Centage

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Successful businesses recognize the importance of financial planning and analysis. Also known as FP&A, financial planning and analysis refers to various planning and budgeting activities that help a company to make savvy decisions regarding its long-term goals.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

Centage

MARCH 2, 2022

CEOs and boards of directors ask their teams tough questions for a reason: They want to know how their company is performing against plans and identify risks or opportunities that lie ahead. To achieve this, you need a cloud-based financial reporting software that can support frequent forecasting, scenario planning, and reporting.

Financial Reporting

Centage

JANUARY 4, 2022

It’s that time of year again when many organizations are busy setting business objectives and planning budgets for the next fiscal year. Part of that effort requires a deep dive into the overall financial health of your organization. This hindsight focus is a necessary aspect of planning for the future of the business.

Financial Reporting

Centage

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Financial reporting is a critical task for any organization. Understanding where your actual financials stand in relation to budgets and projections is important to keeping your business on track and in helping to create new projections and budgets. When using spreadsheets for financial reporting, these errors are amplified.

Financial Reporting

Centage

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Successful businesses recognize the importance of financial planning and analysis. Also known as FP&A, financial planning and analysis refers to various planning and budgeting activities that help a company to make savvy decisions regarding its long-term goals. Greater Accuracy.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

Centage

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

When it comes to business budgeting and planning, traditional spreadsheets are labor-intensive, prone to errors, and static, so it can be difficult to get a clear view on your current and future financial position. With the fast pace of business change, CFOs need accurate financial information to make informed decisions on the fly.

Budgeting

Centage

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Building and managing an effective budget and plan can be daunting no matter what industry, but financial planning for nonprofits can be particularly difficult. Today’s financial professionals cannot be shackled by the disparate, static and error prone tools of a pre-pandemic world. The time for change is now.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

Future CFO

AUGUST 7, 2024

Ho notes that CFOs, with their wider lens, can lead a team to draw insights from data to address specific strategic needs. There is a clear distinction between data analysis for analysis sake (e.g. Budgets encourage a ‘fixed mindset’ and caps under which we operate.

Data Analysis

Future CFO

AUGUST 1, 2023

This highlights the demand for financial risk management and expense tracking capabilities in financial applications to identify current risks, prioritise profitability, eliminate the paper trail, and reduce administrative effort.

Invoicing

Centage

OCTOBER 3, 2022

If your business has used Excel for financial forecasting, you may have found some challenges with the program. These obstacles can become even more pronounced as your business grows and your financial planning gets increasingly complex. With these spreadsheets, you can store, organize and analyze valuable data.

Forecasting

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.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

Centage

JUNE 7, 2022

Once upon a time the role of CFO was focused on backward-looking data. However, these days, chief financial officers do a great deal more than financial reporting. In a post-pandemic landscape, financial scenario planning will continue to be of the utmost importance.

CFO

Future CFO

JULY 21, 2024

The finance team can make this possible through the management of associated risks with AI, as it plays a greater role in the accounting and financial reporting of businesses. Attracting and retaining qualified professionals with the right skillsets remains a challenge," he says. Technology has long been a game-changer for accounting.

Finance

Centage

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

As a business owner or chief financial officer (CFO), spreadsheets may be an important part of your financial forecasting, planning, and budgeting processes. As organizations expand, they will need to rely on more complex reporting functions.

Securities

Centage

MAY 23, 2022

Rolling budgets come with a number of advantages, including the ability to better predict outcomes and plan for where your company is headed. Fortunately, software tools can help minimize the time and resources required, helping companies get the data they need with less frustration. What’s a Rolling Forecast?

Forecasting

Centage

JULY 25, 2023

At Centage, we deliver an industry-leading solution known as Planning Maestro® to businesses like yours to overcome the challenges that Excel spreadsheets present. Highly Personalized Many Excel users utilize spreadsheets for personal budgeting and financial planning.

Budgeting

Centage

DECEMBER 1, 2021

According to Gartner , 71% of financial leaders are conducting cash flow forecasts more frequently than once a week — and they are being asked to share these financial scenarios with their superiors just as often. Produce scenario plans. Manage every dollar. Review all of your cash outflows/payments. Watch Demo.

Forecasting

Centage

JUNE 21, 2022

Rolling budgets come with a number of advantages, including the ability to better predict outcomes and plan for where your company is headed. Fortunately, software tools can help minimize the time and resources required, helping companies get the data they need with less frustration.

Forecasting

The Finance Weekly

JULY 19, 2022

FP&A stands for "financial planning and analysis," and is the backbone of the modern finance department. It’s the budgeting, financial forecasting, financial analysis, and decision-making that support an organization's health and strategy. Strategic financial planning. What is FP&A?

