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FP&A Videos

The FP&A Videos is a unique educational project featuring global thought leaders and passionate Financial Planning and Analysis professionals. 

In view of the recent significant transformations in the FP&A (Financial Planning and Analysis) world, the main goal of this project is to share and promote better practices in FP&A.

Within its framework, we share latest trends, case studies, and insights with our expanding FP&A community.

Watch the episodes below to keep on top of developments in modern FP&A.

Visual FP&A: Is Graphing the Right Choice?

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

In my last article, I listed four questions you should ask yourself, and the order you should ask them in. In this article, we address Question #1: Which is the most effective way to impart your key information? 

FP&A Data Viz Question #4: Are You an Ethical Presenter? Are You Sure?

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.

Of the four essential questions every effective FP&A professional should ask before presenting graphical information, the first three focused on making the information understood. The fourth, and last, question you should ask yourself is different: 

FP&A Data Visualisation: Does Your Graph Actually WORK?

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.

When the graph is the right way to present your FP&A information, several important questions should be asked.

7 Reasons Why Good Financial Business Partnering Starts with Cash Flow

By Michael J. Huthwaite, Director of Product Management at Walmart

As Finance leaders, we can’t expect the business to view Finance as value-added partners if we can’t put a stop to this often-inaccurate stereotype in advance. So where should we start? The answer lies in better communication along with greater transparent and objective measurements that can be easily understood and used by all.  
 

A New Era for FP&A

The FP&A Trends Group and Ducascopy TV are happy to announce the launch of the FP&A Trends TV Series. The main goal of the project is to share and promote better practices in Financial Planning and Analysis.

These educational series will involve many global thought leaders and passionate FP&A professionals. This unprecedented project will share the latest trends, case studies, and insights with our expanding FP&A community.

The past 5 years have seen significant transformations in the FP&A (Financial Planning and Analysis) world.

FP&A in Banking - Evolving Trends

In this episode of the FP&A Trends Series, Ramkumar Balasubramaniam, Head of FP&A  and MI at Barclays Bank in the UAE and a member of Dubai FP&A Board, shares his thoughts on the latest FP&A trends in the banking industry. 

Forces Creating Modern FP&A

In this episode of the FP&A Trends Series Gary Cokins, recognised business analytics expert, author-president of Analytics-Based Performance Management LLC, shares his insights on forces that create modern FP&A. Learn about the key success factors that modern FP&A should take into consideration when embracing the analytical transformation journey.

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