Bridging Today and Tomorrow: FP&A's Strategic Adoption of Present and Future AI Capabilities
The AI FP&A Committee Meeting #29 on December 3rd, 2025, will feature a presentation, "Bridging Today and Tomorrow: FP&A's Strategic Adoption of Present and Future AI Capabilities," by Adam Hancock, Vice President, FP&A at EBSCO Industries, Inc. In his presentation, he will cover the following topics:
Leveraging today’s AI tools in FP&A
Current use and limitations
Preparing for tomorrow’s AI capabilities
Vision for the AI-powered FP&A function
The Global Artificial Intelligence FP&A Committee was created in March 2018 to explore how AI, including GenAI, ML, and data science, is transforming Financial Planning and Analysis. More information about its previous meetings and members can be found here.
Subject:
Bridging Today and Tomorrow: FP&A's Strategic Adoption of Present and Future AI Capabilities
Date:
Time:
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM GMT
Agenda:
1. Updates since the last meeting 2. "Bridging Today and Tomorrow: FP&A's Strategic Adoption of Present and Future AI Capabilities," presentation shared by Adam Hancock, Vice President, FP&A at EBSCO Industries, Inc.:
Leveraging today’s AI tools in FP&A
Current use and limitations
Preparing for tomorrow’s AI capabilities
Vision for the AI-powered FP&A function
3. Discussion and Q&A Session 4. Conclusion and Next Steps
Adam Hancock
Senior Director, FP&A - EBSCO Industries, Inc.
Adam started his career as a CPA with PwC, auditing several large companies in the retail, manufacturing, and hospitality space.
After pursuing his MBA, Adam led several roles in Corporate FP&A and Strategic Planning at American Airlines, Financial Operations in the Southeast region at SCA Health (subsidiary of Optum Health).
Now at EBSCO Industries, he's recently launched a new Corporate FP&A division to modernize planning and analytics for EBSCO’s 14 diverse portfolio companies.
Adam has a BS in Accounting from Samford University in Birmingham, AL and an MBA from Georgetown University in Washington D.C.
Tanbir Jasimuddin, FP&A Thought Leader, FP&A Trends Author and Ambassador
The Global Artificial Intelligence FP&A Committee members are senior finance practitioners and thought leaders demonstrating a passion for and practical experience of relevant data science techniques in FP&A. They represent over 30 leading organisations, including Amazon, Microsoft and PepsiCo. The list of members can be found here.
If you are interested in joining the Committee, you can view our complimentary membership criteria here.
The AI/ML Committee is a by-invitation-only think tank and all members are expected to meet several requirements:
- senior finance practitioner
- involvement in an AI/ML project for FP&A (even if the project is in early stages)
- active participation i.e. regular attendance, case study presentation at one of the meetings, participation in Q&A sessions.
Larysa Melnychuk
Larysa Melnychuk is a passionate Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) professional and influencer who has held senior FP&A roles at leading organisations before setting up the International FP&A Board in 2013. The Board is a global and well-recognised professional think-tank that aims to bring together the knowledge and experience of senior FP&A professionals and aid the development of best practice in the profession.
In the last three years, she successfully expanded the Board into 34 chapters in 20 countries across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, and North America.
Larysa is also the founder and CEO at the FP&A Trends Group (fpa-trends.com), the leading online resource for FP&A professionals. She chairs the Global AI FP&A Committee and runs a number of high-profile initiatives in the area of modern financial analytics.
Larysa holds a Master of Science degree in physics of materials and is a qualified chartered management accountant (CIMA), chartered global management accountant (CGMA) and is a holder of an FP&A certification. She is also a member of the exam content writing team for the Association of Finance Professionals (AFP) FP&A certification.
Larysa is also a passionate conference speaker and writes articles on various FP&A-related subjects.
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