Scenario Analysis is a tool to assist in making decisions under uncertainty. It provides a structured way to identify a range of potential outcomes, likely estimate impact and then identify and evaluate possible responsive actions. The author considers its benefits in the article.
John (Jack) Alexander
Jack is an experienced CFO; operating executive turned consultant, author, and lecturer. He provides advice to businesses across a wide range of financial and operational areas, including Strategic Planning, value creation, M&A, improving profitability and Cash Flow, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) and Business Performance Management (BPM). His firm “Jack Alexander & Associates LLC” also offers customised training and workshops on FP&A. He is a frequent speaker on FP&A and BPM.
Prior to founding the consulting practice, Jack served as CFO of EG&G Inc. (renamed PerkinElmer), a global $2.5B technology and services company with over 40 operating units and also as CFO of Mercury Computer Systems. He has also served in Interim CFO roles for public and private companies. He was previously employed by General Refractories and Coopers & Lybrand.
Jack was a Senior Lecturer in Babson College’s MBA program and School of Executive Education. He is a CPA and earned an MBA from Rider University and a BS from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
He is the author of "Performance Dashboards and Analysis for Value Creation", Wiley, 2006 and "Financial Planning and Analysis and Business Performance Management”, Wiley, 2018.