FP&A Trends Digest: Issue #60
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Issue #60 - 02 April 2022
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Dear colleagues,
With current affairs developing at breakneck speed, we continue to explore how we as FP&A professionals can prepare for an uncertain future.
In this unstable business environment, FP&A is becoming a valued business partner to all parts of the enterprise, extending beyond finance.
Extended Planning and Analysis (xP&A) has the potential to transform not only the planning process, but the entire FP&A function. With leading organisations increasingly recognising the benefits of xP&A, we have collected a range of content delving into it further.
This digest includes a Gartner report on the role of xP&A in operational planning; an FP&A Trends white paper on Extended Planning and Analysis and business transformation; an article exploring how xP&A can liberate us from silo thinking; and a video case study of its implementation in a major company.
I am also inviting you to participate in the annual FP&A Trends Survey, which we have launched to analyse the evolving role of FP&A in this uncertain business environment. It will take approximately 10-12 minutes, and in return, we will share the final report with you.
Now is the time to embrace the opportunities that xP&A offers, and I hope this digest will help you to do so.
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Organisations are realising that Extended Planning and Analysis (xP&A) can bring financial planning to the next level. But how will they embrace the opportunity? Which operational areas will be integrated? Read the Gartner® "Future of Finance" report to understand how companies are preparing to align FP&A with operational planning.
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With Gartner predicting that 70% of new FP&A projects will become xP&A projects by 2024, understanding Extended Planning and Analysis is more important than ever, and our popular white paper will help you to do just that. Click to read our insights on this transformative approach to the planning process and beyond.
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By Stéphane Bonutto
Putting things in boxes is part of human nature, bringing us comfort by creating order. But could this kind of thinking be limiting us as Finance professionals? What value can be created by escaping silo mentality and moving towards xP&A? Find out in this article from the CFO at Oerlikon Balzers.
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By Tanja Schlesinger
It wasn’t long ago that conversations in the FP&A community centred around driver-based planning. Now, those at the forefront of the field have gone one step further. xP&A marks a new era of planning, with major companies utilising it to impressive results. One such company is Deutsche Bahn Regio, and in this video, the VP Business Intelligence shares how the company implemented xP&A.
For more resources around Extended Planning and Analysis (xP&A), please click here.
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We have launched the 6th annual FP&A Trends Survey to keep up with the latest trends in Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), and we are asking our community to participate in the global survey. In exchange for 10-12 minutes of your time, you will be the first to receive the final report. The results will help you to understand how your company compares to its peers and competitors across the globe, and to identify areas on which to focus to deliver value.
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In this environment of change and uncertainty, being adequately prepared for the future means accounting for a whole range of possibilities. Scenario Planning allows us to do just that. But getting it right means doing it collaboratively, in real time, and in integration with different levels of the organisation. Join us for this webinar to discover more.
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