Becoming the Agent for Change in FP&A
Paul Barnhurst
Helping FP&A Professionals provide value to their businesses | Founder of The FP&A Guy | Host of 3 popular Finance podcasts | Microsoft MVP
It is fair to say that Larysa Melnychuk did not have the expected start to a career which has since seen her emerge as the biggest transformational force in the FP&A profession.
Larysa was born in the former USSR in Siberia to a Ukrainian family. Opportunities in the USSR were limited. She was resigned to give up on her childhood dream of international travel (“It was absolutely certain that I would never be able to travel.”). Eventually, Larysa and her family moved to Ukraine where she studied engineering.
However , it was her skills in finance that brought her opportunities.
She moved to the UK more than two decades ago through a British government initiative for talented finance immigrants that set her on her career.
In the UK, she gained a chartered management accountant from CIMA and spent 15 years leading FP&A teams including at a subsidiary of HSBC Bank and at multinational engineering company?Invensys (now part of Schneider Electric).
Today, as founder and CEO at FP&A Trends Group and the International FP&A Board, Larysa?is?pushing FP&A to new levels, having launched?27 chapters across 16 countries hosting webinars, posting resources and championing the industry.
In this episode Paul Barnhurst speaks with Larysa about:
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About FP&A Trends
FP&A Trends Group is a high-profile thinktank whose mission is to identify and share the latest trends and best practices in modern Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A).
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2 年It was honoured. Thank you, Paul.
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2 年Congrats, two big professionals!
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2 年Love the takeaway on scenario management being a mindset as well as a process, Paul!
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2 年Argh I am three episodes late now I am going to do the effort as she's been a voice to hear for many years ??