Discovering New Trends and Innovations in FP&A

15-17 June 2021

AFP FinNext Asia is a complimentary intensive learning event tailored for FP&A practitioners. Over the course of three days, you will get to attend educational sessions, network with colleagues across different industries and learn how to tackle the challenges relevant to FP&A practitioners.

6 Best Practice Tips for Building Great Financial Models

By Michael Zimmel

Building a solid financial model can be a nightmare. Although we know that it is a crucial exercise to the business, it can become too complex and frustrating. Errors in Excel models are very common, and it is important to understand how one can avoid them. In this article, Michael shares six recommendations on building a reliable financial model.

Crisis Mode: Importance of Collaboration and Business Partnering

By Matt Poleski

FP&A professionals are good at analysing past events, but past performance does not predict the future. How can we make forecasts more influential? We can start with three steps: understanding the data, understanding the business and understanding the relationship to the client. In this 8-minute video, Matt Poleski explains how FP&A can operate in a crisis mode and deliver value to the organisation.

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Dynamic and Immediate Revenue Planning in Uncertain Environments - Insights from Microsoft and Emirates Airline

FP&A professionals are very skilled at how to forecast and manage revenue. But changing consumer behaviours, supply chain shifts, and innovations in data analytics have pushed them to reconsider their approach to revenue planning processes. What are the latest trends and best practices in revenue planning? Register for this webinar to find out answers and listen to presentations by senior professionals from Emirates Airline, Microsoft and Jedox.

How to Manage Uncertainty with FP&A Predictive Analytics

Predictive analytics is a very popular concept in the FP&A world. However, there are many questions and misconceptions. Many finance leaders express their concerns about – what they perceive are — the costs, data and system requirements, effectiveness and efficiency of the process. What will it bring to FP&A and the decision-making process? How can we possibly trust machine-made predictions? Are the benefits even worth the disruption? Join this webinar to look at the examples of predictive analytics in FP&A and understand how we can implement the process.