
Digital Money Meltdown
The company's experimental blockchain-based payroll system has catastrophically failed at 11:47 PM. As Head of Financial Operations, you have exactly 13 minutes to prevent 2,300 employees from waking up to empty bank accounts. The company's tyrannical CFO is demanding immediate answers, while the dev team is suspiciously unresponsive.
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Survivors
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Popularity
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Difficulty
B1-B2
Scenario Overview
Your Role
Head of Financial Operations
Conversation Partner
Marcus Sterling, Chief Financial Officer
Setting
Emergency conference call from your home office. Multiple screens displaying cascading error messages, flashing red indicators, and plummeting crypto charts cast an ominous glow.
Location
Remote/Virtual (Home Office)
Learning Objectives
Locate and activate the backup traditional payment system without alerting employees
Negotiate terms with CFO to share/deflect blame
Create a plausible technical explanation for the board meeting
About This Scenario
The company's experimental blockchain-based payroll system has catastrophically failed at 11:47 PM. As Head of Financial Operations, you have exactly 13 minutes to prevent 2,300 employees from waking up to empty bank accounts. The company's tyrannical CFO is demanding immediate answers, while the dev team is suspiciously unresponsive.
How It Starts
“Where the HELL is my emergency report? The blockchain's completely frozen, and Reuters is already asking questions. You've got exactly 13 minutes to fix this before the Asian markets open. Start talking.”
This is how Marcus Sterling, Chief Financial Officer's greeting will start.
Practice Details
Scenario ID
#324
Category
General
Location Tag
Remote/Virtual (Home Office)
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