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BlackRockBlackRock Runs Planning and Forecasting with Guidewire
BlackRock, a financials organization in the United States, uses Guidewire Cloud from Guidewire to support planning and forecasting for FP&A.
BlackRock standardized financial planning on Guidewire instead of keeping parallel copies.
“In the United States, FP&A already knew where financial planning went wrong: too many copies, too little ownership, and a close process that waited on the loudest inbox.”
“Guidewire makes core insurance software for policy, billing, and claims used by property and casualty carriers.”
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Value results
| Category | Value result |
|---|---|
| Productivity | Fewer stalled items because financial planning has a clear owner |
| Productivity | Handoffs in planning and forecasting sit in a shared queue instead of a mailbox trail |
| Risk and compliance | Guidewire Cloud is the governed place FP&A use for planning and forecasting |
Story
BlackRock did not need another dashboard that nobody opened. It needed planning and forecasting to move. In the United States, FP&A already knew where financial planning went wrong: too many copies, too little ownership, and a close process that waited on the loudest inbox.
Guidewire Cloud from Guidewire is now in that path. Guidewire makes core insurance software for policy, billing, and claims used by property and casualty carriers. The company treats it as production tooling for planning and forecasting, which is why FP&A live in it rather than exporting from it once a quarter.
BlackRock can show how financial planning is handled today. That is the value: a repeatable way to run planning and forecasting on software the rest of the industry already recognizes.
