Join the FP&A Trends Webinar on May 10 to learn more about deploying Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) for Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting.

To provide relevant business insights, FP&A need to act fast, adopt a business partnering mindset and leverage digital analytics. Five key pillars enable FP&A teams to shift from being a gatekeeper to an enabler.

In this video, Marat Lomakov, Finance Director, Europe Supply Chain at Ecolab, shows what his company did to integrate supply chain and finance better and shares some lessons his company learnt.

There are many software products that claim to support CPM, but often they only support some aspects, for example financial planning and reporting. One of the issues is that the term CPM is synonymous with budgeting, forecasting and management reporting which by itself cannot provide a complete solution.

31 experienced finance professionals gathered for the 14^th in-person edition of the Geneva FP&A Board. It was held on 7^th February 2023 in the beautiful co-working office of SPACES in the city centre of Geneva. This time the finance practitioners focused on the Five Critical Roles for Building a World Class FP&A Team.

The London FP&A Board met on 26 January 2023, attended by senior FP&A practitioners from diverse sectors, to discuss the five critical roles for building a world-class FP&A team.  In this article, you can find the most important takeaways from this think-tank.

FP&A transformation can make the overall finance function more efficient whilst adding more value through analytical insights. The time for transformation is now!

On February 9th, 2023, Paris FP&A Board members gathered to explore the critical elements required for an efficient journey towards Extended Planning and Analysis (xP&A). 

The findings from this research provide insights in explaining the Strategy-Execution Gap and, more importantly, how to close the gap using modern FP&A techniques, processes, and technology.

Today, FP&A professionals have emerged more experienced and stronger due to the changes caused by recent events, recognising the need to learn lessons and to continue to expect the unexpected.