Today, software as a service (SaaS) businesses are popular with investors, lenders and customers. Many software companies have transmuted their pricing models from perpetual license models to subscription models. Finance business partners are important in subscription environments. In this article, you will find sample questions an FP&A business partner can help answer to accelerate the growth trajectory in a SaaS enterprise.

Would you rather be liked or respected? It is a question we often get asked in interviews or from our direct managers about our own style or when difficult decisions need to be made. 

Language is important and the words we use are critical if we don’t want to be misunderstood. Being explicit and specific in the words and sentences we use, will leave less to interpretation and is critical in order to be effective.  In this article I analyse three common phrases I hear regularly in the organisations I work with, what I suggest they really mean and how to break through the ambiguity of them.

Many certifications and schooling opportunities exist for upgrading our FP&A abilities, and these opportunities continue to increase.  We will focus on some of the formal programs and degrees available that allow one to upskills their abilities and demonstrate a Growth Mindset”. Listed below are some of the different educational opportunities available today that can help us upskill ourselves as we strive to become better FP&A practitioners.

Finance Business Partnering is not a new concept to the many who have been doing it for years. What is new is that it has recently been given a new exciting title, and with that comes the fear that accountants and finance professionals need to be doing something new and in addition to their current duties. And that they need to find time for it.

In this FP&A Talks, we speak with Thomas Lundell, Finance Director and Chief of Staff for Enterprise Countries at NetApp. Thomas shares his story of how he took part in building and transforming the FP&A team at NetApp. FP&A Talks is a collaboration between FP&A Trends Group and Anders Liu-Lindberg