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Breaking Down the FP&A Function of the CFO Suite

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Traditionally, the chief financial officer (CFO) is responsible for tracking the company’s past and present financial situation and ensuring on-time and accurate financial reporting. This function is called financial planning and analysis (FP&A). The CFO takes on the responsibility of FP&A.

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Automated and Data Driven Financial Planning Hasn’t Reached its Full Potential

The Finance Weekly

The impact of data driven financial analysis goes well beyond its traditional role of budgeting and forecasting, and has the potential to contribute greatly as a forward thinking department for real-time decision making. The way businesses conduct operations are changing at breakneck speeds. Productive finance teams.

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Best Practices from the CFO Suite

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The financial implication of these decision is critical and the CFO is the executive helping the CEO navigate these decisions. Historically, the CFO role was focused on backward looking information: ensuring on-time and accurate financial reporting. Pre Series B, it’s a part-time role to simply track past financial numbers.

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