The Finance Weekly

AUGUST 7, 2024

Ever since AI came onto the scene, it has been mixed into financial planning and analysis (FP&A) to aid finance professionals in deciphering data and making savvy decisions on how to steer company growth. Datarails is specifically designed to augment Excel-based financial planning and analysis.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

E78 Partners

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Preparing for a financial audit can be a daunting task, especially for private equity-backed firms where accuracy and efficiency are paramount. This article provides a deeper look at the steps CFOs can take to create a seamless, streamlined audit experience.

Auditing

E78 Partners

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Preparing for a financial audit can be a daunting task, especially for private equity-backed firms where accuracy and efficiency are paramount. This article provides a deeper look at the steps CFOs can take to create a seamless, streamlined audit experience.

Auditing

Onplan

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Finance professionals and teams today have numerous solutions available to help them plan, budget, forecast, and analyze financial information. However, not all FP&A tools are created equal. The 10 best FP&A companies featured in this list are: OnPlan. So, what is the best FP&A software? Key features.

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Bramasol

APRIL 15, 2024

To help understand the various ways to combine traditional AI and Generative AI to accomplish operational, planning and strategic management goals, let's dive into three different scenarios. to drive financial models. to drive financial models.

SAP

CFO Share

JULY 16, 2024

When building your back office, you may consider whether you need a financial controller or a CFO. Whether you are hiring full-time or fractional, knowing how these roles differ between a controller vs CFO will ensure your small business gets the financial support it needs without overspending.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

Centage

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Financial reporting is a critical task for any organization. Understanding where your actual financials stand in relation to budgets and projections is important to keeping your business on track and in helping to create new projections and budgets. When using spreadsheets for financial reporting, these errors are amplified.

Financial Reporting

Centage

JULY 25, 2023

Though some businesses rely on Excel for budgeting and financial management needs, the software has some notable disadvantages that may make it a less-than-optimal solution for your business. Otherwise, you risk sharing incorrect financial data. Excel formulas can make performing simple calculations easy and automatic.

Budgeting

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. over at least the next decade.

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Future CFO

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The financial landscape is evolving at breakneck speed, driven by big data, globalisation, and digitisation. Advanced EPM systems can also support performance methodologies such as balanced scorecards, offering users real-time feedback on their organisations' financial performance. Integration challenges can also blindside CFOs.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

Onplan

AUGUST 2, 2021

Strategic finance is a way to turn what’s traditionally been a disconnected set of processes and functions into a unified, integrated view of your operational and financial performance that takes the entire organization’s perspective into consideration. . Embracing strategic finance with a next-gen FP&A platform.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

Onplan

AUGUST 2, 2021

Strategic finance is a way to turn what’s traditionally been a disconnected set of processes and functions into a unified, integrated view of your operational and financial performance that takes the entire organization’s perspective into consideration. . Embracing strategic finance with a next-gen FP&A platform.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

Planful

JULY 27, 2016

Are you ready to upgrade to a cloud-based EPM solution that can help you spend more time on value-added analysis and less time on data collection and fixing Excel errors? Are you wondering how best to make the business case to your company for investing in a cloud-based planning or reporting solution? Lack of controls and audit trails.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

Centage

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

However, one of the most important planning tools for a business of any size is cash flow forecasting – and it’s especially important in times of uncertainty. Knowing the timing, amount and predictability of future cash flows with cash flow forecasting should be an essential component of the budgeting and planning process.

Cash Flow Forecasting

Future CFO

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Before becoming a financial controller, I handled various roles in finance which gave me so much understanding of the key mandates and objectives of the various disciplines in finance. Co-produced by Sukhpreet Kaur, community manager, CXOCIETY. Look back to see what’s ahead. Experience helps. “ We are the sum total of our experiences.

Leadership

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. Adjustments are made to ensure that financial statements reflect the economic reality of the period being closed.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

Planful

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Many FP&A teams are stuck on a treadmill of laborious number-crunching, and struggle to manage data across disconnected spreadsheets and aging financial applications. FP&A professionals will benefit from the streamlined workflows for both simple and complex EPM operations, and fewer clicks required to accomplish tasks.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

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?

Financial Reporting

CFO Leadership

AUGUST 12, 2021

Maria Duanne Andrade, Chief Financial and Strategic Officer, Solar and Energy Loan. Maria Duanne Andrade, Chief Financial and Strategic Officer, Solar and Energy Loan Fund (SELF ). Maria, (also known as Duanne) co-leads SELF, reporting directly to the board on strategic, operational and financial matters. Meet Our Honorees!

