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  • Europe & UK Finance Leaders: Preparing for the Next Era in FP&A
  • Our study findings show finance leaders in Europe and the UK are anticipating their FP&A teams will play a key role in driving recovery and supporting sustainable growth in the post-pandemic era. Are they ready for the challenge?
  • In this article, you’ll uncover unique insights about how large enterprise finance leaders in the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland and the UK compare to other regions.

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Essential takeaways
FP&A functions
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TCS surveyed 750 global financial leaders across the 9 countries.

Specifically, we asked about their:

  • Current FP&A strengths and weaknesses
  • Priorities for investment and improvement.

Essential takeaways

Some FP&A teams in Europe and the UK are in a stronger position than others, but many organizations have clear capability shortfalls that are holding them back.

  • 60% of FP&A teams in Europe & UK say they regularly fail to develop aligned and robust budgets
  • 57% worry about their ability to scenario-plan
  • 57% say they are unable to reallocate resources as the business’s demands change without significant errors.

FP&A functions

Europe & UK finance teams are heeding the call and prioritizing investments to modernize FP&A functions

  • 54% of Europe & UK FP&A teams overall anticipate additional investment in AI and machine learning in the next year

Infographics

  • Financial planning and analysis (FP&A) teams have a key role in post pandemic recovery. But are they ready for the challenge?
  • FP&A teams are successfully forging ahead in the post-pandemic world. But there’s still work to do.
  • Trendsetters have higher FP&A maturity levels and rely more on data and analytics, and less on intuition, when planning and forecasting.
  • Finance executives revealed what they consider their biggest gaps in FP&A capabilities.

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