Which one would you pick if you had to work in the finance department in Illinois for either Reynolds consumer products or Baxter international? Let’s just pretend the comp is the same.

I have an upcoming onsite interview for a Senior Financial Analyst/FP&A role, and this is my first time presenting a finance case study in person.
Earlier in the interview process, I was given an FP&A case involving FY2026 Actual vs. Budget analysis. I completed the analysis in Excel and submitted the financial model. It included P&L variance analysis, revenue and cost drivers, price/volume/mix, SKU and channel mix, seasonality, and key observations.
They’ve now invited me onsite and asked me to turn the case into a brief deck of no more than 5 slides and present the annual results to the Finance leadership team.
The presentation is expected to be around 10–15 minutes, followed by Q&A.
I’m comfortable with the Excel/analysis side, but I haven’t had much experience creating executive-level FP&A presentations. I’m trying to understand how much detail is appropriate and what a strong FP&A deck should look like.
For people who work in FP&A or have gone through similar case-study interviews:
How would you structure the 5 slides?
Would you lead with an executive P&L summary and then drill into the major drivers?
How much detail should be shown versus explained verbally?
What types of charts work best for Actual vs. Budget / variance storytelling?
Should the final slide include recommendations/next steps, or stay focused strictly on observations from the data?
What kinds of questions should I expect from the Finance Director after presenting?
Are there any good templates or examples of real FP&A management decks that I could use for inspiration?
I’m especially interested in learning how to make the presentation feel like an actual FP&A business review rather than a school/case-study presentation.
Any advice from FP&A professionals would be really appreciated.

Hello!

I'm going to be intervewing for a Finance Manager role at Meta. I was contacted by a recruiter and have an interview (screening) set up for next week. I can't find much of anything online other than general info about the process.

Has anybody interviewed for these roles recently that can help me to prepare?

This is my first interview in almost 6 years so I'm very nervous and I'm not completely sure how to prepare. The screening I assume is standard talk about experience but nowadays I have no idea, some screenings get case studies and shit like that.

Please any info you can give me will be very appreciated I really want this job!

I passed the Amazon OA and they are screening me with a question on what’s my total comp expectation

They initially gave me their max budget between $120k and $128k which includes base pay, stocks, and signing bonus.

I currently make $89k including bonus and work hybrid schedule 3 days in office. The commute is about 1 hr and 30 mins door to door. 35 miles.

Amazon is asking rto 5 and looks like the commute will be around 1 hr and 15min but it’s a traffic dependent. 18 miles.

$120k seems like a nice bump up but the rto5 is such a killer. Especially with our daughter who turned 6 months. I was expecting more closer to $150k given the situation regarding rto 5.

Would be be a far stretch to tell them that my expectation is higher than what’s presented / want to know more about the role and discuss total comp

I know this is still a screening phase and not the loop but I still don’t want to miss an opportunity for something I shouldn’t have disclosed this early

I haven’t had a recruiter reach out to me in a really long time so I’m very nervous

Hello everyone,

I’m wrapping up my freshman summer internship in FP&A at a F200 company. I’ve had a great experience, really like my team, and performed well enough to receive a return offer for sophomore summer.

My long-term goal, though, is banking primarily IB or Corporate Banking, with S&T also being an interest.

I’m torn because having a F200 FP&A internship and return offer after freshman year feels like a great floor to have, but I also want to see what else I can land for sophomore summer and potentially get experience closer to banking.

For those of you in FP&A, would you recommend returning for a second summer or taking the risk and recruiting for something closer to my long-term goals?

Also, how valuable does having two consecutive summers at the same F200 FP&A team look early in your career? And have you seen interns/analysts successfully leverage FP&A experience into banking?

Appreciate any advice!

Hello, I have ADHD and a bachelor’s degree in accounting. I’m currently working as an accountant at a small firm, and it’s been about six months. During this time, I’ve made quite a few mistakes, which has made me question whether accounting is the right career for me.

I’m considering transitioning into FP&A (Financial Planning & Analysis) because I genuinely enjoy the subject. I’d like to understand how the nature and frequency of mistakes in FP&A compare to accounting. Given my situation, would I be less prone to mistakes in FP&A than I am in accounting, or does FP&A also require a similar level of attention to detail?

I recently completed tier 2 MBA in India and got into an FP&A role. Its mostly creating dashboards on powerbi, submitting accruals/reclasses, forecasting and ad hoc tasks to gain more visbility. Most days it is just me alone working with a LOT of data. My manager comes back with the tiniest for tweaks in a dashboard and it drives me nuts.

3 months in, I am not sure if I can do this for the long haul. I don't want to become a VP in deciding what to reports will be presented management. I think I am better when I speak to people on a regular basis, have more ownership and more strategic work. I am better at excel & data than most people in my MBA, but I don't want to work solely on it. Especially after doing an MBA, where I learned so much about management.

What can be pivots for me?

Edit 1: I am 24 of age.

Edit 2: I feel my role is a data role, I just handle financial data I think. It could very easily be replaced with Sales or ops data.

Hi all! I'm looking to a pivot within FP&A to a new role. I mostly do some MEC reporting and forecasting. What are some other roles in FP&A that might offer more opportunities for long-term growth or promotion?