The Finance Weekly

AUGUST 30, 2022

Why are FP&A software tools essential for small businesses? FP&A software tools are increasingly important for businesses of all sizes. Historically, FP&A teams primarily existed as a separate department, mostly among large and established companies. But all of that has changed. , But all of that has changed. ,

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Centage

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Building and managing an effective budget and plan can be daunting no matter what industry, but financial planning for nonprofits can be particularly difficult. At the same time, the spirit of giving back remains alive and well and continues to grow as one recent report predicted a 5.7% The time for change is now.

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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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Planful

MARCH 18, 2019

The FP&A team is numbers-oriented, but also requires a great deal of communication skills. The financial reporting manager must be able to clearly explain specific financial concepts at a high level for busy executives. FP&A teams can do so by leveraging these four essential types of financial reports techniques.

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The Finance Weekly

AUGUST 30, 2022

Why are FP&A software tools essential for startups and small businesses? FP&A software tools are increasingly important for businesses of all sizes. Historically, FP&A teams primarily existed as a separate department, mostly among large and established companies. But all of that has changed. ,

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The Finance Weekly

JANUARY 31, 2022

Effective practices in this indispensable aspect of business can be defined by 4 categories; personal leadership, technological leadership, operational understanding, financial competency and strategic capacity. This is another key pillar of the leadership development for financial planning and analysis (FP&A) professionals.

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BlueLight

MAY 1, 2020

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). Source: Vena Solutions What is FP&A?

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The Finance Weekly

OCTOBER 13, 2021

The development of , FP&A solutions (particularly, innovations such as financial software) in recent years has empowered many organizations to both better understand and significantly improve their performance. Compliance: Abide by laws regarding environmental regulations, financial reporting, etc.

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Centage

JANUARY 3, 2024

As we ring in a new year and brace for all of the opportunities and challenges it will bring, one resolution should be near the top of the list for finance professionals: embracing flexible financial forecasting to future-proof your annual budget. Financial forecasting gives businesses the agility to adapt to changing conditions.

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Strategic Treasurer

MARCH 6, 2023

Episode 243 Becoming a Treasurer Series, Part 24: Languages of Finance: FP&A As we jump back into the Becoming a Treasurer series, we are launching a new sub-series where we will look at the “language of finance.” How does the language of FP&A differ from treasury? Listen in to find out.

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Planful

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Planful Perform 2021 Day 1 just concluded and the stats speak for themselves: 2 keynotes. 5 discussions of finance and accounting techniques. These keynotes, hands-on sessions, stories, chats, and trainings—by and for finance and accounting professionals—served as a fitting kickoff to this two-day online conference.

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Planful

JULY 25, 2017

It could be because your team lacks crucial financial reporting and analysis capabilities that help track key business metrics and trends. So, what exactly is financial reporting and why is it vital? Key Types of Financial Reports. Profit and Loss Report: . Importance of Financial Reporting.

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Planful

APRIL 1, 2020

What the Experts Are Saying: Helpful Resources for FP&A. The Wall Street Journal — CFO Insights and Analysis from Deloitte: Capex Risk Modeling for COVID-19 Response. The Wall Street Journal — CFO Insights and Analysis from Deloitte: Financial Reporting Considerations for Virus Impacts.

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The Finance Weekly

OCTOBER 8, 2023

To handle these challenges well, it's crucial to plan carefully and use efficient tools for managing finances. Budgeting software can greatly help by , automating financial tasks , making processes more efficient, and leading the business toward long-term success. Plus, you can dive deep into your reports right from your spreadsheet.

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Centage

DECEMBER 1, 2021

If your board asked you to run new numbers based on fresh assumptions, it took you days or weeks to create a new set of reports. If your board asked you to run new numbers based on fresh assumptions, it took you days or weeks to create a new set of reports. What’s the Financial Forecast Look Like?

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Centage

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

I am not a Financial Planning & Analysis guru, far from it. Budgeting and Planning are the lifeblood of any business, at least to grow a healthy business. We grew a $400k business to $30m and there was no way we could have done that without proper FP&A. The budget is the meat of the planning process.

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Planful

MAY 19, 2021

We’ve worked with thousands of FP&A professionals over the years, at our customers and partners, and also internally, with the Finance experts who design and build our solutions and ensure the success of our ecosystem. Today, we’re excited to give them the recognition that they deserve with the launch of the Planful Champions Club.

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CFO Leadership

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Future-forward finance and accounting organizations were quick to embrace robotic process automation (RPA) years ago to manage mundane, repetitive back-office tasks like data entry and routine financial reporting. AI is a tool and not a replacement for finance professionals.

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The Finance Weekly

JANUARY 21, 2024

When you’re making small-talk with someone who isn’t in finance or accounting about how work is going, and they answer with “busy,” do you ever question how hard it really is? They have a five person accounting team who spend an unwieldy amount of time dumping data from NetSuite into Excel. All involving Excel data manipulation.

