When I first came across the term driver based planning and forecasting I was confused. As an ex-investment banker having

The strength of those working in FP&A often comes when they worked in different industries or with BU’s from different

Sometimes, what you forecast needs to change dramatically, due to e.g. market disruption or internal changes. You also might not

Forecasting new product launches are a tricky business with plenty of emotional baggage. They are also often, inevitably, wrong. This

Being critical of one’s own work, is even more important for the financial doing the forecast. A forecaster will undoubtedly

Takeshi Murakami, Group Controller at Microsoft, shares an interesting case study on leveraging AI/ML in decision-making. Microsoft Finance enhanced forecast accuracy