For the modern FP&A professional, Excel is an invaluable and versatile tool, but to provide best-in-class business partnering support, FP&A professionals must find ways to evolve Excel-based tools into more integrated solutions.

xP&A is more than moving the planning process outside of Finance. It completely transforms the organisation's process, people and technology. The face-to-face London FP&A Board and discuss the evolution of financial planning and analysis (FP&A) to extended planning and analysis (xP&A). 

FP&A as a profession changed dramatically during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Chicago FP&A Board met in person to discuss how FP&A practice evolved and optimised based on the opportunities and challenges the pandemic created.

xP&A is more than moving the planning process outside of Finance. It completely transforms the organisation's process, people and technology. Join the face-to-face Geneva FP&A Board and discuss the evolution of financial planning and analysis (FP&A) to extended planning and analysis (xP&A). 

The tax system, whether it be corporate or personal, is often a complex system that is based on rules-based accounting, which often has little to do with the actual health and well-being of the taxable entity.  

Forecasting with ML and deep learning allows you to justify budget allocations based on company performance, understand reasons for growth or decline, and plan for future growth. But how do we make sure we achieve these outcomes?

Is planning a routine annual exercise or a flexible and dynamic FP&A process that drives value and supports decision-making under uncertainty? How to achieve the latter?

The theme for this digest is FP&A Transformation – the adoption of an automated, fact-based approach to planning that facilitates faster, more agile decision-making. FP&A Transformation is about more than just the application of technology, though; it redefines processes and collaboration across many functions.

Changes in the FP&A framework are mainly driven by an increasing amount of data, innovations in technology and analytical methods.

  - What are the key steps to consider for moving your FP&A process to the next level?

So, the article described the methodology of creating a driver-based model on the example of an aviation company. It focused on the key steps and explained the different areas that need to be considered in order to successfully implement an automated, integrated driver-based model.