Nick Arzenton, Head of Finance GDO-IBO at Orange Business, shares how one of Orange Business's branches leveraged historical data and revenue streams for identifying and predicting new core activities. Nick also provides insights from his experience, underscoring the importance of a mindset change and changing processes, which resulted in a faster-to-produce and less costly forecast.

This article provides an overview of the topics and cases presented and discussed by the expert panellists in the "A New Age of Zero-Based Budgeting" webinar held on the 10^th of October, 2023, as well as the results of our polling questions.

In this article, the author exemplifies why Artificial Intelligence is insufficient for analysing the data and providing insights. He illustrates it by giving an example of Simpson's Paradox, which AI could not handle without human input.

FP&A Trends website is one of the leading educational resources for FP&A today, featuring thousands of articles from over 200 authors, video content, and more. Additionally, we produced 24 comprehensive research papers, discovering trends and offering practical insights.

In this issue, we share with you the most recent research papers. Enjoy reading!

In this video, Tanja Schlesinger, VP OneSource at Deutsche Bahn Regio AG, explains why good data and AI deployment in finance should not be viewed separately. She underlines the importance of establishing the data ownership concept and shares her practical tips on setting up, monitoring and improving data quality for FP&A with the help of AI and automation.

This article overviews what FP&A professionals can do to optimise the business they are working in and safeguard the budget plans within the organisation.

On October 24, 2023, the Seattle FP&A Board met for its ninth gathering, bringing together FP&A professionals from various companies to delve into the intricacies of FP&A Storytelling within a data-driven landscape.

On the 26^th of October, 2023, Boston welcomed the much-anticipated discussion on creating your transformation map with the help of the FP&A Trends Maturity Model. This article lets you grasp the key takeaways and most important insights from this meeting.

This paper evaluates the transition process, and the challenges organisations may encounter when embracing the Scenario Management ecosystem, with a particular focus on the practical steps involved.

This article provides a working model for businesses eager to transform a typical volume-intensive, cost-focused Shared Service Centre into a value-oriented COE. It also provides the reader with a detailed overview of the differences between these notions, a practical example of such a project and critical factors to consider before driving this transformation.