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There’s no better way to excel in your finance career than connecting with others and investing in your professional development. This list of FP&A conferences, webinars, and events in 2025 will help you do that.
In the fast-paced world of corporate finance, conferences, events, and webinars offer great opportunities for CFOs and other FP&A professionals to connect with experts, learn practical tips, and compare strategies. Whether you are tackling growth challenges, looking for strategies to improve metrics, or exploring new ideas, the right events offer actionable takeaways and fresh perspectives.
Here, we've curated a list of the top finance and FP&A-focused in-person conferences, events, and virtual webinars tailored to the needs of finance leaders like you.
Top conferences and events for finance pros in 2025
1. CFO Summit
When: Multiple events scheduled for 2025.
Where: Boston, MA (September 25), London, UK (November 5)
Why: The CFO Summit are exclusive invitation-only events organized by the Finance Alliance and tailored for C-suite finance leaders. Participants will gain insights into using AI and emerging technologies to optimize their finance functions, and earn up to 8 CPE credits.
Note that in 2025, both CFO Summits are co-located with the FP&A Summit (described below) to provide attendees extended networking opportunities and multi-track learning sessions.
2. FP&A Summit
When: Multiple events scheduled for 2025.
Where: Austin, TX (June 25), Boston, MA (September 25), London, UK (November 5)
Why: The FP&A Summit Series for 2025, which is also organized by the Finance Alliance, is open to all finance professionals. These events assemble the brightest minds in finance to explore the next frontier of FP&A, including AI adoption, automation, and advanced forecasting methodologies. Designed for forward-thinking professionals, they deliver expert-led sessions, invaluable networking opportunities, and ready-to-implement tools that can future-proof your FP&A strategies. Attendees may earn up to 8 CPE credits.
3. Connect CFO Spring
When: April 9-11, 2025
Where: Las Vegas, NV
Why: Connect CFO Spring is a premier, peer-led leadership summit crafted for finance professionals. The event features expert speakers from Baker McKenzie and the Royal Bank of Canada, offering deep dives into financial resilience and leadership strategies for navigating change. It is a must-attend event for CFOs and finance leaders keen on discovering innovative strategies for AI integration in accounting while earning CPE credits. Attendance is complimentary for qualified professionals.
4. AICPA & CIMA CFO Conference
When: April 23-25, 2025
Where: La Quinta, CA
Why: The AICPA & CIMA CFO Conference is an in-person event for CFOs and finance leaders. Besides learning how to use GenAI tools to improve finance functions and developing ESG disclosures to meet future compliance requirements, you get great networking opportunities at the event. Registration discounts are available for AICPA and CIMA members. Attendees can earn between 15.5 and 18.5 CPE credits through the conference and optional pre-conference workshops.
5. FINRA Annual Conference
When: May 13-15, 2025
Where: Washington, DC
Why: The FINRA Annual Conference is a key event for financial professionals, compliance officers, and industry regulators. It provides the latest updates on regulations, compliance strategies, and industry trends to help finance professionals stay up to date and well informed.
6. Exec Dinner for CFOs and CEOs
When: May 19, 2025
Where: New York, NY
Why: The Executive Dinner for CFOs and CEOs is hosted by Ray Rike of Benchmarkit and Ben Murray (The SaaS CFO). Limited to just 40 attendees, the event offers an opportunity to engage in private conversations with top industry peers and thought leaders.
7. SaaS Metrics Exec Summit
When: May 20th, 2025
Where: New York, NY
Why: The SaaS Metrics Executive Summit is a half-day event designed for SaaS CFOs, CEOs, and GTM executives focused on driving financial success through metrics-driven leadership. The summit features keynote speakers from SaaSonomics, Benchmarkit, Insight Partners, and The SaaS CFO. Attendees will engage in interactive roundtable sessions covering key topics like ARR in variable pricing, GTM efficiency, and planning for usage-based pricing. The summit delivers actionable strategies, peer-tested best practices, and a deeper understanding of critical SaaS metrics for sustainable growth.
8. Gartner CFO & Finance Conference
When: May 20-21, 2025
Where: National Harbor, MD
Why: The Gartner CFO & Finance Executive Conference is a highly regarded event tailored for CFOs, finance executives, and business leaders. This gathering of over 2,000 finance professionals, 50+ Gartner experts, and 65+ solution providers offers unparalleled networking opportunities along with discussions around topics such as AI in finance, talent management, transformation leadership, and enterprise resource planning. Early bird pricing is available until March 21, 2025. Attendees earn an average of 9 CPE credits. The conference also includes access to the exclusive CFO Circle Program, which features discussions and networking opportunities for verified CFOs.
9. Spring CFO Leadership Conference
When: June 2-4, 2025
Where: Boston, MA
Why: The Spring CFO Leadership Conference is a leading in-person event for finance executives. These three days will give you the tools and strategies you need to tackle financial challenges in your business. You can look forward to actionable insights, peer-tested tactics, and real-world advice from industry leaders. Attendees may earn up to 10 CPE credits if approved by NASBA.
