On 12 November 2019, I had the pleasure of facilitating, the 7th Frankfurt FP&A Board meeting. The meeting was sponsored by Apliqo and Robert Half and attended by over 30 FP&A professionals. The key subject of discussion was “FP&A Business Partnering”.

In November, we had the 2^nd Shanghai FP&A Board. FP&A Analytical Transformation was the focus of our discussion. It is amazing to observe that FP&A Analytical trends and challenges are global.

Scenario analysis, sensitivity analysis and what-if analysis are very similar concepts and are really only slight variations of the same thing. All are very important components of financial modelling – in fact, being able to run sensitivities, scenarios and what-if analysis is often the whole reason the model was built in the first place.

Among FP&A challenges understanding, explaining and forecasting revenues evolutions are one of the top items. It may be more or less difficult depending on the company business.

The seventh meeting of the Dubai FP&A Board will take place on the 19th of February 2020. The professional debate will be devoted to the FP&A Team Building.

The Amsterdam FP&A Board will meet on 11 February 2020 for the ninth time. The professional debate will be devoted to the subject of "Best Practices in FP&A Storytelling". 

Kaplan and Norton’s Balanced Scorecard is a familiar concept, still widely used today, often falling to FP&A or Strategic Planning teams to create and then monitor. This process can be very challenging and problematic to deliver. This blog focuses on some practical observations and tips regarding the implementation of a scorecard, designed to help you get buy-in from the rest of the organisation.

This edition brings you articles covering the transformative impact of the FP&A function, the necessary skills of an FP&A professional, the main difference between Integrated Financial Planning (IFP) and Integrated Business Planning (IBP) and finally a case study on the replacement of a classical cost-accounting system through artificial intelligence.

How do we change this view that is prevalent in several stakeholders across businesses? 
 

The 25th London FP&A Board Meeting was brought together 25 Financial Planning and Analytics specialists to discuss some of the biggest trends in the industry.