Speakers

Karen Packham
Host/Moderator
Executive Leaders Network

As the host and moderator, Karen is responsible for organising and facilitating the discussion, whilst fostering a collaborative environment where everyone's ideas are heard and respected.

James Taylor
Team Lead Solution Engineering
Lucanet

With deep expertise in financial performance management, James bridges technical solutions and practical business needs, helping organizations build robust, future-ready finance operations.

Elevating Finance: Unifying Consolidation and Planning for Strategic Decision Making

Finance leaders today face unprecedented complexity, shorter reporting cycles, rapidly shifting market conditions, and increasing pressure to deliver timely, reliable insights. However, many organisations are still held back by fragmented consolidation and planning processes that limit visibility, introduce manual effort, and slow down critical decision-making.

In this session, our experts will explore how moving to a unified consolidation and planning model strengthens governance, improves accuracy, and empowers finance teams to shift their focus from data reconciliation to high‑value strategic analysis. You’ll discover how integrating actuals, plans, and scenarios can dramatically enhance forecast reliability, reduce operational risk, and create a more agile finance function.

Whether your organisation is wrestling with disconnected systems, inconsistent reporting, or manual forecasting processes, this session will provide clear guidance on how a modern, integrated approach can unlock better insights and help finance leaders become stronger partners to the business.

Key Takeaways:

  • Improved Visibility & Faster Decisions: Understand how a unified consolidation and planning model increases transparency, reduces manual work, and enables quicker, more confident decision-making across the finance function.
  • Stronger Forecast Reliability: Learn how integrating actuals, plans, and scenario modelling enhances accuracy, builds resilience, and reduces organisational risk.
  • Greater Strategic Impact: See how modern finance teams can elevate their role by shifting time away from data gathering and toward strategic analysis, business partnering, and long‑term value creation.

Good news: This is an on-demand virtual event that can be attended from the comfort of your office/home, eliminating the need to travel. By choosing to attend this virtual event, you are contributing to a more sustainable future while still benefiting from valuable industry insights.