10. SFNet’s Women in Secured Finance Conference 2025
When: June 11-12, 2025
Where: New York, NY
Why: The SFNet Women in Secured Finance Conference is a leading event that highlights the accomplishments and leadership of women in the secured finance industry. Hosted by the Secured Finance Network, the conference features inspiring speakers, impactful discussions on industry trends, and valuable networking opportunities designed to empower professionals. Registration opens in Spring 2025, with member pricing available for employees of SFNet member organizations. Attendees may earn CPE credits as it is a NASBA-registered event.
11. Fall CFO Leadership Conference
When: October 6-8, 2025
Where: Austin, TX
Why: The Fall CFO Leadership Conference is a premier event for finance leaders. Attendees get proven strategies to accelerate growth, uncover best practices, and tackle critical challenges facing the finance sector. Participants earn 10 CPE credits.
12. CFO Edge
When: November 11, 2025
Where: Sydney, Australia
Why: CFO Edge is Australia’s leading finance conference, bringing together 130 top CFOs and finance leaders from enterprise and government organizations. This is an invitation-only event that will focus on providing practical strategies and insights on financial transformation, risk management, and modernization to support sustainable growth. There will also be keynote sessions and roundtable discussions on topics such as AI sustainability, effective data governance, enterprise-wide risk culture, and achieving high ROI in AI adoption.
13. FATE CFO Leadership Council
When: November 13-14, 2025
Where: New York, NY
Why: The Finance & Accounting Technology Expo (FATE) is the largest gathering of finance and accounting technology professionals in the U.S. The event focuses on digital transformation, AI, and innovative technologies, helping finance teams improve operations and work more efficiently.
14. MIT CFO Summit
When: November 20, 2025
Where: Cambridge, MA
Why: The MIT CFO Summit is a top event for CFOs, offering a full-day experience tailored for senior financial executives and business leaders. Bringing together over 400 participants and leading MIT faculty, the event provides a rich environment for interactive learning and high-level networking. Attendees can earn 7.5 CPE credits while enjoying keynote speeches, panel discussions, and a closing reception designed for making valuable connections.
Virtual events you’ll want to put on your calendar in 2025
1. FP&A Trends Webinar: Transforming FP&A Trends into Real Impact
When: April 2, 2025
Where: Live webinar accessible online
Why: The FP&A Trends Webinar provides finance professionals with practical strategies for efficient forecasting. Industry experts will discuss the top 5 FP&A trends for 2025 and actionable steps to put these trends into practice. Real-world finance transformation stories will help you implement the takeaways to shift from siloed processes to strategic FP&A.
2. GrowCFO
When: Multiple events scheduled for 2025.
Where: Available on the GrowCFO website after registration.
Why: GrowCFO, a NASBA-registered sponsor, offers expert-led events for aspiring CFOs and finance leaders. Covering topics like finance transformation, business partnering, and FP&A, these sessions provide practical tools, actionable insights, and networking opportunities.
3. The 2025 Finance Leadership Vision (APAC)
When: Available on-demand.
Where: Available on Gartner’s platform after registration.
Why: The 2025 Finance Leadership Vision (APAC) on-demand webinar by Gartner is suitable for CFOs and finance leaders. It offers key strategies to drive transformation with AI and maximize ROI from AI investments to balance growth with profitability. You will learn the top 5 strategies to excel as finance leaders and get recommendations to strengthen FP&A. Additionally, participants will get access to exclusive research slides and practical recommendations to help position their organizations for success.
4. Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Trends for 2025
When: Available on-demand.
Where: Available on the Phocas Software website after registration.
Why: The FP&A Trends for 2025 webinar gives CFOs and finance leaders insights into the future of finance. Attendees can learn how advanced analytics boosts decision-making, why reforecasting matters in a fast-changing world, and how consolidating tech stacks improves efficiency.
5. SaaS Metric Palooza
When: Available on-demand.
Where: Available on the Benchmarkit website after registration.
Why: SaaS Metrics Palooza is an on-demand event for CEOs, CFOs, GTM executives, Operating Partners, and anyone who takes ownership of SaaS metrics. Designed to deliver actionable insights, the virtual summit dives deep into finance key performance indicators (KPIs) and emerging industry trends critical to SaaS success. Top executives from G2, Bessemer Venture Partners, NetSuite, and Bain & Company share strategies and practical frameworks for metrics-driven leadership.
The world of finance is changing fast, and for FP&A professionals to successfully navigate those changes requires continuous learning of new skills, paying attention to what’s happening in the industry, and making great connections with other finance pros.
Attending the right events can give you all of these things and help you excel in whatever role you have in finance today and prepare for your next one. We hope this list will help you do that in 2025.
