Companies reducing the size of their Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) finance teams are cutting valuable resources in the misbelief that is not a priority. That’s untrue. So what’s the role of FP&A in today’s company anyway?

The ninth meeting of the Zurich FP&A Board will take place on Thursday,  23rd of May 2019 to debate about the Power of FP&A Predictive Analytics. 

The seventh meeting of the Amsterdam FP&A Board will take place on the 9th of May 2019 to debate on the popular subject of Zero-Based Budgeting. 

The fifth meeting of the Brussels FP&A Board will take place on Tuesday, 7th of May 2019. 

Very often financial and business planning professional ask the same question: which software do I need to improve my business and financial planning and analysis capabilities? The answer is not straightforward.

Here are two laws that should question a few paradigms in company management and finance. Applied to company management those two laws bring few questions.

This article is my sequel to my previously published “Can Accountants Grow the Beans Too?” article posted this past January, 2019.

After the excitement of the past two months, when the Brexometer has been jumping up and down like a mouse on a trampoline, this month sees a more stable situation. The reading has risen by just two basis points from 4.95 in December, to 4.97, a small rise, but still below the parity level of 5.00.

According to Google's Chief Economist, Dr. Hal Varian, "The ability to take data—to be able to understand it, to process it, to extract value from it, to visualize it, to communicate it— that’s going to be a hugely important skill in the next decades."

The digital revolution is not only shaking company business models but also has a direct impact on the finance function. The world is now evolving at a faster pace, and now more than ever before, there is a need to question regularly the long-term strategy. Also, Business Partners need daily support to work on new ideas and to create robust business cases.