AI/ML FP&A Committee Meeting #24
CFOs / Finance Professionals in the Age of AI - Microsoft Case Study

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The AI/ML FP&A Committee Meeting #24 on September 10th, 2024, will feature a presentation by Takeshi Murakami, Country CFO - Thailand / Vietnam at Microsoft.

The Global Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning FP&A Committee was created in March 2018 with the aim of seeing how the latest developments in those technologies can influence modern Financial Planning and Analytics. More information about its previous meetings and members can be found here.

Subject:

CFOs / Finance Professionals in the Age of AI - Microsoft Case Study

Date:
Time:

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM BST

Agenda:

1. Introduction
2. Presentation shared by Takeshi Murakami, Country CFO - Thailand / Vietnam at Microsoft:

  • Finance transformation journey at Microsoft: Why had to change and continue positioning for future advancements and sustained organisational success
  • AI in daily life: Examples of AI use cases at Microsoft Finance (ML and Generative AI)
  • The business value of Generative AI in Finance: Benefits from AI implementation
  • Getting things started with AI: How Microsoft Finance is building learning culture within the organisation to adopt to the change

3. Q&A Session
4. Conclusion and Next Steps

Takeshi Murakami

Takeshi Murakami, who worked as a finance professional in various global companies, highly motivated, passionate, with proven record of strong financial and business acumen, as well as cross-functional leadership.

Takeshi is an experienced Finance professional with a demonstrated history of working in the IT hardware and Software industry. Strong finance professional skilled in Business Planning, Cross-functional leadership, Management Analytical Skills.

Meeting Venue:

Discussion Facilitator:

Larysa Melnychuk, MD of FP&A Trends Group and Founder of the International FP&A Board

 

The Global Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning FP&A Committee members are senior finance practitioners and thought leaders demonstrating a passion for and practical experience of relevant data science techniques in FP&A. They represent over 30 leading organisations, including Amazon, Microsoft and PepsiCo. The list of members can be found here.

If you are interested in joining the Committee, you can view our complimentary membership criteria here.

The AI/ML Committee is a by-invitation-only think tank and all members are expected to meet several requirements:

- senior finance practitioner

- involvement in an AI/ML project for FP&A (even if the project is in early stages)

- active participation i.e. regular attendance, case study presentation at one of the meetings, participation in Q&A sessions.

Larysa Melnychuk

Larysa Melnychuk is a passionate Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) professional and influencer who has held senior FP&A roles at leading organisations before setting up the International FP&A Board in 2013. The Board is a global and well-recognised professional think-tank that aims to bring together the knowledge and experience of senior FP&A professionals and aid the development of best practice in the profession.

In the last three years, she successfully expanded the Board into 27 chapters in 16 countries across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, and North America.

Larysa is also the founder and CEO at the FP&A Trends Group (fpa-trends.com), the leading online resource for FP&A professionals. She chairs the Global AI FP&A Committee and runs a number of high-profile initiatives in the area of modern financial analytics.

Larysa holds a Master of Science degree in physics of materials and is a qualified chartered management accountant (CIMA), chartered global management accountant (CGMA) and is a holder of an FP&A certification. She is also a member of the exam content writing team for the Association of Finance Professionals (AFP) FP&A certification.

Larysa is also a passionate conference speaker and writes articles on various FP&A-related subjects.

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