The Digital Pan-Australian FP&A Board: The Art and Science of xP&A Business Partnering

The Digital Pan-Australian FP&A Board is proudly sponsored by:

Michael PageAFP
Australia FP&A Board

 

There is a lot of hype these days about the concept of FP&A Business Partnering. At a time when the FP&A framework is being extended to the entire organisation (into Extended Planning & Analysis (xP&A)), FP&A Business Partnering need to keep up with this new model to stay relevant and cutting edge.

In the current highly uncertain business environment, an xP&A Business Partner needs to be equipped with defined skills and competencies that bridge business knowledge, analytical acumen, technology, and influence.

Latest technological advances also help enhance and transform FP&A frameworks. xP&A Business Partnering is now the latest trend that is going well beyond just Finance involving the entire organisation to move FP&A and planning to the next level.

Join us to learn more about the concept of extended Planning and Analysis Business Partner from our experienced, international panel of experts. The Digital Pan-Australian FP&A Board will be held on 13 May at 4:30 PM AEST.

Even if the timing of the live event is not convenient, you can still register to view the recording. Please note that the meeting is complimentary and vendor-agnostic.

Digital Pan-Australian FP&A Board will unite our Australian FP&A Board chapters from Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane. We also would be happy to invite some guests from Australia and New Zealand where the FP&A Board is not geographically established yet.

What is 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). Since then, the Board chapters have been successfully established in 27 cities and 16 countries across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, and North America. They aim to identify and support new global trends, valued skill sets and leadership practices in modern corporate Financial Planning & Analysis.  

All participants should register online to secure their place. The meeting recording and presentation handouts will be available for the registered participants only. If you would not be able to join the live meeting, you can review the recording later.

Please note that participation at the digital meeting is subject to the FP&A Trends Group Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy.

Subject:

The Art and Science of xP&A Business Partnering

Date:
Time:

4:30 PM to 6:00 PM AEST
7:30 AM to 9:00 AM BST

(the registration link will translate it to your time zone) 
If you are not able to join the live session, please register to receive the webinar recording.

Agenda:
  • What is xP&A Business Partnering?
  • xP&A Business Partnering Model - A Case Study in Microsoft
  • Transformation Journey and Skillset Required for xP&A Business Partnering
  • How Modern Technology can Enhance and Transform Business Partnering Models?
  • Integrative Intelligence in xP&A
  • Conclusions and Recommendations
  • Q&A Session
Meeting Venue:

The Panel:

 

Participation in the FP&A Board is complimentary.
The forum is vendor-agnostic and exclusive to finance practitioners only.
We will not be able to confirm places for the registrants with missing and incorrect details.

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/

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.

Himashi Soriano

Himashi Soriano is Managing Director, APAC, for the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) based outside of Washington, D.C. in the United States. Soriano leads AFP's Asia division, building customer relationships and developing partnerships within the Asia-Pacific region. Soriano has been an integral part of helping treasury and finance practitioners achieve their career goals through its training and Certified Treasury Professional (CTP) and Certified Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Professional programs for over 15 years at AFP. Soriano holds an MBA from Johns Hopkins University and previously served as Director of Business Development and Director of Sales, Strategy and Operations.

Rahul Pandey

Rahul is an experienced enterprise performance management consultant and his specialities include BI strategy consulting, business analysis, and development, providing support to sales and proof-of-concept.

With more than 13 years of professional experience in the areas of pre-sales, solution architecture, project management, and implementation, he has collaborated with companies in industries such as hospitality, telecom, manufacturing, retail, oil & gas, and FMCG.

With a strong focus on solving an organisation's pain points, his strong proficiency in multidimensional modelling, business intelligence, domain-specific solutions, and demos helps to shape a shared vision for solutions. Engaging with businesses to identify broken processes and other business problems obstructing innovation and value creation, his experience and proficiency in his field provide unique insight.

Connagh Hopkins

Connagh has over 20 years of experience as a finance professional in the UK and Australia working within various sectors including property development, not for profit, retail and commercial fuel sales, television production and currently working at Western Power, a large utility.

Leading teams through organisational change and improving financial partnering, increasing commercial acumen and awareness within organisations is a passion.

As Head of Business Planning & Reporting at Western Power, she is responsible for the finance partnerships that deliver enterprise-wide performance reporting & analysis, consolidation of the 10-year business plans, budgeting, forecasting, benchmarking and business case estimations.

As a finance leader, she has been influenced and enabled through working within diverse industries, allowing her to coach and mentor others to have the confidence to try something new and, be future-focused.

She holds an MBA from Deakin University, is a member of CIMA and CPA and a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Currently Treasurer for REmida, a NFP in Perth and Co-Chair of the Western Australian Committee for the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA).

Kristina Otschik

Kristina is currently the Director of Finance for Cummins South Pacific, a global power leader, directing the team in all areas of the finance function.

She has over 20 years of experience in all aspect of Financial Management, Leadership, Strategy, Risk, Performance Management, Corporate Governance, Accounting & Controlling, Team Development, FP&A, Working Capital Management & Auditing. She lived in Germany and Australia, held senior finance roles in various large multinationals and managed and worked with teams across the globe.

Kristina is passionate about providing insights beyond the numbers, shaping strategy and developing finance teams. As a result driven finance leader she is a strategic business partner to the executive team helping to drive profitable growth, customer loyalty and innovation with a strive for excellence.

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