Future CFO

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) teams play a crucial role in companies by performing budgeting, forecasting, and analysis that support major corporate decisions of the CFO, CEO, and the Board of Directors. How things have changed for the FP&A teams. With technology, it has become FP&A 2.0.

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Lime Light

MARCH 29, 2023

Businesses are taking longer than ever to complete their financial planning and analysis activities. To that end, we’ve compiled a list of FP&A case study examples with companies who solved time-consuming FP&A, saving hundreds of hours. But that is achievable - with the right tool.

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Future CFO

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Technology adoption in FP&A is set to accelerate, driven by macroeconomic uncertainty and ongoing disruptions, said Gartner recently. Making FP&A more predictive and agile will offer enormous benefits and help to make the business more responsive to changing economic conditions and new opportunities.”.

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Fpanda Club

APRIL 11, 2021

Many FP&A professionals have faced the misunderstanding of the role of the FP&A function and its core activities in the company. This article explores the most common myths surrounding the financial planning and analysis function, its key activities and outputs which many FP&A stakeholders believe in.

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Jedox Finance

JANUARY 3, 2023

Financial planning and analysis (FP&A) is evolving into a whole new area of influence with cross-departmental and cross-dimensional impact. Accurate, frequent, and integrated business planning is crucial as geopolitical tensions, worldwide inflation, and supply chain disruption continue to reshape the global economy.

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The Finance Weekly

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Extended Planning and Analysis (xP&A) is a form of financial planning that takes the best financial planning and analysis capabilities and extends them into other fields across the organization. Continuous planning. Benefits of xP&A. Improved performance across the organization.

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Spreadym

MAY 10, 2023

What-if analysis is a technique used in financial planning and decision-making business software to assess the potential outcomes of different scenarios or changes in variables. It involves evaluating the impact of various "what-if" situations on financial flows projections, business performance measures, or outcomes.

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Centage

MARCH 7, 2023

At Centage, we’re committed to equipping finance teams to meet this challenge by providing automated, cloud FP&A software solutions that make it easy to perform the detailed, bottom-up budgeting and sophisticated scenario analysis needed to spot risks and opportunities early. So how are CFOs shifting their goals for 2023?

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CFO Dive

JANUARY 21, 2022

Advances in technology, the rise of the cloud and COVID-19 have made financial planning and analysis a must-have function for companies' ability to act effectively in the face of change.

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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. What is FP&A? Why do you need FP&A? The top 10 best FP&A Software Tools Available.

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The Finance Weekly

AUGUST 30, 2022

Why are FP&A software tools essential for small businesses? FP&A software tools are increasingly important for businesses of all sizes. Historically, FP&A teams primarily existed as a separate department, mostly among large and established companies. But all of that has changed. ,

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Mckinsey and Company

MARCH 17, 2022

By focusing on execution in operations and strategy development, business unit financial planning and analysis teams are gaining more agency and helping to transform their organizations.

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Lime Light

MARCH 1, 2023

Prepare for Growth with the Best FP&A Tools As your organization grows, it will necessarily require new tools and solutions to ensure that it can manage the increased complexity when budgeting and reporting - new hires, new teams, new expenditures, new revenue streams, etc. For many businesses, they rely on Excel to manage their FP&A.

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Jedox Finance

APRIL 24, 2022

In this post we will take a closer look at FP&A – what the meaning of FP&A is, where you should start and how your company can benefit from it. From different use cases to the solution for current challenges – learn how the finance department can take advantage of Financial Planning and Analysis.

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Centage

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Between pandemic insecurities, a supply chain crisis, labor shortages, and the growing threat of recession, companies that rely on traditional planning and forecasting may find themselves struggling to stay competitive. To stay agile and accurate, businesses need to utilize automated financial tools that allow for rolling forecasts.

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Jedox Finance

DECEMBER 28, 2021

According to Gartner, 70% of new financial planning and analysis (FP&A) projects are slated to become extended planning and analysis (xP&A) projects by 2024. Historically, financial planning & analysis has centered around tasks such as planning, budgeting, forecasting, and performance management.

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The SaaS CFO

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

This function is the financial planning and analysis (FP&A) department. I rose through the ranks of the FP&A in public companies, so I have experienced all shapes and sizes of this critical department. Fundamentally, an FP&A team […].

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The Finance Weekly

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Three FP&A solution companies scored big in this year’s company awards given out by job hunting website Comparably. Datarails, Vena, and Workday, leaders in the large and competitive field of FP&A software, all won multiple awards in the employee salary, benefits, and leadership categories. Vena ranked #54. Workday ranked #57.

