According to FP&A Trends Survey 2022, there are two major problems today:
When looking at immediate challenges, it can be difficult to justify ROI on FP&A technology against shorter term sales.
In some companies, FP&A is not considered to be an area for strategic investment
How can this possibly be the case when especially cloud-based technology has been considered the saving grace of doing business during the pandemic?
The current debate around Return To Office (RTO) likely heralds the biggest shift in the workplace since the emergence of the assembly line in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Is this relevant for an FP&A audience though? I’d argue it is fundamentally relevant for a number of reasons, not least because it is one of the biggest impacts of Covid-19 on the global business environment. This is a debate that, from a financial planning and analysis perspective, we cannot sit out.
Founder and CEO of idu Software where they deliver smart out of the box software solutions for budgeting, forecasting and financial reporting across all standard ERP and financial systems.
Kevin’s background as an accountant has provided an excellent grounding to provide insight into the many business challenges faced by the clients and allowed to perform a role as a trusted adviser going above and beyond what they at idu focus on.
At idu Kevin is currently responsible for sales in the established AMEA markets and the strategic growth of the business on a global scale.
According to FP&A Trends Survey 2022, there are two major problems today:
When looking at immediate challenges, it can be difficult to justify ROI on FP&A technology against shorter term sales.
In some companies, FP&A is not considered to be an area for strategic investment
How can this possibly be the case when especially cloud-based technology has been considered the saving grace of doing business during the pandemic?
The current debate around Return To Office (RTO) likely heralds the biggest shift in the workplace since the emergence of the assembly line in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Is this relevant for an FP&A audience though? I’d argue it is fundamentally relevant for a number of reasons, not least because it is one of the biggest impacts of Covid-19 on the global business environment. This is a debate that, from a financial planning and analysis perspective, we cannot sit out.
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