Profit& and Abacum have partnered to make connected planning and xP&A practical for mid-market finance teams — combining enterprise-grade modelling with speed, usability, and hands-on delivery.

As organisations grow, finance teams start to feel a very specific kind of friction.

Planning is no longer just about budgets and forecasts. Questions begin to surface from every direction:

• How do margin changes really link back to operational drivers?

• How do sales plans affect hiring, capacity, and supply chain decisions?

• Why do cost allocations still fail to reflect how the business actually runs?

• And why does Finance remain stuck in the middle, coordinating inputs instead of shaping outcomes?

This is the moment where traditional FP&A starts to feel too narrow — and where extended Planning & Analysis (xP&A) becomes essential.

Crucially, this is not just a challenge for large, global enterprises. Mid-sized organisations are facing the same complexity as growth introduces new products, geographies, operating models, and cost pressures. Historically, the response has often been enterprise platforms such as Anaplan — powerful and proven, but not always proportionate for every organisation at every stage of maturity.

This is where Abacum has proven to be a strong fit for the mid-market. And it’s why Profit& has partnered with Abacum.

Why this partnership makes sense from Profit&’s perspective

At Profit&, we help organisations connect Finance, Sales, Supply Chain, and HR through driver-based planning and profitability modelling.

Our focus is on building planning models that reflect how the business actually operates — not just how the chart of accounts is structured. That includes:

• Cost allocation and profitability logic aligned to real operational behaviour.

• Financial plans connected directly to commercial, supply chain, and workforce drivers.

• Models that make collaboration between functions easier, not heavier.

• Scalable designs that work across complex, multi-entity environments.

Our team is made up of qualified accountants and former Big Four consultants, but our approach is intentionally hands-on. We embed with finance teams and work as an extension of them. “People, not suits” isn’t a tagline — it’s how delivery really happens.

The challenge we see repeatedly is that mid-market organisations need enterprise-grade planning capabilit, but delivered in a way that is proportionate to their scale today. They need solutions they can adopt and use quickly, that are affordable and pragmatic, and that still provide a strong foundation to support growth and increasing complexity over time.

From FP&A to xP&A — in practice, not theory

xP&A only delivers value when methodology and technology reinforce each other.

Profit& focuses on the what and the why:

• Designing driver-based profitability and allocation models.

• Linking financial outcomes to operational decisions.

• Structuring planning processes that support faster, more confident decision-making.

Abacum provides the how:

• An AI-native FP&A platform where reporting, forecasting, scenario planning, and collaboration live together.

• A system designed for speed, usability, and continuous planning.

• A daily working environment for finance teams, not just a month-end or annual budgeting tool.

Together, this ensures the models we help design don’t live in spreadsheets or slide decks. They’re embedded into a connected planning workflow that finance and operational leaders can actually use, adapt, and trust.

What mid-market finance teams gain

Through the Profit& and Abacum partnership, organisations can now access:

• Connected financial and operational planning: One ecosystem linking margin, cost, sales, supply chain, and workforce drivers.

• Enterprise-grade modelling without unnecessary complexity:  Sophisticated xP&A capability delivered in a form that fits mid-market realities.

• AI-powered automation and collaboration: Less time spent coordinating inputs, more time spent analysing and influencing outcomes.
  
  
• Hands-on delivery and enablement:  Consultants who work alongside your team, not around it,
  
  
• Faster time to value: Technology and methodology delivered in weeks, not months.

Making connected planning achievable

xP&A shouldn’t be reserved for the largest organisations with the biggest budgets.

By combining Profit&’s connected planning expertise with Abacum’s AI-native FP&A platform, we’re helping mid-market organisations move faster — without compromising on rigour, control, or sophistication.

If you’re reassessing how well your current FP&A approach supports growth, complexity, and cross-functional decision-making, this partnership was built to help.

How ready is your FP&A for connected planning?

As organisations grow, planning complexity increases — often faster than tools and processes evolve.

Our FP&A Self-Assessment helps finance leaders understand:

• How well financial and operational planning are connected today.

• Where manual effort, friction, and risk are holding teams back.

• What practical next steps will deliver the greatest impact at your current scale.

• In just a few minutes, you’ll receive a clear view of your FP&A maturity and tailored guidance on how to move toward more connected, decision-driven planning.

Take the FP&A Self-Assessment.