FP&A Trends: The Future of Business Modelling
July 25, 2022
“In most companies relying on Excel-based solutions, Excel is doing everything: it functions as the database, the calculation engine, and the analytical tool, sometimes all within one workbook. This approach is resource-intensive and eventually becomes unsustainable. And while Excel is an excellent tool for spreadsheets, financial modelling, and provides FP&A with much-needed agility, it’s not effective for sophisticated FP&A processes such as data consolidation, repetitive reporting processes, drill-downs, and comparison analysis (such as scenario comparisons). A technology solution is needed to unlock additional power.”