The Future of Financial Planning and Analysis explores the aspirations of global finance leaders and shows how technology can unlock the agility they need to make those aspirations reality. See how CFOs can add greater value to strategic decision making.

1. Finance Executives Want More
Value from Their Financial Data
“Yes, a single, standardized, comprehensive, up–to–date set of
financial data would yield substantial improvements for …”
The likelihood that
information and analysis will
inform decision making
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The time and attention finance
can devote to high-­value
planning and analysis
The credibility of information
and analysis among
decision makers
86%
My company’s ability to
take timely action to adapt
to business changes
73%
72%
The alignment, coordination,
and collaboration among
business functions and units
77%
69%
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2. Finance Executives Identify the Areas
Where They Can Have the Most Impact
“Yes, I agree that my company would see a
substantial, measurable financial benefit if we could ….”
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Improve finance’s speed
and responsiveness
92%
Improve the interactivity of
business analysis
91%
Provide highly sophisticated,
predictive business analysis
87%
Plan directly on financial
application (ERP) data
85%
Spend less time on
data migration and
manual reconciliation
83%
CFO Research/SAP global survey of 335 finance executives, May 2015
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