Mature driver-based planning models are an essential component of effective rolling forecast processes in complex, global organizations.  They provide the foundation for profitable growth by enabling strategy and cost structures to quickly self adjust to changing business objectives and market conditions.

he Zurich FP&A Board launched on 20 September 2016 and was devoted to the Latest Trends in FP&A.

FP&A Trends Group is happy to announce the continuation of our global webinar project. We will finish the year with a very exciting subject — "Artificial Intelligence for FP&A". The 21st century FP&A is ready for complete analytical transformation.

The third Geneva FP&A Board took place on 7 February 2017 to discuss FP&A Analytical Transformation.

On 29th November, FP&A Trends Group held the Singapore FP&A Board Meeting. Over forty senior finance practitioners discussed the challenges, trends and shared best practices in the FP&A field.

There’s a lot of buzz nowadays with regards to digitalization and how we all need to be ready for significant changes in our working environment and businesses.

The third London FP&A Circle gathered on 7 March 2016 to discuss Why Driver-Based Planning Matters for modern FP&A.

Ever notice how the personalities and dispositions of animals often resemble humans'? An organisation’s pursuit of adopting FP&A involves personalities of all types. How are they like the creatures that populate our planet? Here is a zoology of analogous types of employees that you might recognise. 

On 4 October 2016, the second meeting of the London FP&A Circle gathered together in the Holborn office of Michael Page to discuss A New Era for FP&A Profession.

Financial Planning is a process of thinking. One of the end results from this process is a product called a budget. A budget is a product that expresses thoughts. As a product a budget must be created and its creation must have a foundation. The foundation for creating a budget is answers to three basic questions.