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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The Finance Weekly

JANUARY 8, 2024

While company leaders can't control everything, such as market fluctuations and economic changes, they can influence expenses. This is why expense forecasting is valuable for CEOs, CFOs, and other executives when predicting a company's future financial performance. What Is an Expense Forecast?

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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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The Finance Weekly

MAY 25, 2022

Planning, Budgeting, Forecasting. A company’s plan, budget, and forecast are usually talked about all together, whether it be in the boardroom, in a company goal-setting sheet, or in general talk about FP&A. While budgets are usually created annually, the traditional untouchable, fixed budget is being challenged.

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Centage

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

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. Budget vs actuals analysis allows you to assess how well your organization is following its financial plans. Gather the Data.

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Future CFO

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The top CFO focus for 2022 is improving the flexibility of budgeting and forecasting, according to a September 2021 survey of 251 CFOs and other finance leaders by Gartner. The annual budget plan is a convenient starting point but the way an organisation uses money throughout the year is far from static,” Vakil pointed out.

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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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Centage

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The traditional budgeting and forecasting planning processes can be long and painful. Any number of issues can arise that render forecasts or the line items on an annual budget quickly outdated. It’s because of these challenges that many organizations have moved to driver-based budgeting and planning.

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Centage

MAY 23, 2023

Fortunately, there are steps you can take to keep your business moving forward regardless of market changes. As we approach the halfway point of 2023, it’s a good time to take a close look at your budget and determine where you and your team are succeeding versus falling short.

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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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Centage

JUNE 2, 2023

While all of this data helps manufacturing companies to be more efficient, when it comes it comes to creating a manufacturing budget , data is also just as critical. What is a Manufacturing Budget? A manufacturing budget centers around the expenses involved in the production of a given product.

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Future CFO

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Editor’s note: Have you already adopted agile budgeting? Pannie Sia (pictured), general manager, ASEAN, Workda y explains what it is, how it’s different from traditional budgeting, the benefits it brings, and how CFOs can make agile budgeting effective and successful. FutureCFO: Why do finance functions do agile budgeting?

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Spreadym

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Budget preparation is the process of creating a detailed financial plan that outlines an organization's expected income and expenses for a specific period, typically for a fiscal year. Here are the key steps involved in budget preparation: Define Objectives and Goals : Begin by establishing clear financial objectives and goals.

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Centage

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Your teams have spent months creating, adjusting, re-creating, and finalizing your budget for the next year. You’re finally ready to bring your annual budget presentation to the board. Is the board going to care that you’ve allocated 20% of IT’s budget for training? Sales teams have projected their volumes. Or are you?

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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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Centage

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Forecasting errors are an inevitable part of the budgeting process. Understanding and addressing these errors is crucial for effective budget management. Quickly identifying forecast errors in your budget is not a sign of failure, but an opportunity for improvement. There’s no such thing as a flawless budget.

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Centage

DECEMBER 7, 2022

the maker of QuickBooks Online Advanced, to bring automated budgeting, forecasting, reporting and analytics capabilities to QuickBooks Online Advanced customers and mid-market organizations looking for more robust and streamlined budgeting capabilities. Key Priorities & Requirements for Finance in 2023.

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CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The Indian technology sector saw several major announcements in the Union Budget 2022, with a few misses in the startup segment. Budget 2022’s announcements on manufacturing, sustainability, electronics, digital currency, innovation and startups with technology as the cornerstone are expected to give a fillip to the tech industry.

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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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Centage

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Dynamic market conditions may not be anything new but navigating the current business environment and its unprecedented unpredictability has shined a spotlight on just how critical cash flow forecasting is to an organization. Here are three best practices to improve your cash flow forecasting: #1.

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The Finance Weekly

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Budgeting software can greatly help by , automating financial tasks , making processes more efficient, and leading the business toward long-term success. Keep reading to find out the best budgeting software for small businesses. Why You Should Use Budgeting Software for Your Business?

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Spreadym

JUNE 2, 2023

Rolling forecast is a financial planning and forecasting approach that involves continuously updating and extending the forecast based on the latest available data and information. As the current period elapses, the forecast is extended by adding a new period, maintaining the same forecast horizon.

