On the 27th of January 2021, I had the pleasure of facilitating the second Digital Benelux FP&A board meeting. The subject under discussion was “The Art and Science of Digitised FP&A Business partnering”, delivered by a truly international board panel of 5 members based in Canada, the UK, the Netherlands and Germany.
Hans Gobin
FP&A Leader and London FP&A Board Ambassador
Finance Director with over 20 years of experience in Financial reporting (Internal, External, PLC, Board), FP&A, Performance Management, Systems Implementation, Multinational Project management, Transformation and Change Management, M&A, BPO & SSC.
Experience working in different company sizes ranging from Start-ups to large PLC and PE backed and experience working in various sectors including manufacturing, retail, pharmaceutical, FMCG, and practice.
Founder member of the London International FP&A Board, regularly delivering talks on FP&A-related subject matters.
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COVID-19 and potentially other black swan have taught us the importance of recruiting & having great synergistic team, ensuring their welfare, making sure we assess the skill sets required for the changing world and leveraging technology to ensure best performance.
The meeting subject was “Building Winning FP&A Teams in the New Normal”, delivered by a truly international board panel of 5 members based in Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, and the UK. Below is a summary of what was discussed on the day including a summary of the polling questions and answers.
Scenario planning came to the forefront and even these had to be quick, flexible, and adaptable. Our six panel members took us through how they had to adapt and change system and processes for the “New Normal”.