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Beyond Budgeting – Are You Ready?

Planful

Most organizations spend 80% of their time collecting and validating data and 20% doing value-added analysis. Communicate your plans to change. The process drives bad behavior – including gaming and sandbagging by department managers. There’s something wrong with this picture. The mix should be reversed.

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Attracting and Retaining Top Finance Talent

Planful

Communication is key in creating a culture that appeals to Millennials and improving retention of Millennial staff members. Another panelist mentioned that Millennials have different expectations, therefore the CFO must use creative strategies to keep them motivated and engaged during changes in leadership.

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Everything You Wanted to Know about FP&A Best Practices

Fpanda Club

Preparing for the next level of financial planning and analysis, APQC, AFP, 2019 Some of the most interesting metrics include: Processes Annual budget cycle time lasts 25 days for top performers with 4 versions of budgets produced before final approval. Only 25% of FP&A teams ’ time is devoted to value-added analysis.