Soufyan Hamid

Freelance Finance Business Partner

I can help Finance Teams on 2 ways
👊 I work as a FP&A Freelance on mid to long term assignments
👊 I help Finance Professionals train their presentation skills

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Finance Presentations

Finance Professionals have to present the result of their work in the following occasions

  • Monthly/Quarterly Closing

  • Budgets and Forecasts

  • Business Case Reviews

  • Ad-hoc Analysis

  • Other Projects

And the truth is that this exercise is painful for professionals that are more used to work with dataBut if you want Finance to be involved in the decision process of the company you work for, you have to convince and onboard them in your story

That's why it's crucial that, along with your analytical and technical skills, you enhance also your presentation skillsI am there to help you with that

What's in it for...

The Company

The perks are multiple for a company having financial professionals being able to go beyond reporting and developing presentation skills

  • An improved decision making process

  • A data driven mindset cross departments

  • Increase accountability

Finance Team

Finance often has to give presentations, mainly to give a status on the financial results.However, giving a status could also be done via reporting, mail or even via modern BI tools.Finance teams need to give presentations to

  • Share insights

  • Trigger action

  • Deliver added value

  • Become a profit center

Finance Professionals

Like in any other team, individuals will want to grow and find learning and development opportunities.Finance professionals often bet on learning technical skills like Excel, PowerBI and even coding.That will help them getting higher positions in the company...
...up to a glass ceiling where behavioral skill will count more.Giving presentations will help them with

  • Promotion opportunities

  • Increased visibility and influence

  • Increased confidence and self-esteem

  • Better networking opportunities

  • Improved personal brand

What can you do about it?

Only one thing: Train and Practice

The Finance Stage is specifically designed to help finance professionals overcome the challenges and develop the skills they need to deliver engaging and effective presentations.Through a combination of lectures, exercises, and interactive activities, participants will learn how to structure a presentation, use visuals effectively, and engage their audience.The Finance Stage has the potential to transform the way finance professionals approach presentations and reach their full potentialThe Finance Stage is a corporate program and is offered for Finance Teams above 5 members

Awareness Webinar

The goal of this formula of raise awareness about the opportunities in front of finance professionals to increase their level in presentations.It is aimed at finance professionals who are already good at analysis and working with tools (Excel and PowerPoint) but struggle to have simple techniques to transform their insights into a story easy to understand and remember for the audience.Participants will take away the importance of:

  • Why making convincing and engaging presentations matter

  • The different steps of preparing the message of presentation

  • Storytelling (including Running Master)

  • Additional steps to prepare your intervention

  • Body Language and Speech

Online Cohort

The cohort formula is the perfect middle between a simple introduction and the full learning program.The program is spread in 4 sessions of 2 hours each and will include breakout rooms group work as well as offline work between the sessions

Session 1

  • Introduction

  • Preparation of the message

  • Types of presentations

  • Data analysis and business acumen

  • Getting the signal from the noise

  • Crafting the message

  • Challenge the message

Session 2

  • Preparation of the presentation

  • Know your audience

  • Turn your message into a story

  • Running Master

  • Alternatives

  • Preparation of yourself

  • Rehearsal

  • Public Speaking

  • Body Language

  • Digital Setup

Session 3

  • Preparation of the slides

  • Structure

  • Design rules

  • Main features (PowerPoint)

  • Visualizations (Excel)

  • Preparation of the Case Study

Session 4

  • Time for Action

  • Presentation of the Case study

  • Individually (presentation + feedback)

  • In groups (presentation + feedback)

  • Wrap-up and evaluation

On-site Bootcamp

In this version of the Finance Stage, the participants will get the benefits to work on premise and experience the real life practice of presentations.This has multiple advantages

  • Group exercises made easier in tables of 4-5

  • Real situation simulations

  • Full presence and coaching of the facilitator

  • Body language and on stage presence training

  • Active training

  • Paper handouts on which you can write

Exercises and activities will be around a use case including a dataset to analyze and get the insight and important information like company context, roles of the audienceWhen finishing the bootcamp , you should be ready to begin your transformation journey into a finance storyteller, understood by all departments and welcome to deliver financial insights in any meeting

