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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.

Driver-Based Planning: Why is it So Important For Modern FP&A?

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

On 12th October 2017, 22 senior finance practitioners from such companies as Ericsson, IDG (International Data Group), Lagardére Sports, MSD, Nutricia, Philips, Pirelli, Regus, Salesforce, Telia, Tieto, etc., gathered in Stockholm to interactively discuss why Driver-Based Planning matters for modern FP&A. The discussion was thought-provoking and interesting: many finance practitioners considering fully driver-based planning model, however, just a few organizations have them. 

The London FP&A Circle Meeting on the 25 January 2018

The demand for Financial Planning & Analytics (FP&A) thought leadership and best practice establishment is very high. In response to many requests from the UK professional community, the London FP&A Circle was established in July 2016. This is a  vendor-agnostic educational and networking forum for passionate finance practitioners. It is a platform for the International FP&A Board to share its practical insights on the latest trends and developments in financial planning and analytics with the FP&A community of London city. So far the board discussions were held in 15 cities, 11 countries on 4 continents.

Future of Finance: Five Factors Changing FP&A

By Luke Clark, the Senior Content Manager Asia-Pacific for Michael Page.

This Michael Page interview with Larysa Melnychuk, CEO and the founder of FP&A Trends and International FP&A Board gives an overview on the evolving role of modern Financial Planning and Analytics (FP&A) globally. The interview was given during Larysa's travel to APAC region for the FP&A Board meetings and reveals five factors that changing global FP&A

Beyond Budgeting Philosophy: Are We Ready for the Change?

In this interview,  Larysa Melnychuk, Managing Director at FP&A Trends Group and the Founder of the International FP&A Board, shares her thoughts on Beyond Budgeting Philosophy and reveals insights that were generated by the London FP&A Board during debate on the subject.

Are we ready to change the traditional budgeting culture?

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