Growing your career in EPM consulting Ft. Jonathan Balkin of Lionpoint

Jonathan Balkin founded Lionpoint Group in 2014, and it's now a 250 person consultancy and an Anaplan Gold partner. He shares his views on the EPM industry and keys to growing a successful career. In this episode, you'll learn:

– If you want to grow your career in data / tech, you need to be able to sell ideas and have strong soft skills (what this looks like)

– How certain platform and tech certifications are becoming more useful than an MBA and other educational tracks

– Why understanding emerging data tech platforms and having integrations expertise will make you an invaluable asset

– 2 reasons Jonathan favors consulting career path vs. in-house roles

– What a healthy culture looks like in consulting and why consulting does NOT have to mean rat race and poor work-life balance

This show is powered by CoThryve – the firm that helps EPM professionals grow their career.

[bytebanditAY]

I got into Deloitte as a Consulting Analyst, they said that I will be working on Oracle FCCS, I am worried about future scope of this, can you explain more about this

[yamapinogaki]

Hello guys, i was doing some research on the EPM field and found your youtube channel, first of all i would like to thank you for this, i will binge watch all your videos, seconde thing is can i ask you guys some questions ? i found my self working in this field without even realizing it, really i would appreciate because i need help.

[deepakadhiraaijog]

Which EPM cloud company is good to start with, like Anaplan, Oracle Epm or Sap Analytics Cloud ?

[ayushsrivastava]

I just got selected as an EPM consultant for a company as a fresher. I don't know much about this field, does this have a good scope?