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The Digital Pan-Australian FP&A Board Recording: The Art and Science of xP&A Business Partnering
FP&A Tags
Extended Planning & Analysis (xP&A)
FP&A Business Partnering
FP&A Transformation
May 13, 2021

The meeting was proudly sponsored by:

Michael PageAFP

 At a time when the FP&A framework is being extended to the entire organisation (into Extended Planning & Analysis (xP&A)), FP&A Business Partnering needs to keep up with this new model to stay relevant and cutting edge.

xP&A Business Partnering is now the latest trend that is going well beyond just Finance involving the entire organisation to move FP&A and planning to the next level.

The Digital Pan-Australian FP&A Board brought together senior finance professionals across different industries to discuss the xP&A Business Partnering transformation journey.

The Panel:

  • Kristina Otschik, Director Finance at Cummins Inc., Melbourne FP&A Board member
  • Takeshi Murakami, Group Finance Manager / Controller at Microsoft, Tokyo FP&A Board member
  • Connagh Hopkins, Head of Business Planning and Reporting at Western Power, Perth FP&A Board member
  • Rahul Pandey, Principal Consultant - Asia at Jedox
  • Himashi Soriano, Managing Director, APAC at Association for Financial Professionals (AFP)
  • Hans Gobin, International FP&A Board Ambassador (Discussion Facilitator)

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/

Takeshi Murakami

Takeshi Murakami, who worked as a finance professional in various global companies, highly motivated, passionate, with proven record of strong financial and business acumen, as well as cross-functional leadership.

Takeshi is an experienced Finance professional with a demonstrated history of working in the IT hardware and Software industry. Strong finance professional skilled in Business Planning, Cross-functional leadership, Management Analytical Skills.

Himashi Soriano

Himashi Soriano is Managing Director, APAC, for the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) based outside of Washington, D.C. in the United States. Soriano leads AFP's Asia division, building customer relationships and developing partnerships within the Asia-Pacific region. Soriano has been an integral part of helping treasury and finance practitioners achieve their career goals through its training and Certified Treasury Professional (CTP) and Certified Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Professional programs for over 15 years at AFP. Soriano holds an MBA from Johns Hopkins University and previously served as Director of Business Development and Director of Sales, Strategy and Operations.

Rahul Pandey

Rahul is an experienced enterprise performance management consultant and his specialities include BI strategy consulting, business analysis, and development, providing support to sales and proof-of-concept.

With more than 13 years of professional experience in the areas of pre-sales, solution architecture, project management, and implementation, he has collaborated with companies in industries such as hospitality, telecom, manufacturing, retail, oil & gas, and FMCG.

With a strong focus on solving an organisation's pain points, his strong proficiency in multidimensional modelling, business intelligence, domain-specific solutions, and demos helps to shape a shared vision for solutions. Engaging with businesses to identify broken processes and other business problems obstructing innovation and value creation, his experience and proficiency in his field provide unique insight.

Connagh Hopkins

Connagh has over 20 years of experience as a finance professional in the UK and Australia working within various sectors including property development, not for profit, retail and commercial fuel sales, television production and currently working at Western Power, a large utility.

Leading teams through organisational change and improving financial partnering, increasing commercial acumen and awareness within organisations is a passion.

As Head of Business Planning & Reporting at Western Power, she is responsible for the finance partnerships that deliver enterprise-wide performance reporting & analysis, consolidation of the 10-year business plans, budgeting, forecasting, benchmarking and business case estimations.

As a finance leader, she has been influenced and enabled through working within diverse industries, allowing her to coach and mentor others to have the confidence to try something new and, be future-focused.

She holds an MBA from Deakin University, is a member of CIMA and CPA and a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Currently Treasurer for REmida, a NFP in Perth and Co-Chair of the Western Australian Committee for the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA).

Kristina Otschik

Kristina is currently the Director of Finance for Cummins South Pacific, a global power leader, directing the team in all areas of the finance function.

She has over 20 years of experience in all aspect of Financial Management, Leadership, Strategy, Risk, Performance Management, Corporate Governance, Accounting & Controlling, Team Development, FP&A, Working Capital Management & Auditing. She lived in Germany and Australia, held senior finance roles in various large multinationals and managed and worked with teams across the globe.

Kristina is passionate about providing insights beyond the numbers, shaping strategy and developing finance teams. As a result driven finance leader she is a strategic business partner to the executive team helping to drive profitable growth, customer loyalty and innovation with a strive for excellence.

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