The FP&A Trends Webinar. Elevating FP&A Business Partnering Through AI
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Artificial Intelligence, in particular, Agentic AI, is set to change how FP&A work gets done. As digital workers increasingly take on recurring analysis and planning tasks, the FP&A Business Partnering model will shift toward interpretation, judgment, and deeper engagement in decisions.
Check out the recording of the FP&A Trends Webinar to hear how leading FP&A teams are using AI to shift time toward high-impact work, sharpen decision support, and build stronger, more trusted partnerships with business leaders.
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.
Sushmita Cosner is a strategic finance executive with 15+ years of experience driving growth, profitability, and operational excellence in PE-backed B2B SaaS, fintech, and asset management companies. She specializes in scaling finance functions to support high-growth, data-driven decision-making.
Sushmita currently serves as VP of FP&A and Business Intelligence at Mission Cloud Services, where she led all financial diligence and valuation efforts during the company’s acquisition by CDW. She built a robust finance and BI infrastructure that enabled ~30% revenue CAGR, gross margin expansion, and improved free cash flow, delivering strategic insights through integrated forecasting, SaaS metrics, and real-time dashboards.
Prior to Mission, Sushmita held senior finance and data strategy roles at Lord Abbett and Citigroup, where she led large-scale enterprise planning, cost optimization, and analytics initiatives. She began her career in technology advisory at PwC and EY.
Sushmita holds an M.S. in Information Systems from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business.
Liping Qi
Ms Liping Qi is a seasoned Global Finance Executive with 20+ years of extensive international work experience in Corporate Finance, Internal Audit, Strategy, Mergers & Acquisitions, Deal Negotiation and Execution. Ms Qi worked at Multinational companies’ global and regional headquarters and operations in North America, Europe, and Asia.
Before joining MST (MicroSurgical Technology Inc.) as CFO for its global operation, Ms Qi served as head of global FP&A for the multi-billion-dollar Satellite venture Kuiper at Amazon. Before Amazon, Ms Qi was CFO for WeWork Greater China and APAC CFO and VP of GBS (Global Business Service) for Arconic (Former ‘Alcoa’). Ms Qi has been on the board of directors for multiple business entities. Before Alcoa, Ms Qi served in various management and functional capacities at General Electric company for 14 years at its US HQ and multiple global business divisions.
Ms Qi is a CFA charter holder and holds an MBA degree from the Lally School of Management from RPI, Troy, New York.
Kyle Trainor
Kyle Trainor has over a decade of experience in the software industry with key focus areas in financial planning and supply chain.
His experience is spread across professional services and solution consulting, where he has developed a passion for product and user experience.
Fernando Schreiner
Experienced leader of Financial Planning & Analysis with 30 years of experience with a demonstrated history of working in the architecture & planning, legal and technology industries.
Fernando is skilled in Cash Flow, Business Planning, Analytical Skills, Team Building, and Professional Services. Excellent background in internal control assessment, finance decision support, and FP&A. Ability to direct complex projects from concept to fully operational status. Goal-oriented individual with strong leadership capabilities.
Organized, highly motivated, and detail-directed problem solver. Effectively manages teams across functional, geographic and organizational boundaries.
Dominic Nguyen
Dominic Nguyen has over 25 years of experience in Corporate Performance Management. Before joining Wolters Kluwer CCH Tagetik, he built his extensive knowledge of the FP&A industry at Oracle, Workday-Adaptive Planning, IBM, and Accenture, working in roles across Sales, Pre-Sales, and Consulting for a variety of customers and industries.
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