The FP&A Trends Webinar: How xP&A Should be the Baseline

The webinar is proudly sponsored by:

X-FP&A​

 
 

How do you integrate all planning processes in the organization? How to make sure your top-down and bottom-up planning processes are harmonized beyond the finance function? xP&A  offers a solution for the path forward. Coined by Gartner, this "buzzword" is gaining momentum in the FP&A space and it requires the right corporate culture, tools, and techniques to make it work.

By embracing xP&A for truly integrated planning, organizations will see greater performance improvements compared with traditional FP&A processes. This is enabled through combining strategic planning, business planning and forecasting and operations planning and forecasting.

We would like to invite you to learn more about How xP&A Should be the Baseline from our experienced, international panel of experts. We will look at how Microsoft is utilizing xP&A.

The FP&A Trends Webinar will be held online on December 3 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM PST. If the timing is not right, you can listen to the recording later as it will be available to all registrants afterwards.

Panellists

Agenda 

  • What is xP&A?
  • Horizontal and Vertical Integration through key business drivers, models, systems, and data
  • "How xP&A Should be the Baseline", presented by Dr. Liran Edelist, President at Jedox, Inc.
  • Practical Insights from Microsoft xP&A, presented by Emre Gungoren, Group Finance Manager - Surface at Microsoft  
  • Practical Case Study on xP&A Implementation in DB Regio AG, presented by Tanja Schlesinger, VP Business Intelligence OneSource at Deutsche Bahn Regio AG

Participation Information

  • The FP&A Trends Webinar is complimentary and vendor-agnostic. 
  • All participants should register online to secure their place.
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  • The webinar recording and presentation slides will be available for the registered participants only. If you are not able to join the live meeting, you can review the recording later.

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Tanja Schlesinger

For the last 6 years I Tanja Schlesinger currently holds the position of VP OneSource Business Intelligence at Deutsche Bahn Regio AG. She drives the digitalization of DB Regio FP&A processes by developing a Business Intelligence platform with the aim for a true value driver-based planning and analysis.

Striving for transformation by implementing a true digital culture. Tanja is currently successfully setting-up Data Management and Business Intelligence tools supporting her organization for faster and better decisions with Standard Reporting, Machine Learning and AI Use cases in a cloud environment. Tanja aims at a high level of transparency to better predict the effects of change in value drivers.

Tanja’s drive for growth from scratch to implementation, her entrepreneurial thinking and acting also in political settings as well as her wide knowhow in the financial management of private and public companies make her proud to meet FP&A challenges concerning digitalizing its processes.

Emre Gungoren

Emre Gungoren is Group Finance Manager at Microsoft leading FP&A team for Surface Finance Group. He joined Microsoft in 2011 as a Business Analyst supporting field sales and marketing teams for company’s Middle East and Africa Headquarters based out of Istanbul, Turkey. He held several positions within Microsoft Finance including, Finance Manager for Emerging Markets supporting Advertising group as well as Group Finance Manager in Corporate FP&A team where he helped streamlining planning process for commercial business.

Prior to joining Microsoft, he worked as an Auditor in Ernst & Young and PriceWaterhouseCoopers. He earned BA degree in Business from Yeditepe University in Istanbul and is currently based out of Redmond, WA.

Dr. Liran Edelist

Dr. Liran Edelist is the President of Jedox Inc. a leading global provider of EPM solutions. He holds a PhD in Business Administration with a concentration in consulting and Information Systems. He has over 20 years of first-hand experience with financial and strategic planning technologies in both the public and private sectors. Dr. Edelist is also an experienced lecturer (visiting professor) at various academic and professional institutes.

Subject:

How xP&A should be the Baseline

Date:
Time:

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PST
(2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST)
(7:00 PM - 8:00 PM GMT)

Agenda:
  • What is xP&A?
  • Horizontal and Vertical Integration through key business drivers, models, systems, and data
  • "How xP&A Should be the Baseline", presented by Dr. Liran Edelist, President at Jedox, Inc.
  • Practical Insights from Microsoft xP&A, presented by Emre Gungoren, Group Finance Manager - Surface at Microsoft  
  • Practical Case Study on xP&A Implementation in DB Regio AG, presented by Tanja Schlesinger, VP Business Intelligence OneSource at Deutsche Bahn Regio AG
  • Conclusions and Recommendations
  • Q&A    

Emre Gungoren

Emre Gungoren is Group Finance Manager at Microsoft leading FP&A team for Surface Finance Group. He joined Microsoft in 2011 as a Business Analyst supporting field sales and marketing teams for company’s Middle East and Africa Headquarters based out of Istanbul, Turkey. He held several positions within Microsoft Finance including, Finance Manager for Emerging Markets supporting Advertising group as well as Group Finance Manager in Corporate FP&A team where he helped streamlining planning process for commercial business.

Prior to joining Microsoft, he worked as an Auditor in Ernst & Young and PriceWaterhouseCoopers. He earned BA degree in Business from Yeditepe University in Istanbul and is currently based out of Redmond, WA.

Tanja Schlesinger

For the last 6 years I Tanja Schlesinger currently holds the position of VP OneSource Business Intelligence at Deutsche Bahn Regio AG. She drives the digitalization of DB Regio FP&A processes by developing a Business Intelligence platform with the aim for a true value driver-based planning and analysis.

Striving for transformation by implementing a true digital culture. Tanja is currently successfully setting-up Data Management and Business Intelligence tools supporting her organization for faster and better decisions with Standard Reporting, Machine Learning and AI Use cases in a cloud environment. Tanja aims at a high level of transparency to better predict the effects of change in value drivers.

Tanja’s drive for growth from scratch to implementation, her entrepreneurial thinking and acting also in political settings as well as her wide knowhow in the financial management of private and public companies make her proud to meet FP&A challenges concerning digitalizing its processes.

Dr. Liran Edelist

Dr. Liran Edelist is the President of Jedox Inc. a leading global provider of EPM solutions. He holds a PhD in Business Administration with a concentration in consulting and Information Systems. He has over 20 years of first-hand experience with financial and strategic planning technologies in both the public and private sectors. Dr. Edelist is also an experienced lecturer (visiting professor) at various academic and professional institutes.

Meeting Venue:

Digital format: webinar

Discussion Facilitator

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

Participation in the webinar is complimentary.
The forum is vendor-agnostic and exclusive to finance practitioners only.
We will not be able to confirm places for vendors, salespeople, consultants and registrations with missing details.

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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