Steve and Jack discuss FP&A’s 100-year march. Featuring commentary and FP&A insights from Planning Aces: CFO Kurt Shintaffer of Apptio, CFO Jim Morgan of CallRail & CFO Daniel O’Shaughnessy of FormLabs.
728: The Courage of Your Convictions | Joe Wolk, CFO, Johnson & Johnson
Joe Wolk was about 5 years into his 23-year career with Johnson & Johnson when he was encouraged to take a manufacturing operations position at a newly acquired J&J company in Vacaville, California. One hot July day, Wolk recalls, he and his wife drove up to Vacaville to visit the plant, where he ended up…
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718: An Appetite for Impact | Sean Mulloy, CFO, Level Ex, Inc.
"Whenever you face setbacks and failures, view these as what they are—an opportunity to learn and grow. While talent and skill are certainly important, the most important skill is resiliency." –CFO Sean Mulloy When asked when he knew that he wanted to become a chief financial officer, Sean Mulloy tells us that he knew from…
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Ep 1: A Cut Above FP&A | Planning Aces
This Episode Features FP&A Insights & Commentary from: Chad Gold, CFO, SalesLoft Maria Manrique, CFO, O’Reilly Media Harmit Singh, CFO, Levi Strauss & Co. Andrew Kenny, CFO, Scoular Unedited Transcript This podcast has been made possible by Prophix software inside the financial planning and analysis realm. Long days often turn into long weeks for finance […]
708: Making FP&A Your Cross-Functional Glue | Waifa Chau, CFO, Nylas
Several actions proved key as Waifa Chau advanced from financial planning and analysis (FP&A) roles to chief financial officer positions. Collaborating with other functions, gaining an in-depth understanding of the overall business, and helping his colleagues to understand how FP&A benefits an organization have driven his success, says Chau, currently CFO with Nylas, Inc., a…
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696: Ascending the Funnel | Darrell Cox, CFO, Vena Solutions
When marketing campaigns get old, they're like polyester leisure suits that seem to fit okay but look awful, explains finance chief Darrell Cox of Vena Solutions, who credits finance with helping Vena to empty its closet. Or, to put it another way, Cox credits finance with helping Vena to fail faster. “The earlier you know…
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Growth-Minded CFOs Weigh The Costs Of Forecasting Rigor
This article was originally published on Forbes.com Thinking back to his investment banking days at Deutsche Bank, Brad Kinnish recalls having had a number of awkward conversations with corporate CFOs about their finance teams’ forecasting rigor. Kinnish, who stepped into a CFO role at Aryaka Networks in early 2020, no doubt finds himself replaying these […]