The Digital London FP&A Circle Recording: Building Winning FP&A Teams in a Time of Great Challenges
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 The meeting was proudly sponsored by:
 
unit4 prevero        Page Executive
 

FP&A team building is such an important objective for any 21st-century organisation.

Watch the recording of the Digital London FP&A Circle to learn the latest FP&A team roles that are not typical for traditional management accounting. Our experienced panel of experts shared their practical knowledge on how to build FP&A Teams from scratch, how modern technology can enhance team collaboration and what are the latest trends and developments in FP&A employment.

The Panel:

  • Hans Gobin, Experienced FP&A Leader and International FP&A Board Ambassador
  • Maria Olsson,  FP&A Transformation Lead at ConvaTec and International FP&A Board Ambassador
  • Will Ingles, FP&A Transformational Director at Avon
  • Justine O'Toole, Vice President, Global FP&A at Beam Suntory
  • Alistair Gurney, Group FP&A Director at Unit4
  • Jonathan Firth, Managing Director London & South at Michael Page
  • Larysa Melnychuk, MD of FP&A Trends Group and Founder of the International FP&A Board (Discussion Facilitator)

Larysa Melnychuk

Larysa Melnychuk is a passionate Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) professional and influencer who has held senior FP&A roles at leading organisations before setting up the International FP&A Board in 2013. The Board is a global and well-recognised professional think-tank that aims to bring together the knowledge and experience of senior FP&A professionals and aid the development of best practice in the profession.

In the last three years, she successfully expanded the Board into 27 chapters in 16 countries across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, and North America.

Larysa is also the founder and CEO at the FP&A Trends Group (fpa-trends.com), the leading online resource for FP&A professionals. She chairs the Global AI FP&A Committee and runs a number of high-profile initiatives in the area of modern financial analytics.

Larysa holds a Master of Science degree in physics of materials and is a qualified chartered management accountant (CIMA), chartered global management accountant (CGMA) and is a holder of an FP&A certification. She is also a member of the exam content writing team for the Association of Finance Professionals (AFP) FP&A certification.

Larysa is also a passionate conference speaker and writes articles on various FP&A-related subjects.

Maria is an FP&A specialist with over 25 years of experience, working in both strategic and operational roles, internationally across markets and functions, in large blue-chip companies such as Ericsson, Sony Ericsson, Coats Group plc and Vertiv.

Maria Olsson's LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maria-olsson-90a0372/

Hans Gobin, FCCA, MBA

Finance Director with over 20 years of experience in Financial reporting (Internal, External, PLC, Board), FP&A, Performance Management, Systems Implementation, Multinational Project managements, Transformation & Change Management, M&A, BPO & SSC.

Experience working in different company sizes ranging from Start-ups to large PLC and PE backed and experience working in various different sectors including manufacturing, retail, pharmaceutical, FMCG & Practice.

Founder member of the London International FP&A board regularly delivering talks on FP&A related subject matters.

Hans Gobin's LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hans-gobin-020118b/

Will Ingles

Will Ingles has 30 years of experience as a finance professional, having worked for Mondelez, EF, Kaplan and today with Avon on a global finance/implementation project following the acquisition by Natura&Co. He is a thought leader in his profession and following assignments in the Netherlands, Austria, China, Brazil and the US brings international experience to team’s he is leading on very complex implementations.

Will is a key sportsman and with his 3 children, is kept very busy out of the office, except when travelling around the world both for business and with his family.

Alistair Gurney

Alistair leads the Unit4 FP&A team. He trained and spent the early years of his career in Deloitte’s Corporate Finance team before moving into a variety of FP&A and finance director roles in private equity-backed businesses. He is focussed on bringing FP&A into the heart of corporate decision-making process by providing insightful analyses, and, perhaps more importantly, building the bridges between the wider finance team and the commercial operators around the business who could benefit from it.

Jonathan Firth

Jonathan Firth has over 25 years of experience in recruitment, with the last 15 years having been at Michael Page. Hired as part of their initial team to build Page’s Search business, he has been a Managing Director for seven years running a range of disciplines in the UK and now heading up the Michael Page brand across London and the South East – a business of over 300 Consultants across 11 offices recruiting mid to senior roles across Finance, HR, Sales, Marketing, Legal, Procurement & Supply Chain, Engineering Logistics and Property. Whilst working with most major multinationals, 70% of their business is with SMEs.

Justine O'Toole

Finance Director with over 25 years of experience in strategic and operational finance roles primarily in large FMCG organisations including Diageo, SABMiller and today at Beam Suntory.

Operating at the country board, divisional & corporate levels, benefitting from significant international experience having worked in Switzerland, Spain, the US and the UK. Currently leading Global FP&A.

Justine’s LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justine-o-toole-729b9514/

To learn more about the London FP&A Circle, please follow this link.

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