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Budgeting Is Broken: How FP&A Leaders Can Fix It

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Tue, Jun 2, 2026

4:00 PM UTC (45 minutes)

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FP&A Mastery Signature Program: 12-Month Professional Access
Carl Seidman
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What you'll learn

Diagnose Why Budgets Keep Failing

Most budget problems are design problems, not math problems. You'll understand and see exactly why.

Understand the REAL purpose of a budget

A budget isn't a static target. It's the translation of a strategic plan. Understanding this changes how you build it.

Discover A Better Process You Can Actually Run

You'll learn about my 12-step process and how to lead a budget cycle that produces a useful plan, not just a template

How to Handle Assumptions That Change

When reality drifts from plan, most teams accept it as the reality of budgeting. You'll know exactly what to do instead.

How to Get Buy-In Without the Fight

The budget wars happen because of how the process is run. Fix the process, and the conflict largely disappears.

Why this topic matters

Static budgets are outdated before they're finished — it's a process problem that costs FP&A teams their credibility. Yet FP&A teams are in the best position to fix it. This session challenges the way finance professionals think about planning, introducing driver-based models and rolling forecasts that keep pace with the business. Walk away with immediately actionable insights.

You'll learn from

Seidman Financial

Microsoft MVP and preeminent FP&A educator in FP&A for the Fortune 500 and 337,000+ students

Carl is masterful at making the complexity of finance amazingly simple, engaging his audiences, building confidence, and facilitating a welcoming and transformative group experience. His content is extraordinarily rich and relatable, used by many of the most recognized management consulting + turnaround/restructuring firms in the world, and at Fortune 500s as part of their financial leadership development programs (FLDPs).

He is one of the preeminent trainers and facilitators in strategic finance and FP&A, with more than a quarter-million participants attending his financial training programs, workshops, masterminds, and LinkedIn Learning courses on Excel, FP&A, AI for finance, and financial modeling.

Carl lives outside of Chicago with his wife and children.

Contact: info@seidmanfinancial.com

Training FP&As at companies including:

Workday
Riveron
Portage Point Partners
New Mountain Capital
Choice Hotels
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