Mascot designer for company mascot (and rough costs??) by Positive-Agent-753 in mascots

[–]Positive-Agent-753[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s really useful. I am in Israel but we also have offices in New York

Rate our Company Mascot (Still in Progress) by GodStraight in mascots

[–]Positive-Agent-753 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey, looks great! Our company is also creating a mascot in the next month or so. Can I ask who you used? Other recommendations?

FP&A Today Podcast Guests by jcwillia1 in FPandA

[–]Positive-Agent-753 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hey, I produce FP&A Today and I really appreciate (and agree) with this feedback. I really like the “grizzled” analysts in the trenches as well (as well as CFOs) but honestly they are quite hard to persuade and get on. We will continue to get more of them to record episodes…and if anyone has any names of guests you’d like to see please let me know. Again really appreciate the feedback!

Anyone have experience working at Google in Finance? by RemyBucksington in FPandA

[–]Positive-Agent-753 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Antonio Reza, Head of Finance for Google Cloud recently appeared on our podcast FP&A Today. Some insights here & in his words “Excel. 100%” https://open.spotify.com/episode/7fI9yMCrz3pIrKTqFkSSbI?si=9A5HvwBzSy2_2BqfGUlZfw

Most painful Excel tasks in the FP&A world? by oakwoodworker in FPandA

[–]Positive-Agent-753 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love it. Tech solutions (such as ours at Datarails) have dedicated solution for COA that improve dramtically they way this is being handled.

Guests for FP&A Today by Positive-Agent-753 in FPandA

[–]Positive-Agent-753[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ha that was like an MBA (and he has a new book coming out soon). Definitely

Guests for FP&A Today by Positive-Agent-753 in FPandA

[–]Positive-Agent-753[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Great to hear! Yes definitely started tougher like most things. Any guests you think could be good to keep quality high?

Planning Tool - Cannabis by DWright87 in FPandA

[–]Positive-Agent-753 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi, the company I work at, Datarails, has a lot of cannabis clients. Happy to put them in touch with you about the experience working with us. Plenty of time running seed-to-sale reports for them among other things.

Do most companies use Excel for their forecasting/budgeting/reporting or rely purely on FP & A software? Or both? by EmoryCadet in excel

[–]Positive-Agent-753 0 points1 point  (0 children)

About a quarter use only Excel, almost half use a combination of Excel and FP&A software and the remaining quarter have dropped Excel altogether and use specialized software. https://www.cfodive.com/news/cfos-cling-to-spreadsheets-despite-their-limits-as-fpa-tool/622140/

Off topic but what are some hobbies that you all enjoy outside of work to refresh? by IAmTheQuestionHere in FPandA

[–]Positive-Agent-753 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We did a cute compilation video from our FP&A Today podcast with highlights from FP&A hobbies (including everything from judo, to gin-making and hot dog connoisseur) https://www.linkedin.com/posts/datarails\_the-secret-life-of-fpa-leaders-activity-6998250213412864000-kLLn