In this article, the author looks at the FP&A tools and explains why these tools must consider the company culture and factor in the existing management biases. He also shares a few practical recommendations for FP&A teams that will help fight these biases.

So, as a business professional, how can you evaluate the process(es) put in place in your company (or group of companies) and potentially evolve it in a way that effectively permits you to create value for your business(es)? Find the answer in this article.

Explaining and forecasting activity evolutions require to isolate correctly different factors (variables) that have an impact such as quantity, price, customer win/loss, competition. In the international environment, currencies and currency variances are one of the important variables.

The COVID crisis is significantly challenging companies’ resilience i.e. their ability to face the crisis. It largely depends on their level of preparation. FP&A should keep a permanent assessment of this resilience and potentially promote plans to improve it. How can we do this?

The way a company FP&A suite is organised (i.e. its setup) covers the way data are organised and analysed, the way the reporting and the forecasting are produced and performances are measured. What will qualify as the best FP&A set up? How will it be accepted by the company?