Individuals

I am also working on a training program aimed at Individual Finance Professionals who want to develop their presentation skillsThis will program will include topics like

  • Finance Storytelling

  • Structured Communication

  • Data Visualizations

  • PowerPoint Advanced Skills

  • Presenting Style

  • Digital Presentations

If you want to get news on the development of that program, leave me your contact details below

You can help me build the best training for you

I have a pretty good idea of what I want to share with you in my training program
But to avoid a mismatch between what I am planning to give and what you expect, I want to have your opinion
By filling the form below, you will give me clues on what you needI know it's a bit long but your qualitative feedback will not only be read but also help meThanks a lot ✌️

The Finance Business Partner you need

I am a seasoned Finance Professional who will quickly adapt to your company for temporary or freelance assignment as👊Finance Business Partner (incl. Manager)
👊Business Controller (incl. Manager)
👊FP&A ManagerI work mainly in Belgium but am also open to work remotely for other countries

My Mission: Bring value to your company

You manage an FP&A team and you know things never happen the way you expect with regards to workforce

  • Unexpected resignation

  • Unfortunate long term absence

  • Happy pregnancy leave

  • Important projects increasing workload

  • Unfit candidates

You know you need an extra hand but you cannot hire someone on your payroll to do the jobThat's when contracting a Freelance FP&A professional will be the solution you need

With more than 16 years into FP&A, I am cut out to be that Freelance

  • Financial Modelization

  • Analytical Skills

  • Automation

  • Influence and Storytelling

  • Team Management

  • Adaptability

Combining hard and soft skills in different working environments

Bringing satisfaction to major clients

Get to know me and my services

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Waterfall Charts are simply the bests for one reason: they are the only one that tell a storyYou can use it for
🔷 Year on Year Analysis
🔷 Actuals vs Budget
🔷 or any other Scenario comparisonYou have alternatives to create them
- the easy way with the built-in feature in Excel
- the HARD way much more flexibleSo if you don't want to lose more time building it from scratch, just enjoy the template I created by submitting the form here 👉

Best practices🔷 Don’t detail every single movement and try to keep 3 main movements and 1-2 residuals
🔷 The order in which you put your movements is important: it has to be adapted to your story
For example, if your story is about a growth that is partially or totally cannibalised, put the positive first and then the negatives
On the contrary, if you want to speak about how good your results are despite some negative impacts (for example, legacy products that are completly saved by new products), I’d advice you to put first the negative movements
🔷 The other section should never be the biggest movements (nobody like to have a big “others” chunk that’s not explained)
🔷 Not always loved but I’d recommend your axis not to start at zero if you have large totals vs smaller movements
🔷 Positive should be in green and negative should be in red (not standard in Excel for example)
🔷 Ditch the connector lines (pure preference but I find them distracting)

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Waterfall Charts are simply the bests for one reason: they are the only one that tell a storyYou can use it for
🔷 Year on Year Analysis
🔷 Actuals vs Budget
🔷 or any other Scenario comparisonYou have alternatives to create them
- the easy way with the built-in feature in Excel
- the HARD way much more flexibleSo if you don't want to lose more time building it from scratch, just enjoy the template I created by submitting the form here 👉

Best practices🔷 Don’t detail every single movement and try to keep 3 main movements and 1-2 residuals
🔷 The order in which you put your movements is important: it has to be adapted to your story
For example, if your story is about a growth that is partially or totally cannibalised, put the positive first and then the negatives
On the contrary, if you want to speak about how good your results are despite some negative impacts (for example, legacy products that are completly saved by new products), I’d advice you to put first the negative movements
🔷 The other section should never be the biggest movements (nobody like to have a big “others” chunk that’s not explained)
🔷 Not always loved but I’d recommend your axis not to start at zero if you have large totals vs smaller movements
🔷 Positive should be in green and negative should be in red (not standard in Excel for example)
🔷 Ditch the connector lines (pure preference but I find them distracting)