Show overview
FP&A Today has been publishing since 2024, and across the 2 years since has built a catalogue of 117 episodes. That works out to roughly 100 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 46 min and 56 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Business show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 4 days ago, with 28 episodes already out so far this year. Published by Sarah Schlott.
From the publisher
FP&A Today is the podcast for Financial Planning and Analysis. The weekly show dives into the challenges and opportunities within the world of FP&A, interviewing FP&A leaders, CFOs and other finance pros in order to give you the freshest insights and takeaways. Each week our top guests provide actionable advice about financial planning and analysis – from career goals to navigating challenges, and powerful Excel tips. Our weekly show provides unrivalled insights for navigating FP&A. FP&A Today is brought to you by Datarails. Datarails is the AI-powered Financial Planning and Analysis platform for Excel users.
Latest Episodes
View all 117 episodesDo You Actually Need a CFO? Instead, Hire for the Problem with Tom Hunter
Would You Rather Be Lucky or Good? Building FP&A From Absolute Zero, with Katelyn Stienen
The Real Job of FP&A: 40% Numbers, 60% Influence
The $100M Revenue Mistake Everyone Missed
50% of your job needs to be finance transformation: Anders Liu-Lindberg
What boards really expect - from a CFO and Executive who isn’t coaching from the sidelines
Goodbye to Glenn: Meet the new Host of FP&A Today
Lessons from a finance revolution at Mars, with Colin Moss
From Farm to FP&A: How California Dairies delivers 17 billion pounds of milk each year
From Ports to the Deal Table: How FP&A Earned a Seat at Peel Ports
Scaling FP&A at RingCentral: Dan Newman
Transforming FP&A at Fannie Mae into an “enterprise intelligence engine”
Marketing vs FP&A: adventures in business partnering
Sales vs. Finance: What Great Business Partnership Really Looks Like
Finance Business Partnering, part 1: lessons from Ontex, P&G, and Gillette
“If the data's wrong, it doesn't matter how advanced your model is" - Tom Hinkle on AI and data strategy in FP&A
From Rice Paper to AI: FP&A Lessons from 30 Years at the Top of Global Finance - Sébastien Privel
Ep 200More than 12 ERP implementations later…Cindy Vindasius
Cindy Vindasius is the founder and CEO of Vindasius Advisory, and former Corporate Controller, and has spent more than 30 years helping high growth and enterprise companies build scalable finance systems. She's led more than a dozen ERP implementations across platforms like NetSuite, SAP, and Oracle, and has supported multiple IPOs, M&A transactions, and global compliance efforts. Her interview provides a wealth of information for FP&A professionals Why FP&A need to be involved in ERP implementation for enhanced reporting New wave of AI-driven ERPs: what I really think The ROI of an ERP Implementation ERP Mastery Program 6 video course: https://www.vindasius.com/mastery-program
Ep 199Riding the roller coaster of finance: Mykola Chyzhevskyi, Merlin Entertainment
Mykola is Finance Business Partner at Merlin Entertainments – offering some of the most popular attractions in the world including LEGOLAND Resorts, Thorpe Park and Alton Towers. Merlin welcomes more than 62 million guests annually to its diverse global estate in over 20 countries. Before Merlin, Mykola spent several years as a finance director at a fast-growing law firm, where the business tripled in size in just a few years. In this episode: Finance in a law firm - getting from technical finance to business partnering Reducing risk as the Ukraine war started The business of Merlin Entertainment - from forecasting to cost control Working with procurement on validation of costs key metrics including attendance, guest spends and promotion The power of business partnering: consistency, curiosity and understanding your business
Ep 198From Creation of Accounting Standards to Building an AI tool - Adam Hibbs
Adam Hibbs has pretty non-linear paths into finance:New Zealand telecom regulator, OfCom, Vodafone, Cable & Wireless, UK Ministry of Defense, and now Global Director of Commercial Strategy at AICPA & CIMA. Financial modeling, commercial contracts, cloud infrastructure, and leadership across blue-chip organizations was preparation for building Josie, that is AICPA & CIMA's generative AI tool for accounting and auditing. In this episode: What makes Josie genuinely different from ChatGPT or Claude for technical accounting work Curated dataset of 40,000 pieces of proprietary IP, real-time updates to FASB, PCAOB, and auditing standards Josie ($550 per subscriber) named after Josiah Wedgwood and a new form of cost accounting CGMA vs CPA Where AI and finance intersect in the next 12-24 months