E78 Partners

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

The Overlooked FP&A Dilemma in Private Equity Private equity (PE) investors pursue efficiency, profitability, and long-term value creation. Yet, many PE-backed companies struggle with financial planning and analysis (FP&A), which creates barriers to achieving growth targets, cash flow clarity, and operational alignment.

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The Finance Weekly

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Overview of Abacum Abacum is one of the newer FP&A solutions on the market and was founded in 2020 by Julio Martinez and Jorge Lluch Valdecasas. Abacum has raised over $40 million, and they are shaking up how companies handle finance by encouraging a more collaborative and strategic approach to financial planning.

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CFO Dive

MAY 9, 2023

The infusion of cash is expected to boost R&D investments for the company’s financial planning and analysis tool, including in the area of generative AI.

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Fpanda Club

APRIL 25, 2024

With constantly evolving role of the finance function in the organization, these are FP&A practitioners who feel the most pressure to be jack-of-all-trades. There is a specific product on the market I could associate FP&A with, and this is a Swiss multi-tool. So, if FP&A were a Swiss multi-tool, how could we sell it?

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Fpanda Club

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

This relates to FP&A which stands for financial planning and analysis. The emerging FP&A practice steps out of the shadow of other finance functions becoming a standalone entity which involves its own mission, goals, organization, processes, tools and skills.

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Jedox Finance

JUNE 26, 2019

We are pleased to welcome an expert in Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), Mr. Anders Liu-Lindberg, as a guest to the Jedox blog. In a large scale survey by a global firm, CFOs named Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) a top priority to transform and derive more value.

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Fpanda Club

MARCH 1, 2021

The finance function now plays a crucial role in many organizations supporting and driving effective business decisions, and this is exactly the responsibility of FP&A standing at the crossroads of finance, strategy and technology to leverage data and generate insights. APQC, AFP Next level of FP&A study, 2019 2. Sources: 1.

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Fpanda Club

APRIL 11, 2021

Many FP&A professionals have faced the misunderstanding of the role of the FP&A function and its core activities in the company. This article explores the most common myths surrounding the financial planning and analysis function, its key activities and outputs which many FP&A stakeholders believe in.

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Bramasol

APRIL 28, 2022

This episode focuses on how DSE business models present new challenges with regard to Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) processes, which require enhanced agility, scalability and end-to-end integration to handle DSE's inherently dynamic requirements. How is FP&A different from traditional accounting?

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The Finance Weekly

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

Did you know that 47% of businesses still rely on spreadsheets for financial planning, despite the risks of errors and inefficiencies? Workday Adaptive Planning aims to solve this problem by offering a cloud-based Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) solution with AI-powered forecasting, budgeting, and workforce planning tools.

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Centage

APRIL 24, 2023

As change continues to add uncertainty to the Healthcare sector finance leaders remain tasked with effectively analyzing, monitoring and predicting the financial performance of your organization. Today, it’s a fast-paced business world. Accelerate your budgeting cycles and minimize the risk of data errors.

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Jedox Finance

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Excel has been a cornerstone of financial planning for decades. However, as companies grow in complexity, relying only on Excel limits financial planning & analysis (FP&A) professionals—especially in collaboration, data integration, and managing large data [.]

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Future CFO

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Among these are the changes that were faced in the financial planning and analysis function. Data in the cloud also aided Vena Energy’s FP&A team in analysing data remotely. Chew believes this technology contributed significantly to the success of their FP&A operations.

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Future CFO

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Technology adoption in FP&A is set to accelerate, driven by macroeconomic uncertainty and ongoing disruptions, said Gartner recently. Making FP&A more predictive and agile will offer enormous benefits and help to make the business more responsive to changing economic conditions and new opportunities.”.

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Collectiv

JANUARY 24, 2025

Did you know that 96% of finance teams still rely on spreadsheets for planning and 93% rely on them for reporting? I dont about you, but its pretty surprising to see spreadsheets dominating in AFPs 2025 FP&A Benchmarking Survey Report. 60% of FP&A teams face moderate to significant challenges with reliable and accessible data.

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Lime Light

MAY 9, 2024

For mid-market companies, navigating the financial planning and analysis (FP&A) landscape can be a balancing act. This is where cloud FP&A software emerges as a game-changer, offering a powerful and scalable toolset specifically designed to meet the needs of your growing business.

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Lime Light

JUNE 12, 2023

However, when your skilled FP&A team members spend hours gathering and formatting static spreadsheets, that’s less time being spent on analyzing results, developing what-if-scenarios, and modeling strategic plans and forecasts. So how can Oracle NetSuite customers automate FP&A?

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Future CFO

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) teams play a crucial role in companies by performing budgeting, forecasting, and analysis that support major corporate decisions of the CFO, CEO, and the Board of Directors. How things have changed for the FP&A teams. With technology, it has become FP&A 2.0.

