The role of FP&A is becoming more important than ever. FP&A is seen as instrumental in helping organisation formulate strategy and drive performance. However, how does FP&A function go about building its brand?
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.
This month I had the unique opportunity to join 25 finance professionals of the San Francisco FP&A Board to have a robust dialogue on how to build winning FP&A teams.
The fifth Seattle FP&A Board, which was sponsored by SAP and Robert Half, was devoted to the subject of FP&A Team Building. As FP&A leaders work towards a more effective business partnership, they require effective teams to achieve this goal. But what comprises effective teams? And what roles must people play?
In February 2020, the Dubai FP&A Board gathered for the 7th time to discuss the subject of "Building Winning Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Teams". Lukas Herbert, FP&A Director at Takeda Pharmaceuticals, facilitated the meeting.