A large telecommunications organization wanted to create a Financial Planning & Analytics Center of Excellence (COE) to capitalize on new growth opportunities and contribute significantly toward cost reductions.
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Mission-critical priority
A new-to-role FP&A head was tasked with creating a COE from scratch as part of the CFO’s mission-critical priority of optimizing costs and capitalizing on new growth opportunities.
How Gartner helped
Gartner’s research and advisory services helped this client fast-track the development of a new COE with proven frameworks and advance analytics capabilities by using our case studies and best practices. We helped achieve significant cost reductions by identifying opportunities that led to a substantial reduction in FTE headcount, furthering the organizational objective of cutting costs through 2020.
Business impact
With Gartner’s support, the client:
Developed a roadmap for operationalizing the new FP&A COE within three months.
Achieved significant cost reductions by identifying opportunities to drive efficiencies leading to a substantial reduction in FTEs.
Advanced analytics capabilities using Gartner’s best-practices and case studies of successful analytics projects.
Industry:
Telecommunications
Revenue:
> $20 Billion
Employees:
100,000
Contact:
Head of FP&A
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