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As CFO Perry Wiggins recounts the different door-opening opportunities that allowed him to advance to the CFO office, APQC\u2019s finance leader doesn\u2019t hesitate to expose the seldom-mentioned sensation that frequently accompanies new responsibility\u2013the feeling of being overwhelmed. According to Wiggins, the sense of being overwhelmed by new responsibilities is an experience that finance career-builders should at times relish because it signals they are being given \u201croom to grow.\u201d

\u201cThere\u2019s an expression\u2013\u2018Luck is where preparation and opportunity meet.\u2019 I was prepared when an opportunity came along inside a healthcare company, and that opportunity just opened so many others for me,\u201d says Wiggins, who credits an early mentor for sharpening his career focus and directing him down an accounting track that he routinely widened as he took on different finance roles.\xa0\u2013Jack Sweeney