Companies across sectors are expanding FP&A and corporate finance teams due to increased demand for financial reporting and budgeting. Recognizing the significance of a robust internal finance team, businesses leverage it for insights into growth areas, cost analysis, and crucial financial modeling.

These financial models play a pivotal role in securing favorable financing, both debt and equity, and driving corporate development on both the buy and sell sides. With a surge in M&A activity, having well-structured internal and external financial models is crucial for medium and large businesses. These models provide valuable insights into critical growth drivers, facilitating informed decisions for both buyers and sellers in M&A activities, including synergy estimates and integration costs.

Furthermore, a robust budgeting and financial control function is critical to keeping companies accountable for understanding the variance between projected and actual results. Companies who succeed at budgeting not only perform better by anticipating their business needs, but they also have a much easier time attracting capital from investors and lenders alike.

Our coaching sessions will cover the following:

• Crafting a story highlighting your passion for long-term projects and involvement in financial decision-making, including budgeting, presentations, and M&A activities.
• Understanding industry subsectors, factors for new market entry, and considerations for scale and cross-selling.
• Building and presenting an effective budgeting effectively, including templates for analyzing actual vs. variance as well as the KPIs underlying these discrepancies.
• Collaborating between different departments such as marketing and accounting to build an effective FP&A function for your company.
• Gaining insights into trends and the competitive landscape for a deeper understanding of the company’s positioning and growth strategy.
• Mastering key technical skills in accounting and budgeting, developing proficiency in internal reporting and presentations.
• Analyzing and building upon different finance valuation methods, such as precedent transactions, comparable companies analysis, and DCFs.

At Finance Interview Coach, our team includes a senior member from Apple’s strategic finance team with extensive experience leading FP&A/corporate finance teams and conducting team hires. Additionally, our other coaches bring substantial expertise in FP&A, corporate finance, industry research, and the skills needed to excel in interviews, including a successful approach to behavioral questions.