This article will discuss how financial planning and analysis (FP&A) professionals can determine the general market trend using a statistical approach based on time series and how they can apply some adjustments to reflect different opportunities or threats to the business plan.
The improved budgeting process based on double-loop learning can transform the way companies operate. How do you upgrade the fixed budgeting approach and why using the Evolution Index (EI) can help you on this journey?
This articles looks into the activities that took place during 10 months during one of my assignments and include several recommendations for anyone who is about to set up a brand-new FP&A department in a company in transition.
By Kerman Lau, Director of Finance, Workday
The COVID-19 pandemic forced companies of all sizes to scrap their business plans for 2020 and attempt to come up with new ones even though so much is unknown and changing so fast. This article covers top challenges currently facing companies during pandemic.
By Steve Benham, Co-Founder and Director at Profit& Ltd
Anyone working in the FP&A space knows intermittent disruptions such as the COVID-19 epidemic are the just tip of the iceberg because, at some level or another, every business day is a ‘VUCA’ day and if you invest in building FP&A processes that prove their worth every working day then you’ll be better able to weather a crisis.
This article focuses on how the Operational Budget’s advanced analytics supports seven of the Beyond Budgeting Institute’s twelve principles and management processes.