Financial planning and analysis has become one of the most strategic capabilities within modern finance organizations. As markets shift and business environments grow more complex, CFOs and finance leaders are relying on FP&A teams to deliver deeper insights, more accurate forecasts, and clearer guidance that supports confident decision-making.
Advances in automation, data integration, and predictive analytics are transforming how organizations approach financial planning. Finance teams are moving beyond static reporting toward dynamic forecasting models that provide real-time visibility into performance, risk, and growth opportunities. These capabilities allow leaders to respond more quickly to changing conditions while maintaining financial discipline.
At the same time, FP&A leaders are strengthening collaboration across the enterprise. By partnering more closely with operations, sales, and executive leadership, finance teams are ensuring that planning processes reflect both financial realities and strategic priorities.
Join us for the CFO Leadership Forum on October 8, 2026 with a focus on FP&A to explore modern approaches to financial planning, forecasting, and strategic analysis. Attendees will gain perspectives on how leading organizations are strengthening FP&A capabilities to support agility, performance, and long-term growth, including:
As organizations navigate ongoing economic uncertainty, shifting market dynamics, and increasing pressure to drive growth, FP&A has become a critical strategic function within the modern enterprise. CFOs and finance leaders are relying on finance teams to deliver faster insights, more accurate forecasting, and stronger guidance that supports agile decision-making across the business.
Advancements in automation, predictive analytics, and integrated planning technologies are enabling finance organizations to move beyond static reporting toward more dynamic, real-time planning capabilities.
In this keynote presentation, you will learn:
Finance Executive & Educator
Traditional planning cycles are no longer sufficient in rapidly evolving business environments. Finance leaders are rethinking how forecasting, scenario planning, and financial analysis are performed to provide greater flexibility, responsiveness, and strategic value across the enterprise.
Organizations are adopting more agile FP&A processes that allow finance teams to quickly evaluate changing conditions, assess risk, and support more informed business decisions.
Join this engaging panel discussion, which will uncover:
Head of Finance and Global FP&A I Strategic Finance and Business Leader
Vice President of Corporate Finance
Director, Business Finance
Learn more about the next generation of FP&A with the use of AI. SAP Business AI is context-aware, proactive AI, embedded into every business function. See the vision of how AI agents can help FP&A automate the creation of models, orchestrate planning updates and simulations, and auto-generate the narration of the story behind your data.
Principal Solution Advisor in Planning & Analytics
From Forecasting to Decision Making: Building Stronger FP&A Teams in the Age of AI
Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing the economics of forecasting. Tasks that once required significant finance capacity, including data preparation, forecast generation, scenario modeling, and assumption testing, can now be performed faster and at greater scale than ever before.
The question becomes how to use this increased capacity to improve decisions, influence behavior, and drive better business results. As George Box famously observed, “All models are wrong, but some are useful. The organizations that gain the greatest advantage from AI will not necessarily have the most accurate forecasts. They will be the organizations that use AI to develop credible work quickly that challenges assumptions, evaluate alternatives, align leaders around key drivers, and accelerate decision making. This session explores how finance leaders can use AI-enabled capacity to strengthen business partnering, improve decision quality, and build stronger FP&A organizations. And the surprising conclusion – Excel is still a valuable partner tool in building trust because it shows our work – AI doesn’t replace it – it complements it.
Attendees Will Learn
Key Takeaway
The future of FP&A is helping organizations make better decisions faster, with AI as one of our strongest tools. But we still need fundamentals – including tools like Excel.
Regional Chief Financial Officer
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