The Finance Weekly

AUGUST 27, 2023

Planful and Datarails are two of the leading FP&A solutions in 2023. Planful is an FP&A solution that was built for large companies and enterprises. Planful has a great AI feature called Planful Predict and it is a big selling point in 2023.

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The Finance Weekly

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The humble spreadsheet remains an essential, if not critical, component of many financial operations. As the outlook for the 2023 economy becomes more uncertain, finance professionals are looking to invest in technology that increases organizational efficiency and contributes to strategic decision-making. “Of

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Future CFO

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

At the FutureCFO conferences in Manila, Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur, at least half (perhaps more) of the finance professionals attending the local conferences raised their hands when asked who were using spreadsheets. The complexity of data management grows in tandem with a company's size. Earthweb estimates there are up to 1.5

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The Finance Weekly

MAY 25, 2022

Planning, Budgeting, Forecasting. A company’s plan, budget, and forecast are usually talked about all together, whether it be in the boardroom, in a company goal-setting sheet, or in general talk about FP&A. Financial Planning. Therefore it allows for more flexibility and creativity.

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Centage

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Why Accurate and Granular or Detailed Financial Reporting is Imperative During Times of Volatility. 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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Future CFO

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Unlike a typical financial downturn, the impact of COVID-19 pandemic has been far more difficult to predict. The virus continues to ravage the global population, effect changes in consumer behavior, unearth workforce planning challenges, precipitate demand drops, and create supply chain shocks across the business world.

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Centage

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Staying on top of your financial performance is vital for running your business. Budget vs actuals analysis is one of the most effective ways to maintain a clear picture of your company’s performance. Budget vs actuals analysis allows you to assess how well your organization is following its financial plans.

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The Finance Weekly

MARCH 5, 2024

The responses were enlightening, and we are excited to share our findings, highlighting the aspects that matter for finance departments and how the IT mindset has shifted around software implementations over the past three years. Given the multitude of answers and approaches available online, we've decided to provide a definitive answer.

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The Finance Weekly

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

What is a financial tech stack? A finance software stack is a list of top solutions that will produce the best results for finance teams. Finance is responsible for a large number of critical operations in a business. Here are the 7 best finance software solutions broken down into different categories: 1) Accounting.

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Centage

MAY 3, 2022

The leading provider of modern cloud-based FP&A solutions for mid-sized organizations, Centage Corporation prides itself on empowering today’s financial leaders to better guide their organizations to success. As a result, users can reduce manual tasks for budgeting and planning without compromising the integrity of the end result.

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Jedox Finance

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

While that wouldn’t make much sense these days, think about revenue planning, data, and processes. Sales Performance Management (SPM) is a unified approach to analyze, plan, and optimize sales processes withing an organization. In this eBook about 360° Planning you can learn more about the shift to xP&A.

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Centage

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Financial planning is a crucial part of sustaining and growing your business. The office of finance, department heads, and C-suite executives spend much of their time making, checking, and approving the yearly budget. And financial management doesn’t stop once the annual budget is approved.

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The Finance Weekly

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Understanding your company's current financial health and assessing the strength of your cash position is crucial. Without it, you won't know if you can make that capital investment or if you have the finances to hire to scale up production. Is your business set up to handle these dynamic market conditions?

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Future CFO

JULY 7, 2021

Loreal Jiles (pictured), Director of Research – Digital Technology & Finance Transformation, Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) weighs in on how CFOs can create an agile finance function and why it matters. Loreal Jiles, Director of Research – Digital Technology & Finance Transformation, IMA.

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Spreadym

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The best Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) software typically offers a range of features designed to help organizations effectively manage their financial performance. Users can input data, make adjustments, and project future financial scenarios.

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Planful

JANUARY 11, 2022

Consistent with their 2018 forecast, McKinsey’s late 2020 study found that organizations that invested more in digital than their competitors were twice as likely to report outsize revenue growth. Now is the time for CFOs at organizations of all sizes to lean on AI to plan, budget, and forecast with greater accuracy, speed, and confidence.

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Jedox Finance

JANUARY 23, 2020

A new calendar year can be a great time to take a renewed, fresh look at your business planning and performance management. In a perfect world, we would like an EPM system that manages organization-wide planning, reporting and analysis. Collection of organization-wide financial and non-financial data.

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Future CFO

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Among these are the changes that were faced in the financial planning and analysis function. FP&A solutions are important as they boost the finance department's ability to manage performance by linking corporate strategy to execution.

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Centage

JANUARY 17, 2023

Between a volatile stock market, high interest rates, supply chain issues, inflation, and a possible recession, having a solid financial planning process in place is an important piece of sustaining your business through challenging times. Today’s business leaders are facing unprecedented uncertainty.

