Best Glenn Hopper Podcasts (2024)

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The last frontier: Getting FP&A from Back Office to Brilliant - Daniel Paik 1:03:27

1h ago1:03:27

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Former CFO Daniel Paik, turned founder and CEO of CuroWork is at war on back office functions. He vows to “transform back-office departments from cost centers to profit centers” with FP&A in their sights. He says: “I call the back office the last frontier. We are the only ones not measuring ourselves. Therefore we get crap given to us every single …

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A Bold Prediction for the Future of Accounting in the AI Era By Tom Hood 37:04

3h ago37:04

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This week’s show notes are written by Microsoft CoPilot. What does the future of accounting and finance look like? How can you leverage technology, especially generative AI, to take your career to the next level? Join Paul Barnhurst and Glenn Hopper as they explore these questions and more with Tom Hood, a renowned leader and innovator in the accou…

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Selling the Stack: Tyler Caskey, Partner at TheBeanCounters 59:37

4d ago59:37

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CFO and Partner, Tyler Caskey loves hunting down and automating manual processes, installing better systems, and redesigning how information is gathered. He adds: “On average I can cut 40% of the time cost out of most finance and payroll teams within 12 months. And with the 40% saved time they can significantly reduce error rates and start to show …

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Getting to an amazing FP&A Data story – Brandon Wilson 53:33

2h ago53:33

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Continuing our “Masters of FP&A Data” series, we have the privilege of hosting Brandon Wilson, Founder and CEO of Steady Dynamic. Brandon works with clients from early-stage startups to Fortune 500 companies giving expertise to those who lack experience building digital solutions. He encourages big ideation, assuming technology can solve any proble…

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Why AI is a Game-Changer for Finance Professionals - Insights from Christian Martinez 42:51

16d ago42:51

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In this episode of the Future Finance Show, hosts Paul Barnhurst and Glenn Hopper sit down with Christian Martinez, a finance transformation expert and AI enthusiast, to explore the intersection of finance, artificial intelligence, and data analytics. The discussion covers the growing importance of AI and Python in finance, the benefits of leveragi…

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Getting more wins from your data - with Nicholas Mann 58:36

7d ago58:36

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Nicholas Mann, founder and CEO Stratos Consulting, has got the best out of the data for hundreds of companies. He has helped data and analytics leaders go from siloed, heterogeneous data source to a modeled data warehouse and analytics platforms. In this awesome analytics episode he shares some of his experiences: Getting companies on their data jo…

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20 years of top FP&A (from Amazon to Siemens and everything in between) 46:13

1M ago46:13

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Maria del Dado Alonso Sanchez, a recognized and respected Board Member and Chief Financial Officer for large & mid-cap companies has been a finance leader in sectors including e-commerce, technology, gaming ad tech, and online hospitality. She says: “Each sector really presented its unique financial challenges and strategies.” Learn invaluable less…

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Unlock Financial Success with AI With Jon Brewton 49:48

27d ago49:48

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Future Finance: Unlocking the Power of AI for Finance Professionals With Jon Brewton TLDR: Jon Brewton, the founder and CEO of Data2, talks about how his company uses AI and machine learning to help clients in make better decisions and avoid errors. Each week we ask AI to generate our show notes and optimize them to get you interested in the story.…

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For the Love of FP&A: Christian Wattig 57:48

1M ago57:48

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Only our second ever returning guest, Christian Wattig, a veteran former leader of FP&A at P&G, Unilever, and Squarespace, reveals new skills he has learnt as he created the recently-launched 8 week Wharton Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Certificate Program, one of the most comprehensive FP&A training courses on the market. He describes highl…

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David Tighe 1:33:12

1M ago1:33:12

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David Tighe has enjoyed a career of over 40 Years in the Radio Business, presenting shows for CNFM, Severn Sound, Horizon, Chiltern and TFM and also a career running station across the world, including a stint with Bauer Northern Ireland. In this weeks edition, David sits down with Luke to share the stories of his life and career on Radio, from bei…

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The Art of Finance: Joe Knight on Demystifying Numbers to Empower Businesses 55:17

