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Paul Barnhurst interviews Alok Ajmera about the impact of AI on financial planning and analysis.

In this episode of FP&A Unlocked, Paul Barnhurst sits down with Alok Ajmera, CEO of Prophix, to explore how AI is reshaping FP&A, financial planning, and enterprise decision-making. Alok explains how modern finance teams are evolving from spreadsheet-heavy workflows to AI-enabled systems, while still relying on structured data, deterministic processes, and human oversight to maintain accuracy and trust in financial outputs. Alok Ajmera is the CEO of Prophix, a leading financial performance management platform helping CFO organizations modernize planning, budgeting, and forecasting. With over 22 years at Prophix, he has supported more than 3,000 finance teams globally in transforming how they close, consolidate, and plan. Alok has led the evolution of FP&A systems from spreadsheet-first to system-first, and now toward AI-enabled finance operations. Expect to Learn: What makes FP&A a true force multiplier inside organizations How data stewardship, collaboration, and forecasting define great finance teams Why AI must stay deterministic when handling financial calculations The difference between probabilistic AI and structured finance systems How AI agents support…

People in this episode

Host: Paul Barnhurst

Guest: Alok Ajmera

Topics covered

• AI in finance
• FP&A transformation
• financial planning
• data stewardship
• collaboration in finance
• forecasting

Keywords

• AI
• FP&A
• financial planning
• data
• forecasting
• Prophix
• finance teams
• automation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Prophix

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