Unit4 FP&A
Financial Planning & Analysis Software
Take full control of your business planning and forecasting processes across your organisation.
Unit4 FP&A offers a high-value, integrated solution with a low total cost of ownership. This eliminates the need for over-reliance on spreadsheets, saves time in consolidating financial data, and enables better integration of strategy with operations. With a single source of truth, it facilitates more timely data-driven decisions, navigating uncertainty with agility.
Increase speed and accuracy in planning
Empower and align your teams
Gain deeper insight for better decision-making
Key capabilities
Navigate financial planning challenges
FP&A covers all the organisation’s financial planning needs.
Enhanced analysis and dashboarding
Gain comprehensive insights with integrated data and dynamic dashboards.
Cross functional people planning
Analyse what your teams need to help them achieve even better results.
Risk and opportunity management
Predict future performance to help you determine the best strategic approach.
Financial consolidation
Consolidate all financial data in one comprehensive, shared system.
Personal planning and analysis
Maximise your team’s potential through strategic, informed workforce management.
Book an FP&A demo
We tailor our product demonstrations to your specific challenges and requirements. Schedule a demonstration with one of our experts.
A flexible and scalable solution
Unit4 Cloud FP&A software enables smarter planning, budgeting & forecasting and reporting & analytics. Saving you time in meeting global accounting standards.
3 great reasons to have FP&A in the cloud:
- Efficiency and flexibility – a cloud environment makes working together easier and everyone more efficient and flexible.
- Better decisions faster – the cloud lets you keep focused on your “core business” – and helps you make better decisions.
- Reduce upgrade costs – the cloud speeds up innovation and digital transformation while keeping upgrade costs down.
More key features and capabilities
Financial Consolidation
Automate multi-entity consolidation across countries and currencies. Meet audit standards without manual reconciliation.
AI Advisor (Ava)
Your AI-powered finance assistant. Ava explains variances, automates analysis, and highlights trends before they become problems.
Scenario Planning
Model unlimited what-if scenarios in minutes. Stress-test assumptions, quantify risks, and present leadership with options.
Lease Accounting
Automate IFRS 16 compliance with contract simulation, documentation, and reporting built directly into your planning workflows.
ESG Reporting
Collect, monitor, and report sustainability data for EU Taxonomy and statutory requirements. Prove your ESG commitments with auditable numbers.
Self-Service Dashboards
Give every stakeholder access to live insights without IT involvement.
Intuitive dashboards anyone can use.
| Unit4 FP&A | Typical FP&A vendors | |
|---|---|---|
| AI approach | Ava provides contextual help and data storytelling within the planning workflow. Part of Unit4's platform-wide AI strategy. | AI typically bolted onto legacy architecture. Separate add-on or limited to specific modules. |
| ERP integration | Native. Shares the same data layer as Unit4 ERP, financials, HR, and projects. No middleware. | Requires connectors, middleware, or manual data exports. Integration is a project, not a feature. |
| Industry models | Pre-built for Professional Services, Public Sector, Nonprofit, Higher Education. Live in weeks. | Generic models require months of configuration. Vertical depth is limited or consultant-dependent. |
| Market focus | Purpose-built for mid-market and enterprise people-centric organisations (200–5,000+ FTEs). | Enterprise-first pricing and complexity, or horizontal tools stretched across industries. |
| Time to value | Weeks. 8.4/10 implementation success score vs. 6.2 industry average (BARC). | Months. Complex implementations with heavy consulting dependence. |
| Total cost of ownership | Recognised by Dresner for high value and low TCO. Typically 2x lower than enterprise alternatives. | Higher licensing, plus integration maintenance, third-party connector fees, and ongoing consulting. |
| Workforce planning | Built in. Headcount, compensation, skills, and diversity planning integrated with financial forecasts. | Separate product, separate licence, separate data reconciliation. Or not available. |
Source: BARC Planning Survey 25, Dresner EPM Market Study 2025, Unit4 internal benchmarking
Analyst Recognition Highlights Momentum, Innovation, and a Clear Path Forward
Unit4 recently received a useful summary from industry analyst firm BPM Partners following a detailed briefing on our Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) solution
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