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London FP&A Board meeting on the 15th March 2018

The London FP&A Board will meet for the 19th time on 15th March 2018 to debate on Zero-Based Budgeting (ZBB) method.

How to Become an FP&A Professional

By Simone da Silva Collins, Senior Financial Analyst at Sony

Simone da Silva Collins is an FP&A professional working in Polycom, an industry leader in unified collaboration solutions.

She provides business partnering to various departments of Polycom in EMEA. She was previously the Group Finance Analyst supporting the Executive Team at Intec (now part of CSG), a provider of Business Support System (BSS) software and related services, primarily for the telecommunications industry. She also worked for Telewest (now part of Virgin Media) for over 7 years providing commercial and financial support to the Interconnect team.

Simone is originally from Macau in SE Asia. She gained her Masters at Manchester Business School. She has also recently achieved FP&A accreditation.

Have you thought of becoming an FP&A professional? When I was studying for my accounting qualification, I assumed I would become a traditional accountant. I did not know then how wrong this assumption would prove to be. This article gives an insight to my path in becoming an FP&A professional and short guide on how to become one.

The Dubai FP&A Board meeting on the 13th February 2018
Dubai FP&A Board will gather on 13 February 2018 for the third time to debate on the hot subject of the Advanced Analytics for modern Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A). 
London FP&A Board: FP&A Analytics Maturity Model

By Larysa Melnychuk, CEO and Founder at FP&A Trends Group and International FP&A Board

The future is unpredictable, the current business environment is harsh, competition is fierce. In these times of change, modern FP&A is both exciting and challenging. It is exciting because it utilises better and more sophisticated tools than previously, can embrace automation and the incredible power of online collaboration. However, it is difficult because old finance management practices are still alive: they are inadequate for the modern world.

The Most Useless Visualisation Ever

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.

Let’s take a look at some of the most messed-up, incomprehensible recent examples of quantation. Not surprisingly, all are graphs. But some come from sources that definitely should know better.

The Bridge between FP&A

By Karl Kern, Accountant / Lecturer / Writer

FP&A is a process of thinking and learning about how companies earn income and generate cash flows.  In order for this process to be effective a bridge between planning and analysis is necessary.  I learned about the importance of this bridge early in my professional life.

My FP&A Suite

By Christian Fournier, former Head of Finance Europe at Orange Business Services

By FP&A suite, we shall understand here the different elements that are needed to manage a given business. Obviously, industry is a keep differentiator but how does this reflect in practice? What are the key elements that needs to be in the suite and on what basis shall it be customised?

The Geneva FP&A Board meeting on the 6th February 2018
The London FP&A Board was created on 19 September 2013 to guide the development and promotion of the best practices in FP&A. Since then, the boards were successfully established in 15 cities of 11 countries in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Australia and the USA to identify and support new global trends, skill sets and thought leadership in corporate financial planning and analysis.
The Zurich FP&A Board meeting on the 8th February 2018

Zurich FP&A Board will gather on 8 February 2018 for the fifth time to dispute on the Beyond Budgeting Philosophy. The International FP&A Board was created on 19 September 2013 in London to guide the development and promotion of the best practices in FP&A. Since then, the Board chapters were successfully established in 15 cities of 11 countries in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Australia and the USA to identify and support new global trends, skill sets and thought leadership in corporate financial planning and analysis.

 
The New Age of FP&A Business Partnering

By Anastasia Chechkova, FP&A Trends Contributor

The Amsterdam FP&A Board gathered on the 9th of November, 2017, to discuss the essential of FP&A Business Partnering.

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