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What is Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)?

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What is Financial Planning and Analysis or FP&A? FP&A is a process used by organizations to develop and manage their financial plans and make informed decisions based on financial analysis. The primary objectives of FP&A. The primary objectives of FP&A.

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How to Create a Flexible, Agile FP&A Function

Centage

Just as content is king in the world of marketing, when it comes to financial decision-making, data is everything. If you want to outsell the competition, then upgrading your financial planning and analysis (FP&A) efforts is of the utmost importance.

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Surviving the pandemic aftermath: an FP&A perspective

Future CFO

Unlike a typical financial downturn, the impact of COVID-19 pandemic has been far more difficult to predict. The virus continues to ravage the global population, effect changes in consumer behavior, unearth workforce planning challenges, precipitate demand drops, and create supply chain shocks across the business world.

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Remain a Relevant FP&A Professional with These Skills

FPA Insider

According to Financial Executives International, “[two years ago] 78 percent of CFOs considered proficiency in Excel as the most important skill for their FP&A teams. It’s changing traditional jobs, creating new roles, and ushering in the need for updated skillsets- including for current FP&A professionals.

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Budget vs Actual Variance Analysis

BlueLight

Last month, I wrote an article about the FP&A function of the CFO suite ( link ). For this piece, I’ll dive into a tactical analysis that is important to every CEO and CFO, the budget vs actual variance analysis. If you are confused by the difference between budget, plan, actual, and forecast, let me explain.

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Making the case for connecting the spreadsheet dots

Future CFO

When these disconnected versions are later combined or compared, discrepancies can arise due to outdated information, formatting inconsistencies, or human errors during manual data entry,” said Ervina Waty , group chief financial officer at Ateria. Spreadsheet use remains a staple of many business functions. And why not?

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Announcing the Planful Champions Club

Planful

We’ve worked with thousands of FP&A professionals over the years, at our customers and partners, and also internally, with the Finance experts who design and build our solutions and ensure the success of our ecosystem. Today, we’re excited to give them the recognition that they deserve with the launch of the Planful Champions Club.