The Digital Swiss FP&A Board: Building Winning FP&A Teams

The Digital Swiss FP&A Board is proudly sponsored by:

The Digital Swiss FP&A Board​

 

The current business and economic environment have fundamentally changed over the last year. As organisations continue to adapt to the world of "Unknown Unknowns", Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) has become increasingly more important. FP&A teams have to be agile and adapt quickly. They also have had to develop whole new “playbooks” in order to prepare for the future and lead the organisation through these changes.

The Digital Swiss FP&A Board will be held online on May 6 from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM CEST.

Join our experienced and international panel of experts to learn how to build Winning FP&A Teams.

At this meeting, we will review the latest FP&A team roles that are not typical for traditional management accounting. The panellists will also share their practical knowledge on

  • how to build FP&A Teams from scratch,
  • how to adapt FP&A Teams to the "New Normal",
  • how modern technology can enhance team collaboration

The digital meeting will be interactive with a panel discussion, 4 polling questions, Q&A session, and a survey.

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. 

The Digital Swiss FP&A Board will unite our FP&A chapters from Geneva and Zurich. We are also looking forward to inviting guests from other parts of Switzerland where FP&A Board is not geographically established yet.

Participation Information

The FP&A Board is exclusive to finance practitioners only. 

The meeting is complimentary and vendor-agnostic. 

All participants should register online to secure their place. The meeting recording and the presentation will be available for the registered participants only. If you are not 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:

Building Winning FP&A Teams

Date:
Time:

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM CEST
(4:00 PM - 5:30 PM BST)

Agenda:
  • FP&A Team Roles
  • How to Build and Sustain Synergistic FP&A Teams 
  • Adapting FP&A Teams to the New Normal - A Case Study
  • Business Case – JTI OneData Project
  • How Can Technology Help in Building Winning FP&A Teams
  • Conclusions and Recommendations
  • Q&A Session
Meeting Venue:

Digital. Webinar format.

The Panel: 

  • Maria Micu, Executive Director Finance at Zurich Insurance Company Ltd
  • Laurent Claes, Group Controlling Director at YOOX NET-A-PORTER GROUP (part of the Richemont Group), Geneva FP&A Board member
  • Svetlana Ryzhik, Finance Project Director at JTI (Japan Tobacco International)
  • Paolo Guerrieri, Senior Solution Architect at CCH Tagetik
  • Hans Gobin, Experienced FP&A Leader and International FP&A Board Ambassador (Discussion Facilitator)

 

Participation in the Digital 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 registrations 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/

Svetlana Ryzhik

Financial Leader with 25 years of experience with demonstrated records in FP&A, Strategic Planning, Cross functional processes redesign, post-acquisition business integration and Project Management. Particularly efficient in Stakeholders management and orchestrating complex discussions to reach alignment across different functions. Passioned to transfer data into actionable insights.

Proven successful experience in building “dream team” from the scratch. Strong team leader supporting personal and professional growth of team members. Worked in three countries and enjoyed working in very diverse international teams. Experienced in crisis management, effectively managed business in war conditions.

Laurent Claes

Laurent Claes is the Group Controlling Director at Yoox Net-a-Porter, part of the Richemont group, which owns several of the world's leading Maisons in the field of luxury goods, with particular strengths in jewellery and luxury watches.

Laurent, 44, is responsible for the consolidated FP&A Reporting and Analysis, Tech & Operations Controlling, as well as competitive analysis and benchmarking, both internal and external.

He previously held the role of Global FP&A Director at Cartier and Richemont Group FP&A manager. Prior to that, he was International Finance Manager for Carefusion, a medical device company which he joined after being on the management team for an ultimately doomed start-up and spent his formative FP&A years at Levi Strauss in Brussels and GE Capital in London.

Laurent received his Master’s degree from Antwerp University and has studied in the US (Middlebury College) and Japan (Jochi Daigaku).

He is married with two children and lives in Milan, Italy.

Maria Micu

Maria has 20 years capital markets and finance leadership experience, working on 2 continents. A qualified accountant (ACCA), she started her career in Big 4, auditing banks and financial institutions. Currently she is executive director in the Investment Management division of Zurich Insurance, acting as global Head of Business Performance Controlling and deputy CFO, in charge of the financial performance monitoring of the investment portfolio with teams located in 20 countries.

Paolo Guerrieri

Paolo is a Solution Architect for CCH Tagetik Switzerland, the Swiss Subsidiary of a global software vendor whose focus is Corporate Reporting Processes related to the CFO office.

During his career, Paolo led several projects related to financial reporting in a wide range of industries with specific focus in financial services as well as industrial Groups.

He started his career in Italy, at CCH Tagetik Headquarters. He then moved to France, contributing to successfully establish the local subsidiary. He also supported the development of the consulting teams in Benelux and in England. Since 2018, he’s based in Switzerland and working primarily with the Swiss team.

Paolo started off as an IT Engineer and subsequently attained Executive Master in Finance and Management Controlling. The mix of these two disciplines, together with his vast experience in a long list of projects, makes him a recognized expert in the sector of CPM.

He moved in the last years to a role in Pre-Sales, providing a key contribution to major sales cycles.

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