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Highlights
- Revenue Spotlight: Large vs mid-size companies
- Our study findings show most finance leaders 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 finance leaders at large enterprises (firms with revenues of $10 billion+) compare to mid-sized companies (those with $5 billion–$9.99 billion of revenues in 2019, the year before the crisis).
Insights in this article
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
The largest organizations have made more significant investments in new skills and competencies in their FP&A teams.
- In the past year, 70% of large enterprises have invested in data and analytics, while only 58% of mid-sized companies say the same
- 65% invested in advanced FP&A technology capabilities, like AI and machine learning, compared to 47% of mid-sized companies
Mid-sized businesses
The danger for mid-sized businesses is that their larger rivals may be moving ahead more quickly:
- 65% of the large enterprises we surveyed are confident that they are able to deliver short-term forecasts, compared with 45% of mid-sized companies
- 73% of large enterprises surveyed are able to develop integrated plans and forecasts, compared with 61% of mid-sized companies
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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