During the pandemic, we witnessed how quickly traditional budgeting and planning process become irrelevant. Traditional controlling does not work anymore. We need to ensure all our planning processes are integrated vertically and horizontally and ensure everyone that plans in the organisation work together.
Gartner forecasted that by 2024, 70% of new financial planning and analysis projects (FP&A) will become extended planning and analysis (xP&A) projects, expanding their scope beyond the finance domain into other areas of enterprise planning and analysis.
The Coca-Cola Company’s recent global digital transformation initiative within their McDonald’s Division (TMD) has increased the company’s confidence in their data and enabled them to make better decisions faster.
The Plan, Prioritize and Execute (PPE) model is an effective tool for an integrated strategic and financial planning exercise. It can be used by both large and small businesses and accommodate different budgeting methodologies.
On 3 December, we had an interesting debate on why extended planning and analysis (xP&A) is playing an increasingly important role in finance. Senior finance professionals from Deutsche Bahn, Jedox and Microsoft shared their views on the subject.
High uncertainty was the other name for 2020, and FP&A's have been going through massive challenges and transformations to adjust to the New Normal. What are the top 10 Financial Planning and Analysis trends to watch in 2021 and beyond?