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FP&A Articles is a collection of useful case studies from leading international companies and thought leadership insights from FP&A experts. We aim to help you keep track of the best practices in modern FP&A, recognise changes in the ever-evolving world of financial planning and analysis and be well equipped to deal with them.

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    Unlocking the Value in FP&A Data Science & Analytics
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    By Emmanuel Jibodu, Finance Analytics @ Shred-it​

    This is the second part of a three-part series that focuses on the business value

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    Go The Extra Mile In Investment Decision Business Cases
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    Strategic investment decision-making involves the process of identifying, evaluating and selecting among projects that are

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    The Budget Problems - More than Irritating Itches
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    By Bjarte Bogsnes, Founder of Bogsnes Advisory

    Over the twenty years that I have worked with Beyond Budgeting, I have asked tens

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    A Passionate Appeal for Activity-Based Costing (ABC)
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    By Gary Cokins,  Founder of Analytics-Based Performance Management

    Gary Cokins (Cornell University BS IE/OR, 1971; Northwestern University Kellogg MBA 1974) is an internationally recognized expert, speaker, and author in advanced cost management and enterprise performance and risk management systems. He is the founder of Analytics-Based Performance Management LLC, an advisory firm located in Cary, North Carolina at www.garycokins.com .

    He began his career in industry with a Fortune 100 company in CFO and operations roles. He then worked 15 years in consulting with Deloitte, KPMG, and EDS. From 1997 until recently Gary was a Principal Consultant with SAS, a leading provider of enterprise performance management and business analytics and intelligence software.

    His two most recent books Performance Management: Finding the Missing Pieces to Close the Intelligence Gap (ISBN 0-471-57690-5) and Performance Management: Integrating Strategy Execution, Methodologies, Risk, and Analytics (ISBN 978-0-470-44998-1). Mr. Cokins can be contacted at gcokins@garycokins.com .

    LinkedIn account: www.linkedin.com/pub/gary-cokins/0/15a/949

     

    Usually I am fairly rational and do not let my personal emotions interfere with how

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    The Statoil Performance Framework – The Journey Continues
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    By Bjarte Bogsnes, Founder of Bogsnes Advisory

    Welcome to this blog series, where I look forward to share with you some of

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    FP&A Analytics and Simpson’s Paradox
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    By Christian Fournier, former Head of Finance Europe at Orange Business Services

    Are your KPIs, Scoreboards and other metrics safe from the Simpson's paradox?

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