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

Spreadym

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) candidates are professionals who specialize in financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and analysis within an organization. They play a critical role in helping companies make informed financial decisions and allocate resources effectively.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

Centage

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

This is what only looking at traditional financial reporting is like. But without digging into more underlying data, it’s difficult to get a complete picture on why. As defined by Wikipedia, Business Intelligence comprises the strategies and technologies used by enterprises for the data analysis of business information.

Finance

Centage

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Sophisticated FP&A software tools like Planning Maestro enable finance teams to automate routine tasks such as manual data entry, accelerating workflows and improving forecasting. The end result is that you get the data you need faster for more accurate forecasts all without overburdening staff and increasing budgets.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

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. Also, what are your plans for training and developing your teams to work with AI?

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

CFO Share

JULY 27, 2023

AI Advantages and Opportunities for CFOs AI presents key advantages and opportunities for CFOs: AI Enhanced Data Analysis AI enables CFOs to analyze large volumes of financial data quickly and accurately, uncovering valuable insights for decision-making. Where will you take AI in your business?

CFO

Adam Kae

JULY 17, 2023

Mastering Budgeting and Forecasting Optimizing financial planning is crucial. It's important to have a specialized hire to help you go over industry benchmarks, historical data analysis, and forecasting techniques to enhance your decision-making process.

CFO

Centage

OCTOBER 3, 2022

If your business has used Excel for financial forecasting, you may have found some challenges with the program. These obstacles can become even more pronounced as your business grows and your financial planning gets increasingly complex. Why Businesses Use Spreadsheets for Financial Forecasting.

Forecasting

Collectiv

JUNE 13, 2023

Data analysis is a treasure trove for non-profits. Solid processes around nonprofit data give you critical information to highlight unique aspects of your organization, boost morale, increase credibility, enhance transparency, and build community awareness to support your mission.

Nonprofit

Centage

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

As a business owner or chief financial officer (CFO), spreadsheets may be an important part of your financial forecasting, planning, and budgeting processes. So, why are so many companies relying on them to handle their financial needs? As organizations expand, they will need to rely on more complex reporting functions.

Securities

Jedox Finance

JULY 11, 2023

According to KPMG, 65% of international dealmakers believe ESG is a key consideration when making investments and in merger and acquisition decisions, 1 and EY reports that 99% of investors use ESG disclosures as a part of their investment decision-making.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

Future CFO

AUGUST 30, 2021

According to Payscale.com , skills such as leadership, and financial reporting and strategic planning, won’t elevate your take-home pay much. As the pandemic continues to unfold, finance teams are heavily reliant on Controllers to gather and analyse snapshot data to manage bottom-line projections.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

The Finance Weekly

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Compliance: Abide by laws regarding environmental regulations, financial reporting, etc. These offices, sometimes called the Office of Strategy Management (OSM) or Project Management Offices (PMO), handle measures, reporting, strategic projects, alignment, communications, and strategic planning, which are all under the guise of CPM.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

Planful

MAY 27, 2015

Here’s some of the key points that panelists highlighted: Governance : Adopt public company standards – regular board meetings, financial reporting, auditing. Key traits of CFO in private equity company: Be objective, data-oriented. Ensure credibility – accurate reporting and forecasting, data analysis, advice.

CFO

The Finance Weekly

JANUARY 21, 2024

Under this familiar process, financial personnel export data from their organization's software, typically the company's Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. One workaround found in cumbersome financial reporting processes includes using old legacy Excel-based financial models.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

Centage

JANUARY 19, 2024

Cost allocation (also called spend allocation) refers to the strategic distribution of financial resources within a business to optimize operational efficiency and maximize profitability. It involves the meticulous planning and budgeting of funds across various facets of the organization, such as departments, projects, or physical locations.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

The Finance Weekly

APRIL 28, 2024

Also, the subscription service comes with cool features such as follows: Keeping tabs on inventory Sorting out your books Sending out invoices smoothly Managing payroll Dishing out financial reports Linking up with other apps for a seamless workflow Plus, you can share access with different permissions for your team.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

Boston Startup CFO

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Preparing for fundraising If you are planning to raise funds for your startup, there are many pitfalls and unknowns. A fractional CFO can provide significant value to the process by: Developing a financial plan : A financial plan is a key component of any fundraising effort.

CFO

Centage

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Sophisticated FP&A software tools like Planning Maestro enable finance teams to automate routine tasks such as manual data entry, accelerating workflows and improving forecasting. The end result is that you get the data you need faster for more accurate forecasts all without overburdening staff and increasing budgets.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)