Case Study: KPMG Germany achieves streamlined one-touch planning and increased efficiency, flexibility and visibility with Board

Empowering Finance Business Partnering through a next-level FP&A approach that drives efficiency, flexibility, and visibility

KPMG Germany, a leading professional services firm with about 10,700 employees and €1.92 billion revenue, launched the Finance 2020 program to reshape finance into a strategic Finance Business Partner. The team faced slow, fragmented and over‑technical planning processes—lengthy approvals, siloed Excel-based workflows, rigid top‑down or bottom‑up planning, and delayed forecasts—that limited agility, visibility, and timely decision‑making.

KPMG implemented the Board Intelligent Planning Platform after a successful POC and a nine‑month pilot, creating a single, integrated “one‑touch” planning landscape with flexible top‑down/bottom‑up planning, simulations, automated approvals and ad‑hoc reporting. The result was faster, more transparent planning with reduced administration, better consolidation and predictive capabilities, and more time for analysts to focus on value‑adding insight—delivering greater efficiency, flexibility and visibility across finance.

KPMG

Ralph Schatten

Head of Controlling