Show Notes

“You can throw me in any water. Stormy, cold, or hot and I’ll start swimming.”

And swimming is exactly what Jenny 🫱🏻🫲🏾 Fuss Fuss did.

Jenny 🫱🏻🫲🏾 Fuss Fuss, CFO of Boart Longyear, talks about the challenges of international experience, the importance of having a diverse set of skills in an FP&A team and how to achieve storytelling and influencing in FP&A.

Originally from a small town in Germany, Fuss wanted the experience of working and living abroad. When the opportunity to move to become a CFO of a joint venture in China presented itself, she took it before relocating again to continue her global career in Houston, Texas, and expertise as a finance leader walking the shop floor in manufacturing companies.

This episode covers:

• Jenny’s advice for an international-based career

• The power of FP&A to provide game changing analysis when you have new customer, need to find a new way to contract or enter new markets

• What CFOs expect from a new breed of FP&A teams

• The challenge of doing less F and P (and more analysis) when facing high pressure cycles such as month end closes and budget planning

• Why she favors a three-year forecast from FP&A

• The #1 priority for a CFO in their first 90 days in a new role

• Owning up to a million dollar mistake

• Jenny’s favorite thing about Excel

• Her top advice for someone starting out in FP&A

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