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. Learn how to do it right.

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Jedox Finance

JUNE 26, 2019

We are pleased to welcome an expert in Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), Mr. Anders Liu-Lindberg, as a guest to the Jedox blog. In a large scale survey by a global firm, CFOs named Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) a top priority to transform and derive more value.

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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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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. Understanding Workforce Planning.

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Fpanda Club

APRIL 18, 2022

Marketing teams, being among FP&A’s counterparties, are usually considered to be the most creative people in the company. FP&A team’s internal customers expect finance professionals to be more interactive and be able to communicate information and insights in the most efficient way.

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BlueLight

MAY 1, 2020

Traditionally, the chief financial officer (CFO) is responsible for tracking the company’s past and present financial situation and ensuring on-time and accurate financial reporting. Today, the CFO is expected to inform strategic decisions that drive the success of the company. Source: Vena Solutions What is FP&A?

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The Finance Weekly

OCTOBER 13, 2021

The development of , FP&A solutions (particularly, innovations such as financial software) in recent years has empowered many organizations to both better understand and significantly improve their performance. Compliance: Abide by laws regarding environmental regulations, financial reporting, etc.

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Onplan

DECEMBER 16, 2021

What are the most common myths about FP&A software you’ve heard? Finance departments are increasingly looking for solutions to help them make more proactive, data-driven decisions and connect the dots between finance and business operations teams to improve collaboration in strategic planning and budgeting.

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Onplan

DECEMBER 16, 2021

What are the most common myths about FP&A software you’ve heard? Finance departments are increasingly looking for solutions to help them make more proactive, data-driven decisions and connect the dots between finance and business operations teams to improve collaboration in strategic planning and budgeting.

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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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Focus CFO

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Some business owners downplay the complexity of Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) and mistakenly task their accounting team with this crucial function, or hope their CPA firm can be of help. Let’s examine how an outsourced, fractional CFO can improve FP&A: Improving Data. .” – Lao Tzu.

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CFO Share

MARCH 23, 2021

A rolling 12-month forecast projects financial performance over a 12-month time horizon using the “add/drop” approach to forecasting. Unlike a budget or calendar year forecast, a rolling 12-month forecast adds one month to the forecast period each time a month is closed so that you are continuously forecasting for 12 months.

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The Finance Weekly

OCTOBER 8, 2023

To handle these challenges well, it's crucial to plan carefully and use efficient tools for managing finances. Budgeting software can greatly help by , automating financial tasks , making processes more efficient, and leading the business toward long-term success. Managing a small business comes with many challenges.

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Planful

JULY 9, 2020

Planning and decision-making expert Howard Dresner, Chief Research Officer at Dresner Advisory Services recently released its “ 2020 Wisdom of Crowds Enterprise Performance Management Market Study ” report. You can also tune into my recent episode of our Being Planful podcast where I dive deeper with Howard himself.

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Planful

JUNE 15, 2017

So what does the day-to-day role of FP&A look like in today’s landscape, and how has it evolved? How can the executive team best support and invest in the FP&A function? This was the focus of a recent Argyle/CFO webinar sponsored by Planful. Key Challenges Facing FP&A. How the Role of FP&A Has Changed.

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CFO Leadership

JANUARY 25, 2024

If a group of chief financial officers (CFOs) from 2018 stepped out of a time machine into their 2023 offices, they would be astonished by what they saw. Environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics and measurements would top their priority lists. This is the case for both publicly and privately held organizations.

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CFO Leadership

JANUARY 5, 2024

If a group of chief financial officers (CFOs) from 2018 stepped out of a time machine into their 2023 offices, they would be astonished by what they saw. Environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics and measurements would top their priority lists. This is the case for both publicly and privately held organizations.

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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

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. What makes for a sought-after chief finance professional (CFO)? These days, strong computer skills, as are advanced knowledge of accounting, budgeting, and finances.

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Onplan

DECEMBER 16, 2021

That’s why the role of the finance leader in understanding the financial impact of operational choices—before they’re made—is absolutely essential. Serving as a strategic advisor by connecting cross-company insights. The CFO’s biggest value to a SaaS company is their ability to provide strategic advice. Let’s dive in.

