Business Planning and Analysis

Navigate volatility and evolving challenges through the power of business partnership and financial planning and analytics to support long-term growth

The future is difficult to predict. When coupled with market volatility, economic shifts, and evolving workforce dynamics, organizations must become even more strategic and agile to remain competitive. Protiviti's Business Planning & Analysis practice supports our clients through this accelerating pace of strategic decision making with real-time planning activities, leveraging analytics to provide meaningful insights to drive business performance.

Navigating this challenging environment is a continuous journey, and there is no one-size-fits-all solution. Protiviti's Business Planning & Analysis team:

Customizes solutions to enable meaningful strategic, analytical and financial insights to drive critical business decisions.
Designs scalable and agile processes supported by technology, automation and advanced analytics.
Cultivates a culture of cross-functional collaboration and alignment across our clients' organizations.

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We deliver a wide range of capabilities to support your organization's unique finance needs and beyond:

Transformation

We transform your organization by developing the infrastructure necessary to drive strategic and profitable business decisions. Our approach unlocks your organization’s ability to produce timely and accurate financial reporting and forecasts through optimized use of technology and advanced data-driven analytics.

Business Intelligence, Reporting & Analytics

We empower your organization to make more informed decisions leveraging forward-looking advanced analytics, including AI and machine learning, using scalable platforms and visualization tools and high-quality governed data.

BPA as a Service

We provide subject matter expertise and immediate resource support to perform traditional planning and analysis activities, strategic business decision support, and routine financial reporting.

Technology Support

We help modernize your underlying technology strategy and support system implementations to reduce operating costs and technical debt, as well as accelerate automation and innovation to scale operations, drive efficiencies, and unlock agility.

Playbook: Drive Results & Navigate Uncertainty

How to Build an Effective Business Planning & Analysis Function

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Our Business Planning & Analysis Approach

The next generation of financial planning is business planning & analysis (BP&A). BP&A is an enterprise-wide collaborative effort to develop meaningful strategic, analytical, and financial insights to drive critical business decisions in an agile environment. To establish a successful BP&A function, agility, and cross-functional collaboration, coupled with the ability to source data and intelligence from across the business, are critical elements to deliver financial and business insights to drive decisions and navigate uncertainty.

Strategic Planning and Forecasting
Strategic Planning | Annual Budgeting and Forecasting | Capital & Cost Management
Organizations that have strong capabilities in the planning and forecasting areas are able to drive key decision, manage financial health and shareholder expectations while mitigating risks and navigating marketplace volatility.
Reporting and Analytics
Enterprise-Wide Executive Dashboards | Advanced Analytics | Key Metrics & KPIs | Strategic Decision Support
Traditional planning approaches are being augmented with ongoing advanced analytics, requiring an agile finance function with deep analytical capabilities in financial planning and risk management.
Business Partnering
Cross-Functional Collaboration Organizational Design
Well-defined roles and responsibilities are more important than ever to avoid duplicative efforts and inefficiencies. Optimization of activities across the organization is necessary to drive accurate and timely reporting and analytics.