The ability to respond to rapid change and uncertainty requires agility and resilience. One of the biggest barriers between organisations and increasing their agility comes from unaligned top-down and bottom-up planning processes; FP&A plays a key role in balancing these two models. By successfully combining them, organisations can increase the quality and accuracy of their planning results.

FP&A Transformation has been taking place for some time, with teams moving from the Traditional FP&A Model to the extended FP&A (xP&A) Model. This represents a move from scheduled to on-demand planning, from one scenario to multiple scenarios and from finance to entire company planning.

In this digest, we will look into keeping the balance between analytical depth and high-level storytelling, the metrics to use to measure the effectiveness of your FP&A team, and driving business performance with artificial intelligence.

The Digital Nordic & Benelux FP&A Board will be held on 22 September at 1:00 PM CEST to discuss the strategy, steps and practical examples for FP&A Scenario Planning.

There are innumerable excellent stories to be told in FP&A, many of which can facilitate decision-making. At this time of advanced analytics, flexible dashboarding and effective data visualization, FP&A storytelling has become both an art and a science.

In a world of Unknown Unknowns, traditional means of work are simply not fast enough. First and foremost, Best-in-class FP&A is about agility. Accordingly, It specialises in the ability to orient planning activity around the needs and cycles of the products and services provided by the organisation. With a constant flow of urgent demands leaving little time to make changes, finance teams need practical advice on how to digitally transform FP&A.

Join this upcoming webinar to learn more about the Best-In-Class FP&A and How to Get There based on global 2021 FP&A Trends Research. The webinar will be held on 15 September at 3:00 PM BST (4:00 PM CEST).

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The Digital Middle Eastern FP&A Board will be held on September 21 from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM GST. The professional debate will be devoted to the subject of "How to Master Rolling Forecasts".

In many companies, the processes and tools to manage profit and loss (P&L) are quite developed, but the cash flow is not always understood and does not always receive the same level of attention. What are the reasons for this and how can FP&A improve the situation?

Irrespective of the industry you work in, I am sure all of you would have noticed a huge change in the way your business operates in the last decade. You may have seen competition from previously unforeseen competitors, your CIOs talking about new digital ways of doing business and the utter lack of ready talent in your teams to manage this new challenge.