Craig Conti on career advice
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“When you're looking at the new role, the first things people think about are location, salary, what it does for my career — but if you overindex on culture, that's always going to be your best pitch.”
On , Craig Conti, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer at VERRA MOBILITY CORP, spoke about career advice during Want a job that doesn’t drain your soul? on Run the Numbers with CJ Gustafson.
About Craig Conti
Craig Conti, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Verra Mobility, has shared advice on career decisions and discussed his approach to leadership and financial management. In a 2025 appearance, Conti stated that when considering a new role, candidates should "overindex on culture" as the most important factor, arguing that working at a place with shared values makes it "really hard for you to have a bad experience." He added that "the job will solve itself if the culture is there and a part of that culture shows up to you as trust." In earlier 2023 interviews, Conti recounted a difficult experience from his time at GE Capital, where he discovered a "material issue on the balance sheet" that attracted attention from headquarters and the SEC. He described choosing to "raise the issue, be a very unpopular person, and push it through," calling it a "defining moment" that taught him to "put the numbers aside sometimes" and follow his moral judgment. Conti also outlined his philosophy for FP&A teams, saying he wants them to "educate the operational and commercial leaders of the business what a return on capital actually looks like" and to explain why certain investments are better for the company and its customers, rather than acting as a "wizard behind the curtain" making decisions alone.