FP&A agents aren't about replacing people, they're about freeing up

time and increasing accuracy. Usually, the variance analysis

takes everything from a few minutes up to a few

hours, depending on what issue it is, or if we needed

everything on product level, on SKU level, on

regional level. Those are probably the cases where I can spend

hours

just trying to find one gap in the balance sheet.

But with the FP&A agent, I can just ask the FP&A agent

to do it

within seconds. My name is Robin Bergman.

I'm

working as the FP&A lead for the Europe midsize region

at Chiesi. My perception of the FP&A agent was that it was

surprisingly fast and accurate. For me, the Board FP&A agent,

it helped a lot with variance analysis.

I usually compare actual versus budget or any other forecasting

scenario, and it was helping me to deep dive where the variance

was coming from, and also if there was some other variance where I could not really

explain it. If there was some issue, it could help me find

the number within the dataset. Instead of searching for

the needle in the haystack, it was able to give me the variance

automatically, where it could come from.

To me, it's very important to understand the reason or the drivers behind the

numbers. So with the FP&A agent,

I can get more specific answers. Because the agent

has access to P&L, both actual and planning,

but also balance sheet, it can

link the data between the different modules and

find variances between them. I would describe the FP&A agent as a

really smart colleague that has all the answers.

So basically, if you need anything, you can ask the FP&A agent

and it will have an answer. I believe that in the future, FP&A teams without

agents will be stuck analyzing numbers reactively, while FP&A

teams with agents will be proactive.