In this article, the author considers why data alone could not speak for itself and tell a story. He suggests a formula to make your storytelling effective, persuasive and engaging.

Although traditional budgets have evolved over the years, they can hardly meet the challenges of the modern economic and business environment.

The 200th landmark meeting organized by the FP&A Trends Group occurred on March 16th in New York. 25 FP&A leaders met to share their experiences and ideas about how to approach building the best-in-class FP&A teams.

The 2nd semi-annual FP&A board meeting in New York happened on October 4th, 2022. This time, the topic of the discussion was “Moving from FP&A to Extended Planning and Analysis (xP&A)”.

After a 2-year Covid-related break, FP&A Trends resumed a series of live events in the United States. New York welcomed senior FP&A practitioners on June 16th. This article describes the main insights of the meeting.

The International FP&A Board in Paris met to bring together the latest financial trends. FP&A professionals discussed the lessons learned from the Pandemic. Scenario management is the planning model that can help mitigate uncertainty.

The topic of discussion at the International FP&A Board in San Francisco on the 19th of October, 2022, was ‘Moving from FP&A to Extended Planning and Analysis (xP&A)’. Although the concept is not new, it has not been an easy journey for most organisations.

The recent FP&A Board meeting brought together some strong leaders in the FP&A field to discuss key lessons learned from the pandemic and how the future is evolving for the FP&A function. The article describes the main insights of the FP&A Board.

The 9th in-person Brussels FP&A Board met on the 11th 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).

The economic volatility of 2020 has revealed the shortcomings of the traditional FP&A process and the pressing need for transformation. In particular, conventional methods are no longer sufficient for budgeting, planning, and forecasting.