Career Interview with a Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Analyst at IMAX

In this episode, Nolan Piatkowski describes his career path and current role as a Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Analyst at IMAX. He received his bachelor's degree from Northeastern University in Finance and Business Analytics. His work experience includes working as an FP&A Coop at Salsify and as a Corporate Finance Coop at Boston Consulting Group. We discuss: 0:44 - Overview of his current role 1:36 - His roles and responsibilities 2:33 - The timeline of his tasks 6:27 - How many projects he works on simultaneously 7:03 - What a typical day looks like 7:39 - How social his role is 8:34 - How collaborative his assignments are 9:47 - What he likes about the role 10:40 - Challenges of the role 12:00 - What the training was like 13:12 - Examples of specialties within IMAX 14:17 - What made him interested in finance 14:54 - Why he wanted to be an FP&A analyst 15:41 - Factors he did and didn't want in a role 17:12 - Advice on how to explore career options 18:25 - Advice when applying to jobs 19:27 - Networking advice 20:43 - Advice on how to set yourself up for success 22:25 - General career advice