Driver-Based Forecasting for FPandA

Reactive Publishing

Static budgets are dead. In a world of constant disruption, finance teams need forecasts that move as fast as the business. Driver-Based Forecasting for FP&A is your step-by-step guide to building agile, scalable forecasting models that keep you ahead of the curve.

Written by FP&A strategist Alexander Holt, this book shows you how to connect business drivers directly to financial outcomes, creating forecasts that adapt automatically to changes in sales, pricing, costs, and market conditions.

Inside, you’ll learn how to:

• Identify key business drivers, focus on the handful of variables that really move the needle.

• Build flexible models, link drivers to revenue, expenses, and cash flow for real-time updates.

• Implement rolling forecasts, replace outdated annual cycles with continuous planning.

• Align finance and operations, get buy-in from business leaders and improve decision-making.

• Leverage technology, automate forecasting with Excel, Power BI, or enterprise planning tools.

• Stress-test scenarios, quickly model best-case, worst-case, and base-case outcomes.

Whether you’re leading a corporate FP&A team, managing a startup’s cash runway, or advising executives, this book will equip you to respond faster, plan smarter, and thrive in uncertainty.

Stop guessing, start forecasting with precision and confidence.