Let’s Talk Talent: How is Finance Practiced Differently Now?
How has finance talent changed today? What changes have you noticed or consciously made in what you look for, or how have you trained your people differently? AFP’s Asia Pacific FP&A Advisory Council considered this question at their February meeting, and what emerged was an understanding of a finance function in flux.
The Road Less Traveled: From Chemical Engineer to Director of FP&A
“I think of FP&A as sort of a culmination of a lot of skills that I developed over the years, from operations and engineering to commercial and business development.” AFP spoke with Raja Ramachandran, FPAC, about his journey from chemical engineering to FP&A, and his advice for professionals wanting to move into the same field.
AFP Benchmark Survey Provides Valuable Insights into the Anything but Normal of Now
If there's anything we've learned in the past year, it's that there is no normal anymore. We've realized that most of our members were going to be creating a budget or a forecast without a stable basis of comparison for operations due to market, talent and high supply chain disruptions. All of our historicals were thrown out of whack! We have four insights to share with you from in this webinar recap.
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Report Renovations: Improve the Visualization of Performance Reporting
Date: April 27, 2022
Time: 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. ET Pricing: Member: Complimentary | Non-Member: $100 Credits: CTP/CCM: 1.2 | FPAC: 1.2 | CPE: 1.2 CPE Field of Study: Communications and Marketing
Do you have dashing dashboards? Virtuous variance reports? Does your performance reporting look as good as you think? Three FP&A and visualization specialists will review variance reporting and dashboards submitted by AFP members and apply some TLC—tender loving criticism—to uncover what works well, and what could be improved with a makeover.
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As the certifying body in treasury and finance, the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) established and administers the Certified Treasury Professional (CTP) and Certified Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis Professional (FPAC) credentials, setting the standard of excellence in the profession globally. AFP’s mission is to drive the future of finance and treasury and develop the leaders of tomorrow through certification, training, and the premier event for corporate treasury and finance.
