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The Power of Business Partnering
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One important skill finance professionals are never taught during their formal education is the power of personal engagement with operations

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Company Culture and an Integrated FP&A Cycle
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By Niels Van Hove, Supply Chain consultant and S&OP/IBP expert. Engagement Principal at Aera Technology

In this article, Niels van Hove argues that while effective integrated FP&A can thrive in the right company culture, the

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Three Critical Roles for Every FP&A Team
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Mark-Gandy

By Mark Gandy, Founder of G3CFO

There are three critical roles in every balanced FP&A Team: the Architect, the Analyst, the Story Teller.  How balanced is your

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FP&A Strategy Execution Readiness
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By Niels Van Hove, Supply Chain consultant, Mental Toughness coach and S&OP/IBP expert at Truebridges

The statistics reveal that 60%-90% of strategy implementations fail and only 14% of executives are satisfied with the execution of a strategy. This article introduces

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I Hear You Want to be an FP&A Professional. Well, Then You Need….
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amrish_shah

By Amrish Shah, CFO at Metabolic

 What does it take to become a good or even great FP&A professional?

The article describes those QUALITIES that I

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How to Become an FP&A Professional
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simone-collins

By Simone da Silva Collins, Senior Financial Analyst at Sony

Simone da Silva Collins is an FP&A professional working in Polycom, an industry leader in unified collaboration solutions.

She provides business partnering to various departments of Polycom in EMEA. She was previously the Group Finance Analyst supporting the Executive Team at Intec (now part of CSG), a provider of Business Support System (BSS) software and related services, primarily for the telecommunications industry. She also worked for Telewest (now part of Virgin Media) for over 7 years providing commercial and financial support to the Interconnect team.

Simone is originally from Macau in SE Asia. She gained her Masters at Manchester Business School. She has also recently achieved FP&A accreditation.

Have you thought of becoming an FP&A professional? When I was studying for my accounting qualification, I assumed I would

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