Bridging Finance and AI: Enhancing Data Literacy

This special episode formed part of FP&A Con 2025 which saw a record-breaking 1500 registrants. 

The guests:

Nathan Bell, Managing Partner, VAi Consulting, is among the most in-demand experts. Bell has unique experience– having started in computer science, before leading finance teams at Native American Bank, Digital Media Trends and Gartner– where he advised hundreds of FP&A teams facing chaotic data situations).

Anna Tioma former CFO of Sandoz and  Softeq. Most recently she has pivoted to become a fractional CFO at Blend2Balance. 

Anna Yamashita, Solutions Consulting at Data Rails who has worked across SAS finance throughout her career where she helps FP&A teams implement modern performance management solutions.

In this session: 

• How AI is being applied in real FP&A workflows today 
• Predictive analytics as the gold standard
• Getting to a single version of truth with AI 
• ROI in AI 
• Mastering Data Management 
• Misconceptions about AI in finance and security 
• Co-pilot, prompts
• Bonus: Security and AI