Executive seminar 4th generation FP&A tools: discover what this can mean for you

Many companies have invested significantly in FP&A tools over the years. But how successful have these implementations really been? One simple indicator may tell you a lot:  How long does it take before controllers, budget owners and management start going back to Excel? Do you recognize this in your organization? And more importantly, do you know why it happens?

Technology continues to evolve rapidly. Nokia is a well-known example of how even a highly successful market leader can lose its position when technology and user expectations fundamentally change. Could FP&A be facing a similar technological shift today?

Traditional FP&A solutions were often built as separate platforms, requiring their own database, proprietary technology, specialized skills and additional integrations with your existing data and BI environment. A new generation of FP&A tools takes a fundamentally different approach: 4th Generation FP&A tools challenge this traditional architecture.                                          

• Imagine being able to plan, simulate and rapidly create multiple scenarios using your existing financial and operational data.
• Imagine adding AI agents that work directly with that data to help finance teams analyse information, identify trends, explore scenarios and support faster decision-making — particularly in today's volatile and rapidly changing business environment.
• Imagine doing this without unnecessarily duplicating your data or disrupting the data lineage you have already built between your operational systems, data warehouse and BI environment.

These thoughts raise other  important question:  what is the real Total Cost of Ownership of your current FP&A solution?

It goes far beyond the annual subscription fee. Consider annual maintenance costs, dependency on consultants for new developments and changes, integration and upgrade costs, the need for proprietary technical skills, recruitment challenges and the cost of retaining scarce specialized resources.

Solutions such as AIMPLAN and K4 Analytics are designed to leverage what you already have: your existing data warehouse or data lake, your BI environment and the Microsoft tools your finance teams already use.

• 16:00: Registration & Welcome Coffee
• 16:30: Keynote: 4th Generation FP&A Tools
  What they are, how they differ from traditional FP&A platforms and why their adoption is becoming increasingly relevant.
• 17:00: Live Demo: 4th Generation FP&A in Your Existing BI Environment
  • AIMPLAN — FP&A leveraging Power BI
  • K4 Analytics — FP&A leveraging Power BI, Qlik or Tableau
  • AI on your financial data — using AI and AI agents for analysis, planning, simulation and scenario modelling
  • AI for FP&A development — using AI to help build, maintain and evolve your FP&A applications
  • Live Luxembourg customer testimonial — a real-world FP&A implementation with K4 Analytics
• 19:00: Networking Reception

Location

Chambre de commerce Luxembourg
7 Rue Alcide de Gasperi
1615 Kirchberg Luxembourg

Sounds like your kind of afternoon?
Come and see for yourself how much FP&A technology has changed and how AI, your existing data and a new generation of FP&A tools can work together.