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Hosted by Sarah Schlott · business · EN · 100 episodes
FP&A Today is the podcast for Financial Planning and Analysis. The weekly show dives into the challenges and opportunities within the world of FP&A, interviewing FP&A leaders, CFOs and other finance pros in order to give you the freshest insights and takeaways. Each week our top guests provide actionable advice about financial planning and analysis – from career goals to navigating challenges, and powerful Excel tips. Our weekly show provides unrivalled insights for navigating FP&A.FP&A Today is brought to you by Datarails. Datarails is the financial planning and analysis platform that automates data consolidation, reporting and planning, while enabling finance teams to continue using their own Excel spreadsheets and financial models. Get in touch at www.datarails.com
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Signup to Generate a PitchFP&A Today is the podcast for Financial Planning and Analysis. The weekly show dives into the challenges and opportunities within the world of FP&A, interviewing FP&A leaders, CFOs and other finance pros in order to give you the freshest insights and takeaways.
FP&A Today is hosted by Sarah Schlott. The show has published 100 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Would Your FP&A Forecast Survive an Audit? | Norm Osumi" (20 October 2026, 55 minutes), "A System Designed to Forget Finance: Why FP&A Ends Up Carrying the Rest in Excel" (13 October 2026, 61 minutes), and "Do You Actually Need a CFO? Instead, Hire for the Problem with Tom Hunter" (6 October 2026, 65 minutes).
FP&A Today publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 54 minutes across 100 episodes.
Booking probability for FP&A Today is 33%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. FP&A Today requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. FP&A Today's contact route on record: public web form.
The strongest fits for FP&A Today are Accounting, Tax & Payroll and Business & Management Consulting. FP&A Today has a business audience and around 31,000 subscribers on YouTube.
Sarah Schlott hosts FP&A Today, a business show with 100 episodes published.
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Episode #219
A forecast can be useful for running a business and still lack the evidence needed to defend it. What happens when accounting and FP&A report different revenue numbers for the same month, and the disagreement comes down...
Episode #218
The books were closed. The audits were supported. Then the CEO asked two simple questions: which products make the most money, and which ones don’t? Nobody could answer. Purity Kibaki was the consultant hired to...
Episode #217
The most expensive finance hire can be the one that looks senior enough to feel safe but solves the wrong problem. Tom Hunter of Story Recruitment joins FP&A Today to explain why the first finance hire at a startup is...
Episode #216
Building FP&A from scratch isn't primarily a spreadsheet problem. It's a people, process, and alignment problem. Katelyn Stienen, Director of FP&A at Good Day Farms and a top-16 finisher at the Excel World Championship...
Episode #215
The best FP&A professionals don't just explain the numbers. They understand the business well enough to influence it. Gauri Tambe, Head of Finance & Accounting at Genezen, joins FP&A Today to explore what finance looks...
Episode #214
For FP&A, the most dangerous revenue number may be the one that looks credible enough not to question. A $100 million acquisition was just three weeks from closing. The target had been audited, the opinion had come back...
Episode #213
Top FP&A business consultant Anders Liu-Lindberg joins FP&A Today four years after his first appearance on the show to talk about the radical changes in FP&A and CFO transformation over that period. In the time since...
Episode #212
Peter McKenzie, GM at a Blackstone portfolio company, professor at IESE Business School, and speaker at 50+ conferences across the world, talks frankly about executive presence for finance professionals, developed...
Episode #211
After two years in the host's chair, Glenn Hopper passes FP&A Today to its new host, Sarah Schlott: a 20-year FP&A leader. The two swap stories on their unlikely paths into finance (including Glenn's forgotten 2006...
Episode #210
Colin Moss worked for more than 10 years at Mars, which produces some of the world's best-loved brands including Royal Canin, M&M’s and Snickers. In this role, he partnered with the global Finance leadership team to...
Episode #209
We take a deep dive into the finances behind the agricultural and food beverage sector with Brad Mooney, Director of FP&A at California Dairies. FP&A drives success at California Dairies which produces 40 percent of...
Episode #208
In our first FP&A Today episode to cover the shipping, ports and haulage sector, we look at the FP&A powering Peel Ports Group, the second largest port operator in the UK, which manages the vital gateways powering the...
Episode #207
Dan Newman heads FP&A at RingCentral , a $2.5B public SaaS company (a platform for business phone, SMS, contact center, workforce engagement management, video collaboration, and messaging) , where he has overseen a...
Episode #206
<p>Caroline McAuliffe is Senior Vice President, Head of Corporate Finance (FP&A and Procurement) at Fannie Mae. In its Q1 2026 results, the government-owned mortgage giant boasted 33 consecutive quarters of...
Episode #205
<p>In the third in our series on finance business partnering we are joined by David Manela, who has had the role of CRO and CMO at Fiverr, Ideei, and Vivre. As managing partner and co-founder of Violet Growth he is in...
Episode #204
<p>Swati Bagri, head of FP&A for a major global FMCG company was told early in her career: “Either you are sales or you are helping sales”. In this second in our series of finance business partnership Swati...
Episode #203
<p>Today on the show, we're launching a special series on finance business partnering - exploring different facets of modern finance business partnering. Today’s special guest is Tunc Tezel VP group FP&A, Ontax...
Episode #202
<p>Tom Hinkle, senior leader in data and analytics at TIAA, has built his career at the intersection of finance, technology, and strategy. He also has a budding YouTube channel (Tom's Data World, which includes...
Episode #201
<p>What does it actually take to move FP&A activities into a shared service organization at Coca-Cola— and then transform how a global marketing giant manages billions in spend? Sébastien Privel, Senior Director...
Episode #200
<p>Cindy Vindasius is the founder and CEO of Vindasius Advisory, and former Corporate Controller, and has spent more than 30 years helping high growth and enterprise companies build scalable finance systems. She's led...
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