{"id":9376,"date":"2023-03-29T15:25:21","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T19:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-ca\/blog\/?post_type=sage_glossary&p=9376"},"modified":"2023-03-29T15:25:21","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T19:25:21","slug":"what-is-financial-planning-and-analysis-fpa","status":"publish","type":"sage_glossary","link":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-ca\/blog\/glossary\/what-is-financial-planning-and-analysis-fpa\/","title":{"rendered":"What is financial planning and analysis (FP&A) ?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Budget versus actuals (BVA), or what your actual performance is against expectations, is one of many metrics under FP&A. The Corporate Finance Institute lists 10 FP&A responsibilities<\/a> ranging from preparing budgets to performing variance analysis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While FP&A roles typically have a similar objective, there are many industry nuances FP&A professionals incorporate into their analyses and projections. For example, financial planning and analysis reports for small and mid-size SaaS companies<\/a> may be a monthly requirement by their investors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sage Intacct has dynamic reporting<\/a> and budgeting and planning capabilities<\/a> made to handle the increasingly important needs of FP&A professionals. And, they are seamlessly integrated into its cloud ERP system that has multi-dimensional data collection, analysis functionality, and reports specific to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n