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In today’s interconnected business landscape, enterprises operate across multiple entities, markets, and regulatory frameworks.  It is a strategic capability that ensures transparency, control, and unified performance assessment. For finance teams, the quality of consolidation directly influences regulatory compliance, reporting accuracy, and long-term planning, especially when preparing financial statements and analysis for enterprise-wide visibility.   Yet many organizations still rely on spreadsheets and fragmented systems, slowing down the closing cycle and increasing the risk of error. Modernizing consolidation enables faster enterprise financial reporting, stronger governance, and more consistent data alignment across global operations. Such modernization also strengthens automation in finance , allowing teams to shift from manual tasks to higher-value financial analysis.   Why Financial Consolidation Is Complex   Organizations with numerous subsidiaries ...

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) is evolving into a strategic engine that empowers organizations to turn data into actionable insights, enabling smarter decisions even in uncertain and complex business environments. By combining deep financial expertise with advanced technologies, FP&A teams are uncovering opportunities to optimize performance and drive sustainable growth.   Here are the seven FP&A trends in 2025 reshaping how finance leaders deliver strategic value   1. Generative AI in Finance Fuels Better Insights   AI adoption is accelerating. Generative AI and machine learning are transforming how finance teams explain variances, forecast accurately, and uncover hidden drivers. By leveraging these technologies, teams can simulate scenarios, reduce manual workload, and get ahead of risks and opportunities.   2. Hyperautomation in FP&A Enhances Efficiency   Repetitive processes are being phased out in favor of hyperautomatio n . Whe...

  Empower your finance team with a powerful, automated solution for faster, compliant, and auditable financial consolidation across entities. In an increasingly complex financial landscape, enterprises face growing pressure to deliver consolidated financial statements that are not just accurate but also fast, transparent, and compliant. Manual efforts, fragmented systems, and repeated reconciliations continue to delay outcomes and increase operational risk. This is where IBM's Financial Consolidation solution proves transformative. Built to meet the evolving needs of modern finance teams, IBM's solution streamlines the end-to-end financial consolidation process , enabling CFOs and controllers to reduce errors, enhance visibility, and accelerate reporting timelines, without compromising governance. Automate Complex Consolidation Tasks Consolidating financial data from multiple entities, geographies, and currencies involves countless manual entries, intercompany eliminations, an...