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Notes on finance, systems, and AI.
I write about finance transformation, EPM systems, planning architecture, and AI-native finance.
Pigment vs Anaplan: a modern approach to EPM architecture
Pigment and Anaplan solve the same planning problem with very different model engines. Here is how they compare on structural flexibility, implementation speed, and data integration.
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AI-native EPM will not just be better AI inside old platforms
The next generation of planning systems will not be Anaplan or Pigment with a chat box bolted on. It will be planning surfaces designed around model generation, dynamic UIs, and workflow context from day one.
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The problem with mixing bottom-up forecasts and CFO overlays
Bottom-up forecasts and CFO overlays solve different problems. When you blend them in the same column, you lose the ability to defend either one.
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Finance workflows are institutional memory
Most of what a senior FP&A analyst knows is not in the model. It is in the steps they take to build it. That is the layer worth capturing.
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Why AI agents need clean finance data
Finance data is not just messy. It is structurally ambiguous. Agents that can reason over it require a semantic layer the org actually agrees on.
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Planning granularity is not just a model design choice
Granularity decisions cascade into reporting cadence, accountability, and how operators actually use the plan. Pick the wrong level and the model becomes shelfware.
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The hidden architecture behind good FP&A
Good FP&A teams look fast because the structural work was done long before the deadline. Here is the architecture underneath.
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