The FP&A Trends Webinar: Digital FP&A: Deploying AI/ML for Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting
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Amid threats of recession, banking collapse, an increasingly tight labor market and rising rates, organizations have heightened their focus on efficiency and profitability. FP&A teams have been asked to do more with less, fueling a desperate search for productivity. And technology is the key to finding that productivity. With the launch of ChatGPT earlier this year, we’ve seen science fiction become a reality. This session will focus on how FP&A teams can take advantage of AI and machine learning technologies to drive faster cycle times and foster increased agility.

The FP&A Trends webinar was held on May 10th and the panel of senior practitioners and thought leaders shared their practical insights on Digital FP&A and Deploying Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) for Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting.

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/

The Panel:

Hashim Ahmed

Hashim has been the CFO of Jaguar Mining, a listed gold mining company, since joining in 2014. He has around 20 years of experience, with the past 12 years focused on the mining industry, and expertise in financial management, strategy, corporate turnaround, and capital markets. He obtained his CA designation with PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP and later worked with Ernst & Young LLP in their mining advisory practice. Prior to Jaguar, Hashim worked with Barrick Gold for over 7 years, where he held progressively senior positions in finance functions in Canada, and with site finance teams in Chile. At Jaguar, he oversees financial and non-financial aspects of the business, including economic strategy and business planning, treasury and tax management, human resources, supply chain and systems. Hashim is also a board member of Stratabound Minerals, a junior listed exploration company.

Tanja Schlesinger

For the last 6 years I Tanja Schlesinger currently holds the position of VP OneSource Business Intelligence at Deutsche Bahn Regio AG. She drives the digitalization of DB Regio FP&A processes by developing a Business Intelligence platform with the aim for a true value driver-based planning and analysis.

Striving for transformation by implementing a true digital culture. Tanja is currently successfully setting-up Data Management and Business Intelligence tools supporting her organization for faster and better decisions with Standard Reporting, Machine Learning and AI Use cases in a cloud environment. Tanja aims at a high level of transparency to better predict the effects of change in value drivers.

Tanja’s drive for growth from scratch to implementation, her entrepreneurial thinking and acting also in political settings as well as her wide knowhow in the financial management of private and public companies make her proud to meet FP&A challenges concerning digitalizing its processes.

Cody Johnson

Cody is a leader in Product Management for Workday responsible for many initiatives including embedding AI/ML within Workday’s Planning product. Before going into software he spent 12 years in finance working as a finance director for a retail organization and as an FP&A analyst in the aviation industry.

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