the future of financial planning and analysis

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The  future  of  financial  planning  and  analysis

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CFO  Research  conducted  a  global  survey  of  335  senior  finance  executives,  sponsored  by  SAP.  

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Objective:  Gain  a  better  understanding  of  how  finance  leaders  aspire  to  support  business  decision  makers  in  the  pursuit  of  value  creation—and  how  leading-­edge  financial  planning  and  business  analysis  capabilities  factor  into  those  aspirations.

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5  Key  Findings

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Agility  is  an  increasingly  important  source  of  competitive  advantage.

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of  senior  finance  executives  agree  that,  over  the  next  two  years,  greater  agility  will  become  a  larger  source  of  

competitive  advantage,  compared  with  today

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The  appetite  for  actionable,  real-­time  analysis  is  growing

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Of  finance  executives  state  that,  over  the  next  two  years,  the  demand  for  ad-­‐hoc  decision  support  and  analysis  from  

finance  is  likely  to  increase

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IT  systems  for  FP&A  are  falling  short  of  intensifying  demands  for  real-­time,  ad-­hoc  

analysis.  

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say  that  reducing  the  amount  of  time  and  resources  devoted  to  data  migration  and  manual  reconciliation  

connected  with  FP&A  would  yield  substantial,  measurable  financial  benefit  to  their  company.  

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Tight  integration  between  financial-­planning  systems  and  core  ERP  supports  more  effective  

decision  making.  

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Who  report  that  their  financial  planning  systems  are  very  tightly  integrated  with  core  ERP  systems,  confirm  that  they  are  contributing  to  finance’s  ability  to  support  

decision  making.

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Pressure  on  finance  teams  to  improve  their  contribution  to  high-­value  planning  and  analysis  

is  increasing.

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Agree  that  the  growing  speed  and  availability  of  financial  analysis  and  reporting  will  increase  pressure  to  ensure  that  

decision  makers  fully  understand  the  analyses  they  receive.  

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