The role of Finance is changing fast. No longer just scorekeepers, today’s FP&A teams are expected to act as strategic partners, influencing revenue growth, managing profitability and guiding operational decisions across the business. But there’s a problem: most finance teams are still buried in manual work.
In fact, 85% of a typical finance team’s time is spent reconciling, formatting and reporting on data. That leaves only 15% for actual insight and decision support.
That imbalance is exactly what Agentic AI within Pigment is designed to solve.
Recently, QueBIT’s Justin Croft and Colin McDonald hosted a live session demonstrating Pigment’s new Analyst Agent, an AI capability that automatically scans your planning data, identifies key changes, runs variance analysis and generates complete narrative reports with charts, KPIs and recommendations.
Yes, it writes the report for you.
What Is the Analyst Agent?
Pigment’s Analyst Agent acts like a digital analyst embedded in your planning environment. You simply provide instructions, such as:
“Generate a revenue analysis including key variances, visual comparisons year-over-year and recommendations for improving performance.”
In seconds, the agent:
✅ Scans data across relevant metrics
✅ Detects drivers and anomalies
✅ Generates charts and tables
✅ Writes a structured narrative summary in your preferred tone
✅ Offers actionable recommendations
All of this happens automatically based on what Pigment calls a “mission.” These missions act like reusable playbooks. Once defined, they can be run on demand and soon, even scheduled (e.g. “refresh every Monday at 8 AM with the latest numbers”).
Why This Matters for Finance & Operations Teams
Instead of spending hours building decks and formatting Excel tables, FP&A teams can now:
- Shift from data prep to strategic decision support
- Standardize reporting formats without bottlenecks
- Quickly drill into performance drivers across dimensions
- Scale insights across departments — not just Power Users
And the best part? It’s easy to use. As Colin shared live, he was fully comfortable with missions in less than half a day.
Ready to See It in Action?
The live demo is packed with real examples — including how Pigment:
- Generated a full revenue report with conclusions, visuals and recommendations from a single prompt
- Showed audit trails of multiple “mission runs” with refinements over time
- Demonstrated how report tone, structure and formatting can be fully customized
🎥 Watch the full recording here → https://quebit.wistia.com/medias/qot0lbqa5r
Want to Explore How Agentic AI Could Work in Your Environment?
Whether you’re already on Pigment or exploring modern planning platforms, QueBIT can help you:
- Build an AI roadmap for FP&A and operational planning
- Enable analyst agents safely within your existing data models
- Compare Pigment’s AI capabilities against other platforms
👉 Book a roadmap session with Justin or Colin to evaluate where AI-driven planning fits into your strategic objectives.
Agentic AI isn’t just a trend, it’s a shift in how planning gets done. If Finance teams can reclaim even half of that 85% manual effort, the impact is transformational.
Let’s make that shift real.