2M ago55:17

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When any finance business partner–a CFO or an FP&A professional–wants their counterpart across the table in marketing, sales or HR, to understand the essentials of numbers, they hand them the business classic, Financial Intelligence, A Manager's Guide to Knowing what the Numbers Really Mean. First published in 2006, the book has been named in the T…

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The Role of AI in Modern Finance With Jim O'Neill 37:18

1M ago37:18

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TLDR: Jim O'Neill, co-founder of SaaSWorks, discusses the critical role of AI in modern finance, emphasizing the importance of clean data, the convergence of AI with other technologies, and the need for businesses to adapt to an AI-driven landscape. These show notes were written by Claude.AI Sonnet LLM Model. Dive into the Future of Finance with AI…

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When AI Outperformed Financial Analysts – Alex Kim 59:06

2M ago59:06

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In this episode Glenn Hopper talks to the researcher responsible for the groundbreaking study which found that AI is better at conducting financial analysis than humans. Alex Kim, University of Chicago Booth School of Business, provides a full overview of his findings, methodology and the impact on FP&A, CFOs and finance from the attention-grabbing…

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How to get on CFO headhunters’ radars and win your next role 55:29

2M ago55:29

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We received a flood of FP&A and CFO questions from our audience (and FP&A Reddit). These and more are put to this this week’s finance headhunter special guests: Nick Gribbon,Senior Partner, Financial Officers Practice at Essenta, and Laura Streather, Consultant, Private Equity at Essenta, who run the finance headhunting section at the global execut…

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Paul Coia 53:19

2M ago53:19

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Paul Coia was the first voice heard on Channel 4 back in November 1982, and hosted various programmes for Television, but before his television career took off - he began his career on the local station Radio Clyde. In this week's edition of Radio Greats, Paul sits down with Luke to share his broadcasting tales, from getting the bug for radio, how …

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Ensuring Fairness and Privacy in the Digital Age With Ben Dooley 37:32

2M ago37:32

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This week on Future Finance before getting to our guest interview HAL 9000l makes a guest appearance and Glenn has a fun discussion about romantic relationships and AI that you will not want to miss. Welcome to the exciting world of Future Finance! Today's episode dives into the exploration of the dynamic intersection of AI and finance. Ben Dooley,…

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Fortune 500 to Startups: Multi-industry FP&A Leader Geetha Ramachandran 51:58

2M ago51:58

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Geetha Ramachandran is an FP&A change agent. She helped transform FP&A operations at GE Healthcare and Cummins (“When I walked into the FP&A at GE Healthcare, and I saw the close was eight days, my approach to things is usually I don’t take things just on face value or just because someone has been doing something a particular way).” Geetha has sin…

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Secrets to Building Error-Free Financial Models with Cameron & Nicholas Hay 46:50

2M ago46:50

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Welcome to a special episode of our podcast! Today, we're thrilled to bring you an exciting Podswap. We are sharing an episode from Financial Modeler’s Corner. Stay tuned for an engaging conversation you won't want to miss. Here are the show notes from our previous episodes. Welcome to the Financial Modeler's Corner (FMC), where we discuss the Art …

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Getting to a Winning FP&A Story 56:26

2M ago56:26

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A compelling FP&A story is essential. In this second (and final) session from FP&ACon 2024, Glenn hosts Soufyan Hamid, FP&A leader for 16 years who runs the Financial Storytelling Program, and Matthew Herbert, Chewy Director of Finance. First poll: How confident are you in your ability to craft a compelling FP&A Story:? The move from numbers to sto…

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How Generative AI Is Changing The Game for Finance Professionals - Featuring Adam Tzagournis 35:17

3M ago35:17

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TLDR: These show notes were optimized using Google Gemini after we tried Meta Llama 3 8B and ran into issues. The show notes are designed to make you listen to the full episode thanks to AI. Below is a poem for the show from Gemini The numbers whiz by, a blur in the night, Financial wizards locked in a fight. AI swoops in, a tool sharp and bright, …

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AI and FP&A: Hype vs Reality 54:46

