Dear colleagues,

Happy New Year! I hope the year ahead brings you and your loved ones good health, success and happiness.

A decade is long enough to spot patterns — not just trends. As 2026 begins, we mark the launch of the 10th FP&A Trends Survey, once again inviting you to share what FP&A looks like in practice today — across regions, industries, and roles.

What started years ago as a simple snapshot has evolved into an ongoing study, showing how the FP&A profession changes and grows over time. For me, the value of this initiative is in its honesty and steady commitment. By collecting responses year after year, we build a shared, experience-based benchmark that reflects the current state of FP&A. I invite you to take part in this milestone survey and add your perspective.

You can find more information about the questionnaire below, along with the 2025 FP&A Trends Survey report and upcoming webinars.

Best regards,

Larysa Melnychuk, CEO and Founder
FP&A Trends Group & International FP&A Board

Now in its 10th year, the survey invites FP&A professionals to share how the function is organised, executed, and experienced in practice today. Established in 2017, it brings together real-world perspectives from finance teams across industries and regions to build a shared, experience-based benchmark for modern FP&A.

The questionnaire is short and focused, taking around 10 minutes to complete. As a participant, you’ll be among the first to receive the survey report, to be published in July 2026.

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FP&A teams know where they want to go. The ambition is clear: more integrated planning, faster forecasts, stronger decision support. What remains far less clear is why progress continues to lag behind intent.

Read this report to see how FP&A actually operates today, based on the experiences of nearly 460 finance practitioners worldwide.The findings reveal where execution consistently breaks down, what distinguishes teams that are moving forward, and why closing the gap between ambition and impact remains so difficult in practice.

FP&A Trends digital events are vendor-agnostic and complimentary. If you are not able to join the live session, you can register to receive the recording later.

January 21, 2026

FP&A is not being automated out of relevance—but it is being redefined. As AI agents take on execution and analysis, the real question is no longer what FP&A does, but where human judgement truly adds value. Titles may stay the same, but expectations will not.

Register for this webinar to explore how FP&A roles are shifting in an agentic AI world, which skills become non-negotiable, and how finance leaders can redesign their teams for relevance, not resistance.

February 4, 2026

FP&A influence no longer depends on better models alone. As decision-makers face growing complexity and uncertainty, the ability to frame insights, connect scenarios, and guide strategic conversations becomes critical. Storytelling is increasingly the difference between analysis that informs and insight that drives action.

Register for this webinar to understand why storytelling is becoming a core FP&A capability and how finance professionals can turn analysis into narratives that influence decisions beyond the numbers.

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