FP&A goes by many names. In Germany, it is called “Controlling”. From my previous visits to Germany, I know that German Controllers are different from Accountants: they are forward-looking, analytical and often very technical in their approaches. Recently, I got a great opportunity to learn how FP&A is evolving in Europe’s strongest economy.
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The past 5 years have seen significant transformations in the FP&A world. I have been fortunate enough to have travelled extensively and seen these changes. I saw a lot of changes in the FP&A World first-hand: both successful and painful. I met a lot of FP&A professionals – hard working, exciting, inspiring and often burned out.
Karl Kern has a BBA degree in Accounting from Temple University, and an MBA degree with a concentration in Finance from Babson College. Karl’s reputation as a problem solver is based on his ability to create as well as implement initiatives that have helped organizations increase revenues, decrease expenses, and improve cash flows.
Kedar Kale is an Indian Chartered Accountant, has cleared all levels of the CFA course and has an Advanced Diploma in Management Accounting from the CIMA. He has a keen interest in the future of finance as a function and analytics and loves to write.
James is a thought leader in FP&A and has presented at many Finance summits. He has also held various finance and operations leadership roles in multinationals such as Dell and Nokia and has clients such as Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
Andrew Codd set up the Strength in the Numbers Podcast to share with others in Finance & Accounting stories and practical guidance on what really works.
Andrew is a Chartered Accountant with over 20 years of professional and commercial experience. He has worked both domestically in Australia as well as globally in the UK and Europe. His website can be found here: https://www.andrewjepson.com/
Daniele Tedesco is a former CFO and investment banker and has successfully led a vast number of M&A transactions (buy- and sell-side) as well as driven value-based management approaches in different companies.
Gary Cokins is an internationally recognized expert, speaker, and author in advanced cost management and enterprise performance and risk management systems. He is an expert in ABC, EPM/CPM, Profit Analysis, Budget, and Analytics.
Hans Levenbach, PhD is Executive Director, CPDF Training and Certification Professional Development Programs. He conducts hands-on Workshops on Demand Forecasting for multi-national supply chain companies worldwide.
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