A survey of 335 senior finance executives found that: 1) Agility is becoming an increasingly important competitive advantage over the next two years. 2) There is a growing demand for ad-hoc, real-time decision support and analysis from finance. 3) Current IT systems for financial planning and analysis are falling short of demands for real-time, ad-hoc analysis. 4) Tight integration between financial planning systems and core ERP supports more effective decision making. 5) Pressure is increasing on finance teams to improve their contribution to high-value 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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