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FP&A Today

FP&A Today is the podcast for Financial Planning and Analysis. The weekly show dives into the challenges and opportunities within the world of FP&A, interviewing FP&A leaders, CFOs and other finance pros in order to give you the freshest insights and takeaways. Each week our top guests provide actionable advice about financial planning and analysis – from career goals to navigating challenges, and powerful Excel tips. Our weekly show provides unrivalled insights for navigating FP&A. FP&A Today is

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44:12

Great FP&A? It has to be Heinz - with Egor Lyasko

FP&A Today ·

2023/03/21

Egor Lyasko is Head of FP&A, Northern Europe at The Kraft Heinz Company, encompassing some of the world’s most loved brands including Heinz ketchup, Philadelphia Cream Cheese and Lunchables. After gaining a master’s degree in biochemistry from the University of Oxford, Egor started at Kraft Heinz as a trainee rising rapidly in six years to Head of FP&A, Northern Europe. What we covered in this episode: His rapid career rise at Kraft Heinz attracted by the ketchup maker’s “culture of ownership.” The

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46:03

Glenn Hopper: Using ChatGPT to Build an FP&A tool and...

FP&A Today ·

2023/03/14

Many CFOs preach about keeping up with technological change. But CFO Glenn Hopper went a step further. As ChatGPT talk reached fever pitch he was ready with a proof of concept for an FP&A version of Chat GPT. For good measure he also provided 30 pages of documentation about the process (“Application of ChatGPT to Build an FP&A Tool”) - to acclaim among FP&A professionals. Hopper, a serial startup CFO, and U.S. Navy veteran who earned a master’s degree at Harvard says: “I wanted to see if someone

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49:46

Unleashing your audit skills to be a successful FP&A...

FP&A Today ·

2023/03/07

Nicolas Boucher has a simple message to anyone who wants to move from audit to FP&A. The Head of Finance and Controlling at Thales says: “You can do it. I am an example of that.” He says many skills are transferable from audit to FP&A. “Looking at financial statements from different companies in different situations and different industries” is one. Another is understanding “the figures compared to the past or compared to trends to give assurance to the figures. This is actually what you are doing

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52:14

Carmen Turner: Giving the Insights for Great Business...

FP&A Today ·

2023/02/28

What does Carmen Turner love about FP&A? “Being able to provide businesses the insights they need to make great business decisions.” The Director of Financial Planning and Analysis at Carmen Consulting Group who has managed the FP&A business partnerships at top companies such as McGraw Hill, says: “I work to help the businesses manage their budgets to target and understand their financial story.” But she started her career not in finance (or through a traditional route). She began her career as an

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47:38

Asif Masani: All About FP&A

FP&A Today ·

2023/02/21

Asif Masani has an inner belief that has guided his entire career. “Whatever I learn something, I don't feel good if I don't share it”. This ethos has taken Asif on a journey to become an FP&A leader and author. He has just published his first book about FP&A, hit nearly 60,000 followers on LinkedIn and his daily advice has almost single handedly opened the eyes of Indian finance people to FP&A as a career. Unsurprisingly, his education-first focus has led him to lead FP&A (APAC and India) at

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48:13

Why a Top VC is Backing FP&A all the way

FP&A Today ·

2023/02/14

The VC behind buzzy startups Calm, GoFundMe, Udemy and Gong is bullish on FP&A. Ryan Abdullah an Investor at Norwest Venture Partners tells FP&A Today says there are four reasons why VCs rely on FP&A, particularly during a downturn. Firstly there is a huge increase in appetite for forecasts. Secondly FP&A must take account of labor shifts in startups (not least caused by large layoffs). Thirdly, ( investors who are all about growth) see FP&A as an ally and “profit center” to help businesses “grow

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54:37

How Can you get the Top Finance Job (and be Effective)?

FP&A Today ·

2023/02/07

Kevin Appleby, COO of Grow CFO, asks potential CFO applicants a simple question. Okay, I know you want to become a CFO. But what sort of CFO do you want to become? In fact, he explains, there are three types of CFO. You need to know which one you will be. The “Financier”. Specialists in startups, they excel at tackling fundraising rounds, and M&A. They often move from company to company. The “Transformational CFO”. This CFO wants big improvements in processes and in the way that the

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57:20

How to Land your Next Awesome FP&A job (in a Downturn)

FP&A Today ·

2023/01/31

First the good news. FP&A hiring is not slowing down. In fact, FP&A is considered even more crucial in challenging business circumstance, according to FP&A recruiters and hiring managers brought together in this special edition of FP&A Today. Michael Jouris, finance recruiter, Addison Group says: “I have seen a lot of acquisitions by private equity backed companies in the recent months and they want to be more sophisticated with their reporting and in these times, FP&A is more important than

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54:41

How Marketing and Finance can Click Better

FP&A Today ·

2023/01/24

Aviv Canaani, VP Marketing, Datarails, and Christian Wattig, Head of Training at Datarails and founder of FP&A Prep, join Paul Barnhurst for a conversation about marketing vs finance in a business. In the world of business it sometimes feels like finance and marketing are talking a different language. Christian Wattig has been the FP&A leader at some of the highest profile marketing teams on the planet at P&G and Unilever where campaigns for brands such as Dove, Skippy and Hellman’s saw marketing

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44:20

Jeanette Dorazio: What do CEOs really want from FP&A?

FP&A Today ·

2023/01/17

A slightly different episode this week, featuring not a finance chief, but a CEO talking about the power and impact of FP&A on business strategy. Jeanette Dorazio, CEO of Leadpages, joins Paul to discuss the daily impact FP&A is having for her company, a leading SaaS no-code website and landing page builder. In this episode Jeanette Dorazio discusses with Paul: How FP&A teams can actually get that coveted seat at the table by “seeing the patterns” in a business How FP&A works with her in monitoring

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52:24

Casey Woo: My Adventures in Finance from Wall Street...

