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CFO investment: More to raise their budgets for digital capabilities in FY21

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A Gartner survey on CFO investment indicates that 82% of respondents plan to increase their budgets for digital capabilities in in FY 2021 compared to FY20. CFOs need a clear digitalisation language and vision to focus their teams on the key investments and initiatives required to accelerate transformation,” she advised.

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50 Shades of FP&A Maturity

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This article describes the FP&A maturity assessment model focused on major tasks of the function (strategic planning and budgeting, forecasting, analytics, management reporting, performance management and decision support) and built around 3 key areas – processes, tools/systems and people.

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What does a CFO do with CAC and LTV?

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While there are forecasting methods that do not require CAC (like exponential smoothing or month-over-month growth rate targets) These methods are inferior to revenue projections built up from sales and marketing budgets divided by CAC. For this company, direct sales is the best long-term return on investment (called the “golden ratio.”)

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Why Financial Forecasting Is More Important Than Your Annual Budget

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Once upon a time, businesses were satisfied with creating an annual budget. You used your budget as a measuring stick to gauge performance against assumptions made months ago. But times have changed – which is why financial forecasting is more important than your annual budget. CEOs increasingly share your concerns. Watch Demo.

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Exploring the Overlap: Cost Optimization and Digital Transformation

Speaker: Alex Jiménez, Managing Principal, Financial Service Consulting for EPAM

From a budget standpoint, US banks are feeling the pinch. Should banks delay their digital transformation investments and focus on cost reductions? Global economic conditions are soft at best. Many US banks are bracing for increased defaults and lower demand for mortgages and other loans as interest rates have increased.

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Where Can FP&A Career Path Take You?

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The list of typical FP&A activities usually includes planning, budgeting, forecasting, analysis, management reporting and performance management. Budgeting is a type of short-term planning whose goal is to transform strategic objectives into an operational plan by allocating available resources.

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CFO focus 2022: Improve flexibility of budgeting and forecasting

Future CFO

The top CFO focus for 2022 is improving the flexibility of budgeting and forecasting, according to a September 2021 survey of 251 CFOs and other finance leaders by Gartner. The annual budget plan is a convenient starting point but the way an organisation uses money throughout the year is far from static,” Vakil pointed out.