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The Finance Weekly

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

What is a financial tech stack? From accounting and payroll management to budgeting and forecasting, finance is the reason and numbers behind every bit of data that passes through the organization. Here are the 7 best finance software solutions broken down into different categories: 1) Accounting. Low implementation times.

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Future CFO

AUGUST 30, 2021

According to Payscale.com , skills such as leadership, and financial reporting and strategic planning, won’t elevate your take-home pay much. These days, strong computer skills, as are advanced knowledge of accounting, budgeting, and finances. What makes for a sought-after chief finance professional (CFO)?

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The Finance Weekly

APRIL 27, 2022

Wall Street anticipates growth, the C-suite expects annual plans to be accomplished, and owners expect a return on their investment, especially those who have potentially risked their life savings. Chief financial officers, known for exhibiting strong professional ethics, need to lead in navigating this difficult period.

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Adam Kae

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

By Katelyn Sieber First things first: What exactly is a CFO, or Chief Financial Officer responsible for, anyway? According to , Investopedia , A CFO is a top-level executive responsible for managing the finance and accounting divisions and for ensuring that the company’s financial reports are accurate and completed in a timely manner.

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Onplan

DECEMBER 16, 2021

That’s why the role of the finance leader in understanding the financial impact of operational choices—before they’re made—is absolutely essential. Back to the basics: overseeing accounting is one of the basic tasks of every SaaS finance leader. Meticulous accounting sets the foundation for making good decisions. Let’s dive in.

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Onplan

DECEMBER 16, 2021

That’s why the role of the finance leader in understanding the financial impact of operational choices—before they’re made—is absolutely essential. Back to the basics: overseeing accounting is one of the basic tasks of every SaaS finance leader. Meticulous accounting sets the foundation for making good decisions. Let’s dive in.

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CFO Share

MARCH 23, 2021

A rolling 12-month forecast projects financial performance over a 12-month time horizon using the “add/drop” approach to forecasting. This enables continuous planning of future performance based on actual performance. This enables continuous planning of future performance based on actual performance. Effortless Insight.

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Planful

AUGUST 7, 2020

Planful is full of FP&A professionals, from our product and sales teams to our services and implementation teams, and, of course, our finance team. Planful was built this way so we’re always talking to our customers in the language of finance. So I don’t just know the theory behind FP&A, I know the practice, too. .

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Future CFO

MARCH 13, 2023

Gartner surveys looking to 2022 show that CFOs, controllers and heads of financial planning and analysis (FP&A) are all focused on digital initiatives that will lay critical groundwork for an autonomous future. The purpose is to guarantee the timeliness and accuracy of reports, analyses, and evaluations.

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Centage

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The Value of Stress Testing Your Financial Plan. As we approach the end of the fiscal year and begin a new one, business leaders have an overriding concern: How accurate are the assumptions we made when we created our plan? All plans, to a certain extent, are based on assumptions. Scenario Planning and Goal Alignment.

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Collectiv

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The most valuable indicators of the financial health and position of an organization are the metrics that are tracked in financial statements—Balance Sheets, Profit and Loss Statements, Cash Flow Statements, Account Receivables, and more. Ready to learn a better way to visualize and present financial reporting?

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Spreadym

AUGUST 10, 2023

When choosing the best financial reporting software solution, it's important to consider factors such as ease of use, scalability, integration with existing systems, compliance with accounting standards, cost, customer support, and any unique requirements your organization might have. What is financial reporting software?

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Cube Software

MAY 11, 2023

What is a pro forma financial statement? No business can survive without planning. These financial modeling tools are one of the most important to help a company prepare for any kind of scenario imaginable and map out a future trajectory. Think of pro forma statements as a monetary crystal ball, a guiding financial forecast.

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Centage

JANUARY 17, 2023

Between a volatile stock market, high interest rates, supply chain issues, inflation, and a possible recession, having a solid financial planning process in place is an important piece of sustaining your business through challenging times. Today’s business leaders are facing unprecedented uncertainty. Did manufacturing costs increase?

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Planful

JANUARY 11, 2022

Now is the time for CFOs at organizations of all sizes to lean on AI to plan, budget, and forecast with greater accuracy, speed, and confidence. Without AI, employees are burdened with hours of monotonous tasks like reporting and data reconciliation. Essential Terms. But what happens to humans when the bots take over?

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BlueLight

JULY 30, 2020

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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The Finance Weekly

JULY 19, 2022

FP&A software assists CFOs, finance leaders, and FP&A experts in ensuring the financial health of their organization by tracking and analyzing current outcomes and forecasting future performance. What is FP&A? Why do you need FP&A? The top 10 best FP&A Software Tools Available.

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Spreadym

JULY 10, 2023

The financial close process, also known as the accounting close process or month-end close, is a series of steps undertaken by an organization to finalize its financial records for a specific accounting period. These entries correct errors, allocate costs, or reclassify transactions to the appropriate accounts.

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