FP&A Today ·

2023/01/10

Casey Woo is a serial high Tech CFO turned investor. The Harvard educated financier “escaped” a life as an Investment Banking Analyst, at Morgan Stanley to take a big pay cut and join a 10-person startup (“If you wanna do tech, you gotta go to the Bay Area”). Since then, he has held finance at CFO roles including at WeWork and property tech company Landing before founding an “operators community” turned investment fund FOG ventures. In this episode Casey talks to Paul Barnhurst about his

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57:58

Ian Schnoor: Going from Good to Great in Financial...

FP&A Today ·

2023/01/03

This episode is all about financial modeling from one of the world’s experts. Ian Schnoor is Executive Director at the Financial Modeling Institute (FMI) & President and Founder at The Marquee Group. In this episode he provides frank assessment of why most financial models fail and how you can take instant actions to instantly transform your financial modeling. This is absolutely essential listening for anyone considering taking the Financial Modeling Institute’s world-respected accreditation

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56:18

The Complete Year in Review with Top FP&A 2023...

FP&A Today ·

2022/12/29

In this special jam-packed episode Paul Barnhurst looks back on 2022 (and with special guests) reveals the biggest predictions for FP&A in 2023. This episode looks back at one year of FP&A Today and how our dedicated audience helped us reach more than 40,000 downloads in our first 35 episodes across 100 countries. In between we hear Paul’s favorite FP&A guest insights from the first 35 episodes interspersed with new hot takes on everything you need to know in FP&A for 2023 from FP&A leaders,

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52:23

Glenn Snyder: The Secrets to Building World-Class...

FP&A Today ·

2022/12/27

Glenn Snyder, builds high performing FP&A teams from scratch. Now VP of FP&A at Mobileum, a telecom analytics leader, Glenn continues to enhance a reputation for transforming FP&A into an engine for Silicon Valley growth earned over nearly two decades. Previously he has built finance partnership teams At Charles Schwab, followed by revamping annual budgeting, forecasting and financial reporting at $4B global Real Estate company Digital Realty, restructuring a15-person FP&A team at Global Growth

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01:02:55

Data Visualization & Storytelling: All your Questions...

FP&A Today ·

2022/12/20

In this special LinkedIn Live/ FP&A Today, join Paul Barnhurst and our all-star panel to answer your questions about hard-won experiences about data visualization and storytelling to get FP&A a seat at the table. Our special guests joining Paul Barnhurst are: Pooja (Laddha) Jaju, Lead Financial Analyst (6Sense and Accenture) Soufyan Hamid, Independent FP&A Professional (Proximus, Deloitte) Ron Monteiro, Founder KICT Inc (Campbell Soup Company, The questions they tackle from around the world,

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49:35

Jeff Marx: How to Land your Dream Job with a Finance...

FP&A Today ·

2022/12/13

Jeff Marx, VP and Treasurer of large global chemical manufacturing company Hexion, reveals how anyone in finance can land their dream job. His method is to encourage anyone in finance to adopt a method called “the finance passport”. Rather than chasing “shiny titles that look good on LinkedIn” anyone in FP&A should consider the concept of a “finance journey” to become an all-round player. This means taking a trip through Treasury, tax, audit, and investor relations to be rounded and be able to talk

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49:48

Joseph Clayton: The outsized role of FP&A in big real...

FP&A Today ·

2022/12/06

68 Ventures is a holding company for numerous operating entities transforming the Alabama Gulf Coast and Florida Panhandle. FP&A is central to this mission, says Joseph Clayton Business Analyst at the company. At 68 Ventures the FP&A team is tasked with analysis that is fueling multiple big ticket real estate deals. Specifically, FP&A oversees a due diligence process to “ensure we're getting land at the value that we need in order to sell those lots at a profit to pay back our lenders, pay back our

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42:08

Cole Dixon: How Cotopaxi uses FP&A in its Mission

FP&A Today ·

2022/11/29

You may not have heard of Cotopaxi. But you have likely heard of similar companies doing something different- Ben & Jerry’s, Allbird, Patagonia, and BrewDog. What these companies have in common is B Corp certification. This is awarded to businesses for meeting the highest standards of accountability when it comes to social and environmental impact. Last year Cotopaxi also gave away $1.3million in donations as part of its pledges. But how does an FP&A team work to advance this mission? How can FP&A

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38:22

Sruthi Lanka: Why Top Startups see FP&A as Central to...

FP&A Today ·

2022/11/22

Engineer-turned-CFO Sruthi Lanka was drawn into finance after seeing her parents - themselves brilliant engineers - losing money in the markets. “I couldn't understand how people who could solve incredible math puzzles in their head could not figure out how to make a return in the markets. And so that's what led me down this path of navigating into finance.” Today she is CFO at investing app, Public.com, the biggest competitor to Robinhood, famous for the “GameStop Frenzy which rattled markets in

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50:50

Chris Reilly: Simplifying Private Equity, FP&A, and...

FP&A Today ·

2022/11/15

Chris Reilly's first finance experience was historic. He worked on the Lehman bankruptcy at the height of the financial crisis in 2008 unwinding the investment bank's portfolio with "sights of empty offices and employees being laid off". This period at management consultancy FTI Consulting occupied days and nights dealing with the aftermath of the financial crisis. Following his consultancy days, Reilly moved to Hilton Worldwide in a more traditional FP&A treasury senior analyst role. Here he

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