AI-powered Financial Planning: Key to Empower FP&A in 2026 & Beyond Tuesday, 20 January 2026

They operate with continuous planning as their baseline. Forecasts are refreshed regularly, assumptions are revisited often, and plans evolve as the business evolves.

Most finance leaders already know that spreadsheets, static budgets, and siloed planning can’t keep up with today’s pace of change. As a result, many organisations invest in modern planning tools, expecting faster forecasts, better insights, and smoother collaboration.

These seven questions aren’t about finding fault—they’re about understanding whether FP&A is truly supporting the business the way it should. Strong FP&A processes don’t just produce forecasts; they enable confidence, speed, and strategic clarity.

Introduction Driver-based forecasting models? What’s that? In retail, volatility is the new trend. A flick

Spreadsheets have earned their place in finance.They’re flexible, familiar, and powerful — until they aren’t.