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Founder of The FP&A Guy | Providing training and content that helps FP&A and Finance Professionals be better at their job today and tomorrow.

From FP&A to CFO- The FP&A role is the best-positioned finance role to become CFO. Agree or Disagree? I believe many CFO professionals will be the CFOs of tomorrow. I am not alone in that opinion. I previously interviewed Jack McCullough for a podcast, and he shared that he predicted most CFOs would come from FP&A, and it was just a matter of time until this was the case. If you are someone working in FP&A who eventually wants to become a CFO, then you need to learn to tell the story. You need to take the numbers and transform them into actionable insights. Join me next Wednesday as I chat with Julio Martínez, the CEO and Co-founder of Abacum. We will discuss this topic and share advice we have learned throughout our careers. Transforming Numbers into Action Free to attend Date: 17th April 2024 Time: 12 PM ET Registration Link: https://lnkd.in/gc55cJKe

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David Fortin, CPA

Microsoft MVP | I teach Excel & Copilot to Professionals through compelling videos 🐷

4mo

I have to agree with this. Being in FP&A myself , I felt like I was at the heart of the organization. I had a direct relationship with : Finance (boring part oops I said it!!, with the ERP, journal entries etc) Was doing the budget for the sales. Was direct relationship with revops and the CRM Knew where the marketing were spending. Had direct link with the sales rep themselves to make the budget. Had close discussions with Customer Success Really understood the issues the company had in term of metrics, could get some help from the senior dev in the development team to get better insights on our BI tool. Sorry I'm about to write a book, but you get a really good 360 overview of the business you're in.

We are looking forward to this session! 😁

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Tyler Cyphers

I Give Businesses Perspective to Know What's Working, What's Not, and Where We Can Improve | Helping Busy Professionals Find and Passively Invest in Real Estate | Girl Dad | Lousy Golfer

4mo

The finance org has really transformed to the strategic center of business in the last 5-7 years. No team better to take advantage than FP&A given their visibility and impact companywide.

Pablo Bordas, MBA

CFO Externo | Mejoro el EBITDA de las empresas implantando PowerBI | Formo a analistas de Data & Finance y les hago crecer como consultores independientes | Founder: myCFO

4mo

I’ll be there!

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