At a high level, the best-performing organisations take a more rigorous approach to FP&A. They have tightly integrated all the components of FP&A, merged operational and financial planning, and have a deep understanding of how operational metrics drive their financial results.
The below article summarises an approach developed throughout the years of my work and explores ways to fully integrate FP&A with other divisions and remove barriers in cooperation.
In October, we held the fourth Brussels FP&A Board meeting devoted to FP&A Business Partnering. 32 senior finance practitioners joined the event. They represented international companies in different industries, such as
It can be one of the greatest intangibles in the FP&A world – how do you succeed as a business partner?
Finance staff should find Logos the easiest dimension to work with. As opposed to sales who may use only a small part of the whole facts to support their story.
There is hardly any book on human relationships and influence that is as revered as Dale Carnegie’s ‘How to Win Friends and Influence People’. A great many leaders across the world have sworn by and largely benefited from this masterpiece.