Hello Reader, There are some skills you can never learn at school. Today, my goal is to reveal the FP&A secrets that will help you make a difference on your job. I've learned them from my personal experience and I am glad that I can share them with you. And like every week, I offer you a free template (check it at the end of the email). Enjoy! P.S. If you want to learn how to do Financial Analysis with ChatGPT, you can get one of the last spot to my Advanced ChatGPT for Finance course. 5 FP&A SecretsHere are the 5 most important secret FP&A weapons I used in my 15 years of experience: #1: B.O.T.EB.O.T.E stands for Back-Of-The-Envelope. B.O.T.E calculations are a skill you need in Board meetings and in your daily activities. In every meeting I went to, each time there was a question with numbers, all eyes looked in my direction. Why? Because for everybody, Finance = Numbers. This means you need to react fast but still not lose your credibility. My advices:
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A few days ago, Soufyan Hamid and I trained a team of 25 motivated finance professionals.
It was the launch of the "The Finance Copilot," a two-day bootcamp training with exercises, group work, and sharing of best practices.
We did it this time for Holcim (one of the worldwide leaders in Cement products), where the CFO hired us to upskill his finance team on Finance Business Partnering and Financial Storytelling.
If you are interested in training your team, reach out to me by replying to this email.
Free template of the week:
To help you with your Finance Business Partner skills, here is an interview guide when you are going to meet your operational business partner.
I also added a list of key figures you should memorize for the BOTE.
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P.S.: Here is how I can help you:
1. Learn ChatGPT to boost your productivity and stay ahead of the competition. Take my 2-hour course.
2. Master PowerPoint and impress your boss with my PowerPoint guide for Finance professionals.
3. Do you want to move to FP&A? Learn all the technical and soft skills you need here.
4. You want your team to start reap the benefits of ChatGPT? Hire me for a 2-hour digital workshop tailored to your needs.
Reply to this email if you are interested.
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