A 30-minute conversation between two technology leaders who have seen finance transformation from the inside.
Jiří Maňas
Sales says EBITDA is up 5%. Finance says down 3%. Operations says flat.The role of finance leaders is evolving. Modern CFOs aren't just reporting numbers—they're answering the "why" behind them. Why is revenue down? Why did margin compress? What's driving customer churn?To lead is to understand. And to understand, finance must own the definitions.When IT or BI teams control what "EBITDA" or "Customer Lifetime Value" actually means, finance loses the ability to connect financial and non-financial data. You can't answer "Why is margin down?" if you don't control how margin is defined, calculated, and validated.We know this isn't easy. That's exactly why we're showing you a proven approach: how to start, what to avoid, and real examples from a finance team that built a 380-metric catalog from scratch.This session is especially valuable for CFOs or Finance Directors who:Manage multiple entities or subsidiariesAre preparing for AI/automation but need to get your foundation right firstKeep hearing "we need a single source of truth" but haven't made it happenSpend more time explaining variances than analyzing what drives themIn 30 minutes✓ Why finance should own metric definitions (not IT)✓ 3 practical approaches: from a spreadsheet and BI tool to fully automated platform✓ Live demo: Practical showcase from a customer who manages 380 metrics with automated validation
Exclusive Conversation: Vineta Bajaj, CFO of Holland & Barrett, Shares Her Blueprint for Finance TransformationStop Being a Data Janitor. Start Being a Strategic Leader.If you're a CFO spending more time explaining data discrepancies than driving business strategy, you're not alone. But it doesn't have to be this way.In this candid conversation, Vineta Bajaj (CFO of Holland & Barrett and former Rohlik Group executive) reveals how she transformed her finance function from firefighting mode to strategic powerhouse. Speaking with Keboola CEO Pavel Doležal, Vineta shares the hard-won lessons from her journey implementing modern data infrastructure across complex, multi-entity organizations.
Creditinfo unified 9 data sources, automated core reporting, and achieved a 25% productivity boost - without a multi-year rebuild. In 30 minutes, Satrajit Saha (Global CEO, Creditinfo) and Jiří Maňas (COO, Keboola) break down how they started: integrate ERP to Excel into one governed foundation, standardize metric definitions, and automate financial reporting with audit-ready traceability.
Modern finance needs more than faster closes - it needs intelligence.In 30 minutes, we’ll show how finance teams build a Financial Data Backbone: extract from accounting systems, land a core finance layer (P&L, Balance Sheet) in one governed place, add a Business Glossary, and publish certified datasets to your BI tools with audit-ready traceability.What you’ll seeCut close cycles (target up to 60%) and reduce manual work with scheduled pipelinesEnd spreadsheet chaos with governed, consistent financial logicGive FP&A real-time, drillable insights - from journal detail to exec dashboards
Data Day is one of the leading conferences in Central Europe focused on modern data engineering, analytics, and AI. Each year, it brings together data practitioners, technology leaders, and innovators to explore the latest trends shaping the data landscape.At this year’s event, Keboola’s David Esner will deliver a keynote session showcasing how Keboola is redefining data operations with integrated AI capabilities. His talk will highlight real product examples, practical use cases, and the ways AI is accelerating data engineering workflows—from automated pipeline generation to intelligent monitoring, enrichment, and governance.Attendees can expect actionable insights, demonstrations of how AI is transforming the Keboola platform, and a forward-looking perspective on how data teams can leverage automation to dramatically increase efficiency and innovation.Whether you're a data engineer, analyst, leader, or AI enthusiast, Data Day offers a unique opportunity to learn, connect, and discover how the next generation of data and AI tools can elevate your work.
REDEFINING THE CFO: Strategy Beyond the Balance Sheet! CFO Forum Europe brings together C-level executives who exchange knowledge, visions, and talk about the latest trends in different industries.https://cfoforumeurope.com/
Stepan Pittauer
Big Data LDN is the UK's leading Data, Analytics and AI conference and exhibition. The 2 day event is a hub for the Data Community to learn and share best practice, build relationships and find the tools needed to develop an effective data-driven business. Join Keboola, Platinum Sponsor of Big Data LDN, at booth L40.
What if you could stream up to 140,000 records per second, with 200ms latency, and go live in just minutes - no infrastructure, no custom extractors?In this 30-minute technical session, we’ll show you how to set up flexible, real-time data ingestion pipelines that connect your apps, APIs, and internal tools directly to your warehouse.You’ll learn how to:Push JSON data from any source using a secure streaming endpointCustom schema setupTrigger downstream workflows the moment new data arrivesScale without complexity - whether it’s 100 events or 100 million
Still using spreadsheets to track landed costs? Still guessing how new tariffs will hit your margins?If you had all your product, cost, and tariff data in one place... Could you model what happens when import duties change next quarter?Could you see which SKUs will hurt your margin - before they land in your warehouse?This 30-minute live session is here to show you that yes - you can.We’ll walk through how to build a real-time tariff forecasting model using a platform designed for people who know their business, even if they’re not full-time engineers.You’ll learn how to:Combine your product, sales, and tariff dataCalculate landed cost and margin impact by SKUSimulate “what-if” tariff scenariosYou’ll leave knowing not just what’s possible, but what you could actually build for yourself.
Steven Johnson
For data leaders juggling scattered sources and mounting KPI pressure, this session shows how to unify your sales, product, and customer data - fast.Join us for a live demo of a real analytics dashboard built in Keboola, integrating Shopify, GA4, PostgreSQL, and MySQL. You’ll see how to:Track sales performanceCompare revenue across online and offline channelsSurface your most profitable products and brandsIdentify patterns by day and channelFilter and drill down with interactive visualizations
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Looking for a CDC solution that’s fast, reliable, and doesn’t crush your engineering time - or your database?In this 45-minute session, Keboola’s Field CTO Vojta Tuma, shows how our managed CDC service replicates millions of rows in near real time, while handling schema changes, deletes, and log-based sync for MySQL or PostgreSQL (available also for MariaDB, MongoDB, Oracle, Casandra and others).You’ll learn how to:Set up CDC with zero custom codeCapture inserts, updates, and deletes automaticallyHandle schema evolution without breaking pipelinesSync 1 million+ rows per minute, every 5 minutesFilter, mask, or exclude sensitive data (e.g., PII)Understand pricingWatch the full demo, including setup walkthrough and best practices.For Heads of Data, Lead Data Engineers, BI Architects, Platform Owners, Analytics Leaders, and anyone managing real-time pipelines.
Vojta Tuma
Michal Hruska
Pavel Dolezal
Satrajit SahaStepan Pittauer
David Esner
Anya Khanzhina
