# Financial Planning and Analysis

*Careers & Credentials — Finicade finance glossary*

FP&A is the corporate function that budgets, forecasts and analyses performance to support management decisions. It's the internal counterpart to equity research: same modelling skills, but with full access to the underlying data and an obligation to explain variances rather than predict a share price. It's the standard route toward controller and CFO roles.

**Also known as:** FP&A, corporate finance analyst, financial analyst

**Related terms:** [Chief Financial Officer](https://finicade.com/glossary/chief-financial-officer), [Pro Forma](https://finicade.com/glossary/pro-forma), [Break-Even Analysis](https://finicade.com/glossary/break-even-analysis), [Financial Modeling](https://finicade.com/glossary/financial-modeling), [Capital Budgeting](https://finicade.com/glossary/capital-budgeting)

Source: https://finicade.com/glossary/financial-planning-and-analysis