3M ago54:46

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In this special episode (part of Datarails’ FP&A Con 2024) Glenn hosts an all-star panel to debate AI and FP&A: Hype vs reality. Join Nicolas Boucher, Christian Martinez, and Gabriela Gutierrez, alongside CFO Glenn Hopper, host of FP&A Today, and an AI thought leader and author. Delve into real-world applications, separating fact from fiction, and …

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Rich Clarke 55:19

3M ago55:19

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Rich Clarke has been in our ears for the last three decades, presenting shows for CFM, Wyvern, Trent and Key 103. Reaching National Level with Capital and The Vodafone Big Top 40, and returning to Local radio with Heart South. In this week edition, Rich sits down with Luke and shares his stories of the wireless. From setting up a uni stations, to c…

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FP&A as Business Intelligence – Len McFall 45:42

2M ago45:42

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FP&A professionals are the original business intelligence (BI) experts, says Len Mcfall, senior consultant, finance at Windstream Holdings, a $1billion US telecoms company. “FP&A itself is synonymous with business intelligence,” he says. “And honestly, weren’t, weren’t we the first business intelligence? We’ve always been working with data. We’ve a…

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How AI and Automation Is Bridging The Accountant Shortage with Mitchell Troyanovsky 37:36

3M ago37:36

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TLDR: These show notes were optimized using Claude ChatGPT 4.0 and are designed to make you listen to the full episode. We also asked H4.0 to write a brief limerick summarizing the show notes. There once was a podcast on AI, Transforming accounting, oh my! With Mitchell's insight, Efficiency in sight, A must-listen for those on the fly. Show Notes:…

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My Adventures in Finance Real Estate: From Whistleblowing Fraud to Big Wins for Residents 39:04

3M ago39:04

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CFO Seth Zimmerman faced a triple blow of tests in his decades-long real estate career. Firstly, he witnessed the Lehman collapse first-hand from within a real estate division of the famed bank (“We just got a call from our New York office, a guy in New York. He’s like, well, it’s done. We’re bankrupt.”). Secondly, being forced to blow the whistle …

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Steve Madden 1:31:54

3M ago1:31:54

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Steve Madden began his career as a Teacher, before joining the BBC on a Graduate Training scheme. From then on he went onto present shows for Radio 2, BBC Local Radio in Cambridge, Norfolk and Berkshire and work for BFBS and Victory Online. In this weeks edition of Radio Greats, Steve sits down with Luke to share his stories of the wireless, from l…

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Ready FP&A One: From Assassin’s Creed to Battling Big Budget Bosses – David Fortin 48:23

3M ago48:23

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As a lifelong gamer, David Fortin successfully landed his dream job managing FP&A at Ubisoft – the $2.79 billion gaming company responsible for Assassin’s Creed, Driver, and Far Cry, For Honor. The former PwC auditor then decided to take on an even more daunting leap. He ran FP&A at Saas Startup Polka “building the plane while we were flying” – cue…

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Discovering New Dimensions In Accounting with Sasha Orloff 45:56

3M ago45:56

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TLDR: These show notes were optimized using Claude AI Haiku and are designed to make you listen to the full episode. We even asked Haiku to provide a Haiku summarizing the show notes for your reading pleasure. Haiku: Finance takes new shape, AI-driven transformation, Shaping the future. Prepare to be captivated as hosts Paul Barnhurst and Glenn Hop…

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The FP&A Playbook from Nestlé, Mars, Kraft Heinz and Amazon: Swati Bagri 45:27

4M ago45:27

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From being the First kid in her family to finish high school, Swati Bagri began as a role as auditor at Deloitte (“I did what any 17-year-old smart kid would do. I just followed my friends”). At Deloitte she discovered a “love of finance” realizing it’s “what I want to do for the rest of my life”. Swati cemented her FP&A career at some of the world…

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Welcome to Future Finance - Subscribe Now! 3:27

4M ago3:27

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New show coming soon...By Glenn Hopper & Paul Barnhurst

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Forecasting and Leading (FP&A) in Las Vegas 57:25

4M ago57:25

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We host our first ever FP&A guest from the US casino and gambling sector with the head of FP&A at Genting Americas, a world leader in casinos and lodging with luxurious loactions in Las Vegas, Bimini, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, and the United Kingdom. Bill Singh is VP FP&A of Genting Americas, part of the world’s largest Destination Reso…

