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How Do You Spot a Forecast Miss Before the Close?

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Julio Martínez

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How Do You Spot a Forecast Miss Before the Close?

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Julio Martínez

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The Payroll Saving You Didn't Earn: Vacancy Savings vs Hiring Delays

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Julio Martínez

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Financial Planning

The Payroll Saving You Didn't Earn: Vacancy Savings vs Hiring Delays

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Julio Martínez

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Why the Annual Budget Cycle Has Not Gotten Shorter

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Julio Martínez

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Why the Annual Budget Cycle Has Not Gotten Shorter

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Julio Martínez

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How to Approve AI Budget Requests: Automation vs Experimentation

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Julio Martínez

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AI

How to Approve AI Budget Requests: Automation vs Experimentation

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AI Won't Shrink Your Finance Team

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Julio Martínez

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AI Won't Shrink Your Finance Team

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Who owns AI at your company?

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Julio Martínez

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Who owns AI at your company?

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Julio Martínez

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The finance budget nobody pressure-tests

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Julio Martínez

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Financial Planning

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The finance budget nobody pressure-tests

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Julio Martínez

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How to Run a Reforecast That Surfaces Real Strategy

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Julio Martínez

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10x CFO

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How to Run a Reforecast That Surfaces Real Strategy

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Why Most Reforecasts Produce a Number, Not a Decision

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Julio Martínez

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Why Most Reforecasts Produce a Number, Not a Decision

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Better data, same meetings

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Julio Martínez

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10x CFO

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Better data, same meetings

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You can't prompt your way to clarity

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Julio Martínez

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You can't prompt your way to clarity

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The finance bottleneck nobody talks about

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Julio Martínez

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10x CFO

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The finance bottleneck nobody talks about

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Julio Martínez

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The four phases of AI in finance (where are you?)

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Julio Martínez

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The four phases of AI in finance (where are you?)

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FP&A has changed.

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Julio Martínez

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10x CFO

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FP&A has changed.

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Julio Martínez

10x CFO

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Planning Orchestration (Herding the Cats)

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Abacum team

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10x CFO

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Planning Orchestration (Herding the Cats)

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Predicting the Future Without Breaking the Model

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Julio Martínez

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10x CFO

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Predicting the Future Without Breaking the Model

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Julio Martínez

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Narrative Intelligence (Telling the Story with AI)

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Julio Martínez

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10x CFO

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Narrative Intelligence (Telling the Story with AI)

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Drowning in reports (Modeling intelligence)

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Abacum team

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Drowning in reports (Modeling intelligence)

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The five circles of data integrity hell (and modern escapes)

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Julio Martínez

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10x CFO

The five circles of data integrity hell
The five circles of data integrity hell (and modern escapes)

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Julio Martínez

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The five circles of data integrity hell
100-Day Value Creation Playbook

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Julio Martínez

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100-Day Value Creation Playbook
100-Day Value Creation Playbook

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Julio Martínez

10x CFO

100-Day Value Creation Playbook
Debt and capital structure

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Julio Martínez

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10x CFO

debt and capital
Debt and capital structure

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Julio Martínez

10x CFO

debt and capital
Players and pressures

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Julio Martínez

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10x CFO

players and pressures
Players and pressures

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Julio Martínez

10x CFO

players and pressures
AI will supercharge PE

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Julio Martínez

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AI

AI will supercharge PE
AI will supercharge PE

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Julio Martínez

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AI will supercharge PE
How to use the gift of a raise. Happy Holidays!

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Julio Martínez

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Fundraising

How to use the gift of a raise
How to use the gift of a raise. Happy Holidays!

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Julio Martínez

Fundraising

How to use the gift of a raise
Top FP&A from the Trenches Articles from 2025

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Julio Martínez

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Top FP&A from the Trenches Articles from 2025
Top FP&A from the Trenches Articles from 2025

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Julio Martínez

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Top FP&A from the Trenches Articles from 2025
Hiring in the World of FP&A Change

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Julio Martínez

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Building a Finance Team

Hiring in the world of FP&A change
Hiring in the World of FP&A Change

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Julio Martínez

Building a Finance Team

Hiring in the world of FP&A change
Controlling Cash and Earnings when Revenue Misses

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Julio Martínez

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Financial Reporting

Controlling cash and earnings when revenue misses
Controlling Cash and Earnings when Revenue Misses

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Julio Martínez

Financial Reporting

Controlling cash and earnings when revenue misses
Second-Order Risks and Opportunities in FP&A

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Julio Martínez

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Financial Planning

Second-Order Risks and Opportunities in FP&A
Second-Order Risks and Opportunities in FP&A