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Jedox Finance

DECEMBER 28, 2021

According to Gartner, 70% of new financial planning and analysis (FP&A) projects are slated to become extended planning and analysis (xP&A) projects by 2024. Historically, financial planning & analysis has centered around tasks such as planning, budgeting, forecasting, and performance management.

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Centage

MAY 31, 2022

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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The Finance Weekly

JULY 19, 2022

FP&A software assists CFOs, finance leaders, and FP&A experts in ensuring the financial health of their organization by tracking and analyzing current outcomes and forecasting future performance. What is FP&A? Why do you need FP&A? The top 10 best FP&A Software Tools Available.

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Spreadym

JUNE 27, 2023

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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Jedox Finance

JANUARY 3, 2023

Financial planning and analysis (FP&A) is evolving into a whole new area of influence with cross-departmental and cross-dimensional impact. Accurate, frequent, and integrated business planning is crucial as geopolitical tensions, worldwide inflation, and supply chain disruption continue to reshape the global economy.

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Centage

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Between pandemic insecurities, a supply chain crisis, labor shortages, and the growing threat of recession, companies that rely on traditional planning and forecasting may find themselves struggling to stay competitive. To stay agile and accurate, businesses need to utilize automated financial tools that allow for rolling forecasts.

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The Finance Weekly

MARCH 13, 2025

The manual processes only make it worse with errors, which increases compliance risks and makes financial planning and analysis (FP&A) teams scramble to meet deadlines.

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Centage

MARCH 7, 2023

At Centage, we’re committed to equipping finance teams to meet this challenge by providing automated, cloud FP&A software solutions that make it easy to perform the detailed, bottom-up budgeting and sophisticated scenario analysis needed to spot risks and opportunities early. So how are CFOs shifting their goals for 2023?

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Centage

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Workforce planning is important to meeting your organization’s strategic vision, but it’s something that many consider a kind of fortune telling. In reality, it’s more science than art, and should be a critical component of management’s operational planning – especially during uncertain times. Download the Workforce Planning Toolkit.

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CFO Thought Leader

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

In this episode of “Planning Aces,” finance leaders explore the evolving role of FP&A as a strategic partner emphasizing the importance of reliable data in aligning decision-making and resetting priorities. Leveraging AI emerges as a key theme for optimizing financial processes and enabling real-time collaboration.

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The Finance Weekly

AUGUST 30, 2022

Why are FP&A software tools essential for small businesses? FP&A software tools are increasingly important for businesses of all sizes. Historically, FP&A teams primarily existed as a separate department, mostly among large and established companies. But all of that has changed. , But all of that has changed. ,

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Jedox Finance

OCTOBER 8, 2020

In this blog, he explains why scenario planning is now more important than ever and, most importantly, what it can and can’t do. . I explained that it’s not about FP&A trying to predict the future. It’s not the role of FP&A to predict the plethora of possible causes for a change in the business landscape.

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Centage

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The Value of Stress Testing Your Financial Plan. As we approach the end of the fiscal year and begin a new one, business leaders have an overriding concern: How accurate are the assumptions we made when we created our plan? All plans, to a certain extent, are based on assumptions. Scenario Planning and Goal Alignment.

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Future CFO

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

It went to note that FP&A and reporting teams have been stretched as the demand for rapid and effective business insight from finance has proved critical for many organisations which have been placed under acute stress. Crisis-born FP&A best practice. “Life challenges us, so that we become enlightened. Siang Leng Tay.

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Centage

JUNE 12, 2023

As change continues to add uncertainty to businesses across industries, finance leaders are tasked with effectively analyzing, monitoring and predicting the financial performance of their organizations with a new level of granularity. Today, it’s a fast-paced business world. That’s a lot of moving parts.

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Centage

MAY 10, 2022

Bring SaaS to Your Budgeting & Planning. Planning Maestro offers the sophisticated features needed by small and mid-market organizations to integrate budgeting, forecasting, and deep data analysis within one easy-to-use, scalable SaaS solution. In other words, SaaS runs on the provider’s server rather than the company’s.

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Lime Light

MARCH 13, 2025

The True Cost of Spreadsheet Errors Spreadsheets have long been the foundation of financial planning and analysis (FP&A) for businesses. They are used for everything from budgeting and forecasting to tax reporting and financial close processes.

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Lime Light

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Finding the right FP&A software isn't just about comparing feature listsit requires digging through countless user reviews, navigating different rating systems, and reading between the lines of real customer experiences. Think of it as your cheat sheet to finding the perfect FP&A software, saving you time and headaches.

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The Finance Weekly

JUNE 22, 2022

However, by implementing FP&A automation, their customers will be provided a more in-depth analysis that will set them up for any scenario that can occur in the coming months. To top it all off, the current market downturn and continued inflation is putting additional strains on companies’ forecasting and planning efforts.

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