OpenAI CFO: Not knowing AI tools like Codex is now a dealbreaker for finance hires
- Jun 7
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FORTUNE — Speaking at the Liquidity Summit 2026 this week, Friar said the way OpenAI evaluates talent is changing alongside the technology it builds.
“I would never hire a finance person who didn’t know how to use Excel, and I probably wouldn’t hire a finance person today that doesn’t know how to use a tool like Codex,” she said.
Codex is the company’s AI coding agent for automating software and technical tasks through natural-language prompts. Knowledge workers now represent about 20% of Codex users and are growing more than three times as fast as other user groups, according to OpenAI’s new report.
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