For organisations looking to get the most out of their Driver based planning and Rolling Forecasting initiatives, it is critical to realise that these terms apply in both Strategic and Tactical planning. Yet the people, processes and technology applied to these two domains are quite unique.

The cost of complexity can be significant – upwards of 5% of sales in global organizations. Forward-thinking FP&A leaders can play a significant role in realizing this value by leveraging technology innovations that support fully integrated P&PM processes.

If done correctly, Strategic Finance can represent an immense value-add to your organization while at the same time, reduce the costly time and effort of the Budgeting process.   Make a conscious effort to consider these seven essential tips and will see the benefits. 

The statistics reveal that 60%-90% of strategy implementations fail and only 14% of executives are satisfied with the execution of a strategy. Why do companies systematically fail to set meaningful and achievable targets that can help close the strategy gap? What should be the role of the FP&A in Strategic Planning?

The statistics reveal that 60%-90% of strategy implementations fail and only 14% of executives are satisfied with the execution of a strategy. This article introduces a framework to assess your company’s strategy execution readiness, in order to align leaders around how to bridge your strategy to execution gaps. It also provides a free strategy execution checklist to assess your readiness.

It’s the middle of the year and it’s time to take charge of your “data destiny” before the budgeting and planning season starts. What exactly is your data destiny? No, it’s not the new Netrunner card game where the objective is to control all the data in the Universe.