CFO Simplified

MAY 15, 2022

A part-time CFO can give advice on things such as: The structure of your business financially. Business analytics. Strategic planning. Below we’ve outlined two cases in which business owners learned they were, in fact, NOT ready to hire a part-time CFO. The Microgreens Case Study.

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Centage

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Business moves at a fast clip, whether during times of economic expansion or times of uncertainty like we are experiencing today. Often, CFOs and executive teams put together a plan that represents a snapshot of what they believe will happen, based on the best data they have available at the time. Enter Modern Financial Reporting.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Motionloft has those numbers. Motionloft’s mission is to be a “pioneer in the physical world analytics industry,” said Chris Garrison, COO and cofounder of Motionloft. “We San Francisco-founded Motionloft launched in 2010 with the intent to solve the problem of inaccurate and unavailable pedestrian and vehicular traffic numbers.

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Centage

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The Value of Stress Testing Your Financial Plan. As we approach the end of the fiscal year and begin a new one, business leaders have an overriding concern: How accurate are the assumptions we made when we created our plan? All plans, to a certain extent, are based on assumptions. Scenario Planning and Goal Alignment.

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Planful

MARCH 9, 2016

No matter the size of a company, EPM software can streamline budgeting, planning, forecasting and reporting. Truth: Enterprise performance management (EPM) projects differ from other IT projects in a number of ways, and it’s essential to be aware of this in advance. Myth: EPM software will require a huge learning curve.

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Planful

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

These competing terms include BPM (Business Performance Management), CPM (Corporate Performance Management) and FPM (Financial Performance Management. We’ve touched on the definition of EPM in a number of other posts, but I thought this would be a good time to define EPM from the Planful perspective. So here goes. What is EPM?

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