FP&A
5 statements across 3 episodes · 2 bullish · 2 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Oct 31, 2024 by Parker Gilbert · across every show →
Everything said about FP&A, oldest first
Oct 31, 2024 bearish
Gilbert: Software vendors focused heavily on FP&A while neglecting core accounting
“And my perspective was at the time was that it felt like there were a lot of people selling products for, you know, forecasting for the sort of more like forward leaning FP&A functions, but there wasn't a whole lot that was really compelling in the accounting …”
Jan 5, 2026 positive
Chen: FP&A is a strategic business simulation, not bean counting
“FP&A in general is in some ways a simulation of a business, and I think that's sort of not well understood, because most people think about finance as sort of bean counting, and that's like the accounting bit of finance, but the FP&A bit is strategic. It's abo…”
Feb 26, 2026 positive
Feb 26, 2026 negative
Gurfinkel: CFOs with 15 years in Excel won't adopt web-based FP&A
“You are a CFO of a 200 employees company. You use Excel for 15 years to run your finance. You will never leave Excel. So all these web-based FP&A solution, FP&A web-based financial system, you will never Even think to move from Excel to the web.”
Feb 26, 2026