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Glenn Pinder 46:37

4M ago46:37

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Glenn Pinder is one of Yorkshire's most recognised voices of the Wireless. Having Presented shows for Radio Aire and Magic 828 and worked with some of the biggest names in Radio. Today he sits down with Luke to chat about the past three decades of radio, from landing a gig at Radio Aire and presenting programmes from Burley Road, moving over to Mag…

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Hitmaking, Taylor Swift, and FP&A 47:49

4M ago47:49

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What’s the connection between FP&A and Taylor Swift? To answer we are joined by Michael Stotland, Vice President of FP&A at AEG Presents. AEG Presents is one of the largest live music companies in the world, and most famously the concert promoter behind the $1 billion dollar revenue Eras Tour by Taylor Swift: the highest grossing tour of all time. …

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Martin Buchanan 41:28

4M ago41:28

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Martin Buchanan has been a well known voice on British Radio and TV for the past four decades, working on Radio Luxembourg, Capital Gold, BBC World Service, Magic 105.4 and BBC Radio Kent. Speaking in this weeks edition of Radio Greats, he chats to Luke about his life on the wireless, and also about TV - from work at Radio 210, to being on Musicbox…

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The FP&A Life at GE, Microsoft–and Now Google 44:03

4M ago44:03

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Antonio Reza is the Head of Finance for Google Cloud Consulting in Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). In this episode he reveals the FP&A life and lessons he has learned over the past 14 years working in finance and strategy at Google, Microsoft, and GE. He brings experiences across 10 different countries leading teams across the globe spannin…

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Rachael Hopper 1:32:20

4M ago1:32:20

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Rachael Hopper has been retired from the radio business since 2010, but before then she enjoyed a 20 year career as a presenter and producer on the GWR Network, Radio 1, Capital and Heart Radio. In this edition of Radio Greats, Rachael sits down with Luke to share her career of the wireless. From working with her Mum at BBC Radio Cumbria, to losing…

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Formula for FP&A success at high-growth companies: Greg Lopez 42:51

5M ago42:51

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Greg Lopez has served as the CFO and VP of operations at companies including Futurism, a digital media company, Wirecutter (acquired by the New York Times) and Gawker Media (acquired by Univision). Now Greg is a consultant at high-growth companies working with clients ranging from a “family owned business doing $20 million”, “SaaS businesses doing …

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Data analytics and AI for FP&A teams – with Nathan Bell 51:02

5M ago51:02

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Getting FP&A teams to harness their data to reach their goals is the holy grail. Nathan Bell, Managing Partner, VAi Consulting, is among the most in-demand experts. Bell has unique experience– having started in computer science, before leading finance teams at Native American Bank, Digital Media Trends and Gartner– where he advised hundreds of FP&A…

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Phil Kennedy 49:02

5M ago49:02

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Phil Kennedy has spent over 40 years on the radio and has worked on some of the biggest stations including BBC Radio 1, Virgin Radio and LBC. But has also enjoyed a career on Local Radio from Radio City, Red Dragon, 210FM and BBC Local Radio in London and Berkshire. Today he chats to Luke about how he got the bug for Radio. How a gig at Radio Topsh…

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How to Light up FP&A Telecoms - Tory Bauman, VP FP&A Zayo 45:07

5M ago45:07

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Tory Bauman, Vice President, FP&A at Zayo Group joins new host Glenn Hopper. In this fascinating episode they go deep on FP&A metrics and processes at one of the most exciting companies in telecoms. Tory leads an FP&A team underpinning business decisions at Zayo whose network stretches over 16.8 million fiber miles and spans 141,000 route miles. Wi…

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Tony Fisher 1:23:19

5M ago1:23:19

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Tony Fisher has enjoyed nearly four decades on the wireless, in both presentation and management. Some of the stations have included Pennine, BBC Radio Leeds, Century, Galaxy, Wyvern and BBC Radio Hereford and Worcester. In this edition of Radio Greats, Tony shares with Luke his journey from gaining a YTS placement on Pennine and working with Paul …

