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Plan for anything, be ready for everything

Future CFO

The result is undesired is that teams are often unable to deliver needed plans, budgets, forecasts, reports and value-added analysis when asked. CFOs and heads of finance want fast, flexible solutions to help them deliver deeper insights and stronger foresight to steer business performance more effectively.

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Attracting and Retaining Top Finance Talent

Planful

The New Jersey Chapter of the CFO Leadership Council held a panel discussion on “Attracting and Retaining Top Talent.” The panelist expressed concern that the CFO needs to balance creating an organizational culture that is both attractive to Millennials and one that is not offensive to older staff members.

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Beyond Budgeting – Are You Ready?

Planful

Since then, the Beyond Budgeting concept has steadily gained momentum, with increasing recognition in financial publications, such as CFO Magazine and the Journal of Accountancy. Most organizations spend 80% of their time collecting and validating data and 20% doing value-added analysis. The mix should be reversed.

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How to Reduce the Pain of Board Reporting

Planful

The advantage for companies with a fast close process is that they can spend more time on value-added analysis and decision making – and deliver information faster to both internal and external stakeholders. Then there is additional time spent on external financial reporting and creating regulatory filings.

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Everything You Wanted to Know about FP&A Best Practices

Fpanda Club

CFO Innovation, Oct 12, 2016 5. Memo to the CFO: Get in front of digital finance – or get left back, McKinsey & Company, July 2018 8. Only 25% of FP&A teams ’ time is devoted to value-added analysis. How Is Your FP&A Function Performing Compared With Your Competitors?