The Digital German FP&A Board: Moving From Traditional Controlling to Extended Planning and Analysis (xP&A)

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

 
 Robert Half
 

German FP&A Board​

 

In the current uncertain business environment, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) is increasing its scope and complexity by moving out of the traditional Controlling framework. In fact, FP&A is spreading its influence beyond just finance into the entire organisation.

Gartner forecasted that by 2024, 70% of new FP&A projects will become extended planning and analysis (xP&A) projects, expanding their scope beyond the finance domain into other areas of enterprise planning and analysis.

But what will happen to our traditional Controlling function? How xP&A is enhancing the Corporate Performance Management? How can Controllers and FP&A professionals get ready for this transition?

Join the Digital German FP&A Board to find out the answers. The event will be held online on 4 March from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM CET. 

Our international panel of experts will explore how to move from Traditional Controlling to Extended Planning and Analysis (xP&A).

The Panelists and a Facilitator:

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 German FP&A Board will unite the members of the Frankfurt FP&A Board chapter. We are also looking forward to inviting guests from other parts of Germany where FP&A Board is not geographically established yet.

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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/

Marie-Luise Lehmann

Marie-Luise is founder of Finance Goes Agile and heads the working group "Agile Controlling" for the International Controlling Association. She has many years of experience in leading roles in FP&A / Finance and specializes in agile planning and controlling processes. She advises finance departments and agile practitioners on the transformation of corporate finance and is a lecturer for Agile Finance at the University of Applied Sciences Lucerne.

Abby Obomighie

Abby is an ACCA fellow with over 15 years’ experience, and currently Head of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) at Hitachi with the responsibility for organizational-wide performance management (including budgets, short and midterm plans, business planning) and enhancing its digital finance systems & strategy.

Abby has worked in various FP&A roles across several continents, in different regions and in a number of different industries ranging from banking, academia, housing, consumer products, FCMG, pharmaceuticals and clinical research.

She is a Certified DAMIC & Project manager with hands-on experience in delivering and managing finance related transformational projects including process and change management.

She is passionate in these 3 key areas: 1) Talent development 2) Finance Automation 3) Business Partnering. Acting as a role model to BAME withing the FP&A talents.

Abby Obomighie's LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abbyobomighie/

Michel Haesendonckx

Michel Haesendonckx is Global Solution Owner for FP&A at SAP SE with broad expertise in the area of Finance & Performance Management. He drives the go-to-market in this area for SAP and is highly involved in key innovation topics. He built his 25-year experience as an external auditor, controller and CFO, and extended his view in this field through his leadership position in FP&A in a globally operating consulting organization. Recently his first book on SAP S/4HANA Finance, addressing the business reasons for finance to embrace this solution was published.

Frederic Fasold

Frederic Fasold has held various positions in finance and controlling since 2009. He has worked for several years in the areas of auditing and transaction consulting in the Big 4 environment. In a further function as Head of FP&A at Jaguar Land Rover Germany, he was responsible for the cross-functional definition of the company's organizational structure and processes within the financial organization. Since 2018, he has used this extensive experience at Protiviti to advise our clients on the design of structures and processes in finance and accounting. In addition, he supports his clients in setting up and managing financial shared service centres.

Frederic has extensive experience in financial organizations in various industries and has continuously developed his expertise in national and international accounting and its practical implementation across various systems (including SAP, Oracle HFM, IBM Cognos). As a former Financial Controller, he is very familiar with topics such as financial planning, budgeting and forecasting as well as management reporting. Due to his experience in project management, which he gained during several audits of publicly listed companies, he is also familiar with topics such as accounting close, internal control systems and comprehensive system and process know-how in the areas of Purchase-to-Pay, Order-to-Cash and Record-to-Report.

Thomas Kogelberg

Thomas Kogelberg is Director Controlling and Finance at the German leading Consumer IT-security company Avira. After studying business administration with focus on Finance and Controlling at Business School Wiesbaden, he got long term experience in Controlling / FP&A during several director roles in Software companies over the past decade. Thomas mission is to grow Controlling / FP&A teams into business partner roles and driving the change towards data-driven organizations by fostering state-of-the-art business analytics approaches.

Matthias Heintke

Matthias is a highly-dedicated and well-proven management consultant. With 20 years of consulting expertise, he shows passion for excellence in sales and delivery and he builds trusted and standing relationships with client management. As a member of the German Management Team at Protiviti, Matthias oversees the solution line Business Performance Improvement and Protiviti’s digital transformation services.

Matthias advises his clients in the area of corporate strategy, performance management, business and digital transformation. He combines the insights and experience of big-4 companies with top-end strategy consultancy. His clients are multinationals as well as mid-sized companies with strong founder orientation.

Matthias holds a double-degree MBA from Duke University and Goethe Business School as well as a double-degree in business administration and computer science from the University of Corporative Education in Mannheim and Open University of London.

Subject:

Moving From Traditional Controlling to Extended Planning and Analysis (xP&A)

Date:
Time:

5:00 PM to 6:30 PM CET

Agenda:
  • What is Extended Planning & Analysis (xP&A)?
  • From Traditional Controlling to xP&A -  Avira's Journey
  • How to Manage the Cultural Shift
  • Next Generation xP&A Model
  • Skills for Agile Planning and Analysis
  • Finance Priorities for Next 12 Months - 2020 Global Survey
  • Conclusions and Recommendations
  • Q&A
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