We are pleased to announce the release of the 2023 FP&A Trends Survey, and we invite you to join our upcoming webinar, where we will present the key findings from this global survey.

In this short video, Brady Ellis, VP, Head of Finance at Branch Insurance, demonstrated how automation of routine tasks empowered a small finance team to comprehensively understand and analyse their business, reduce costs and provide affordable insurance to customers. Watch this video to learn more about Branch Insurance's path to automation.

The role of Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) leaders has evolved, and they must adapt to lead their teams effectively in the age of AI. The author of the article outlines what FP&A professionals should do to drive organisational success with the help of Artificial Intelligence.

In this issue of our newsletter, we shed light on the transformative potential of Scenario Planning in Financial Planning & Analysis. Included below is a selection of articles and short videos that explore the advantages and strategies of FP&A Scenario Planning, along with a valuable eBook resource that delves into the profound impact of this technique.

The Amsterdam FP&A Board met on Tuesday, 9 May 2023. Senior FP&A practitioners from diverse sectors attended it to discuss Moving from FP&A to Extended Planning and Analysis (xP&A). This article covers the key takeaways from this meeting.

This article summarises the key takeaways from the FP&A Trends Webinar on deploying AI/ML in financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting hosted on the 10th of May, 2023.

In this article, the author explains the challenge of translating the impact of business activities or initiatives devised after the planning cycle. This article provides a comprehensive view of mitigating it in the post-planning part of the cycle with the FP&A team’s involvement and applying Driver-Based Planning.

In this video, Charles Peter, Finance Director Global sales, marketing and operations at Microsoft, shares his experience of planning and forecasting optimisation and outlines Microsoft's journey to simplification.

Join the face-to-face Stockholm FP&A Board on September 19 and discuss the evolution of financial planning and analysis (FP&A) to extended planning and analysis (xP&A). 

The 9^th in-person Brussels FP&A Board met on the 11^th of May 2023 at the beautiful Spaces Manhattan Center in Brussels to discuss the evolution from Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) to Extended Planning and Analysis (xP&A).