In the current highly uncertain business environment, an FP&A business partner needs to be equipped with defined skills and competencies that bridge technical acumen, technology, and influence. The latest technological advances have enhanced and transformed FP&A frameworks. Digitized FP&A Business Partnering is now the latest trend that is going well beyond just Finance involving the entire organization to move FP&A and planning to the next level.
Watch the full recording of the North American FP&A Board to explore how we can digitize FP&A collaboration in a way that is meaningful, impactful and measured in outcomes.
Agenda:
New Journey for FP&A - Skills and Processes
FP&A Business Partnering: How Mature is Your Model?
A Journey Towards Integrated FP&A Business Partnering
Technology to Build FP&A Business Partnering
Getting Future-ready for Digitized FP&A Business Partnering - Mindset Required
Tom Hood, CPA, CITP, CGMA, EVP – Business Engagement & Growth at Association of International Certified Professional Accountants & Business Learning Institute
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.
Pras Chatterjee is a Senior Director of Product Marketing for Planning & Analysis at SAP focusing on SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP BPC. Prior to joining Product Marketing, Pras was a Practice Manager for SAP Business Analytics Services in North America as a leader in the SAP EPM practice. He has also served as a Solution Architect for SAP focusing on Planning and Consolidations around the globe. Pras is a Chartered Professional Accountant and has worked with various software firms in the Finance space as well has had a career in Finance with various Fortune 500 organizations.
Shu Jiang
Shu is VP, Finance at Curriculum Associates, a privately held education technology company dedicated to making classrooms better places, serving educators and students, and supporting equitable learning. Shu leads a team to serve as strategic partners to the executive leadership team, helping to drive company growth and scaling the multi-product service model. Shu earned a B.S. in Finance from Xiamen University, China and an MBA from Boston College.
Tom Hood
Tom Hood, CPA, CITP, CGMA is currently the EVP of Business Engagement and Growth for AICPA-CIMA, A global Association of CPAs, CGMAs and CIMA members. He was just named the second most influential person in accounting by Accounting Today Magazine for the ninth year! He is also one of LinkedIn's Top 100 Influencers with a following of over 750,000.
He leads the Business Learning Institute as a division of AICPA-CIMA to create learning strategies and curriculums for finance and accounting to upskill and reskill their teams. As a former CFO, he is passionate about helping Management Accountants and Finance Professionals be even more future-ready for these exponential times.
Anthony Rossano
Anthony Rossano is a Director of FP&A at Indeed.com, the #1 job site in the world. Anthony graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied Economics and Statistics. He has brought his passion for analysis to a number of global, high-growth tech companies to partner closely with business leaders on driving growth and providing decision support. He leads a strong team of FP&A professionals and promotes a collaborative environment to drive continuous learning and development. He lives in Austin, Texas and in his free time enjoys cooking, trying new restaurants, and challenging himself with bootcamp workouts.
George Kolokotronis
George Kolokotronis is currently the Divisional Finance Director for Medioh, the digital health business unit of the Hypertec Group, a global provider of information technology products and services in multiple industries and serving more than 3,000 customers in over 70 countries.
George has worked in roles of increasing responsibilities over 27 years and has developed strong business acumen by working in various industries, including financial services, telecommunications, IT consulting, electronic imaging, pharmaceutical distribution and medical devices.
George has a B.Comm. in Accounting from Concordia University and is a Canadian CPA.
George’s passions include successfully mapping and executing organizational FP&A transformations and working closely with talent to help develop the required skill-set.
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