The Digital Middle Eastern FP&A Board: How to Master Rolling Forecasts

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The economic volatility of 2020 has revealed the shortcomings of the traditional FP&A process. It has become very clear that organisations must transform their static budgeting and planning processes to be more agile and adaptable.  

Rolling Forecasting is an essential tool in this radical transformation. An effective Rolling Forecast expands planning horizons, reduces FP&A cycles, and helps in the execution of organisational strategies. But Rolling Forecasting must be implemented carefully, otherwise it risks becoming just another non-value added activity.

Join us to learn more about the How to Master Rolling Forecasts at the Digital Middle Eastern FP&A Board, on September 21st at 5:00 PM GST. We promise actionable insights from our panel of experienced professionals, including senior speakers from organisations like MFQ Companies, Accor, and Hargray Communications Group.

If the timing of the live event is inconvenient, you can still register to receive the recording by email.

What is the International FP&A Board?

The International FP&A Board was created in London (UK) in 2013 to guide the development and promotion of the best practices in Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A). We have now Board chapters in 27 cities and 16 countries across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, and North America. We aim to identify and support new global trends, valued skill sets and leadership practices in modern corporate Financial Planning & Analysis.  

The Digital Middle Eastern FP&A Board will unite our Board members in Dubai. We are also looking forward to inviting guests from other areas in the Middle East where the FP&A Board has not yet been geographically established.

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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Matthijs Schot

Matthijs Schot is currently CFO for Svitzer Europe at Maersk. He brings more than 15 years of FP&A experience & leadership across several industries. Matthijs has an MBA from Hong Kong UST and has working experience in Asia, Europe and the US.

He has extensive experience with Rolling Forecast, Business strategy, Performance management, Business Partnering and Investment Analysis of capital investment projects. Matthijs has a background in financial audit, corporate finance and has been involved in several M&A transactions.

Matthijs Schot's LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mschot/

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Stefan Spiegel

Stefan Spiegel is currently CFO at the logistics and Rail Freight company SBB Cargo. He is a creative thinker and innovative leader, who brings in more than 20 years of experience across diverse industries as logistics, retail, wholesale, insurance, asset management, maintenance, production, transportation or energy.

As physicist and MBA graduate with additional educations in organizational development and Machine Learning, Stefan Spiegel is passionate about the development of new steering systems and organizational structures to improve overall profitability. For that he combines methods of operational research and predictive analytics with aspects of leadership behavior and organizational self-steering to transform a financial organization from a classical descriptive role towards a predictive, decision generating business driver.

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Eric Cheung

CFO, Asia at UNIT4

Result Driven senior financial management executive with more than 20 years of progressive experience in financial and operational management within software/technology MNCs in Asia Pacific Region.

Eric has spent his career mainly in the technology industry as a finance controller/director. Having worked with most of the industry players such as Oracle, HP, SAP, and Microsoft, and most recently with Unit4.

Eric is passionate about the technology industry and how finance can be a trusted business partner to help the business to grow. He has substantial experience in streamline business operations that drive growth, process efficiency and profitability. Strong qualifications in developing and implementing financial controls and processes in addition to productivity improvement and change management. Processes solid leadership, communication, and interpersonal skill at all level within the organization.

Subject:

How to Master Rolling Forecasts

Date:
Time:

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM GST
(2:00 PM - 3:30 PM BST)

(the registration link will convert the time to your time zone)
 

Agenda:
  • Three stages of Rolling Forecast Maturity
  • From Traditional Budgeting to Rolling Forecast
  • Key success factors for Rolling Forecast
  • Tactical approach to Rolling Forecast - a case study
  • The role of technology in Rolling Forecast
  • Conclusions and recommendations
  • Q&A Session
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The Panel: 

Ahmed Ezzat, FCCA, MBA

Ahmed Ezzat CPA, is a results-driven and agile leader with over 17+ years of finance and commercial management as a qualified senior executive leader, experience at board level across various industries. He is the CFO of MFQ Group in Riyadh. He utilizes visionary, strategic, Risk assessment, Modern Governance, Digital transformation and tactical proficiency that produce financial and commercial strength. He has proven expertise in operations, compliance, regulatory finance, planning & forecasting, investment analysis, audit and control, feasibility study, financial policy development and implementation, resource allocation, cost studies, corporate finance, financial modelling and stakeholder communication, Also he awarded as the logistic CFO of the year 2021 (Acquisition international Magazine.

Hans Gobin, FCCA, MBA

Finance Director with over 20 years of experience in Financial reporting (Internal, External, PLC, Board), FP&A, Performance Management, Systems Implementation, Multinational Project managements, Transformation & 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 different sectors including manufacturing, retail, pharmaceutical, FMCG & Practice.

Founder member of the London International FP&A board regularly delivering talks on FP&A related subject matters.

Hans Gobin's LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hans-gobin-020118b/

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Nevine White

VP Accounting at Hargray Communications Group

Beginning her 30-year career in engineering roles at TCG in New York, Nevine moved on to leading the FP&A function for tw telecom (now Century Link) for two decades. There she championed powerful changes in financial planning that enabled an agile and effective management structure.

Prior to her current role, Nevine worked for Live Future Ready, leveraging her experience to support organizations in their financial transformation efforts across various industries. Recognized for her experience in finance agility and building effective teams, she has been featured at conferences and on podcasts. She joined Hargray in May 2019 as the VP Accounting.

Nevine White's LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nevinewhite/

Chris Stiebel

Chris is an FP&A professional with over 10 years of experience within different FP&A roles ranging from junior analyst to Group CFO in a wide variety of industries. Originally a CPA from the US Chris moved to Stockholm, Sweden as a young accountant and immersed himself into the world of FP&A. Early in his career he realized the significance of technology and digitalization and started to develop a very special skillset that would lead him to senior finance roles. Today he works with a finance technology provider called Jedox in hopes of accelerating digitalization within the office of finance.

Anand Joslin

Anand Joslin, is an accomplished finance leader at Accor Hotels with over 20 years of experience in the hospitality industry. Anand has championed the use of dynamic FP&A and forecasting tools in various properties where he has worked enabling the executive committee to rapidly adapt to the changing economic climate. Embracing the core values of innovation and growth, Anand was instrumental in implementing a financial model in the hotels to ensure sustainability during the pandemic.

Anand Joslin

Anand Joslin, is an accomplished finance leader at Accor Hotels with over 20 years of experience in the hospitality industry. Anand has championed the use of dynamic FP&A and forecasting tools in various properties where he has worked enabling the executive committee to rapidly adapt to the changing economic climate. Embracing the core values of innovation and growth, Anand was instrumental in implementing a financial model in the hotels to ensure sustainability during the pandemic.

Andreas Simon

Andreas has over 25 years’ international business development, sales and technical experience, helping companies in their digitalization and automation process. For the past 6 years he has held the position of Sales Director, EMEA at Jedox. Andreas is an expert in Enterprise Performance Management (EPM), as well as other technology areas, and is based in Dubai. Prior to joining Jedox, Andreas held exec positions in companies including Infor, TONBELLER AG, Systems Union and MIS AG.

Ahmed Ezzat

Ahmed is results-driven and agile leader with over 16+ years of finance and commercial management experience at board level across various industries. He is the CFO of MFQ Group in Riyadh, Board member of directors at IMA RIYADH CHAPTER . He utilizes visionary, strategic, and tactical proficiency that produce financial and commercial strength. He has proven expertise in operations, compliance, regulatory finance, planning & forecasting, investment analysis, audit and control, feasibility study, financial policy development and implementation, resource allocation, cost studies, corporate finance, financial modelling and stakeholder communication.

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