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Budget vs Actuals: The Key to Measuring Business Performance  

Centage

Staying on top of your financial performance is vital for running your business. Unfortunately, creating a perfect budget doesn’t mean that you’ll follow it. Budget vs actuals analysis is one of the most effective ways to maintain a clear picture of your company’s performance. Subtract Actuals from Budgets.

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The Business Case for Hiring Transitioning Military Veterans

CFO Leadership

Even military personnel who have finance and budgeting as their job specialty aren’t practicing private sector finance principles and concepts. Chamberlain helps veterans address this crucial technical skill through financial modeling certifications. Most veterans’ Excel knowledge is limited to pivot tables and V-lookups.

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What is Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)?

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What is Financial Planning and Analysis or FP&A? FP&A is a process used by organizations to develop and manage their financial plans and make informed decisions based on financial analysis. What is Financial Planning and Analysis? The primary objectives of FP&A.

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Change Management: The Modern CFO’s Blueprint 

CFO Talks

Identifying Strategic Priorities The process begins with a thorough analysis of the current financial landscape and an evaluation of emerging technologies, like AI, that can significantly enhance operational efficiencies. Investing Time and Resources Commitment is also measured in terms of resource allocation.

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Falling Short – The Limitations of Using Spreadsheets for Modern Budgeting and Planning

Centage

When an organization first sets up its budget, an easily accessible tool like Excel can be the perfect solution. But as a business grows and financials become more complex, an Excel or spreadsheet-based budget may be holding it back. A Flexible Budget Model Many businesses find that an annual budget doesn’t meet their needs.

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How Technology Will Change FP&A Forever

Jedox Finance

These are often not “out of the box” solutions and will require us to spend time learning new skills in process automation, analytics and financial modeling. These forecasts are more aligned to financial modeling, rather than analytics as they include the balance sheet positions, cash flows and profitability in an integrated manner.

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What’s New in Finance Transformation?  EPM, Cloud, Big Data and More

Planful

Here, I was expecting Finance Transformation to be the top response, but was pleased to see Financial Modeling coming in as the top initiative at 49% of responses. This was followed closely by Forecasting with Predictive Analytics (26%), then Financial Transformation (41%). 28% – Use of Big Data or Non-Financial Data.

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