Slow, static planning can hold your organization back in a fast-changing world. In this slide deck, learn how FP&A leaders can use continuous, company-wide planning to build agility and resiliency.

1. Bringing
Business Agility
to FP&A

2. Agenda
Navigating the Changing World
1
The Shortcomings of the Annual Plan
2
Headcount Planning
3
Scenario Modeling
4
Self-service Reporting
5

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4. Kim Champlin
Finance Manager - Product
Finance
Workday
Todd Massey
Principal Solution
Consultant
Workday
Pati Nishiyama
Solution Marketing,
Planning
Workday

5. Navigating the Changing World
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Supply and Demand
Uncertainties
Cash Flow
Management
Reshaping the
Workforce and
Workplace
Realistic and detailed extended financial
forecasting is a key tool in navigating this
uncertainty and informing the required
leadership actions.
Deloitte

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The Shortcomings of the Annual Plan…
A single, annual budget is
NOT sufficient to guide an
organization through the year
Bull & Bear
Cases?
Rolling
Forecasts?
Ad-hoc
Analysis?
Dated
Assumptions?
New
Opportunities?

7. Static Systems, Rigid Models
Source: McKinsey, The Hackett Group, Accenture, KPMG
Fixed Accounting Key
Datamart
Planning
Expenses
Consolidation
Enterprise
Analytics
Operations
ERP
Account Reconciliation
Data Warehouse
Organizational
Lethargy
80%
of organizations say it takes
too long to make decisions
ERP 2 SCM CRM ERP 3
Stuck In
Silos
75%
say operational silos are the
biggest hindrance to speed

8. Planning is the Path to Business Agility
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Make Better Decisions Act on Those Decisions

9. Requirements for Business Agility
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Easy to Use
Company-Wide
Continuous
Designed for
Business Users
Powerful
Modeling Engine
Fast Planning
to Execution
Sales
Finance
HR
Marketing
Operations
IT

10. +12,000 Employees │$3B Revenue
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Modeling revenue,
personnel, OPEX,
projects, initiatives
~50% reduction in
reporting cycle
times with
automation and
self-service
OfficeConnect and
HTML monthly
BvA reports
30-40% increase in
time spent on
analyzing trends vs.
preparing the data

11. Headcount Planning
TA Capacity Location
Skills
Attrition

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Headcount Planning
Example
Model

13. Utilize Scenarios to Drive Operational Agility
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What
happens if
we expand
into a new
market?
93%
What are the
impacts of
increasing
travel in the
coming
year?
What
happens if
we increase
our sales
rep
workforce
by 5%?

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What-if Scenario Modeling
Example
Model

15. Workday Confidential
Slow and manual
Rigid, requires IT
Siloed with disparate data
Delayed and infrequent
Pre-defined, summary-level
Dependent on analysts
Fast and automated
Easy to create, modify, manipulate
Integrated with financial and operational
data
Up-to-date and on-demand
Interactive, drill to detail
Self-service creation
FROM: STATIC REPORTING PROCESS TO: ACTIVE REPORTING PROCESS
A New Approach to Reporting

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Self-Service Reporting
Example
Model