The new rules and uncertainties of business require leaders in FP&A to be far more adaptable and agile in their strategic Capital Planning process. When capital is not managed effectively, organisations can easily miss their growth opportunities and increase their risk exposure significantly.

Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) is increasing its scope and complexity in the current uncertain business environment. The Digital Nordic-Benelux FP&A Board brought together senior finance professionals across different industries to discuss how to move from Traditional Business Controlling to Extended Planning and Analysis (xP&A).

There is a lot of hype these days about the concept of FP&A Business Partnering. At FP&A Trends Group, we introduced the concept of xP&A Business Partner. Who is it and why is this role important?

Connected Planning is an effective way to unify data, people, and plans on a single platform. Implemented correctly, it can help accelerate better business performance in the modern dynamic market conditions.

As was famously proclaimed by Pericles, the powerful politician of ancient Greece: "The key is not to predict the future but to be prepared for it". Agile FP&A can help organisations to move through uncertainty and come up with a plan of action.

When an organisation decides to invest in an FP&A software, there are three things to look for which will help ensure that the software selected will benefit the organisation as a whole, not just the FP&A function.