FP&A
Business & Finance abbreviation · Finance
| Stands for | Financial planning and analysis |
|---|---|
| Categories | Business & Finance |
FP&A stands for Financial planning and analysis, a finance abbreviation.
Corporate finance function responsible for budgeting, forecasting, management reporting and analysis that supports decisions by the CEO, CFO and business leaders. FP&A teams build financial models, explain variances and evaluate investments.
Example: FP&A has updated the full-year forecast to reflect the delayed product launch and higher freight costs.
Usage notes
FP&A looks forward and serves internal decision-makers, while accounting records and reports what has already happened. Common roles run from analyst to manager and director, typically reporting to the CFO. The Association for Financial Professionals offers an FP&A professional certification.
Related abbreviations
More finance abbreviations
- EV/EBITDA – Enterprise value to EBITDA
- EVA – Economic value added
- FCF – Free cash flow
- FCFE – Free cash flow to equity
- FCFF – Free cash flow to the firm
- FICC – Fixed income, currencies and commodities
- FV – Future value
- GP – General partner
- HNWI – High-net-worth individual
- HoldCo – Holding company
- IB – Investment banking
- IBD – Investment banking division