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Asif Masani is an FP&A professional with 12+ years of Finance and FP&A experience.

06/03/2024

Eyeing for an FP&A role?

Whether you're a fresh graduate or looking to pivot your career, FP&A offers a unique blend of strategic planning, analysis, and decision support that is crucial across all industries.

Here are 5 steps how you can gear up for a successful transition into this exciting field:

1. Solidify Your Foundation:
Start with mastering the basics of finance and accounting.

2. Understand the Business Environment: Dive deep to understand what factors influence your organization's financial health.

3. Develop Analytical Prowess: Enhance your analytical skills by practicing scenario analysis, variance analysis, and forecasting.

4. Hone Your Communication Skills:
Develop the ability to communicate insights (over data) to enable decision making.

5. Network and Learn from the Best:
Connect with FP&A professionals on LinkedIn, explore all resources available.

Remember, the journey to becoming an FP&A professional is a marathon, not a sprint. Stay curious , stay focused...

19/02/2024

Understanding the business inside out is the No. 1 skill FP&A folks should develop.

This document will provide you with the steps you and your organization can take to build your skill.

Share your thoughts in the comments below👇

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P.S. - Check out our FP&A 8 Weeks Launchpad Course link in the bio.

12/02/2024

Starting a business is exciting but figuring out which numbers really count can be confusing.

In this post,
we will help you understand the important start up metrics to focus on :

Let's explore the right metrics for each stage :

✳️ Startup stage
✳️ Growth stage
✳️ Maturity stage

What did I miss? Comment👇

07/02/2024

4 Finance Mindset Personas

These finance mindsets are often characterized as Reporter, Commentator, Advisor, and Strategist.

1️⃣ Reporter :

This persona focuses on gathering and disseminating financial information. They excel at researching and presenting facts and figures but may struggle with analysis and interpretation beyond surface-level insights.

2️⃣ Commentator

Commentators offer opinions and perspectives on financial news and trends. They thrive on analyzing current events and market movements but may sometimes lack depth in providing actionable advice or strategic guidance.

3️⃣ Advisor

Advisors prioritize guiding individuals or businesses in making sound financial decisions. They leverage their expertise to offer personalized recommendations and solutions tailored to their clients' needs and goals.

4️⃣Strategist

This persona takes a holistic approach to finance, crafting long-term plans and tactics to achieve specific objectives. Strategists excel at assessing risks, identifying opportunities, and designing comprehensive financial strategies for individuals or organizations.

Which finance personality best describes you?

Share in the comments below👇

05/02/2024

3️⃣ Performance Measurement Frameworks.

1. BSC consists of four key perspectives:

✅Financial Perspective
✅ Customer Perspective
✅ Internal Processes Perspective
✅ Learning & Growth Perspective

2. Economic Value Added (EVA) - The formula for calculating EVA is: EVA = NOPAT - (Capital * Cost of Capital).

EVA focuses on determining whether a company is generating returns above its cost of capital, thus creating value for shareholders.

3. Key Performance Indicator (KPI)

These are visual representations of key metrics aligned with an organization's strategic goals and objectives.

By integrating the above frameworks, organizations can achieve :

👉🏻Better strategic alignment

👉🏻Improved decision-making

👉🏻Sustainable performance improvement.

01/02/2024

12 Financial Modelling Best Practices (Part 1).

1️⃣ Avoid Duplicate Inputs
2️⃣ Do not Calculate More than Once
3️⃣ Avoid Numbers in Formulas
4️⃣ Avoid Long Formulas
5️⃣Grouping vs. Hiding Rows & Columns
6️⃣ Centre Align vs. Merge Cells

29/01/2024

Unexpected budgets often throw a wrench into the best laid plans.

These events can range from natural disasters to economic downturns.

These can severely impact a company's ability to follow its budget.

Many of these events are cyclical, meaning they could recur again in the future.

And many of these are one-timers.

This makes it all the more important for companies to be prepared for the possibility of unexpected expenses.

Budget Journal is a tool that can help you do just that.

What is Budget Journal?
Continue reading the doc to learn more...

26/01/2024

There are many ways to analyze data 📈 part 2.

It all depends on the purpose and the goal 🎯 of the analysis.

In this post, we will explore some of the most common methods used to analyze 📊

Which do you use the most❓
Share in the comments below👇

24/01/2024

10 ways to analyze data part 1. 📈

It all depends on the purpose and the goal 🎯 of the analysis.

In this post, we will explore some of the most common methods used to analyze 📊

Which do you use the most❓
Share in the comments below👇

22/01/2024

If you're looking to work in finance or targeting an FP&A role,
there are few things you can do to increase your chances of success🔥

This document has 5️⃣ tips to help you get ready for your next interview.

Remember your last interview❓

Share your experiences in the comments👇

17/01/2024

What are the qualities of a good forecasting 📉 process?

Forecating 📉 helps us to continuously anticipate and respond to the future.

The following document captures the 7️⃣ characteristics of a good forecast.

Share your thoughts in the comments below.

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