Chewy Director of Finance Matthew Herbert reveals the secrets to effective business partnering and discusses insights from his 15 years of experience. He shares how Chewy does FP&A, the KPIs they manage, and the impact of being a self-taught programmer in a finance career. Herbert emphasizes the importance of customer service at Chewy and provides advice for starting a career in FP&A.

Renowned musician and producer Matthew Herbert discusses creating 1000 pieces of music annually, his unique organ filled with pigs blood, and collaborating on memorable music projects. The podcast explores his innovative sound recording techniques, using unconventional instruments like horse skeletons, and the challenges of balancing artistry with practicality in music production.

Guest Matthew Herbert, renowned for his innovative sound exploration, discusses his latest work 'The Horse' and the thought process, collaborators, and story behind each track. Topics also include creating music with bone flutes, the evolution of music, recording challenges and the Tape It app, controversial aspects of horse racing, exploring ideas and the power of sound, unconventional sounds in music, challenges of creativity in the music industry, and excitement for a unique music piece.

Soufyan Hamid, FP&A leader, and Matthew Herbert, Chewy Director of Finance, discuss the importance of storytelling in FP&A. They cover topics such as transitioning from numbers to storytelling, the gap between perception and reality in storytelling, actionable tips for presentations, and the significance of providing insights in FP&A.

Across Britain, 352 BBC transmitters stand, mostly on the tops of hills broadcasting sound, music and voices invisibly across the country. In this slow radio episode, Matthew Herbert and a group of recording engineers visited some of these transmitters in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England to listen to what the transmitters were hearing at exactly 11.30 at night - the time of this broadcast. Starting at the transmitter atop Crystal Palace and then moving through the country to finish in snowy Aberdeen, hear how the sonic landscape changes the further north travelled.Transmitter is a production from Munck Studios with Matthew Herbert for BBC Radio 3, recorded by Pete Stollery, Hugh Jones, Dan Pollard, Ella Kay, Robbie McCammon, Pieter Dewulf and Cameron Naylor.