VCFO

MAY 30, 2024

Here are some hard questions you should be asking: Do I have a fully objective and independent view of how my business is performing in the market? To what extent am I navigating by intuition and feeling as opposed to a well-formed strategic plan? CEOs and owners aren’t immune to this in their businesses either.

Strategic Planning

VCFO

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Furthermore, the plan can be tailored to include a vesting option which serves to help retention of key employees in a tight labor market. Unfortunately, the refundable credit has become a target of scammers, who aggressively market the program to ineligible taxpayers. It is important to ensure that is happening.

Finance

CFO Talks

JULY 4, 2024

Ayiku emphasized that modern CFOs often come from a variety of professional backgrounds, including engineering, marketing, and science. This diversity is incredibly beneficial, as it brings a range of skills and perspectives that enhance strategic decision-making.

CFO

Spreadym

JULY 26, 2023

Factors may include changes in market conditions, pricing, production costs, sales volume, or unexpected events. Financial variance analysis is a valuable tool for financial management, budgeting, and strategic planning. It helps assess the effectiveness of pricing strategies and market conditions.

Budgeting

VCFO

MARCH 30, 2023

A good place to start is benchmarking yourself against your competition. If that assessment of the customer portfolio shows that the base is too heavily weighted, one step would be to examine sales strategy and whether broadening the customer base across new markets or industries or via new offerings is a viable play.

Valuation

Spreadym

JUNE 27, 2023

FP&A is a process used by organizations to develop and manage their financial plans and make informed decisions based on financial analysis. It involves forecasting, budgeting, analyzing, and reporting financial information to support strategic planning and operational decision-making. The primary objectives of FP&A.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

Boston Startup CFO

APRIL 12, 2024

Additionally, through monthly rolling forecasts, we will provide real-time insights into your financial outlook, allowing you to adapt to changing market conditions and make proactive adjustments to achieve your financial goals effectively. Dashboard Reporting We can provide clear and actionable insights into your financial data.

Planning

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. Controllers: Companies don’t have access to historical data to benchmark their responses and performance against or help model future scenarios. What stands out?

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

Focus CFO

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Building a powerful annual budget that aligns with your company's vision and strategic plans is crucial for success, especially as we head into 2025. By carefully examining historical data, setting clear objectives, and developing a comprehensive plan, you can navigate the year ahead with confidence. You're not alone.

Budgeting

Spreadym

JUNE 8, 2023

A plan typically covers a longer time horizon, such as three to five years, and encompasses various aspects of the business, including sales, marketing, operations, and human resources. Budgeting A budget is a financial plan that quantifies the expected income and expenses for a specific period, usually one year.

Forecasting

The Finance Weekly

JULY 14, 2024

It extends beyond conventional budgeting, planning, and forecasting processes which usually span a year, and concentrates mainly on financial goals and key initiatives that are 5-10 years or more into the future. It also differs from mid-range strategic planning processes.

Planning

The Finance Weekly

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

They are widely used in , strategic planning and reporting to guide investment decisions. This profit can be utilized for activities such as marketing campaigns, dividend payouts, and non-fixed costs. This measure aids in predicting future profits and establishing profitability goals and benchmarks.

Budgeting

Centage

JANUARY 18, 2024

Finance teams often get asked to do more with less, which makes it important that you adopt the right FP&A tools to amplify your capabilities and create more time for strategic planning. Stronger interdepartmental communication and collaboration is a good benchmark to set as a best practice for this year.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

Planful

OCTOBER 25, 2016

The panelists included Hari Avula, CFO of Frito-Lay North America; Erik Charles, VP of Product Marketing at Xactly; Amath Fall, CFO of Fleetpride; and Scott Frisch, COO at AARP. And as such, it should be considered as part of corporate goal setting, strategic planning, and financial and operational planning and reporting.

Risk Management

Global Finance

JULY 24, 2024

This involves maintaining close contact to promptly resolve trade and operational inquiries and deliver ongoing insight into evolving market dynamics. The bank aligns its systems and protocols with global market practices and Swift standards for automated custody services.

Banking

Global Finance

JULY 24, 2024

This involves maintaining close contact to promptly resolve trade and operational inquiries and deliver ongoing insight into evolving market dynamics. The bank aligns its systems and protocols with global market practices and Swift standards for automated custody services.

Banking

CFO Talks

MARCH 19, 2024

This list should encompass both quick wins, such as automating invoice processing to improve cash flow management, and long-term objectives, like integrating AI-driven analytics for more accurate financial forecasting and strategic planning.

CFO

Barry Ritholtz

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

And I love business, I love the markets, I want to go there. What sort of challenges — BUCKLEY: A couple of bear markets. BUCKLEY: We’ve had, let’s see, inflation at a 40-year high, tightest labor market of our lifetimes. We were losing market share in the critical retirement, the 401(k) business.

Leadership

Barry Ritholtz

AUGUST 20, 2024

Why don’t we just have a conversation in the studio about his beef with passive, why he thinks it’s a structural threat to the market? And the advice that he gave to David Einhorn about it that helped lead Einhorn to start really kicking the benchmark’s butt again for the past couple of years.

Concentration