A CFO shares how to make Extended Planning & Analysis (xP&A) a reality through practical strategies, integration and cross-functional collaboration.

Integrated FP&A thrives on effective data management — ensuring accuracy, consistency and automation to drive better financial insights and strategic decision-making.

Amarnath Kamath, CFO at AXA Group Operations, shares how he restructured finance using a unique cooking analogy—ensuring processes and people are all in sync. He unlocked new strategic capacity by centralising routine tasks, creating specialist teams, and empowering Finance Business Partners.

FP&A teams have played a critical role in organisations for a long time. However, traditional FP&A is no longer sufficient. Economic volatility, shifting demographics, emerging technologies, and data overload demand a more agile, insight-driven FP&A. This paper explores what makes modern FP&A teams effective, outlines four essential layers to meet today’s business needs and provides practical steps to implement them.

In this video, Andrew Wee, CFO at GOOD BARDS, shares how FP&A teams can go beyond routine reporting to drive real business impact and advocates for a purpose-driven approach, urging FP&A professionals to become proactive problem solvers.

The article explores how data-driven FP&A transforms organisations by integrating financial and non-financial metrics to drive strategic decision-making and measurable outcomes.