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Strategies to Solve the Soft Skill Shortage in FP&A
September 23, 2019

By Mohammed Hussain, Finance Manager at Builder.AI

FP&A Tags:
FP&A Skills, FP&A Team Building, Financial Planning and Analysis

Strong programming skills (R, SQL, Python, VBA) are coming up frequently as requirements to be successful in FP&A. Those who have not caught up with this yet need to do so. 

What about strong people skills?

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Building a Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) 4.0 Team
September 16, 2019

By Emmanuel Jibodu, Finance Analytics @ Shred-it

FP&A Tags:
FP&A Team Building, FP&A Skills, Financial Planning and Analysis

My aim in this article is to proffer suggestions for assembling members of an FP&A team. This is the team that will ensure an enterprise is resilient enough to navigate competitive threats, technology disruptions, regulatory effects, and can adapt to broad market dynamics in this 4th wave of the industrial revolution. 

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Tailoring Communication to Your Audience
August 27, 2019

By John Sanchez, Keynote Speaker, Corporate Trainer and Author

FP&A Tags:
Financial Planning and Analysis, FP&A Team Building, FP&A Skills

FP&A professionals work in an environment that requires communicating with a wide variety of people. This requires us to be adaptable to communicate effectively with all these different audiences. There are some things we can do to ensure we are consistently and reliably on point by tailoring our communication to each audience.

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FP&A Talks Series: How to Create Sustainable High Performance Leadership in Finance?
August 16, 2019

By Anders Liu-Lindberg, Co-founder and Chief Commercial Officer at the Business Partnering Institute

FP&A Tags:
FP&A Trends Research, FP&A Team Building, FP&A Skills, FP&A Transformation

What is the Holy Grail for any leader? For me, it is to create a high-performance team AND to sustain that team over time through high-performance leadership. That is not easy to do, so when we get the chance to learn from someone who has managed to do it really well, we must pay close attention. In this first “FP&A Talks” we’re speaking to Fredrik Hedlund, Senior Vice President and CFO for Global Connect at Nielsen. Fredrik is one of the few senior leaders who has truly invested in creating a high-performance leadership team and it shows. “FP&A Talks” is a new series running on fpa-trends.com featuring senior leaders in Financial Planning & Analysis who share their views on how we can create a world-class FP&A department. 

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Is Your Organisation Encouraging Effective Collaboration?
July 10, 2019

By Jens Berthol Hansen, CFO at COBOD International

FP&A Tags:
FP&A Team Building, FP&A Skills

Collaboration is important, as “goes without saying”: “We must collaborate to solve this problem” or “They don’t collaborate!”, about an unsuccessful team. On one hand it is obvious what collaboration means – working together, duh! However, I came across a phrase which defines collaboration clearly and to the point.

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Navigating the Politics of Product Profitability
June 25, 2019

By Marco Singh, Commercial Finance Director at Ensono

FP&A Tags:
Profitability Analysis, FP&A Business Partnering, FP&A Team Building, FP&A Skills

Many commercial finance or FP&A professionals focus on getting the model right and not enough time considering the how people are going to react to the outcome. This blog sets out a few tips to navigate the politics. In the words of Oscar Wilde ‘The truth is rarely pure and never simple’.

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The Face-to-Face Boston FP&A Board: Debunking FP&A Myths: Agile Strategies for Forecasts and Scenarios
The Face-to-Face Boston FP&A Board Transforming FP&A Together: Human & AI Synergy

October 7, 2025

register for the FP&A Trends Webinar:From What-If to What’s Next: Scenario Management for Modern FP&A
The FP&A Trends Webinar From What-If to What’s Next: Scenario Management for Modern FP&A

October 8, 2025

The Face-to-Face Chicago FP&A Board: Dynamic Shift: Mastering Predictive Planning & Forecasting
The Face-to-Face Chicago FP&A Board Dynamic Shift: Mastering Predictive Planning & Forecasting

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The Face-to-Face San Francisco FP&A Board:From Insight to Impact: FP&A Business Partnering in Action
The Face-to-Face San Francisco FP&A Board From Insight to Impact: FP&A Business Partnering in the Age of AI

October 16, 2025

The Face-to-Face Houston FP&A Board: Creating Your Transformation Map with the FP&A Trends Maturity Model
The Face-to-Face Houston FP&A Board Creating Your Transformation Map with the FP&A Trends Maturity Model

October 21, 2025

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October 22, 2025

The Face-to-Face Austin FP&A Board: Moving from FP&A to Extended Planning and Analysis (xP&A)
The Face-to-Face Austin FP&A Board Moving from FP&A to Extended Planning and Analysis (xP&A)

October 23, 2025

The Digital Nordic & Benelux & UKI FP&A Circle: First Steps into AI in FP&A: Getting Started Without Getting Overwhelmed
The Digital Nordic & Benelux & UKI FP&A Circle First Steps into AI in FP&A: Getting Started Without Getting Overwhelmed

November 5, 2025

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