In this series of blogs, Michael is looking at a number of areas that FP&A departments must address if they are to add value to the organisations they serve in this technology-driven age. In this blog, he looks at the reports being produced.

What comes to mind when you hear the term FP&A Change Management? Typically, we think of large projects, acquisitions, reorganisations, or rebranding. But what about smaller changes?

Small changes also need to be managed even though they may not need an entire project plan. There is a simple four-step framework to help manage those smaller changes.

On September 15th, we were discussing how to achieve FP&A Intelligent Transformation with senior practitioners from SWAROVSKI, Moderna and Board International.

The webinar was based on our global research that is focused on the FP&A Board Maturity Model categories of Process, Data & Analytics, and Technology.

In his latest video, CFO of Hub Terminals at A.P. Moller-Maersk, Joao Almeida, shares his recipe for success in improving capital investment practices and harnessing technology to improve forecasting accuracy by 50%.

Watch the recording of the Digital Middle Eastern FP&A Circle to hear insights from senior practitioners and thought leaders about their experiences on Digital AI/ML FP&A.

How do we move the dial from non-value add to creating value, and how can FP&A Business Partners help in driving the Value Creation agenda? The Digital Middle East & Africa FP&A Circle met in June 2022 to explore this subject in detail.

This article describes the main insights of the meeting.

According to FP&A Trends Survey 2022, there are two major problems today: 

1. When looking at immediate challenges, it can be difficult to justify ROI on FP&A technology against shorter-term sales. 

2. 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?

In this digest, we have collected a range of content to make sure you are up to speed with Integrated FP&A. Below, you will find an article on aligning financial and supply chain teams; a guide to the steps involved in Integration; an article on closing complexity gaps; a summary of the PPE model; and two video case studies of how Integration can be achieved in practice.

Bruno Massera, CFO - Middle East at BRF, walked us through BRF's integrated finance journey from Traditional Excel-based Budgeting in 2018 to a Sales and Operations and Finance partnership supported by modern technology in 2022.

Watch the video to learn more insights from Bruno about FP&A Integration.

Watch a video to learn about the long journey Durga Srinivas Perisetti, Director FP&A and Operations Analytics at Juniper Networks, went through while gradually transitioning from Shared Service Center to Center of Excellence and the role of Integrated FP&A.