Providing decision support on product offerings in an online marketplaces environment requires digging deep on the granularity of the key business drivers to evaluate success. Using a method called “A/B testing” allows an FP&A leader to easily build a framework on key criteria to better understand the various behavioural impacts that consumers apply in different scenarios and to analyse their performance.
The organisation used to spend over 52 weeks on planning, but with an accuracy of only 92% -- low when compared with the resources allocated.
Storytelling is a vital part of FP&A, helping practitioners to extract value from the data.
The CFO at Swiss Railway Freight Logistics (SBB Cargo AG) shares how his own company successfully implemented this agile alternative to traditional budgeting
In this uncertain environment organisational agility often faces a huge barrier: unaligned top-down and bottom-up planning processes.
In the current highly uncertain business environment, an xP&A business partner needs to be equipped with defined skills and competencies that bridge technical acumen, technology, and influence.