MBA, CPA
Oana Labes, MBA, CPA
The Finance Gem 💎 #110: Meet EBITDA's Big Sister

Sep 22, 2025

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The Finance Gem 💎 #110: Meet EBITDA's Big Sister

Oana Labes, MBA, CPA
Oana Labes, MBA, CPA
The Finance Gem 💎 #109: The 3 CEO Gaps and How to Trust the CFOs Numbers

Sep 15, 2025

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The Finance Gem 💎 #109: The 3 CEO Gaps and How to Trust the CFOs Numbers

Oana Labes, MBA, CPA
Oana Labes, MBA, CPA
The Finance Gem 💎 #108: Profit, EBITDA and the Ilusion of Performance

Sep 6, 2025

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2 min read

The Finance Gem 💎 #108: Profit, EBITDA and the Ilusion of Performance

Oana Labes, MBA, CPA
Oana Labes, MBA, CPA
The Finance Gem 💎 #107: EBITDA Doesn’t Pay Bills. Cash Flow Does

Aug 30, 2025

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2 min read

The Finance Gem 💎 #107: EBITDA Doesn’t Pay Bills. Cash Flow Does

Oana Labes, MBA, CPA
Oana Labes, MBA, CPA

CFO

+7

The Finance Gem 💎 #106: How to Fix The #1 Funding Mistake CEOs & CFOs Make

Aug 23, 2025

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The Finance Gem 💎 #106: How to Fix The #1 Funding Mistake CEOs & CFOs Make

Oana Labes, MBA, CPA
Oana Labes, MBA, CPA
The Finance Gem 💎 #105: 10 Mistakes Destroying Your Company Value

Aug 16, 2025

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2 min read

The Finance Gem 💎 #105: 10 Mistakes Destroying Your Company Value

Oana Labes, MBA, CPA
Oana Labes, MBA, CPA
The Finance Gem 💎 #104: How Budgets aren't Strategy and EBITDA isn't Cash

Aug 9, 2025

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The Finance Gem 💎 #104: How Budgets aren't Strategy and EBITDA isn't Cash

Oana Labes, MBA, CPA
Jakub
Oana Labes, MBA, CPA, +1
The Finance Gem 💎 #103: Is Your CFO Office Driving Strategy—Or Just Reporting on It?

Aug 2, 2025

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2 min read

The Finance Gem 💎 #103: Is Your CFO Office Driving Strategy—Or Just Reporting on It?

Oana Labes, MBA, CPA
Jakub
Oana Labes, MBA, CPA, +1

Finance Skills

The Finance Gem 💎 #102: The 5  Financial Skills Every CEO Needs to Master

Jul 26, 2025

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2 min read

The Finance Gem 💎 #102: The 5 Financial Skills Every CEO Needs to Master

Oana Labes, MBA, CPA
Jakub
Oana Labes, MBA, CPA, +1
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