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The Big Handover: Paul Says Goodbye and Chats With New Host Glenn Hopper 24:55

5M ago24:55

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It’s the end of an era. This is Paul Barnhurst’s last episode as FP&A Today host. And in this episode he introduces new FP&A Today host: Glenn Hopper. Glenn Hopper is a Chief Financial Officer with two decades of experience leading finance operations for private equity-backed companies. Glenn is an author and journalist, US Navy Veteran, #1 AI Fina…

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Leaving FP&A at billion dollar companies to become a top Fractional CFO: Rosemary Linden ‘s amazing career journey 46:49

6M ago46:49

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Rosemary Linden more than earned her stripes in FP&A over twenty years. Her roles included VP FP&A at Alliant Insurance Services. Director of Global FP&A at WD-40 Company and at Solera. But after two decades in corporate finance she moved to being a fractional CFO serving small businesses (typical annual revenue of around $10million) managing an as…

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Doing Capitalism Better: Cotopaxi CFO Gary Bowen 43:16

6M ago43:16

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Most CFOs don’t build models where 1% of their company’s net sales (not profits) are given away instantly “right from the top” to help alleviate poverty. But then Cotopaxi is not like most companies. In this episode Cotopaxi CFO, Gary Bowen, explains the pivotal role played by finance and FP&A in “doing capitalism better” while also seeking to beco…

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From Leading Data Science at Facebook to becoming a CEO: Kat Orekhova 50:37

6M ago50:37

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Kat Orekhova is Co-Founder & CEO of Vareto, a planning and analytics platform for enterprise teams. In her own words Kat has an “unusual backstory” leaving the world of math academia to build Facebook’s first-ever data science team within FP&A. At the social media giant she was Responsible for financial reporting, forecasting, and planning activiti…

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FP&A Bliss from Pepsi to Lindt: Tolga Hocanin 43:12

6M ago43:12

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Tolga Hocanin, CFO & Vice President, Finance & IT at Lindt & Sprüngli (Canada) gives a masterclass in CPG FP&A from his experience at PepsiCo and chocolatier, Lindt. In this episode: Lessons from 20 years of budgeting and how my first budget was a nightmare Why budgeting is not just a math exercise The main metrics you need to know in CPG Why mix m…

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How FP&A and Rev Ops Can work Together to Drive Value 54:49

6M ago54:49

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Talking about the connectedness of FP&A and Rev Ops working together are all-star revenue leaders: Jeff Ignacio, Head of Go-to market Growth and operations at Regrow Ag, Arvind Chahal VP, finance and ops at autotrader Canada, and Drew Noel, VP Revenue, SCS Cloud. First, what is rev Ops? “Rev Ops is the discipline of aligning go-to market strategy a…

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Andrew Lynch -the SMB Finance Guy-on Mentors, Skill Stacking, and why getting Fired Saved my Career 48:42

7M ago48:42

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Andrew Lynch, Head of FP&A at UK card discount scheme for public service employees, Blue LIght Card, is known to his nearly 11,000 Twitter followers as The SMB Finance Guy. The FP&A leader also runs the highly popular Net Income newsletter regularly posts small business opportunities, scaling companies, systems, strategy, “with a few shitposts thro…

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FP&A at $5m to $50M Companies – Jon Allen and Duke Heninger 48:11

7M ago48:11

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Jon Allen and Duke Heninger, of Utah-based Amplēo, have brought their finance game to fast-growing companies which are between $5m and $50m in revenue. They are “fractional CFOs” – that is experienced finance professionals advising these companies on a part-time basis. For instance, one business they work with, Korean barbeque restaurant Cupbop, ap…

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AI: An extension of the FP&A Brain: Didi Gurfinkel Co-Founder and CEO of Datarails 36:21

7M ago36:21

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There are two different directions for AI in finance, says Didi Gurfinkel, Co-Founder and CEO of Datarails. You can use AI to extend your hands. Or, your brain. He says: ”Using AI to extend your hands involves automating processes, making everything faster, reducing headcount shortening time to deliver, which is amazing. But it’s not a life changer…

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