We all know the uncomfortable pattern: by the time underperformance is clear enough to report, the business has often missed the moment to respond. Margin leakage, demand softness, productivity drag, and underperforming spend rarely arrive as one dramatic event. They build quietly, hidden inside assumptions that still look reasonable. This panel asks whether FP&A is spotting the right signals early enough, and whether the business is acting on them quickly enough. Finance leaders will unpack how to move from post-mortem variance commentary to earlier intervention, sharper accountability, and better commercial decisions before performance drift becomes a reported miss. Expect a candid discussion on the indicators that deserve more attention, the conversations FP&A needs to force sooner, and how finance can protect performance without simply becoming louder after the fact. Key takeaways: - Learn how leading FP&A teams detect performance drift before it becomes a reported miss. - Explore how to turn early signals into sharper commercial intervention. - Discover how to create stronger accountability when assumptions still look defensible.