Yes, I am usually in the Finance Department.
I fit right in!
I’ve led Product Management, Business Analysts, Ops, SOX, Training, Op Risk Incident Management, InfoSec, Events, PMO, and even dragon boat teams while in Finance Cost Centers.
Yes, I was a little different than my colleagues.
No, that was not a problem at all.
I was fully a part of my organization while completely focused on responsibilities that were very different than my Finance colleagues.
(And to be clear: Finance folks are NOT sheep. It’s just an analogy. Look at that cute little sheep hat!