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Centage

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Your business can use historical and recent business performance with the recurrent business cycle and seasonal trends to predict your organization’s financial performance in various scenarios. There is some risk to using past performance to inform your long-term plans, and this can be compounded during times of economic uncertainty.

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Centage

JANUARY 18, 2022

While spreadsheets have long reigned supreme as the foundation of budgeting and forecasting for many organizations, the shortcomings of this legacy, siloed tool have become too hard to ignore. Accuracy is the critical to the budgeting and forecasting process. How can we plan for an uncertain economy?

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The Finance Weekly

APRIL 13, 2024

Every modern enterprise, regardless of size, requires finance software to manage various aspects of its financial health. This includes tracking past financial activities, ensuring compliance and reporting, as well as forecasting future financial scenarios for better budgeting.

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Spreadym

MAY 15, 2023

FP&A (Financial Planning and Analysis) software is typically designed to meet the specific needs of finance professionals, CFOs, financial analysts, and other stakeholders involved in financial planning and analysis.

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Onplan

DECEMBER 16, 2021

This is where a great financial analyst can help you. Start with the end in mind: you want someone who naturally thinks about the business, and the future of the business—not just the financials. In short, you want a strategic finance person. The most talented FP&A pros are masters. But how do you find one?

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Onplan

DECEMBER 16, 2021

This is where a great financial analyst can help you. Start with the end in mind: you want someone who naturally thinks about the business, and the future of the business—not just the financials. In short, you want a strategic finance person. The most talented FP&A pros are masters. But how do you find one?

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Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Sales Finance Forecasting 52

Centage

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Your business can use historical and recent business performance with the recurrent business cycle and seasonal trends to predict your organization’s financial performance in various scenarios. There is some risk to using past performance to inform your long-term plans, and this can be compounded during times of economic uncertainty.

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Future CFO

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The financial landscape is evolving at breakneck speed, driven by big data, globalisation, and digitisation. The pressure on finance leaders to deliver strategic insights and ensure compliance is mounting in this dynamic environment. From reactive to proactive: Embracing the power of insights CFOs do not lack data.

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Spreadym

JULY 10, 2023

The financial close process, also known as the accounting close process or month-end close, is a series of steps undertaken by an organization to finalize its financial records for a specific accounting period. Adjustments are made to ensure that financial statements reflect the economic reality of the period being closed.

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The Finance Weekly

APRIL 28, 2024

These let you link up your accounting and finance software with all the top business apps out there. Quickbooks Online Overview QuickBooks Online is an accounting software that lets companies, big or small, handle finances from anywhere with an internet connection. It's way easier to use than the desktop one.

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Planful

MAY 7, 2021

Massive change has expanded the importance of Finance and HR’s roles within organizations. Planning for the workforce of tomorrow requires visibility into everything from organization-wide workforce costs to department-level compensation costs. Why FP&A Technology for Workforce Planning? Plan Dynamically.

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Centage

JULY 25, 2023

Though some businesses rely on Excel for budgeting and financial management needs, the software has some notable disadvantages that may make it a less-than-optimal solution for your business. To maintain multiple spreadsheets, you will be required to perform manual data entry. Otherwise, you risk sharing incorrect financial data.

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Centage

JANUARY 4, 2024

Growing businesses face an increasing need for accurate financial forecasting and planning. In the pursuit of business growth, they must move beyond makeshift arrangements and adopt refined methodologies for their cash flow forecasts and projections.

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Planful

JUNE 8, 2016

A recent Argyle virtual event sponsored by Planful discussed the role of CFOs in today’s business world, and the increased focus on financial planning and analysis (FP&A). Argyle Virtual Event: Spotlight on FP&A. Looking Toward the Future of FP&A. Restructuring FP&A Models.

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Jedox Finance

MARCH 7, 2023

Take a look at how real teams and organizations around the globe have experienced an elevated state of planning and achieved the adaptability, integration, and simplicity they need to shape the future. Chemical manufacturer plans for any scenario Integrating cross-organizational data 3.

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Future CFO

JUNE 1, 2022

Rigid data silos have been replaced with more fluid methods of working as technology-enabled collaboration provides a comprehensive, company-wide, real-time overview for agility when plans change. Now when a measurable change occurs, Finance can respond quickly and flexibly. Australian footwear retailer.

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Planful

OCTOBER 5, 2021

If you work in finance, you’ll probably agree that speeding up the headache that is the month-end close wouldn’t be such a bad thing. Who could argue with fewer days spent in consolidation, forecasting, and reporting? These finance teams aren’t just closing faster. That’s what the finance department at LT Apparel Group did.

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Planful

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

I had a chance to connect with Nilly Essaides , the Director and Practice Lead, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) at the Association for Financial Professionals. Here’s what she had to say about what’s new and what’s coming in FP&A.

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