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Beyond Budgeting – Are You Ready?

Planful

A growing number of organizations are moving away from the annual budgeting process and finding better ways to plan and control their resources. Recently, I had the opportunity to attend the 2015 Beyond Budgeting Round Table Conference. There, I heard case study presentations from a few organizations who have moved “beyond budgeting.”

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Working Through Technology

FPA Insider

By making Excel-based data easily accessible DataRails facilitates collaboration, communication of budget progress and status, and accurate reporting that relies on shared data. For finance, and particularly FP&A, automation of manual processes means employees can focus their efforts on higher-end tasks and value-added analysis.

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Everything You Wanted to Know about FP&A Best Practices

Fpanda Club

Best practice in the budget and planning process, PWC 2017 7. Preparing for the next level of financial planning and analysis, APQC, AFP, 2019 Some of the most interesting metrics include: Processes Annual budget cycle time lasts 25 days for top performers with 4 versions of budgets produced before final approval.