Centage

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Your budget vs actual statement is a crucial part of a business’ financial reporting. The budget portion of the statement comes from a financial plan. How do you get started with a budget v actuals report? Did manufacturing costs plummet? Or were the materials for manufacturing available sooner than expected?

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VCFO

MAY 14, 2022

Elbert is a senior finance professional with nearly three decades of experience in financial reporting and analysis, banking and credit relationships, treasury-cash management, profit improvement, budgeting and forecasting, and e-commerce across multiple industries.

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The Finance Weekly

JANUARY 9, 2022

Environmental standards may seem like a non-urgent issue if laws haven’t been passed yet, but the CFO needs to be the reminder that these issues are imminent for budgeting, forecasting, and the overall long term vision of the company. This particularly affects budgeting and forecasting, and makes financial planning that much more difficult.

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The Finance Weekly

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

A study by the University of Baltimore and Excel-based FP&A company, , DataRails , lays out the full economic costs of businesses sticking with manually prepared financial reports. billion is the first number that came out of the research and this represents the total amount of money lost by manual financial work.

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CFO Talks

MARCH 19, 2024

Identifying Strategic Priorities The process begins with a thorough analysis of the current financial landscape and an evaluation of emerging technologies, like AI, that can significantly enhance operational efficiencies. Measuring Progress Finally, establishing clear metrics to measure the success of the finance agenda is essential.

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Planful

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Steinway & Sons covered how it uses Planful to automate reports, ease monthly manufacturing analysis, and generate granular unit sales forecasts. Imagen Dental Partners explained how it overcame financial reporting friction with the help of CFO Solutions and Planful. Watch the customer session recordings here.

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Centage

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Sophisticated FP&A software tools like Planning Maestro enable finance teams to automate routine tasks such as manual data entry, accelerating workflows and improving forecasting. The end result is that you get the data you need faster for more accurate forecasts all without overburdening staff and increasing budgets.

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Michigan CFO

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Like a regular CFO, a virtual CFO provides consulting on strategy, investigates measures to increase net returns, and helps with forecasting, cash planning and improves systems & processes. Check out these blogs: CFO for Manufacturing Companies. Standardized Reporting. Interested in learning more? Independence.

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Planful

APRIL 1, 2020

This article explores a global effort reminiscent of the manufacturing spirit of World War II, and is a great reminder of how companies put humanity first when times get tough. . The Wall Street Journal — CFO Insights and Analysis from Deloitte: Financial Reporting Considerations for Virus Impacts.

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Michigan CFO

JULY 8, 2022

Financial Reporting. A CFO can create financial reports that simplify the bookkeeper or accountant numbers into informative metrics that a business owner can act upon. A CFO can create financial reports that simplify the bookkeeper or accountant numbers into informative metrics that a business owner can act upon.

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Future CFO

JULY 13, 2020

The on-going COVID-19 pandemic has irrevocably disrupted the global economy at an unprecedented scale – forcing manufacturing facilities to shut down, grounding thousands of land, air and sea transportation, and compelling companies to adapt work-from-home arrangement when authorities put quarantine measures in place. Sumesh Balakrishnan.

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Planful

JANUARY 11, 2022

Consistent with their 2018 forecast, McKinsey’s late 2020 study found that organizations that invested more in digital than their competitors were twice as likely to report outsize revenue growth. Finance departments of all sizes are drowning in data and the deadlines to report are getting tighter as well.

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Planful

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

In an ideal world, financial reports should build shareholder trust by offering accurate data about the performance of the company. In reality, a company’s financial report can be more flimsy—involving estimates and judgment from leadership that’s far from the truth. at its peak to $0.26

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Planful

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

To support this, EPM includes the following management processes: Budgeting, planning, forecasting and modeling. Reporting results to internal and external stakeholders. This is handled through the periodic reporting and reviewing of results by internal stakeholders (i.e., the management team) and external stakeholders (i.e.,

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Musings on Markets

JULY 14, 2021

Until the early 1900s, reporting by public companies was meager, varied widely across firms, and depended largely on the whims of managers, with smaller, closely held firms among the most secretive. Of course, but investors know that already and can make their own corrections to these forecasts.

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Centage

JANUARY 17, 2023

Your budget vs actual statement is exactly that – an important part of a business’s financial reporting that shows, for a period of time, what your actual income and actual expenses look like compared to what you thought they would. Did manufacturing costs increase? Did commission payouts plummet? Was it a salesmanship issue?

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Centage

DECEMBER 21, 2022

It allows you to understand the impact of a change in a specific variable on your financial sheets. You can update your forecasts based on the analysis. Financial plans are thoughtful documents – the result of setting goals and establishing a course of action to achieve them. Update rolling forecasts as required.

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The company reported adjusted earnings per share of $1.50 Retail stocks — Retail stocks rose following Walmart and Home Depot ‘s stronger-than-expected financial reports for the third quarter. after the company cut its earnings guidance and cash flow forecast. billion in revenue, per Refinitiv.

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Onplan

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Finance professionals and teams today have numerous solutions available to help them plan, budget, forecast, and analyze financial information. OnPlan is a financial modeling and forecasting tool built by financial planners and analysts. Budgeting and rolling forecasts, as well as what-if scenario planning.

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