Novelis CFO Dev Ahuja highlights his efforts to ensure that finance plays a more prominent role in driving decisions and shaping outcomes across the organization. Ahuja explains his approach involves pushing value levers and making a tangible impact on the company’s profitability and results.
Top of Mind Metrics | Joel Campbell, CFO, TreviPay
Top Priorities: Driving Value and Developing the Talent Pipeline
Ep 24: Staying Small While Growing Big
This episode our cohosts Brett Knowles and Jack Sweeney explore the insights and commentary from three finance leaders: CFO Michael Bannon of Typeform, CFO Chuck Fisher of Turo, and CFO Jeff Noto of Zayo. The episode discusses the importance of identifying unique and key metrics for businesses, moving beyond common knowledge. Meanwhile, the cohosts discuss…
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Ep 23: Leading Cross-Functional Teams
Are you tired of sitting through unproductive monthly meetings that turn into show-and-tell sessions? Do you want to shift your focus to key metrics that matter and move away from storytelling to a more data-driven approach? In this episode of the Planning Aces podcast, Cohosts Jack Sweeney and Brett Knowles feature the commentary and insights…
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CFO Kellenberger’s Three Vital Questions | Brett Knowles, Cohost, Planning Aces
The Path to Unlocking Gross Margin Points | Dayton Kellenberger, CFO, Vendavo
CFO GUEST: Dayton Kellenberger, CFO, Vendavo Kellenberger: I think there’s a couple that that come to mind. I mean, I think the first piece is overarchingly. We want to make sure that we’re focusing the business on the key metrics that matter. And so we shifted how we do our monthly business unit reviews. So […]
ChatGPT Takes a Seat at the Planning Team’s Table | Brett Knowles, Planning Aces
Ep 22: The Power of GPT in Planning
FP&A expert and Planning Ace's guest host Brett Knowles tells us GPT can be used as an "extra member" at the planning table, providing a catalyst for exploring ideas and expanding horizons. By generating scenarios and validating strategies against them, planners can identify environmental and situational factors that need to be true for a strategy…
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Using Compensation to Achieve Post Merger Sales Alignment | Teodora Gouneva, CFO Next Insurance
Gouneva: Through my career, I spend a lot of time supporting sales teams. And usually what is critical with the sales team is they respond really well to how you design compensation. And if you don’t design it the right way, you may get a different behavior that you don’t intend. So looking back at […]
Planning Aces | John McCauley, CFO, Calendly
McCauley: When you have such a heterogeneous install base that Calendly has, we have so many different use cases in so many different industries with so many different levels of complexity. When you look at our data at a consolidated basis, it has nominal value. It’s hard to take action on this heterogeneous group that […]
Where FP&A Resides | Gary Zyla, CFO, AssetMark
Zyla: The Finance team I oversee, it’s fun and it’s broad. You have Business Intelligence, I have Investor Relations, Corporate Development, Communications, and PR are part of our Finance team, which is somewhat unusual. Sometimes, we have FP&A, of course, we have Controllership. But, the Business Intelligence is amazing. And, I think in many companies, […]