The main purpose of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) teams is to drive execution of the organizational strategy. They start from where the accounting team stops.

1. TOP 3 TRENDS
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FINANCIAL PLANNING, ANALYSIS & REPORTING
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2. FP&A Functions :
FP&A
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3. The main purpose of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)
teams is to drive execution of the organizational strategy.
They are more focussed on forward–looking analysis for the business
They use data
from the past
Make
assumptions
Explain variances
to the forecast
Management can take better decisions

4. 3 FP&A trends to be aware of :
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5. 1. The new analytics hub
As more & more companies are embracing analytics for
their competitive advantage, FP&A is soon becoming the
analytics hub of the organization.
Investment in high quality corporate performance
management tools is helping organizations take better
and quicker decisions backed by accurate and fact based
data.
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6. 2. Integrated planning
FP&A is a very dynamic field and is going through rapid
transformation. It is using new techniques and
technologies to focus not just on what happened or what
is happening but also on why it’s happening and what’s
likely to happen next.
FP&A facilitates the growing trend of integrated
planning where the operational and financial data are
merged for planning and forecasting purposes.
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7. 3. Here, there, everywhere! It's all on the Cloud!
While some companies still rely majorly on spreadsheets,
many others are migrating to dedicated financial reporting
systems that allow them to pull financial and operational data
from across the enterprise and run it through increasingly
sophisticated analytics engines that support smarter business
and management decisions.
These are now implemented via the cloud that is cheaper
and faster to implement and has a user-friendly interface. This
helps the FP&A perform better and more accurate analysis
and offer greater value to the business and senior
management.
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8. FP&A has become instrumental in building a data-driven
decision making culture in the organization.
FP&A works closely with the C-Suite business leaders to
help them improve their financial results by getting deep
into the business key performance indicators.
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