← All Books
FP&A for Legacy Businesses
How to Build a Financial Planning Function from Scratch
Financial PlanningFP&ALegacy Business
Your company does $200 million in revenue but the annual budget is 47 linked Excel workbooks and the controller is the entire planning department. This is the first practical guide to building a financial planning and analysis function at traditional mid-market companies — manufacturers, utilities, construction firms, and other businesses where forecasting means the CEO's gut feeling and variance analysis means someone noticed payroll was high.
What you'll learn
- Build a business case for FP&A that speaks CEO, not finance
- Replace a 16-week budget cycle with a 6-week process
- Implement rolling forecasts and scenario planning in Excel
- Choose the right tools with honest pricing comparisons
- Follow a 180-day playbook from zero to functioning FP&A
15 chapters·By Alex Crawford
Read a Free Chapter
Included in the Finance AI Operating Kit
View direct editionExplore the larger topic
See the related books, complete free chapters, practical frameworks, and supporting articles in this collection.