
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

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






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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)