Ep 26: The Quest for the Golden KR
Ep 25: Impact of Organization Design on FP&A
Ep 24: Staying Small While Growing Big
Ep 23: Leading Cross-Functional Teams
Ep 22: The Power of GPT in Planning
Ep 21: When Sales is at the Table
Ep 20: Planning’s New Math: PLG + Product Usage
As more businesses track customer product usage ever more closely, finance leaders are busy fine-tuning the collaborative approaches that allow their organizations to identify and pursue revenue expansion opportunities. Guest Host Ben Murray and Jack Sweeney discuss the cross functional teams that are putting their companies on the path to greater net dollar retention as […]
Ep 19: Why FP&A Designs the Questions
It’s no secret, professionals from various departments must work together to correctly calculate Customer Lifetime Value (CLV), Customer acquisition cost (CAC) or Lead-to-customer ratios. This episode we explore how collaboration and communication is always essential to ensure these calculations and others take into account all relevant factors. “The way I think about it is that […]
Ep 18: Dragon Slayer of the Budgeting World | A Tribute to Steve Player
When consultant Steve Player died last week at the age of 64, the business function that he had tormented, ridiculed, and war-hammered for more than two decades stood quivering in the shadows. Still breathing, the beast of a business process known as budgetary control had withstood its most notorious assailant’s heaviest blows—in itself a resounding […]
Ep 17: Legibility & Levers
To grow efficiently businesses must have legibility across the organization, explains Airtable CFO Ambereen Toubassy, who tells us legibility can only be achieved by having everyone throughout the business using the same metrics. Along the way, Toubassy says finance leaders must ensure their organization’s data capture is being conducted correctly and consistently. It may sound easy, but […]
Ep16: When FP&A Takes Rosaline’s View
With a prospect of a recession ever more present, Steve says its time to keep the 7 P’s top of mind, or as Navistar’s CEO Mark Hernandez explains Proper prior planning prevents piss-poor performance (the 7 P’s). Steve says Hernandez is spot on when it comes to what FP&A professionals must keep in mind as they […]