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“Finance is there to calculate and pay our bonuses and taxes,” a member of the leadership team told me when I started my career at Microsoft. Yet there I was, showing up to a sales meeting uninvited. “And distribute luncheon vouchers on time,” another ex-colleague added, humorously. Meanwhile, my actual responsibility as CFO wasn’t just numbers; it was about business impact and strategic…