FP&A teams have played a critical role in organisations for a long time, but traditional FP&A is no longer sufficient. Economic volatility, shifting demographics, emerging technologies, and data overload demand a more agile, insight-driven FP&A. This paper explores what makes modern FP&A teams effective, outlines four essential layers to meet today’s business needs and provides practical steps to implement them.

This paper explores how FP&A teams can lead in an unpredictable era and uncovers the top 5 trends shaping FP&A in 2025 and beyond. It offers a roadmap for finance teams to become agile, data-driven partners capable of navigating complexity with confidence.

This Insights Paper explores AI’s impact on FP&A, highlighting its benefits, implementation strategies, and future implications. It also describes the role of FP&A Business Partnering in driving strategic value and presents the Business Partnering Framework that enables teams to shift from traditional finance roles into strategic business partners.

Many organisations still struggle with data quality and timeliness, with 35% citing these issues as the biggest barriers to data-driven decision-making in the 2024 FP&A Trends Survey. This paper explores how to master data and analytics in FP&A, deploy analytics technology, and foster a culture of analytics-informed decisions.

Organisations that master Integrated FP&A can turn threats into competitive advantages, transforming disruptions into growth opportunities. However, many struggle to build this capability. This Insights Paper offers a framework for implementing Integrated FP&A.

This paper offers practical guidance on how AI can be used within FP&A and gives details of what is currently being achieved, how obstacles in AI adoption have been overcome, and a glimpse into the future.

In this paper, we lay out the key elements of FP&A storytelling and provide practical guidance to help you improve your storytelling skills.

In times of uncertainty, the failings of systems and measures are brought sharply into focus. Managing profitability often requires a complete re-think of how an organisation plans and the supporting systems that can help sustain profits in both the short and long term. That’s the subject of this paper.

xP&A is more than an attempt to ‘fix’ the planning process. It is a complete transformation of the FP&A function to continually challenge the status quo, to educate, shape and influence management decisions on how the organization achieves its goals.

Scenario management plays a vital role in a world of irrelevant budgets and inaccurate forecasts. 

In this paper, we will explore these different areas to explain what they are, how they have benefited other organisations and the steps an organisation can take in making the transition.

The impact of the FP&A storyteller reaches far beyond the boundaries of traditional finance. They work with every part of the business to present insights. How does a storyteller use their skill to drive action? How can the storyteller leave a lasting impression with stakeholders?

This paper is a result of that research, looking specifically at how, when combined with human intelligence, AI can transform the role of FP&A.

So how should FP&A adapt to this New Normal?

There has never been a better time to start exploring predictive analytics given that the business world we live in requires a radical change from traditional planning.