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Onplan

DECEMBER 16, 2021

That’s why the role of the finance leader in understanding the financial impact of operational choices—before they’re made—is absolutely essential. Serving as a strategic advisor by connecting cross-company insights. The CFO’s biggest value to a SaaS company is their ability to provide strategic advice. Let’s dive in.

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Centage

APRIL 24, 2023

As change continues to add uncertainty to the Healthcare sector finance leaders remain tasked with effectively analyzing, monitoring and predicting the financial performance of your organization. Today, it’s a fast-paced business world. Accelerate your budgeting cycles and minimize the risk of data errors.

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Planful

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

What are some of the biggest problems with the annual budget, and how can teams improve budget planning? After all, a budget is simply a financial plan for a set duration of the company, including the projected income and expenses of the business. Don’t rely on fixed forecast intervals. Budgets can be strange.

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BlueLight

JULY 30, 2020

The financial implication of these decision is critical and the CFO is the executive helping the CEO navigate these decisions. Historically, the CFO role was focused on backward looking information: ensuring on-time and accurate financial reporting. Pre Series B, it’s a part-time role to simply track past financial numbers.

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Spreadym

JULY 3, 2023

Scenario planning is a strategic management tool used to explore and prepare for the future by developing and analyzing multiple plausible future scenarios. Scenario planning helps you address this uncertainty by considering multiple scenarios with different assumptions and outcomes.

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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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Planful

JUNE 17, 2021

Over the years, the chief financial officer’s (CFO) role has evolved from gatekeeper to trusted advisor and business partner. But not every CFO thrives in the strategic planning side of their role. Many finance leaders confuse financial planning with strategic planning. ” Why the disconnect? .”

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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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Future CFO

DECEMBER 7, 2020

ST: I’m reporting to the CEO and board of directors, providing leadership in all aspects of business and finance, including strategic planning, annual business plan, rolling forecast, financial management, treasury, regulatory reporting, internal controls, taxation, and procurement. Sereen Teoh, CFO, BIG Loyalty.

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Boston Startup CFO

OCTOBER 22, 2014

Hiring a CFO doesn’t make much sense for most startups until they achieve “meaningful revenue”; annual revenues hit about $100 million or more; until the founders and board started planning seriously for an IPO; or other significant liquidity event. Many founders and CEOs of startups don’t spend a lot of time thinking about CFOs.

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The Finance Weekly

DECEMBER 20, 2023

If you're in charge of a team, you understand the importance of using ,, workforce planning software in today's business world. Importance of Workforce Planning Tools Workforce planning involves analyzing and predicting the number of employees you need to achieve your business goals in the short and long term.

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The Finance Weekly

DECEMBER 20, 2023

If you're in charge of a team, you understand the importance of using ,, workforce planning software in today's business world. Importance of Workforce Planning Tools Workforce planning involves analyzing and predicting the number of employees you need to achieve your business goals in the short and long term.

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Planful

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

His session was titled “Getting Future Ready: How to Master Business Forecasting.” The BBRT is a member-based consortium of companies who have joined together to find better ways to plan and control operations. This research has resulted in finding fundamentally better ways to plan and control operations. Steve: Sure, John.

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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. Otherwise, you risk sharing incorrect financial data. Excel formulas can make performing simple calculations easy and automatic.

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Future CFO

AUGUST 24, 2020

As companies scramble to adjust to this unprecedented event, pressure is mounting on FP&A teams to recalibrate their forecasts – not only through the end of 2020 but well into 2021. Three things have been missing in FP&A teams and they are likely going to be factored in moving forward,” he said. Himashi Soriano.

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Jedox Finance

JULY 3, 2019

In the first post “ The Future of FP&A ” of this blog series, we discussed how the CFO must be the guide, and Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) must take control of new and changing expectations for the finance department. ” Why: Overall tone for FP&A. .”

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CFO Leadership

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Less familiarity with regional and national growth data as well as other factors affecting near- and long-term forecasts. WE ARE PROUD TO ALIGN WITH ORACLE NETSUITE AS A NATIONAL SPONSOR OF THE CFO LEADERSHIP COUNCIL. ART WITTMANN, EDITOR, BRAINYARD AT ORACLE NETSUITE PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF FINDINGS FROM THEIR RECENT 2021 SURVEY.

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