Essential Guide to Breaking Into FP&A

A practical roadmap to the essential skills you need to launch a career in financial planning and analysis

Written by CFI Team

Read Time 2 minutes

Your Complete Introduction to FP&A Skill Building

CFI’s Essential Guide to Breaking Into FP&A is for early career finance professionals and students looking to break into this dynamic field. Within its pages, you’ll discover how to identify skill gaps, track your learning progress with a practical checklist, and position yourself for the opportunities ahead.

Essential Guide to Breaking Into FP&A

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Key Highlights

Comprehensive overview of FP&A roles and daily responsibilities.
Essential technical skills, including financial modeling, budgeting, and variance analysis.
Business partnership capabilities that distinguish successful analysts.
Why AI proficiency is becoming a must-have skill.
Practical skills checklist to track your professional development.

Everything You’ll Learn in the Essential Guide to Breaking Into FP&A

Your free download includes comprehensive coverage of FP&A fundamentals, including:

What FP&A professionals really do.
Core technical skills for FP&A success.
Financial statement fundamentals.
Three-statement modeling and forecasting.
Budgeting and performance analysis.
Business partnership and stakeholder management.
Data storytelling and visualization.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) for finance.
Skills assessment checklist.

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Additional Resources

What is FP&A?

FP&A Job Description

FP&A Interview Questions