Fpanda Club

JANUARY 23, 2025

FP&A is an evolving function that falls into the intersection of finance, operations and strategy aimed at driving better decision-making trough insightful analysis, forecasting and goal setting. Macroeconomic forecasts Macroeconomic trends? FP&As role is to connect those insights to financial models and forecasts.

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Centage

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

And how will all of these uncertainties affect my business budgeting process? Your ability to provide expert guidance through your business budget and forecasting process will require you to have a deep understanding of your cash flow. How much can a CEO rely on the numbers in the forecast? Watch to Learn How.

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CFO Talks

JUNE 8, 2025

The Budgeting Process Is Broken-Here’s How to Fix It If you are a CFO, you have likely outgrown the old budgeting drill. Budgeting and profitability analysis are not side tasks or compliance checkboxes. Budgeting That Actually Reflects Reality A modern CFO does not use a budget to tick off requirements.

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CFO Talks

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

How to Create Accurate Budgets for Business Units Budgeting is one of the most important things a business can do to stay financially healthy. A good budget helps a company plan its spending, control costs, and make smart decisions. Each department or business unit within a company needs its own budget.

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Lime Light

DECEMBER 10, 2024

In todays fast-paced business environment, CFOs and finance teams must go beyond crunching numbersthey need to communicate effectively, offer strategic insights, and deliver impactful presentations. ChatGPT-4 is a game-changing tool that enhances the efficiency and creativity of finance professionals.

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Centage

MAY 23, 2022

They’ve also helped reveal the problems inherent in conventional budgeting methodologies. With rolling forecasts, businesses can gain better insight while aligning their sales and production goals with what’s actually happening from a financial perspective. What’s a Rolling Budget? What’s a Rolling Forecast?

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Forecasting Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Budgeting Planning 98

Centage

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Once upon a time, businesses were satisfied with creating an annual budget. You used your budget as a measuring stick to gauge performance against assumptions made months ago. But times have changed – which is why financial forecasting is more important than your annual budget. What’s the Financial Forecast Look Like?

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Forecasting Budgeting Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Benchmarking 98

The Finance Weekly

JANUARY 5, 2025

Finance Artificial Intelligence (A)I chatbots are reshaping how businesses handle customer interactions and streamline financial operations. What Are Finance AI Chatbots? At their core, finance AI chatbots are virtual assistants designed to automate financial tasks and provide customers with personalized, real-time support.

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CFO Talks

JANUARY 8, 2025

How to Prepare Your Finance Team for Growth One of your most important roles is to nurture and develop your finance team. Preparing your finance team for growth is not just about giving them new tasks; its about equipping them with the skills, mindset, and tools to thrive in a changing world.

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Future CFO

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

With market volatility, digital disruption, and regulatory uncertainty appearing to be the norm rather than the exception in 2025, finance leaders will be hard-pressed to accelerate transformation initiatives and get them up and running quickly. Furthermore, the finance function must evolve to become more tech-savvy.

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Centage

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

With proper budgeting and forecasting, just about any business can protect itself against recession. Revisit Your Forecast Assumptions. Speaking of assumptions, revisiting your forecasted beliefs is crucial to surviving the downturn that’s likely to come. We recommend moving to a monthly and quarterly rolling budget.

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Future CFO

JUNE 27, 2024

Finance leaders are now seeing generative artificial intelligence to have the most immediate impact on explaining forecast amd budget variances, according to Gartner, Inc. This enables users to perform natural language queries to quickly assess known common causes of variance."

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Forecasting Budgeting Finance Auditing 75

Simply Treasury

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

“If you have to forecast, forecast often” (Edgar R. Need for reliable forecasts. Nobody could deny the importance of having accurate and reliable Cash-Flow Forecasts (CFF). Managing cash is easier than forecasting cash. Managing cash is easier than forecasting cash. So, what are the keys to good forecasting?

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Centage

JUNE 20, 2023

Budgeting season is almost here. For many CFOs and budget managers, it will be a time of an endless stream of data, requests and revisions. But what happens if after all the time, energy and resources devoted to it, the budget still doesn’t quite stack up? You likely already know the answer. The worst part? A better solution?

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Jedox Finance

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

However, forecasting or predicting how much your customers want to buy or how well a business would perform in the future was much more difficult to achieve way back then. But what about forecasting? As CRM has evolved, many vendors included sales forecasting functionalities in their tools. Let your CRM work its magic.

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CFO Talks

JUNE 3, 2025

Predictive Finance, Ethical Leadership, and Public Sector Innovation: Lessons from SAQA CFO Innocent Gumbochuma In the latest episode of CFO Club Conversations , we had the privilege of speaking with Innocent Gumbochuma, Chief Financial Officer of the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) and the 2024 Public Sector CFO of the Year.

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Future CFO

MARCH 3, 2025

The finance function is undergoing a seismic shift. Technological advancements, evolving market demands, and a heightened focus on sustainability are converging to reshape the finance landscape. A recent report by McKinsey estimates that automation could potentially displace up to 30% of work activities in finance and accounting.

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Finance Communication Leadership Profit and Loss 69

Jedox Finance

MARCH 17, 2022

Although it is nearly impossible to predict the future, forecasting future market development and customer needs is an essential component of corporate strategy and planning. Predictive forecasting can help guide a company in growing more profitably and respond quickly to changes. What is Predictive Forecasting?

