FP&A Today

For the Love of FP&A: Christian Wattig

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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 highlights from his career, new strategy, and analysis, and how he sees the future of the profession.

In this episode: 

  • The common bond between FP&A educators such as Christian and former host Paul Barnhurst and Glenn
  • FP&A at multinational consumer goods companies P&G and Unilever 
  • Startup FP&A vs Big FP&A
  • Creating FP&A Prep  to the  new Wharton (University of Pennsylvania FP&A) 8 week Online Course 
  • Two great books I recommend The CFO Lens, Ravi Kumar, and Future Ready by Steve Morlidge and Steve Player 
  • Two Fascinating FP&A Things I hadn’t come across in 14 years previously: Business Driver Tree Analysis + Differences-in-Differences Analysis 
  • BI, financial analysis and data science vs FP&A
  • Building an FP&A Team through four phases explained-data focus, story focus, and proactive value creation
  • The importance of FP&A tools and choosing the right one 
  • Key insights and trends for finance we will see this year 
  • Practical uses of AI in FP&A

    • 8-WEEK ONLINE COURSE Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Certificate Program https://wallstreetprep.wharton.upenn.edu/financial-planning-and-analysis-certificate/

    Sign up to Christian’s weekly (free) newsletter with tips and practical FP&A advice: fpa prep.com/newsletter

    Connect with Christian on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christian-wattig/

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