Integrated Business Planning: What are the Impacts & Benefits of Utilizing It in This Challenging Environment? Webinar (1 Hour)

Overview: 

Integrated Business Planning (IBP) is a framework and process designed to align and re-optimize business plans through cross-functional insights and alignment, effective decision making, and gap-closing actions. Many leading companies are moving to this methodology to take advantage of the numerous benefits it offers. This includes achieving business strategy and performance objectives by continuously adjusting to the changing business outlook, eliminating redundant and ineffective activities, managing working capital, and implementing enterprise-wide collaboration. We will focus on:

  • Navigating market challenges
  • Establishing an effective IBP process
  • Overcoming potential key challenges
     
Objective: 

To provide financial professionals with a working knowledge to establish and execute an Integrated Business Planning methodology within their companies.

SPEAKERS:

Ali Ashiqali, Director, Protiviti
Kerry Buchar, Managing Director, Protiviti
Lucas Manganaro, Managing Director, Protiviti

Emphasis: 
  • Navigating market challenges
  • Driving transformation
  • Key trends & challenges
  • Benefits & impacts
    – Strategy
    – Efficiency
    – Operational
    – Enterprise-wide collaboration
  • IBP monthly process
  • Process framework
  • Challenges in implementing IBP
    – Resource planning
    – Continuous improvement
    – Organizational alignment
    – Systems and data
    – Change management
  • Risk management
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Prerequisite: 

None.

Preparation: 

No advance preparation required.

Level of Knowledge: 

Intermediate.

CPE Credit: 
1.00
NASBA Field of Study: 
Finance