Podcast Episodes

Building a high functioning partnership between BI & FP&A

Episode 172

Wasabi Technologies (a Boston-based cloud storage company with over $530M in funding, a decade of hypergrowth, 450+ team members, and multiple exabytes of storage deployed) sets high standards for it…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

A "Systems Thinking" Mindset for FP&A Success - Daniel Gardner

Episode 171

Daniel Gardner is operational finance business partner at FirstGroup Plc, a leading UK-based provider of public transport. Daniel brings a unique perspective shaped by a diverse finance career across…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

“I am done pretending" - my honest take on finance and FP&A” – Sarah Schlott

Episode 170

Sarah Schlott, Senior Director of Finance at Tray, a leading point of sale system in entertainment,  joins Glenn Hopper to tear down the sacred rituals of corporate finance. Rising from billing temp …

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

From Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? to Energy Transformation: Connagh Hopkins

Episode 169

Connagh Hopkins is Head of Business Planning and Reporting at Western Power, one of Australia’s largest electricity network operators. Connagh shares her fascinating and unconventional journey from w…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

CFO Grammarly – behind their $1 billion in non-dilutive financing and how we do FP&A

Episode 168

Matt Hudson became CFO of Grammarly – the popular writing assistant tool –  after the company acquired Coda (a productivity tool)- of which he was a founding member.  Now as CFO at Grammarly he is ov…

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Why Financial models are essential even at early stages of a company – Lauren Pearl

Episode 167

Lauren Pearl is a Business Strategist and CFO Advisor who helps startup teams build data-driven businesses. The 3x founder with over 13 years of startup leadership experience now serves as CFO, advis…

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

What Keeps Excel as the heart of business: Chandoo

Episode 166

Today’s guest barely needs an introduction. Purna Duggirala (aka, “Chandoo”) is a celebrity in Excel circles. Since 2004, Chandoo has been regularly sharing everything he learns working with Excel tr…

Published on 4 months ago

Top 10 Burning Questions in FP&A

Episode 165

In this special episode Glenn is joined by Nate Saperia to answer the 10 most burning questions in FP&A. Nate brings nearly 20 years of finance experience including at Accordion, Spruce Finance, Hess…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

FP&A "Wow" Moments at $10m companies

Episode 164

Australian-born Luke Mulcahy started in FP&A at larger businesses including Coates Group (internet leader in Sydney) and manufacturing company Sherwin-Williams. But for nearly 4 years he has loved ha…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Data Analytics and AI for FP&A Teams

Episode 163

This special episode formed part of FP&A Con 2025 which saw a record-breaking 1500 registrants. 

The guests:

Nathan Bell, Managing Partner, VAi Consulting, is among the most in-demand experts. Bell …

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago