The link to strategic planning becomes evident when FP&A is placed within this bigger picture. By translating the strategic intent of the company into business drivers made visible through the ‘use-of-funds’, the execution of the strategy becomes fact-based, transparent and verifiable: ‘talks & figures’. Just think about it, and add value to your role and company. 

Driver-Based Planning can help us mitigate the current uncertainty. In this article, Massimo Garau describes the key factors that define your business drivers and benefits associated with Driver-Based Planning. 

This article considers a case study from a laboratory testing company, which changed its approach to budgeting and created separate profit centres during the pandemic between 2020-2022.

Fortunately, modern techniques let businesses create an open-ended dynamic process of continuous planning. It should not be confused with the Rolling Forecast, as these are two different notions. Hashim Ahmed, CFO at Jaguar Mining Inc., explains the key advantages of continuous planning based on their corporate approach.

Enhanced Driver-Based Planning and Forecasting within the organisation is an essential part of the roadmap toward modern Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A). 

Who could foresee the current inflation levels that we can see in developed economies? Inflation is a phenomenon that, if not understood correctly, can lead us to wrong conclusions and, therefore, to wrong decisions.