Data Analysis, Finance and Financial Analysis

Why Is Financial Analysis Important?

CFO Network

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

If you’re a business owner and you can’t easily answer these questions, there is a good chance you need to consider financial analysis. Financial analysis can help you get a better idea of your organization’s larger financial picture. What Is Financial Analysis?

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Preparing Your Finance Organization for the New Era of AI

CFO Leadership

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Future-forward finance and accounting organizations were quick to embrace robotic process automation (RPA) years ago to manage mundane, repetitive back-office tasks like data entry and routine financial reporting. AI is a tool and not a replacement for finance professionals.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

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5 Excel-heavy Pain Points still Dragging down finance teams in 2024

The Finance Weekly

JANUARY 21, 2024

When you’re making small-talk with someone who isn’t in finance or accounting about how work is going, and they answer with “busy,” do you ever question how hard it really is? spoke to 20 finance teams for research on this article. spoke to 20 finance teams for research on this article. These processes vary.

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AIs Impact on Corporate Finance

The Finance Weekly

JULY 31, 2023

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is gradually revolutionizing various industries, including the field of accounting and finance. In a recent webinar sponsored by Datarails , the FP&A solution for Excel users, three distinguished finance leaders came together to discuss the impact of AI on corporate finance.

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How to Find the Best FP&A Candidates for Your Team

Spreadym

OCTOBER 3, 2023

FP&A candidates typically have a background in finance, accounting, or a related field and possess a combination of skills and knowledge in financial analysis, modeling, and strategic planning. Experience: FP&A candidates may have prior experience in financial analysis, accounting, or related roles.

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Elevating tomorrow’s finance leaders today

Future CFO

AUGUST 30, 2021

What makes for a sought-after chief finance professional (CFO)? According to Payscale.com , skills such as leadership, and financial reporting and strategic planning, won’t elevate your take-home pay much. These days, strong computer skills, as are advanced knowledge of accounting, budgeting, and finances. David Jones.

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Comprehensive Guide to FP&A Salaries

The Finance Weekly

AUGUST 5, 2023

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) involve a range of activities, including planning, forecasting, budgeting, and analytical tasks, all of which are vital in providing essential support for a company's major business decisions and overall financial well-being.

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Where Can FP&A Career Path Take You?

Fpanda Club

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

The growing variety and complexity of tasks within the finance function has resulted in the creation of a discipline that is supposed to become a bridge between the finance and business to support decision-making process by leveraging data and technology. This relates to FP&A which stands for financial planning and analysis.

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5 Ways to Mitigate the Accountant Shortage

CFO Leadership

APRIL 2, 2024

Lessen the workload with technology Many accountants spend a large portion of their time doing basic, repetitive tasks rather than more strategic financial analysis. Here are five ways that CFOs can proactively mitigate the impact of the accountant shortage: 1.

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Musings on Markets: Data Update 1 for 2023: Setting the table!

CFO News Room

JANUARY 7, 2023

In this post, I will provide a motivation, if you need one, for why I create and share the data updates, followed up by a description of my data sample, which includes publicly traded companies listed and traded across the world, as well as the data variables that I estimate and report.

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A Buyer’s Guide for the Top 10 FP&A Software 2022

The Finance Weekly

JULY 19, 2022

FP&A software assists CFOs, finance leaders, and FP&A experts in ensuring the financial health of their organization by tracking and analyzing current outcomes and forecasting future performance. FP&A stands for "financial planning and analysis," and is the backbone of the modern finance department.

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What Controllers Can Do to Help Leverage FP&A Solutions

The Finance Weekly

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Although all members of a finance team play a role in the integration and use of FP&A solutions, the influence of the Financial Controller (FC) is particularly important to note. Complete data analysis (DA). Such software can improve FP&A team’s data insights, accuracy, efficiency, management, and reporting.

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9 Signs Your Startup Needs a Fractional CFO - By JP Puchulu

Boston Startup CFO

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Helping access financing : If you need additional funding to meet your cash flow needs, a CFO can help you explore financing options, such as loans or investments, and assist with the application process. This can help you to be more productive and effective as a business owner, and to better utilize your time and resources.

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Pragmatically Navigating New Technologies in The New Year

The Finance Weekly

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Business intelligence, data security, and and has proved particularly effective for finance departments, given the recent powerful innovations in finance technologies. Consider how data analytics and visualization tools are becoming more powerful and easy to use. For example, could RPA benefit the team?

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Data Update 1 for 2024: The data speaks, but what does it say?

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 5, 2024

Along the way, more people than I ever imagined have found my data of use, and while I still have no desire to be a data service, I have an obligation to be transparent about my data analysis processes. Financing Flows 5. Insider, CEO & Institutional holdings 2. Aggregate operating numbers 3. Beta & Risk 1.

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Data Update 1 for 2021: A (Data) Look Back at a Most Forgettable Year (2020)!

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 9, 2021

In this post, I will start with a rationalization of why I do this data analysis every year, follow up with a description (geographic and sector) of the overall universe of companies that are in my analysis, list out the variables that I estimate and report, and conclude with a short caveat about 2020 data.

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Data Update 1 for 2023: Setting the table!

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 6, 2023

In this post, I will provide a motivation, if you need one, for why I create and share the data updates, followed up by a description of my data sample, which includes publicly traded companies listed and traded across the world, as well as the data variables that I estimate and report. Data: Trickle to a Flood!

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Why Is Financial Analysis Important?

Preparing Your Finance Organization for the New Era of AI

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5 Excel-heavy Pain Points still Dragging down finance teams in 2024

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AIs Impact on Corporate Finance

How to Find the Best FP&A Candidates for Your Team

Elevating tomorrow’s finance leaders today

Comprehensive Guide to FP&A Salaries

Where Can FP&A Career Path Take You?

5 Ways to Mitigate the Accountant Shortage

Musings on Markets: Data Update 1 for 2023: Setting the table!

A Buyer’s Guide for the Top 10 FP&A Software 2022

What Controllers Can Do to Help Leverage FP&A Solutions

9 Signs Your Startup Needs a Fractional CFO - By JP Puchulu

Pragmatically Navigating New Technologies in The New Year

Data Update 1 for 2024: The data speaks, but what does it say?

Data Update 1 for 2021: A (Data) Look Back at a Most Forgettable Year (2020)!

Data Update 1 for 2023: Setting the table!

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