🚨BREAKING NEWS: Finance Teams Finally Admit They Have Trust Issues... With Excel Remember when we thought having 47 versions of "Budget_Final_ACTUAL_Final_v2_FINAL.xlsx" floating around was just "how business worked"? No business should work like this. While we've been building our entire careers around VLOOKUP mastery and pivot table wizardry, the finance world has been quietly having a glow-up. Extended Planning & Analysis (xP&A) is basically Excel's cooler, more intelligent cousin who went to college and has their life together. The real talk: - One source of truth - No more "Can you send me the latest version?" threads on Slack/Teams/email - AI that doesn't judge your 3 am formula fixes - Planning that actually connects departments We're not saying goodbye to spreadsheets forever—they're like that comfort food you still crave sometimes. But for serious planning? It's time to level up to tools that won't ghost you when you need them most. The bottom line: If your planning process still involves more manual work than a craft brewery, it might be time to explore what intelligent planning can do for you. Because life's too short for broken formulas and version control nightmares. What's your worst Excel horror story? Drop it in the comments – we're collecting them for therapy purposes. 👇 Read the full blog article here: https://bit.ly/3J0AJoY #xPA #NoMoreSpreadsheets #IntelligentPlanning
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Great overview that captures the real transition finance teams are going through. The line between FP&A, BI, and xP&A is getting thinner, as we speak. What stood out most is how much this evolution depends on data trust and user adoption, not only tech. Without solid data foundations and good governance, no tools can deliver sustainable value. We’ve seen this in practice many times. Once finance teams get consistent data and planning workflows inside Power BI, collaboration and decision-making will increase dramatically.