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FP&A Articles is a collection of useful case studies from leading international companies and thought leadership insights from FP&A experts. We aim to help you keep track of the best practices in modern FP&A, recognise changes in the ever-evolving world of financial planning and analysis and be well equipped to deal with them.

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    Black Swans, Big Data, Our Intuition, and the "Birthday Paradox"
    12 July 2016 | 972
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    By Randall Bolten, longtime Silicon Valley CFO, author of "Painting with Numbers: Presenting Financials and Other Numbers So People Will Understand You” and adjunct professor at U.C. Berkeley Extension.

    RANDALL BOLTEN grew up in Washington, D.C., the son of a CIA intelligence officer and a history professor. He is passionate about the importance of presenting financials and other numerical information in a cogent and effective way, and in his current life is the author of Painting with Numbers: Presenting Financials and Other Numbers So People Will Understand You (John Wiley & Sons, 2012).

    He is a seasoned financial executive, with many years directing the financial and other operations of high-technology companies. His experience includes nearly twenty years as a chief financial officer of software companies.

    He has held the CFO position at public companies BroadVision and Phoenix Technologies, and at private companies including Arcot Systems, BioCAD, and Teknekron. Before his CFO positions, he held senior financial management positions at Oracle and Tandem Computers.

    He received his AB from Princeton University, headed west to earn an MBA at Stanford University, and ended up staying in Silicon Valley. 

    In addition to writing Painting with Numbers, he currently operates Lucidity, a consulting and executive coaching practice focused on organizing and presenting complex financial information. He divides his work time between Glenbrook, NV and Washington, DC, and maintains an office in Menlo Park, CA.

     
    At a dinner party last night, one of the guests posed a question: Imagine a
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    Adding Value to Entrepreneurs through FP&A
    29 June 2016 | 1,006
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    By Karl Kern, Accountant / Lecturer / Writer

    This blog post looks at the ways of how FP&A can help entrepreneurs to accomplish
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    Three Stages of Rolling Forecast Maturity
    21 June 2016 | 5,058
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    By Larysa Melnychuk, CEO and Founder at FP&A Trends Group and International FP&A Board

    Rolling Forecasts are an essential tool for financial planning and analysis (FP&A), with a potential
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    The Purpose of Planning and Why It Often Fails
    13 June 2016 | 2,209
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    By Michael Coveney, Analytics Thought Leader and Author

    Most people will agree that planning is a vital activity for every corporate body. It
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    Evolving FP&A: What are the Key Planning Activities?
    9 June 2016 | 2,007
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    By Michael Coveney, Analytics Thought Leader and Author

    Believe it or not, organizations do not collapse if they don’t have a plan or
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    Dynamic FP&A: The Role of Planning
    8 June 2016 | 3,994
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    By Michael Coveney, Analytics Thought Leader and Author

    We live in an unpredictable world where the future is uncertain. If it was then
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