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Capital Structure Design Part I: The Buffet of Funding Options

Aug 2, 2025

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15 min read

Capital Structure Design Part I: The Buffet of Funding Options

Not all money is equal. A practical guide to decode the real cost of capital

FP&A

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🪢 The CFO’s ethical tightrope

Jun 28, 2025

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19 min read

🪢 The CFO’s ethical tightrope

The fine line between credibility and bullsh*t

FP&A

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🌉 A bridge too far

Jun 21, 2025

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20 min read

🌉 A bridge too far

How to construct a simple story that connects the shop floor to top floor

M&A

+3

🎵 Don’t go chasing waterfalls...

Jun 14, 2025

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18 min read

🎵 Don’t go chasing waterfalls...

Talk nerdy to me: The art and science of variance analysis

FP&A

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🤬 Why I hate rolling forecasts (and why I might be wrong)

Jun 7, 2025

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18 min read

🤬 Why I hate rolling forecasts (and why I might be wrong)

No-one ever talks about the cost of forecasting?

FP&A

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🏋️ No Pain, No Gain: Move The Needle With Business Reviews

May 31, 2025

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18 min read

🏋️ No Pain, No Gain: Move The Needle With Business Reviews

Spoiler: they should hurt a little

Mailbag

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📬 Keeping it simple: What does the FP&A playbook look like for an SMB?

May 27, 2025

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15 min read

📬 Keeping it simple: What does the FP&A playbook look like for an SMB?

And when ripping out an ERP makes sense

FP&A

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🗑️ Management accounts that don't suck

May 24, 2025

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19 min read

🗑️ Management accounts that don't suck

Make sure your management accounts are a truth serum

FP&A

+1

❌ Budget Blunders: Why Speaking Fluent Finance Won’t Get You Very Far

May 17, 2025

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20 min read

❌ Budget Blunders: Why Speaking Fluent Finance Won’t Get You Very Far

How Not To Blow the Budgeting Process

FP&A

+2

💀 Long Range Plans: Where Dreams Go to Die

May 10, 2025

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20 min read

💀 Long Range Plans: Where Dreams Go to Die

Where strategy and numbers collide

FP&A

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🧯 When FP&A Goes Wrong in a $100bn Business

May 3, 2025

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17 min read

🧯 When FP&A Goes Wrong in a $100bn Business

Introducing a new MEGA-series on FP&A

FP&A

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⚖️ Strategic Finance IV: Strategy & the Long Range Plan

Aug 24, 2024

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21 min read

⚖️ Strategic Finance IV: Strategy & the Long Range Plan

Connecting strategy to FP&A

Secret CFO
Secret CFO

FP&A

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🪄 Mastering Monthly Financial Reviews: 11 Key Principles

Jun 17, 2023

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15 min read

🪄 Mastering Monthly Financial Reviews: 11 Key Principles

... and the role feedback loops play in the FP&A cycle

FP&A

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💩 A $250M Blunder: The Power of Incentives

Jun 10, 2023

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15 min read

💩 A $250M Blunder: The Power of Incentives

How to build winning incentive plans

FP&A

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🔐 The Power of KPIs: Unlocking Performance in a Complex Business

Jun 3, 2023

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15 min read

🔐 The Power of KPIs: Unlocking Performance in a Complex Business

... and how to get 200,000 people pulling together to win

FP&A

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🧑‍🦯 The Hidden Costs of Rolling Forecasts

May 20, 2023

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14 min read

🧑‍🦯 The Hidden Costs of Rolling Forecasts

... and how to find a better way

FP&A

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🎨 Mastering the Art of Corporate Budgeting: A Step-by-Step Guide

May 13, 2023

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18 min read

🎨 Mastering the Art of Corporate Budgeting: A Step-by-Step Guide

... and how it fits into the FP&A cycle

FP&A

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👽 From Strategy to Numbers: How to Make Bold Financial Commitments

May 6, 2023

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15 min read

👽 From Strategy to Numbers: How to Make Bold Financial Commitments

... and how the Long Term Plan drives the FP&A cycle

FP&A

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🤫 What happens when FP&A goes wrong in a $100bn business

Apr 29, 2023

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8 min read

🤫 What happens when FP&A goes wrong in a $100bn business

... Let's just file it under 'oopsie'

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