306 - Breaking Down the HR-Finance Gap: Nir Leibovich (Intuit QuickBooks Workforce)
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What is Nir Leibovich’s entrepreneurial journey and how did it lead to QuickBooks Workforce?
Historically, I think where it breaks the most is when finance is focused on the financial data, like you know, the revenue lines, the expense lines, et cetera, and they see the people as an asset. That is an expense, right? Meanwhile, HR, right, sees the people for the people and how to help them and wants to help them thrive, but the two are not actually marrying those things together. And I think uh oftentimes it's because they're not looking at the same dashboards. They're not talking about it from both sides in the same conversation. I'm super excited about sort of the next phase of like where we're seeing things go. Um And that is being able to like you know, leverage all the day in one place, um, but in a way that helps us just become better.
people manager better HR you know uh practitioners and and that's about bringing value back to the people themselves, right?
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Nir, welcome to the podcast. I feel like this has been a long time coming. Excited to have you on the book.
Thank you for having me. Appreciate it.
And Steven, you said you knew you've met Near before like years ago? We
Have met here, you may remember, but I am a former founder. I ran an engagement survey company called Workify, also based in Texas. So I feel like there are not a lot of us. There's more and more than you would think, HR Tech startups from Texas. But you know, we briefly had some conversations around partnering and that sort of thing. And so it is cool to see a someone from that segment of my life and career now in this new one. It's gonna be a lot of fun chatting, catching up. Absolutely.
And I you and your name definitely came up when I saw and I kind of went back to my old Gmail and put it in. I was like, Oh yeah, we we had a little introduction, I remember and I think I also got a glimpse of of your Series A deck at some point through R V C so yeah, it's it's fun. Blast from the past and uh glad we can reconnect under these terms.
Yeah, this is gonna be like part like HR conversation, part like where is the market going, but it it's also probably gonna feel a little bit like an operator to operator conversation as well. So we're super excited and we have a lot to cover. So I'm gonna just like get us right into the groove. We start every episode with the same tradition. We call it good news story. It's a way to kick things off with a little positivity, just something work. And we prefer for our guests.
Okay first. Let's see. I'll do like a work and a personal. So like on the work side, I mean I'm just elated, like super excited that we just launched the new QuickBooks workforce. It's a big sentimental like moment for me in my life, uh as far as like, you know, full circle spending the last decade building Goco, then getting acquired and then seeing all the incredible features that the hardworking team at Goko had spent a decade building now going live inside of, you know, the largest SMB platform in the world. So been been uh Just kinda surreal and been awesome. So that's on the work side. And then on the personal side, I've got two daughters, one in middle school, one in high school, and school sessions just ended.
They're off to uh their summer break. And I don't know, I'm just having a proud dad moment, reflecting on the incredible young ladies that they've become. I wish I could take credit for it, but I think it's all on their own. And just seeing I think myself as an entrepreneur, like seeing their own grit and focus and hard work that they poured into the school year just kind of pay off uh for them and the pride that they have in that. So I don't know, just a real moment of realization that they're all grown up. So those are mine.
I'll keep it going on the kids' growing up threads. So my daughter turned a year like a week and a half ago and she started daycare this week.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is Nir Leibovich’s entrepreneurial journey and how did it lead to QuickBooks Workforce?
0:00–5:38
2
Why do HR and finance teams operate in silos and what problems does this create?
5:38–10:55
3
How can HR understand the business to better support people and drive growth?
10:55–17:44
4
What are the benefits of unified HR‑finance systems for real‑time decision making?
17:44–24:56
5
How does the construction‑industry example illustrate the power of integrated workforce data?
24:56–31:12
6
In what ways does AI leverage unified data to deliver smarter business recommendations?
31:12–37:51
7
What are the biggest barriers to AI adoption in HR and how can trust be built?
37:51–44:47
8
What practical steps can leaders take today to close the HR‑finance gap and focus on people?
44:47–48:56
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