“You cannot connect the dots looking forward, you can only connect them looking back”, as Steve Jobs famously quoted. A
Working in FP&A is one of the most dynamic & challenging careers in the finance and business world. It appears
Will You Be a Relevant FP&A Professional 5-10 Years from Now?
Yes, you will stay relevant by keeping your employer
By Dr. Amarendra Kumar, Global Account Finance Advisor at DXC Technology
Dr. Amarendra Kumar is currently working in Pyramid IT Consulting Inc, as a General Manager (Finance) and heading profile of Financial Planning, Analysis & Management Reporting.
There is evidence that FP&A interest is growing fast. Each and every day, CFOs feel the pressure building on the
Although it is becoming commonplace to refer to financial planning and analysis as FP&A, this is actually an American term
By Randall Bolten, longtime Silicon Valley CFO, author of "Painting with Numbers: Presenting Financials and Other Numbers So People Will Understand You” and adjunct professor at U.C. Berkeley Extension.
RANDALL BOLTEN grew up in Washington, D.C., the son of a CIA intelligence officer and a history professor. He is passionate about the importance of presenting financials and other numerical information in a cogent and effective way, and in his current life is the author of Painting with Numbers: Presenting Financials and Other Numbers So People Will Understand You (John Wiley & Sons, 2012).
He is a seasoned financial executive, with many years directing the financial and other operations of high-technology companies. His experience includes nearly twenty years as a chief financial officer of software companies.
He has held the CFO position at public companies BroadVision and Phoenix Technologies, and at private companies including Arcot Systems, BioCAD, and Teknekron. Before his CFO positions, he held senior financial management positions at Oracle and Tandem Computers.
He received his AB from Princeton University, headed west to earn an MBA at Stanford University, and ended up staying in Silicon Valley.
In addition to writing Painting with Numbers, he currently operates Lucidity, a consulting and executive coaching practice focused on organizing and presenting complex financial information. He divides his work time between Glenbrook, NV and Washington, DC, and maintains an office in Menlo Park, CA.
You will be considered a great FP&A professional only if you can communicate clearly, effectively, and eloquently. The most basic of
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