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CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

The previous year’s Budget focused on foundational measures towards a consumer-driven economy while keeping a keen eye on post-Covid recovery. The Union Budget continues the policy direction set by last year’s Budget. Also Read | Union Budget 2022: Tech push for agri sector. By Saugata Gupta.

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Spreadym

AUGUST 2, 2023

The basics of the corporate budgeting Corporate budgeting is the process by which a company or organization plans and allocates its financial resources to achieve its strategic objectives. Revenue Forecasting: The budgeting process begins with forecasting the company's expected revenues for the budget period.

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Centage

JULY 19, 2023

“Is it in the budget?” That’s because budgets are the foundational backbone of every company. Many organizations integrate updated technology to do everything from streamlining processes to facilitating marketing and sales initiatives. Using Excel for budgeting may be a workable solution.

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Spreadym

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Variance reporting is a financial and management accounting process used to analyze the differences between budgeted or expected figures and actual performance results. Key aspects of variance reporting include: Budget or Target Figures: This is the baseline against which actual performance is compared.

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Spreadym

MAY 4, 2023

Beyond Budgeting is an approach to management that challenges the traditional budgeting process and promotes a more flexible and adaptive approach to organizational planning and control. The traditional budgeting process is often seen as bureaucratic, time-consuming, and focused on meeting targets rather than delivering value.

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Spreadym

JUNE 6, 2023

Financial forecasting refers to the process of estimating or predicting future financial outcomes and performance based on historical data, trends, and assumptions. Financial forecasting is a critical aspect of financial planning and decision-making for businesses, organizations, and individuals.

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Centage

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Is your business set up to handle dynamic market conditions? Without it, you won’t know if you can make necessary capital expenditures to deal with unforeseen changes in the market, or have the funds to hire to ramp up production. What is a cash flow forecast? Do you have the resources to adapt?

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Centage

JANUARY 31, 2022

Is your business set up to handle these dynamic market conditions? Cash flow forecasting provides that much needed insight and is the most effective way to start future-proofing your business for the year ahead. Transform how you budget, forecast, analyze and report. Do you have the resources to adapt? Learn More.

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Spreadym

MAY 23, 2023

Cash forecasting refers to the methods and approaches used by businesses to predict and estimate their future cash flows. To forecast cash flows, companies can use a variety of tools that can include simple models in Excel spreadsheets and special business software that contain tools and features for cash forecasting.

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Cube Software

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Understanding flexible budgeting Flexible budgeting stands as a dynamic financial strategy, essential for businesses that understand the unpredictability of the market. Unlike its static counterpart, a flexible budget doesn't remain rigid throughout the fiscal year.

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Future CFO

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Financial Forecasting and Planning The CTO and CFO collaboration serves as a bridge between technology and finance, enabling comprehensive financial forecasting and operations. By identifying and understanding cost drivers, we can make collaborative, informed decisions about resource allocation, budgeting and pricing strategies.

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Centage

JULY 26, 2022

The goal is to gather the necessary information to forecast your cash flow quickly, correctly, and frequently. A crucial business document, the cash flow forecast estimates the amount of money that will move into and out of your business in a given period of time.

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Future CFO

MARCH 26, 2023

Security budgets are forecast to net increase by 29% in 2023 compared to a year ago, after a 26% rise in 2022, said S&P Global Market Intelligence recently when releasing the report of the Voice of the Enterprise: Information Security, Budgets & Outlook 2023 study.

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Jedox Finance

OCTOBER 24, 2019

A high-quality business forecast delivers far more than just numbers. It provides valuable information on what still needs to be done by whom in order to achieve the budget goals set. Finance professionals regularly try to look in their crystal ball with forecasts and enable the company to have seamless, solid planning.

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CFO Simplified

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Nobody likes creating a budget. But budgeting is vital because it’s the company’s plan for the coming year. If the proper analysis is done, then the budget becomes a tool to guide the company forward. Budgeting is a process that may result in multiple iterations before the resulting numbers are acceptable. Evaluation.

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