Financial Forecasting & Planning Innovation 2012

Finance Execs in 2012 who are looking to developing a systematic approach to link strategic plans, budgets, and forecasts can't afford to miss this summit. Hear how to generate granular analyses of profitability drivers, plan around capital needs and produce ROI analyses (e.g. for IT projects).

For many firms, the key is to become what’s called an “analytic competitor”— a business that is fast, flexible, and precise. Especially when it must reallocate resources in line with changing patterns of demand, cost, and opportunity. For the FP&A team, this requires the ability to access, collect, and analyze both financial data and forward-looking non-financial measures such as trends in customer demand or commodity prices.