Installing a planning tool early, regardless of the company's situation, is a good idea despite the investment required. Prioritising the proper criteria based on organisational needs using a checklist of standards will help compare all the different tools on the market to identify what suits the organisation best.
May 26, 2022
Best practices from mature technology businesses have stable recurring Rolling Forecasts based on momentum, executive buy-in and a solid understanding of the drivers in both revenues and costs. And those forecasts have defined processes to ensure the right level of risk is mitigated with the right action plans to drive success. However, start-ups have a different focus: getting their product to market and ensuring there is a fit, or there is no business
January 27, 2022
Providing decision support on product offerings in an online marketplaces environment requires digging deep on the granularity of the key business drivers to evaluate success. Using a method called “A/B testing” allows an FP&A leader to easily build a framework on key criteria to better understand the various behavioural impacts that consumers apply in different scenarios and to analyse their performance.
December 9, 2020
Throughout my career, I have interviewed hundreds of candidates for dozens of roles, most of which were in FP&A. After evaluating the performance of these professionals personally, I was able to assess the qualities that either led them to their success or not, and it boiled down to three relatively straightforward criteria.
Matt Armstrong
Matt is a commercially astute Finance executive with extensive experience serving as the Finance lead for multi-million to billion-dollar divisions for numerous high-tech organisations such as Expedia, Hotwire, Revinate, Uber, Wish, Prevoira, and Busbud. In addition, Matt is an accomplished author and speaker in the FP&A community.
During his career, he has developed an outstanding track record of achievement which can be attributed directly to his extensive experience in financial and operations leadership, FP&A and strategy, forecasting and reporting, budgeting, accounting, technology and systems integration, policy and process development, and team development.
Author's Articles
November 8, 2022
Installing a planning tool early, regardless of the company's situation, is a good idea despite the investment required. Prioritising the proper criteria based on organisational needs using a checklist of standards will help compare all the different tools on the market to identify what suits the organisation best.
May 26, 2022
Best practices from mature technology businesses have stable recurring Rolling Forecasts based on momentum, executive buy-in and a solid understanding of the drivers in both revenues and costs. And those forecasts have defined processes to ensure the right level of risk is mitigated with the right action plans to drive success. However, start-ups have a different focus: getting their product to market and ensuring there is a fit, or there is no business
January 27, 2022
Providing decision support on product offerings in an online marketplaces environment requires digging deep on the granularity of the key business drivers to evaluate success. Using a method called “A/B testing” allows an FP&A leader to easily build a framework on key criteria to better understand the various behavioural impacts that consumers apply in different scenarios and to analyse their performance.
December 9, 2020
Throughout my career, I have interviewed hundreds of candidates for dozens of roles, most of which were in FP&A. After evaluating the performance of these professionals personally, I was able to assess the qualities that either led them to their success or not, and it boiled down to three relatively straightforward criteria.