Agility has become an important initiative for many organisations as they struggle to cope with the ever-accelerating pace of change in the external environment whilst also being under the threat of new entrants unencumbered by legacy organisations and technology issues.

On 17 November 2020, FP&A Trends Group gathered senior FP&A professionals from Electrolux, Jedox, Michael Page, Business Partnering Institute, and FP&A Trends Group who shared their insights on the five facets of the “New Normal” FP&A.

To manage business complexity, we need to focus on improving our processes. In this video, Saurabh Jain, explains how analytical journeys at different organisations usually look like.

The quality of a decision is a question about what data or lack of data the decisions are made on. So, let’s discuss what is a Data-Driven Decision and what is not, but also how do we make Fair Decisions. 

A Global FP&A Trends Webinar that was held on the 10th November 2020 focused on why predictive planning is so important, especially in the uncertain times that we are living in.

FP&A takes an exciting path of transformation to meet the demands of modern business. Driver-based and predictive analytics are fundamental approaches for FP&A to adopt in order to move to the Leading Analytical Stage. 

Most FP&A professionals have excellent educational qualifications beyond their undergrad degrees. I have often been asked what the right education for FP&A is. This article tries to bring some clarity. 

Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer just a “buzzword”, it is a tool used by many organisations around the world. In this digest, I would like to share with you a report that details different cases of AI use in finance and a case study of AI use from Egencia.

We are entering the era of digital FP&A where human and artificial intelligence work hand in hand to achieve better analytical results.

On October 22nd, 2020 the Global FP&A Trends group hosted another of its insightful webinars, putting in the spotlight the theme of Connected and Collaborative FP&A with its multiple facets – predictive planning, analytics supported by artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms.