FP&A Done Right
10 Steps to Transform Financial Planning & Analysis: A Guide to a Successful FP&A Implementation
The role of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) has never been more crucial. Organizations are increasingly relying on FP&A solutions to streamline data, enhance decision-making and drive business strategy. Yet, despite the potential, many FP&A implementations fail to meet expectations. Why FP&A…
December 13, 2024
Workday Named a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Financial Planning Software
Workday has been recognized as a Leader in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Financial Planning Software for the third consecutive year. This year’s Magic Quadrant for Financial Planning Software includes Anaplan, Board, IBM, Insightsoftware, Jedox, Kepion, OneStream, Oracle, Pigment, Planful, Prophix,…
December 9, 2024
Recommendations from the 2024 CFO Study
The IBM Institute for Business Value states, “CFOs must be both guardians of stability and agents of transformation …CFOs supercharge technology as the transformative force in their organization.” It found that “some CFOs are leaping forward, while others are being cautious.” What…
October 25, 2024
FP&A Maturity Assessment: Where Do You Rank?
There are tangible, concrete benefits to having a mature FP&A process. These include improved decision-making, increased efficiency, agility and responsiveness, enhanced forecasting accuracy and more. How do you know if your processes are mature? Here are some key indicators: Data integration and…
October 18, 2024
Solving Financial Reporting Challenges
This is a blog post from our partner Workday, highlighting common financial reporting challenges and explaining how to solve them. Stakeholders want self-service: Reporting runs the gamut, from presenting department managers with data on how their actuals compare to budget, to showing…
May 3, 2024
The Promise of AI in Finance
This is a blog post from our partner Workday, explaining how CFOs can help bridge the AI trust gap. Potential enterprise uses of artificial intelligence and generative AI have garnered plenty of attention in recent months. AI is the next business game-changer,…
April 5, 2024
The Role of Generative AI in Forecasting
This is a blog post from our partner, Workday, highlighting findings on Generative AI from a Deloitte CFO Signals quarterly survey. In the world of finance, Generative AI has entered the chat. In a recent CFO Signals, Deloitte focused part of its…
March 22, 2024
The Future of FP&A: Intelligent Forecasting
This is an excerpt from a blog post from our partner Workday. It provides insights on how Generative AI will impact FP&A activities. Digital transformation and data go hand in hand. Most executives get this: today, the vast majority view data as…
March 8, 2024
CFOs on AI, Partnerships and Skills
This a blog post from our partner Workday, sharing thoughts from the CFOs at Kickstarter, McKinsey & Company and Workday. It’s never been more important for CFOs to understand and embrace technologies with the potential to transform the finance function—particularly as the…