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Onplan

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Finance professionals and teams today have numerous solutions available to help them plan, budget, forecast, and analyze financial information. However, not all FP&A tools are created equal. The 10 best FP&A companies featured in this list are: OnPlan. So, what is the best FP&A software? Key features.

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Future CFO

MARCH 2, 2023

Autonomous technology in finance will impact FP&A and controllership in three ways, as acceptance of these technologies among finance leaders is more prevalent, said Gartner recently. “80% FP&A teams build reports and analysis using data from multiple — and often disconnected — systems, the firm said.

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Cube Software

AUGUST 30, 2022

Financial planning and analysis (FP&A) are vital to an organization’s financial health.

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Centage

MAY 31, 2022

Just as content is king in the world of marketing, when it comes to financial decision-making, data is everything. If you want to outsell the competition, then upgrading your financial planning and analysis (FP&A) efforts is of the utmost importance.

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The Finance Weekly

MARCH 26, 2023

Recently, FP&A companies have been getting creative with their humorous ads. Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) is quite similar in that it is difficult for most people outside of the field to get too excited about numbers, spreadsheets, and reports. Who said there can’t be any humor in finance?

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Future CFO

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

It went to note that FP&A and reporting teams have been stretched as the demand for rapid and effective business insight from finance has proved critical for many organisations which have been placed under acute stress. Crisis-born FP&A best practice. “Life challenges us, so that we become enlightened. Siang Leng Tay.

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Centage

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The Value of Stress Testing Your Financial Plan. As we approach the end of the fiscal year and begin a new one, business leaders have an overriding concern: How accurate are the assumptions we made when we created our plan? All plans, to a certain extent, are based on assumptions. Scenario Planning and Goal Alignment.

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Centage

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Workforce planning is important to meeting your organization’s strategic vision, but it’s something that many consider a kind of fortune telling. In reality, it’s more science than art, and should be a critical component of management’s operational planning – especially during uncertain times. Download the Workforce Planning Toolkit.

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The Finance Weekly

AUGUST 30, 2022

Why are FP&A software tools essential for startups and small businesses? FP&A software tools are increasingly important for businesses of all sizes. Historically, FP&A teams primarily existed as a separate department, mostly among large and established companies. But all of that has changed. ,

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Centage

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Between pandemic insecurities, a supply chain crisis, labor shortages, and the growing threat of recession, companies that rely on traditional planning and forecasting may find themselves struggling to stay competitive. Frequency of FP&A process should increase . How detailed are your models, drivers, and assumptions?

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The Finance Weekly

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

A study by the University of Baltimore and Excel-based FP&A company, , DataRails , lays out the full economic costs of businesses sticking with manually prepared financial reports. billion is the first number that came out of the research and this represents the total amount of money lost by manual financial work. .

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The Finance Weekly

JUNE 22, 2022

However, by implementing FP&A automation, their customers will be provided a more in-depth analysis that will set them up for any scenario that can occur in the coming months. To top it all off, the current market downturn and continued inflation is putting additional strains on companies’ forecasting and planning efforts.

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Centage

MAY 10, 2022

Bring SaaS to Your Budgeting & Planning. Planning Maestro offers the sophisticated features needed by small and mid-market organizations to integrate budgeting, forecasting, and deep data analysis within one easy-to-use, scalable SaaS solution. In other words, SaaS runs on the provider’s server rather than the company’s.

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Anaplan

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Companies use financial planning and analysis (FP&A) to forecast financial profit and loss supporting their overall business strategies. It allows leaders to effectively manage cash flow and make the best use of their capital while making useful decisions on both operational and strategic levels.

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Future CFO

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Traditional FP&A processes provide a structured approach to budgeting, planning, forecasting, and reporting so that the finance team can deliver analysis that helps senior executives understand the financial impact of their decisions.

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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. Did manufacturing costs increase?

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Lime Light

JANUARY 19, 2023

Understanding the Qualities of the Best FP&A Software The best FP&A software is designed to reduce inefficiencies in your financial reporting and provide more comprehensive insights, saving time and money.

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CFO News

MAY 5, 2023

Mayank Khandelwal says the company has created five pillars – commercial and business finance, financial planning & analysis (FP&A), treasury and cash, controllership/ compliance, and IT – and all finance regions will be aligned with these capabilities.

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Centage

JUNE 14, 2022

They also need to plan for a number of scenarios, and to assess the impact of each on the financial statements. This trifecta — real-time data ingestion, automated scenario planning, and instant and accurate reporting — delivers the insights, shared version of truth and confidence business leaders need.

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