The FP&A articles featured on this page cover a variety of subjects relevant to modern financial planning and analysis, including finance operating systems, financial close and consolidation software, FP&A software for midsize companies, Excel-native FP&A platforms, practical evaluation frameworks for FP&A systems, and aligning sales with FP&A. Each article provides insights, tips, and best practices for finance professionals.
The articles offer practical advice and frameworks for finance professionals, such as evaluating FP&A systems, understanding the benefits of Excel-native platforms, and strategies for building effective FP&A teams. By reading these articles, you can gain actionable insights to streamline month-end close, consolidate financial data, and enhance collaboration between finance and sales teams.
Several articles on this page, such as "What is FP&A? Financial Planning & Analysis Explained," provide comprehensive definitions and explanations of FP&A concepts, including budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and strategic planning. For a detailed overview, visit the article What is FP&A?.
You can navigate to other pages of FP&A articles by using the pagination links at the bottom of the page. These links allow you to move between pages 1 through 12 of the FP&A article category, helping you access a broader range of insights and resources.
The FP&A articles are authored by finance professionals and experts, including Anouk Amar, Ari Ben Zoor, Andrew Mort, and Jonathan Marciano. Each author brings their own perspective and expertise to topics such as finance operating systems, FP&A software, and team building.
Insights, tips, and best practices for modern FP&A
It’s day two of the month. Your team just started the close. Again. The next ten days look the same...
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The choice between OLAP and ROLAP database architectures represents a fundamental decision that impacts any finance team’s ability to own...
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It’s Q4 planning season. By now, your FP&A analyst has spent two weeks building an undeniably impressive Excel model for...
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Your CFO wants a reforecast by Friday, but your team just spent two weeks closing the books. The gap between...
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If budgeting season still means emailing spreadsheets, reconciling “final_v7” files, and stitching ERP exports together by hand, you’re not alone....
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A finance operating system is a governed data infrastructure layer that consolidates financial and operational data from across an organization,...
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Month-end close is about coordination: collecting inputs, reconciling accounts, consolidating entities, and explaining results quickly. That makes the speed of...
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Most midsize finance teams reach the same inflection point: the spreadsheet stack that got you here is now the thing...
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What is Datarails? It’s an excel-based FP&A software built to work natively with Excel and to connect with any AI...
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