DigitalCFO Webinar Series: CFO Conversation – Go Beyond The Boundaries: The Next Evolution of Planning (xP&A) | 16 FEB 2022

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With the economy starting to recover and deal with the impact of the recent pandemic, the value of planning and analysis has never been more crucial. The use of spreadsheets, siloed systems, and unlinked end-to-end systems may have done the job before, but with the emergence of digitization and considering the volatile state of the market, traditional ways may lead to more delays, errors, and frustrations.

This is where the implementation of best practices such as xP&A comes in. Extending the fundamentals of the traditional FP&A across the entire organization, using the proper tools and automation, allows them to unify, integrate, and align their planning and forecasting activities which affect their entire bottom line.

Finance leaders are already planning on how to pivot into recovery and advancement. Increased collaboration across all functions in the organization, allows every department to understand the financial implications of operational decisions. 

Forward-thinking finance teams know that numbers should not be the end of finance operations. The transition from traditional to digital finance function could be a bit daunting, however, this will allow them to be a more strategic business partner, deliver stronger and deliberate insights, align diverse business objectives, and construct data-driven decisions.

Join DigitalCFO, Jedox, and fellow finance leaders for this roundtable discussion dedicated to unlocking the opportunities in xp&a through value-focused business partnering. Translate your expertise into insightful action steps towards the forward-looking mindset that’s set to revolutionize the entire financial planning and analysis industry.

DISCUSSION POINTS: 

- How to deal with the low adoption rate to total automation of APAC organizations. 

- How to bridge the gap between the collaboration of finance function and business and operations teams and alignment of their respective planning process.
 

- How to enable organizational agility through out-of-cycle forecasts generation.
 

- Understanding the need for advanced reporting and forecasting tools in the implementation of xP&A.

- How to bring the xP&A journey one step further, by integrating business partnership with xP&A.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND: 

Chief Financial Officers, Heads of Finance, GM/VP/AVP Finance, Finance Directors, Heads of FP&A, FP&A Professionals, Senior Finance Manager/Finance Managers, Finance Business Partners 

10:30 AM

Guest Arrival & Registration
Welcome Tea & Snacks

10:45 AM

Opening Address by DigitalCFO Asia

By: Ryan Kwa, Group Publisher, DigitalCFO Asia

10:50 AM

Business Partnering: A Quick Overview

Speaker: Shalini Shukla; Consulting Editor, DigitalCFO Asia

11:00 AM

Roundtable Discussion

- Progress & Challenges on the Path to xP&A
- Business Partnering and How it will drive value for organisations

Moderator: Phillip Tan; CFO, IMC Industrial Group 

11:55 AM

Summary of Key Roundtable Discussion Points

12:00 PM

Executive 3-course Luncheon

01:00 PM

Closing Address by DigitalCFO Asia

By: Ryan Kwa, Group Publisher, DigitalCFO Asia

MODERATOR & FACILITATORS

Deepak Sanadhya, Director, Enterprise Business – ASEAN, Jedox

Deepak has more than 16 years of customer-facing experience in the software industry with most of it in EPM. He has worked in multiple regions including Asia Pacific, USA and the Middle East and has served in positions with multiple blue-chip organizations and start-ups building growth strategies, partnerships, and development of new customers. As Sales Director ASIA at Jedox, Deepak constantly works with finance leaders across the region to support their Digital Finance Strategy.

Deepak is also responsible for defining the go-to-market strategy as well as driving growth for the region. Deepak’s profound knowledge of the EPM space combined with his experience across multiple products including SAP and Oracle helps customers understand the immense value in selecting a modern EPM solution with industry-leading flexibility. 

TECHNOLOGY PARTNER

About Jedox:

Jedox simplifies planning, analysis, and reporting with one unified and cloud-based software suite. Jedox empowers decision makers and business users across all departments and helps them work smarter, streamline business collaboration, and make insight-based decisions with confidence. 

Jedox is a leading Business Intelligence and Enterprise Performance Management solutions Provider with 2,500 customers across 140 countries, and 250 certified business partners across the USA, Europe and Asia Pacific. Customers are using Jedox for real-time planning and analysis on the web, in the cloud, and on any device. 

We are passionate about bringing business functions together to plan in real-time with common data and empower you with the ability to make collaborative planning and forecasting seamless. Independent analysts recognize Jedox for its leading enterprise planning solutions. Simplify planning with Jedox today: www.jedox.com