About
Julio Martinez is co-founder and CEO of Abacum, a financial planning automation platform. He previously led a fintech venture builder and worked in investment banking at Citi across multiple global offices, and holds an MBA from IESE Business School and a Stanford executive program certificate.
Julio Martínez @juliomartinezg
💬 Curious: In your org, do FP&A and Controllership actually work together? Or are they stuck in silos?
Jun 18, 2025 · ♥ 1
Julio Martínez @juliomartinezg
Great finance teams don’t silo these functions. They make them collaborate. Because planning without accuracy is guessing. And reporting without insight is just noise.
Jun 18, 2025 · ♥ 1
Julio Martínez @juliomartinezg
So what’s the key difference? Controllership tells you what happened. FP&A helps you figure out what to do next. Both are essential. One controls the story, the other writes the next chapter.
Jun 18, 2025
Founder at AbacumYC W21
Intro paths
Julio went through Y Combinator (Winter 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Gustaf Alstromer — the partner who ran Abacum's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Julio can intro founders to Abacum's investors below.
Abacum's investors · 4
Co-founders at Abacum