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Julio Martínez

Financial Planning

Second-Order Risks and Opportunities in FP&A
Mastering the Predictable Surprise: The Rules of 2026 Forecasting

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Julio Martínez

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Financial Planning

Mastering the Predictable Surprise: The Rules of 2026 Forecasting
Mastering the Predictable Surprise: The Rules of 2026 Forecasting

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Julio Martínez

Financial Planning

Mastering the Predictable Surprise: The Rules of 2026 Forecasting
Unmasking the Term Sheet

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Julio Martínez

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Fundraising

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Unmasking the Term Sheet

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Julio Martínez

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The CFO drives the raise

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Julio Martínez

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Fundraising

The CFO drives the raise
The CFO drives the raise

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Julio Martínez

Fundraising

The CFO drives the raise
The devil’s in the material prep for a raise

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Julio Martínez

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Fundraising

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The devil’s in the material prep for a raise

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Julio Martínez

Fundraising

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Key macroeconomic assumptions for CFOs to review for 2026

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Julio Martínez

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10x CFO

Key macroeconomic assumptions for CFOs to review for 2026
Key macroeconomic assumptions for CFOs to review for 2026

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Julio Martínez

10x CFO

Key macroeconomic assumptions for CFOs to review for 2026
Focus on reporting while budgeting to improve

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Julio Martínez

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Financial Reporting

Focus on reporting while budgeting to improve
Focus on reporting while budgeting to improve

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Julio Martínez

Financial Reporting

Focus on reporting while budgeting to improve
Budget the balance sheet to improve your operations

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Julio Martínez

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Financial Planning

Budget the balance sheet to improve your operations
Budget the balance sheet to improve your operations

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Julio Martínez

Financial Planning

Budget the balance sheet to improve your operations
Keep expectations in check to use AI successfully for budgeting

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Julio Martínez

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AI

Keep expectations in check to use AI successfully for budgeting
Keep expectations in check to use AI successfully for budgeting

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Julio Martínez

AI

Keep expectations in check to use AI successfully for budgeting
Mix and match budget philosophies for the best results

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Julio Martínez

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Financial Planning

Mix and match budget philosophies for the best results
Mix and match budget philosophies for the best results

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Julio Martínez

Financial Planning

Mix and match budget philosophies for the best results
Take charge of your budget to deal with uncertainty

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Julio Martínez

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Financial Planning

Take charge of your budget to deal with uncertainty
Take charge of your budget to deal with uncertainty

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Julio Martínez

Financial Planning

Take charge of your budget to deal with uncertainty
Raising a round starts far before reaching out

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Julio Martínez

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Fundraising

Raising a round
Raising a round starts far before reaching out

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Julio Martínez

Fundraising

Raising a round
AI isn’t ready yet. You still need to upgrade.

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Julio Martínez

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AI

FP&A AI readiness
AI isn’t ready yet. You still need to upgrade.

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Julio Martínez

AI

FP&A AI readiness
All hail AI (but we still need to budget)

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Julio Martínez

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AI

All hail AI (but we still need to budget)
All hail AI (but we still need to budget)

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Julio Martínez

AI

All hail AI (but we still need to budget)
AI regulations and risk. Fun times.

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Julio Martínez

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AI

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AI regulations and risk. Fun times.

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Julio Martínez

AI

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The rollout is 10% of the battle

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Julio Martínez

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Financial Planning

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The rollout is 10% of the battle

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Julio Martínez

Financial Planning

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Finance should run with AI implementation

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Julio Martínez

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AI

finance should run AI implementations
Finance should run with AI implementation

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Julio Martínez

AI

finance should run AI implementations
Good companies do AI right, and they are increasing their lead

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Julio Martínez

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AI

good companies do ai right
Good companies do AI right, and they are increasing their lead

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Julio Martínez

AI

good companies do ai right
The FP&A AI dream…

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Julio Martínez

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AI

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The FP&A AI dream…

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Julio Martínez

AI

fp&a AI dream
Clarity makes the business go ‘round

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Julio Martínez

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Building a Finance Team

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Clarity makes the business go ‘round

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Julio Martínez

Building a Finance Team

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Using AI doesn’t mean you aren’t responsible for the outcome…

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Julio Martínez

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AI

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Using AI doesn’t mean you aren’t responsible for the outcome…

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Julio Martínez

AI

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If done well… Every manager's personal CFO

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Julio Martínez

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10x CFO

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If done well… Every manager's personal CFO

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Julio Martínez

10x CFO

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Projects, not repetitive role responsibilities

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Julio Martínez

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Building a Finance Team

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Projects, not repetitive role responsibilities

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Julio Martínez

Building a Finance Team

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Create a culture, Coach

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Julio Martínez

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Building a Finance Team

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Create a culture, Coach

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Julio Martínez

Building a Finance Team

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Build your FP&A team in the world of automated agents

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Julio Martínez

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AI

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Build your FP&A team in the world of automated agents

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Julio Martínez

AI

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Where to start…

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Julio Martínez

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10x CFO

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Where to start…

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Julio Martínez

10x CFO

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Why do CFOs forget there is no company without the people?

