FP&A Architecture

Source landscape · decision overlay · evidence and replay
SOR Data19 Jul 2026 19:20 UTC·Live·Sources: 1·85 SORs·Recon: Active·Canonical Model
Route: /ui/mission/fpa-architectureMission: fpaRole: executiveData: LIVE (1/1 live)Audit Mode: OFFDecision Access: Page → Queue Drawer → Case Drawer → Evidence / Execution
Audit Mode: Off
Executive 19 Jul 2026 19:20 UTC
Pilot · seeded
Forecast accuracy illustrative
82% → 94% $12.0M 90% confidence
Driver-based forecasting + variance copilot
Source Reality PLATFORM
🟧 45 ERPs
Finance + non-financial fragmentation
Source: Client architecture contextEnables scalable FP&A execution
◎ Decision-grade overlay
The architecture is designed for fragmented reality, not greenfield unification
Owner: bp Sphere architecture
Persistence Model GOVERNED
🟦 Selective
Live access + canonical layer + evidence
Source: bp Sphere architectureFaster time to value
◎ Decision overlay
Not another data lake
Owner: bp Sphere platform
Team Operating Layer PLATFORM
🟩 Decision Workforce
Analyst, team, and supervisor coordination
Source: Decision workforce capabilityScalable team execution
◎ Decision units, not tickets
This is how FP&A scales across hundreds of people
Owner: bp Sphere platform
▶ 🗂️ Source Landscape
Source
SAP / ERP
Actuals, close, journals
Source
Planning Hub
Forecasts and scenarios
Source
Trading / Retail
Market and demand context
Source
bp Data Book
Truth anchor
Signals
External
Oil, freight, insurance, FX
▶ 🏗️ bp Sphere Decision Overlay
A
Live Access
Pull from SORs where possible
→
B
Canonical Decision Layer
Minimum viable financial entities
→
C
Decision Computation
Drilldowns, scenarios, confidence
→
D
Evidence + Replay
Timestamps, lineage, approval history
▶ 👥 Decision Workforce Layer
Work item
Decision Unit
Not a ticket or report
Queue
Risk + SLA
Prioritized across the team
Collaboration
Decision Thread
Policy, evidence, agent reasoning
Supervisor
Control Tower
Reassign, escalate, approve
▶ 🎤 What To Say
bp Sphere is not another data lake proposition. It is a decision overlay that can sit above bp’s fragmented source systems and existing data layers, while selectively persisting decision-grade truth, simulations, evidence, and replay artifacts.
0/1 LIVE, 0 DB fallback | Refreshed 19:20:11 UTC | All data within SLA | Source binding posture: 0/1 live · 0 unavailable · no synthetic substitution