In this episode of “Planning Aces,” finance leaders explore the evolving role of FP&A as a strategic partner emphasizing the importance of reliable data in aligning decision-making and resetting priorities. The CFOs discuss how setting clear constraints enhances strategic planning and drives more thoughtful decision-making. Leveraging AI emerges as a key theme for optimizing financial […]
Ep 32: Operating IN and ON the Business
Planning Aces co-hosts Brett Knowles and Jack Sweeney discuss the strategic efforts of two CFOs leading organizational turnarounds, and a third CFO, who offers key organizational insights from an earlier career chapter. Emphasizing simplification, strategic focus, and leveraging both human insight and technology, Marc Suidan of The Beachbody Company, Emma Brown of Medius and David…
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907: Leaning In to Operations | Rick Rosenthal, CFO, CLARA Analytics
Rick Rosenthal had been working as an investment analyst at Bear Stearns for some 3 years when the bank became a casualty of the subprime mortgage crisis. He remembers sitting in front of his Bloomberg terminal in March 2008 and watching a news conference at which a Wall Street expert was assuring viewers that Bear…
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Experiencing a Planning Inflection Point at Salesforce | Evan Goldstein, CFO, Seismic
CFO GUEST: Evan Goldstein of Seismic EPISODE: #848 The People, the Mission, and the Innovation
Optimizing How R&D Dollars are Spent | Ross Muken, CFO, Sophia Genetics
GUEST CFO: Ross Muken of Sophia Genetics EPISODE: #842: Realizing the Potential of Data at Scale
FP&A and the Food Chain of Finance Learning | eBook
Seven CFOs reveal how people development and collaboration top their list of planning priorities. Download the eBook
Ep 13: From Euphoria to ‘Uh-oh!
Steve and Jack discuss how pricing strategy has increasingly become top of mind for finance leaders as businesses become more responsive to customer behaviors, and Steve reflects on the virtues of time travel and how by asking finance leaders to reflect on their past experiences we enjoy a front row seat to view those experiences […]
Planning Aces – July Preview | Mike Milotich, CFO, Marqeta
816: Moving to a Multiyear Mind-set | Mike Milotich, CFO, Marqeta
It was the type of assignment that Mike Milotich had been awaiting for most of his career. An innovative product team at American Express had just launched a promising new offering, and Milotich had been assigned to the group to help “optimize its day-to-day decision making”. “I arrived when it had been live for only…
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Deploying Your FP&A Team | Marc Levine, CFO, Tanium
Finance leader Marc Levine of Tanium discussing the areas of business where Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) professionals are currently being deployed at Tanium. As always, our intent is to snare (spotlight) a new metric or measure from Tanium CFO Marc Levine‘s list of top of mind numbers – but along the way Tanium’s finance leader provided us with a taste of […]
On LOCATION with FP&A Leader Robby LeBourveau of ProMach
ProMach designs, manufactures, and integrates packaging solutions and its success =growth = scaling = planning = one busy Robby LeBourveau (and team)….
Ep 10: Getting in Deeper
Steve and Jack discuss how successful financial planning teams are always looking to “get in deeper” and help their organization’s extend their lines of sight. Featuring commentary and FP&A insights from Planning Aces: CFO Adriana Carpenter of Emburse, CFO Kent Kelley of Unanet and CFO Brandon Maultasch of Moloco. Kent Kelley—a 15-year Oracle veteran whose […]