FP&A Trends Digest: Issue #12

Issue #12 - 25 April 2020

Dear colleagues,

I hope you and your families are well and safe.

A lockdown is a challenging experience for all of us and we, at FP&A Trends, would like to make our digest as useful as possible for you. Therefore, we have divided this digest into three parts, allowing you to choose the most effective way to learn and grow while staying at home.

Become part of the International FP&A Board. We are launching a series of online events, FP&A Board Connect. These online events are open to everyone who is interested in FP&A. More details about participation, topics and dates can be found at the bottom of this Digest.

Join our global FP&A Trends webinar on collaborative planning. On 19 May, you can learn how the Coca Cola company launched a global, digital transformation initiative within their McDonalds division. The registration link and the agenda are available below.

Read insightful articles written by experts in the field. As usual, in this Digest, you will find several interesting articles on FP&A related topics.

We hope that these three different types of content will help you navigate through this crisis while staying on top of the latest developments in FP&A.

Also, we are working on a global FP&A Empowerment Survey and would be very grateful if you could help us gather statistics on issues that affect the whole FP&A community. Please feel free to take part in the survey (approx. 12 minutes).

Stay safe!

Best regards,

Larysa Melnychuk

CEO and Founder

FP&A Trends Group

International FP&A Board
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FP&A Trends Webinars

If you want to keep on top of the latest trends in modern FP&A and learn from recognised experts in the field no matter where you are, you are welcome to watch our previous webinars and join our upcoming ones. FP&A Trends Webinars are vendor-agnostic and complimentary. If you are not able to join the live session, you can register to receive the recording later.

19 May 2020

The Power of Collaborative Planning at The McDonalds Division - The Coca-Cola Company

Recently, the Coca Cola Company launched a global, digital transformation initiative within their McDonalds Division (TMD). Over 12 months TMD added multiple applications, for business planning, modelling and quality, to a unified ecosystem that touched several organisational functions. How did they successfully transform the way they plan and report?

Join our webinar to hear TMD's story directly from Victor Barnes, the Global CFO of The McDonald’s Division at The Coca-Cola Company.
FP&A Board Connect

During the last 4 years, the International FP&A Board have held more than 200 meetings in 27 cities, 16 countries and across 4 continents. It has been incredibly inspiring to see so many FP&A professionals come together to shape the future of our profession. We would like to share this accumulated knowledge with the whole FP&A community.

FP&A Board Connect is a series of 30-minute online events where FP&A Board speakers will present compelling case studies from around the world.

Please note that prior registration is required. If you are not able to attend the live session, please register to receive the recording.

The meetings are complimentary and vendor-agnostic. They are open to everyone interested in FP&A.

In the next two months, senior FP&A professionals will talk about 1) predictive analytics and machine learning at Microsoft, 2) zero-based budgeting in multinationals, 3) predictive forecasting with a rolling forecast at Janssen and 4) zero-based budgeting at Takeda.

To learn more about each meeting and to register, please visit the FP&A Trends website.
     

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