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Budget vs Actuals: The Key to Measuring Business Performance  

Centage

Develop a plan to address the variances in your financial forecasting. Revenue Variances You always want to analyze the differences in your sales forecasting and what the revenue ended up being. This process involves financial modeling of different outcomes based on various assumptions. Take Action.

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What is Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)?

Spreadym

FP&A is a process used by organizations to develop and manage their financial plans and make informed decisions based on financial analysis. It involves forecasting, budgeting, analyzing, and reporting financial information to support strategic planning and operational decision-making.

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Change Management: The Modern CFO’s Blueprint 

CFO Talks

Identifying Strategic Priorities The process begins with a thorough analysis of the current financial landscape and an evaluation of emerging technologies, like AI, that can significantly enhance operational efficiencies. Measuring Progress Finally, establishing clear metrics to measure the success of the finance agenda is essential.

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How Technology Will Change FP&A Forever

Jedox Finance

These are often not “out of the box” solutions and will require us to spend time learning new skills in process automation, analytics and financial modeling. 3-way predictions or forecasts typically include the Income Statement, Balance Sheets and Cash Flow Statements. Financial Modeling. Crystal ball.

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What’s New in Finance Transformation?  EPM, Cloud, Big Data and More

Planful

Here, I was expecting Finance Transformation to be the top response, but was pleased to see Financial Modeling coming in as the top initiative at 49% of responses. This was followed closely by Forecasting with Predictive Analytics (26%), then Financial Transformation (41%). 25% – Zero Based Budgeting.

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Falling Short – The Limitations of Using Spreadsheets for Modern Budgeting and Planning

Centage

Excel requires a lot of specialized knowledge and managing financials within it can be particularly brittle and unreliable. Multiple Users and Sharing Spreadsheets In the early days of a company’s life cycle, it can easily set up its financials in a single workbook on a single budget spreadsheet.

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3 Benefits of Planning Your Workforce with a Modern FP&A Platform

Planful

This will ultimately help your business by: Creating workforce planning scenarios, connected to hiring plans and financial models. For effective workforce planning, an FP&A platform helps your teams leverage a single source of truth to better understand how to set clear objectives for strategic analysis.