5 surprising advantages of extended planning and analysis

AI can't read your mind, but it's remarkably good at taking randomly structured thoughts and making sense of them....

No matter how sophisticated our models get, forecast bias has a sneaky way of slipping into our financial plans. If you want to stop forecast bias from creeping in, here are 10 practical ways to put an end to it....

Strategy today is deeply embedded in commercial execution, and compensation increasingly reflects that rather than the quality of a deck....

Live walkthrough of how Zalos 'AI staff accountants' log into the ERP, reconcile sub-ledgers, and close the books faster, with a full audit trail and fewer errors...

AI is worth using deliberately to sharpen storytelling, but the story itself needs to stay grounded in business context that AI doesn't have visibility into....

If you’ve ever doubted an AI-generated forecast, this article shows you how to finally understand and trust the numbers....

We're picking one real, anonymous member from actual claims data and following the money, live, on your screen....

The variance analysis cycle is a systematic process of comparing actual financial performance against planned or standard performance. It helps us understand the "why" behind the "what" when it comes to deviations between our financial plans and actual results....

What separates companies that are ready to go public from those that simply think they are?...

A zero-based budget (ZBB) is a budgeting method where you allocate every dollar earned to a specific category or expense. You start with a blank slate - zero - each time you budget, rather than tweaking your past budget....

Catch up on all sessions from FP&A Summit Austin 2026, including sessions from PepsiCo, Indeed, Google and more....

For years I conditioned myself to think like a controller because that's what my role required. I'm still learning how to think and communicate at the next level....

We sat down with Diya Sagar, CFO at AWA Studios, to talk about what it really means to lead finance in a hit-driven, creative business....

Joy Mbanugo breaks down what finance teams must get right before an IPO, from audit readiness to building the discipline public markets demand....

Master change with agile FP&A. Turn uncertainty into opportunity through flexible forecasting, data-driven decisions, and smarter collaboration....