To succeed at FP&A, one must learn to be good at being a business partner. The days of FP&A working in spreadsheets all day and providing the business with stacks of reports are long gone. Instead, today more than ever, FP&A professionals are expected to be valuable strategic business partners helping drive the business forward to achieve its financial targets.

If FP&A hopes to spend more time on business partnering and less time on data prep, it needs to focus on the following:

• Achieving & Maintaining Data Quality

• Upskilling Employees

• Revamping Processes

• Utilizing Technology

Resources to help ensure you select the right FP&A tool for your business.

Ten things every company should do be fore starting the FP&A selection tool process. In this article we discuss ten things that when done before going out for an RFI and RFP will help increase the chances of success.