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Julio Martínez

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Building a Finance Team

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Why do CFOs forget there is no company without the people?

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Julio Martínez

Building a Finance Team

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Sometimes it’s hard to remember… you are selling a product

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Julio Martínez

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Financial Planning

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Sometimes it’s hard to remember… you are selling a product

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Julio Martínez

Financial Planning

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It’s not Customer Success’s fault

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Julio Martínez

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Building a Finance Team

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It’s not Customer Success’s fault

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Julio Martínez

Building a Finance Team

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Don’t stay high-level when it comes to the sales

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Julio Martínez

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Financial Planning

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Don’t stay high-level when it comes to the sales

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Julio Martínez

Financial Planning

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How much cash will we have in three months? Know within 1%.

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Julio Martínez

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Financial Reporting

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How much cash will we have in three months? Know within 1%.

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Julio Martínez

Financial Reporting

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The art of the right tools at the right time

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Julio Martínez

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Tech Stack

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The art of the right tools at the right time

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Julio Martínez

Tech Stack

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Finance... The Storyteller

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Julio Martínez

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Financial Reporting

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Finance... The Storyteller

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Julio Martínez

Financial Reporting

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The dirty truth of SaaS metric definitions. Choose wisely to avoid serious pain.

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Julio Martínez

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Financial Reporting

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The dirty truth of SaaS metric definitions. Choose wisely to avoid serious pain.

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Julio Martínez

Financial Reporting

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Is it an operational model if only finance uses it?

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Julio Martínez

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Financial Planning

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Is it an operational model if only finance uses it?

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Julio Martínez

Financial Planning

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Leaving a legacy: It's time to make your spreadsheet modeling more effective

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Julio Martínez

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Financial Planning

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Leaving a legacy: It's time to make your spreadsheet modeling more effective

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Julio Martínez

Financial Planning

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How to avoid having critical FP&A misses

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Julio Martínez

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10x CFO

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How to avoid having critical FP&A misses

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Julio Martínez

10x CFO

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Off-target already? Use scenarios to see how much it matters.

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Julio Martínez

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Financial Planning

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Off-target already? Use scenarios to see how much it matters.

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Julio Martínez

Financial Planning

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RevOps and Data Teams Under the CFO: The Obvious Upgrade

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Julio Martínez

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Financial Planning

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RevOps and Data Teams Under the CFO: The Obvious Upgrade

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Julio Martínez

Financial Planning

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Increase Control Quickly. The Line By Line CEO Review

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Julio Martínez

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10x CFO

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Increase Control Quickly. The Line By Line CEO Review

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Julio Martínez

10x CFO

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Wait, is this the CFO's job?

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Julio Martínez

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10x CFO

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Wait, is this the CFO's job?

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Julio Martínez

10x CFO

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What does your CFO expect from you?

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Julio Martínez

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Building a Finance Team

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What does your CFO expect from you?

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Julio Martínez

Building a Finance Team

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Herding Cats: How CFOs can lead an effective Management Review Meeting

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Julio Martínez

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Financial Reporting

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Herding Cats: How CFOs can lead an effective Management Review Meeting

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Julio Martínez

Financial Reporting

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You closed the budget and now need to adjust all your reporting structure

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Julio Martínez

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Financial Reporting

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You closed the budget and now need to adjust all your reporting structure

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Julio Martínez

Financial Reporting

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Done with the business budget? Now comes the work.

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Julio Martínez

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Financial Reporting

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Done with the business budget? Now comes the work.

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Julio Martínez

Financial Reporting

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Fast-Growing Companies Must Use Rolling Budgets

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Julio Martínez

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Financial Planning

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Fast-Growing Companies Must Use Rolling Budgets

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Julio Martínez

Financial Planning

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The 10x Finance Leader: Actually Being a “Strategic CFO”

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Julio Martínez

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10x CFO

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The 10x Finance Leader: Actually Being a “Strategic CFO”

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Julio Martínez

10x CFO

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