Planning, budgeting and forecasting - an eye on the future

This global report is the first of three pieces of research that have been jointly commissioned by ACCA and KPMG. The report represents the view of over 900 finance professionals from more than 50 countries.

This global report is the first of three pieces of research that have been jointly commissioned by ACCA and KPMG to assess how the Enterprise Performance Management (EPM)* capability within Finance is providing the CFO with the appropriate people, processes and technology to support Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting.

The data used in the report is from a survey which was conducted between 17th April 2015 and 11th May 2015, and represents the view of over 900 Finance professionals from more than 50 countries. Whilst employees from organisations of all sizes participated in the survey, over 60 percent were from organisations with over 1,000 employees with annual turnover of at least $100m.

In addition, 30 percent of the respondents identified themselves as a Senior Finance Manager/Manager, 20 percent as newly qualified/experienced Accountant, 11 percent as Financial Controller, 7 percent as Director/Partner, 6 percent as CFO and the remaining 26 percent spread between a range of roles that included CEO, Internal Audit, Treasury Analyst and Consultant.