FP&A Vs Finance Business Partners – Tunc Tezel, VP Group FP&A at Ontex

Tunc Tezel has managed FP&A at companies including Ontex, Pladis, British American Tobacco, Procter & Gamble, and Gillette. He has lived and worked in 11 different countries including the UK, Iran, Sub-saharan Africa, Turkey, Latvia, BelgiumNow, Tezel is VP of global FP&A at Ontex, a publicly listed leader in private label manufacturing baby care, feminine care and adult care products for stores including Walmart, Aldi, Lidl,Tesco and Carrefour.In this episode provides his takeaways from a career at the cutting edge of FP&A: What do you do with your company’s budget when overnight interest rates hit 3000%. And the Turkish lira was devalued by 60% overnight  How FP&A powers private label manufacturing vs working at big brands How we coped with the pandemic and the shift to economically challenged consumers trying private labels  Moving from brand ambassadors to product ambassadors How FP&A is supporting ESG Business supporting finance managers – should you call them FP&A Managers or Finance Business Partners (and why it matters) The challenges of data in FP&A work  FP&A as co-pilot in a rally car Secrets of bringing the numbers to life Cooking and seafood  Why I would have loved to meet Atatürk, founder of the Turkish Republic The last thing I asked Google/Chat GPT about my finance work Episode NotesConnect with Tunc Tezel on LinkedIn.Tunc Tezel: Banking CIO Outlook: FP&A Vs Finance Business