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Breaking Down the FP&A Function of the CFO Suite

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The CFO is focused on company-level strategic planning and building a relationship with investors. The CEO outsources accounting to a third-party accounting firm and may conduct simple FP&A. The Controller is responsible for accounting and financial reporting. Let’s get into the details.

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Best Practices from the CFO Suite

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Post Series B, it becomes a full-time job to support strategic planning. Building strategic goals with the CEO and Board of Directors, then making sure the functional organizations get the information they need to execute on the strategy.” Accounting ?—?Nearly Their value is in strategic planning.

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