To shine in the digital era and to be truly successful, financial planning and analysis (FP&A) and accounting professionals need to work on their human skills, like creativity and resilience. 

The First Digital Swiss FP&A Board took place on September 8th, 2020. About 400 finance practitioners from over 30 countries registered for this online event where senior professional panellists provided their views on 5 facets of the “New Normal” FP&A.

The First Digital Swiss FP&A Board took place on September 8th, 2020. About 400 finance practitioners from over 30 countries registered for this online event where senior professional panelists provided their views on 5 facets of the “New Normal” FP&A.

This article is about a basic understanding of main value creation concepts and how those impact the work of FP&A. We take a look at value creation from a financial lens – the DuPont analysis framework for calculating return on investment (ROI).

‘If I had an hour to solve a problem and my life depended on the solution, I would spend the first 55 minutes determining the proper question to ask, for once I know the proper question, I could solve the problem in less than five minutes’, said Albert Einstein.

There are purpose-built software tools for nearly any need you may have, but there are a few questions you’ll want to ask yourself before you start using any of these tools.

This article will discuss how financial planning and analysis (FP&A) professionals can determine the general market trend using a statistical approach based on time series and how they can apply some adjustments to reflect different opportunities or threats to the business plan.

The upcoming  FP&A Trends Webinar will be held on October 13 from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM BST to uncover the subject of "The Art and Scence of FP&A Storytelling".

In his digest, you will learn about the three important FP&A principles while discovering how to evaluate corporate performance management (CPM) solutions, and how to apply Dale Carnegie’s techniques to finance.

The Second Digital London FP&A Circle will be held online on the 5 November from 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm GMT. Join our senior panel of experts to hear about the Digital FP&A and Deploying Artificial Intelligence(AI) and Machine Learning(ML) for Planning and Forecasting.

The meeting is complimentary and vendor-agnostic.