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Forecasting Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Sales Budgeting 111

Future CFO

MARCH 5, 2025

Digital transformation emerges as the top priority for finance professionals, focusing on enhancing financial planning and budgeting, optimising ERP systems, and improving data integration. In the study, 72% of respondents say their organisation is prioritising the digitalisation of their financial planning and budgeting.

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Fpanda Club

MAY 17, 2022

Budget and annual planning cycle - these words can make many people tremble. There are many reasons to hate budget effort. Indeed, it usually takes several months to run the budget cycle. On average, companies build 5 versions of the budget before final approval. Too many iterations. Too many people involved.

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Budgeting Planning Benchmarking Leadership 147

The Finance Weekly

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

This issue hampers forecasting accuracy, risk management, and resource allocation. Without accurate insights, businesses struggle with forecasting, risk management, and resource allocation. Strong FP&A practices help finance teams improve data accuracy , use technology effectively, and make well-informed financial decisions.

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Future CFO

JUNE 19, 2025

For chief financial officers overseeing operations across Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, Europe, and the Americas, building compliant, scalable finance functions in unfamiliar jurisdictions is a high-stakes challenge. When it comes to dealing with changes, being one step ahead is a must for organisations to ensure the best result possible.

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CFO Talks

JUNE 20, 2025

Finance Is Bleeding Talent, Because You Forgot to Say ‘Well Done’ Finance is not known for fireworks. In many finance environments, particularly during recovery or rapid change, the ultimate goals feel far away. A small win in finance is anything that signals improvement, consistency, or control.

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CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

While the sizeable increase in infra spend and sectoral initiatives in Union Budget augur well, there is need for policy reforms that help create a robust private investment ecosystem. Both of these would be addressed through the Gati Shakti initiative which is one of the cornerstones of Budget 2022-23.

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Lime Light

MARCH 10, 2025

For many finance teams, Excel is the default tool for budgeting, forecasting, and reporting. Its familiar, flexible, and deeply embedded in day-to-day workflows.

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Budgeting Forecasting Finance Accounting 52

CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

The Finance Bill, 2022 proposes amending the RBI Act, 1934 to modify the definition of a bank note to cover digital notes issued by the central bank. The Reserve Bank of India ( RBI ) will introduce a digital rupee in the next financial year beginning April 2022 subsequent to amendments proposed in the Finance Bill, 2022.

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The Finance Weekly

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Financial models are essential for organizations, helping forecast financial performance using historical data and future projections. This practice allows businesses, investors, and finance professionals to evaluate investment opportunities, assess risks, forecast future scenarios, and support strategic decision-making.

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Financial Modeling Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Budgeting Forecasting 52

Navigator SAP

JUNE 28, 2022

ERP software links processes, allowing decision makers to plan, budget, forecast, and report on company activities with high accuracy. There are several ways companies can apply enterprise resource planning (ERP) tools that help streamline procurement, compliance, supply chain efficiency, and financial operations.

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Finance Budgeting Compliance Forecasting 130

Centage

JUNE 28, 2023

When it comes to automation, what’s particularly beneficial is the way technology can automate how financial data flows through models and forecasts, freeing financial teams from the manual labor of attempting to create forecasts via spreadsheets. Fortunately, automation allows for increased agility.

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Forecasting Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Cash Flow Forecasting Finance 98

Centage

AUGUST 15, 2022

With that in mind, many businesses are turning to budgeting and planning drivers as a way of obtaining more accurate information. A newer approach to financial management, driver-based planning involves examining a company’s main business and value drivers with a goal of designing plans and budgets with them in mind.

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CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Continuing the same spirit in defence allocations, 68% of the defence capital procurement budget for domestic players will also go a long way in strengthening the domestic hi-tech manufacturing ecosystem. Budget 2022 is one of the more progressive Budgets we have had in recent years. By Ankit Agarwal.

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Centage

AUGUST 16, 2023

Spreadsheets like Excel can be valuable to small businesses for tracking costs and organizing their finances. Finding a tool for automating budgeting helps companies maintain and grow their business in numerous ways. A solution that provides automated budgets can easily wrangle this data into absorbable metrics that tell a story.

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Budgeting Forecasting Strategic Planning Planning 98

Centage

APRIL 24, 2023

As change continues to add uncertainty to the Healthcare sector finance leaders remain tasked with effectively analyzing, monitoring and predicting the financial performance of your organization. Accelerate your budgeting cycles and minimize the risk of data errors. Generate detailed personnel plans.

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Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Healthcare Forecasting Planning 98

Centage

OCTOBER 3, 2022

This accessible program can accomplish various tasks, such as financial forecasting and budgeting. If your business has used Excel for financial forecasting, you may have found some challenges with the program. However, there can be some disadvantages to using Excel for your company’s financial forecasting.

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Forecasting Budgeting Data Analysis Financial Modeling 98

Centage

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Businesses talk a lot about budgets, revenue projections, and actuals. 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. The direct method , however, is better for shorter to medium term forecasting.

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Cash Flow Forecasting Forecasting Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Profit and Loss 98

Fpanda Club

MARCH 14, 2021

Assessing efficiency of businesses, projects and processes, the finance function does not always set an example in terms of best productivity. The evolution of the finance function results in new roles of finance professionals as strategic co-pilots and process and performance management experts.

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Finance Benchmarking Transportation Accounts Payable 130

Centage

JULY 19, 2022

Business budgeting is a crucial factor with the ability to impact a business’ long-term success or failure. Along with providing important information regarding day-to-day operations, an accurate budget better enables companies to predict revenue, trim costs, and make decisions regarding expenditures and opportunities.

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