Leadership

The Finance Weekly

JUNE 5, 2024

FP&A, or Financial Planning & Analysis, is where finance and corporate management meet, helping make all the important present and future decisions in the company. This post dives into the reviews of Anaplan, a popular FP&A software. Let's get started. billion, and offered $66.00

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Jedox Finance

JULY 11, 2023

1 These pros and cons are enough to motivate the C-suite to expedite their ESG efforts, starting with determining the department responsible for ESG planning and reporting. The standards are designed to bring sustainability reporting on par with financial reporting over time.

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The Finance Weekly

MAY 25, 2023

Introduction FP&A software is gaining popularity thanks to the need for automation and upgrading all of the integrations and data sources that occur today in the finance function. At The Finance Weekly we put together comprehensive reviews of different FP&A software tools. Who is Cube Software Meant For?

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

The Finance Weekly

JUNE 24, 2024

An enterprise-grade business planning platform, Pigment was designed to assist businesses in budgeting, forecasting, modeling data, and generating reports to support financial decision-making. It has observed increased interest in the AI-powered planning tool, particularly among finance leaders.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

Future CFO

APRIL 15, 2021

Many finance leaders have transformation plans that seek to expand the role of their analytics portfolios, without recognising the improvement in enterprise-wide access to analytics capabilities that were previously the sole domain of finance, the advisory firm pointed out. Audit the form of analytics. Source: Gartner (April 2021).

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

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. What makes for a sought-after chief finance professional (CFO)? These days, strong computer skills, as are advanced knowledge of accounting, budgeting, and finances.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

Future CFO

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

When these disconnected versions are later combined or compared, discrepancies can arise due to outdated information, formatting inconsistencies, or human errors during manual data entry,” said Ervina Waty , group chief financial officer at Ateria. Spreadsheet use remains a staple of many business functions. And why not?

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

Future CFO

MARCH 27, 2025

Digital transformation With the Finance team continuing its navigation around the whole digital transformation journey , Joseph observes that they have made notable progress in automating transaction processing, financial planning & analysis (FP&A), and compliance reporting.

Compliance

E78 Partners

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Michael Honeycutt, a Director within our FP&A practice was published on Becker’s Dental + DSO Review. Research shows that retaining a patient can be five to seven times less expensive than acquiring a new one, emphasizing the importance of this metric for long-term financial stability. The full article is featured below.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

CFO Thought Leader

APRIL 30, 2024

From his early days in auditing at PwC to his current role as CFO at Prophix, Aaron Levine has had a career that has closely tracked the evolving nature of the financial leadership role. It was under Vintz’s mentorship that Levine came to appreciate the power of storytelling within financial leadership.

CFO

The Finance Weekly

APRIL 13, 2024

Every modern enterprise, regardless of size, requires finance software to manage various aspects of its financial health. This includes tracking past financial activities, ensuring compliance and reporting, as well as forecasting future financial scenarios for better budgeting.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

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.

Leadership

Future CFO

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Winners of FutureCFO Excellence Awards 2023 in different categories Leadership Practice Awards CFO of the Year: Tay Siang Leng - QBE Asia Controller of the Year: Ravishankar Ambalaparambil - Hindustan Unilever Limited FP&A Lead of the Year: Nobuaki Hojo - SAP Australia Pty Ltd.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

The Finance Weekly

OCTOBER 1, 2024

In short, having a firm grip on variable expenses directly influences your financial outcomes and overall organizational health. 9 Common Variable Expenses You Should Know Now that you understand where variable expenses fit into your business structure, let's dive into the most common examples that could impact your financial decisions.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

Collectiv

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Budgeting, forecasting, and planning processes come with a variety of challenges, even for the most organized enterprises. Today’s enterprise teams are transitioning to a broader planning strategy that touches every department in the organization. xP&A uses financial planning tools and data for other purposes outside of finance.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

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. We’ve worked closely with numerous startup SaaS teams, and a fair share of them don’t have a CFO or even a dedicated finance team. Let’s dive in.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

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. We’ve worked closely with numerous startup SaaS teams, and a fair share of them don’t have a CFO or even a dedicated finance team. Let’s dive in.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

Future CFO

JULY 7, 2021

Where they identify gaps, leaders should work with their teams to align these characteristics to their existing strategy and develop a tactical plan to close the gaps identified. Leveraging a scrum approach, teams might begin with a full-year plan, but treat that plan as a true estimate. FutureCFO: Can you briefly define Scrum?

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