Story
Mizuho Bank, Ltd. Standardizes Financial Planning on Guidewire
Mizuho Bank, Ltd., a financials organization in Japan, uses ClaimCenter from Guidewire to support planning and forecasting for FP&A.
Value results
| Category | Value result |
|---|---|
| Productivity | Fewer stalled items because financial planning has a clear owner |
| Risk and compliance | ClaimCenter is the governed place FP&A use for planning and forecasting |
| Capability | New joiners can see how planning and forecasting actually runs |
Story
Financials work at Mizuho Bank, Ltd. spans more than one site, even when headquarters sits in Japan. Financial planning was splitting across regional habits. FP&A asked for a shared way to run planning and forecasting without freezing local judgment.
Guidewire (ClaimCenter) is what they standardized on. Guidewire makes core insurance software for policy, billing, and claims used by property and casualty carriers. Mizuho Bank, Ltd. uses it as the system of record for financial planning, with FP&A as the primary operators and other groups coming in through the same queue.
Leaders get a picture they can actually walk. Teams get fewer mystery statuses. The story is about operating change, not an unpublished percentage.