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50 Shades of FP&A Maturity

Fpanda Club

This article describes the FP&A maturity assessment model focused on major tasks of the function (strategic planning and budgeting, forecasting, analytics, management reporting, performance management and decision support) and built around 3 key areas – processes, tools/systems and people.

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Strategic Budgeting and Forecasting: Five Questions to Consider

Centage

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 easily can I create and track an accurate budget from the plan?

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Strategic budgeting and forecasting: Five questions to consider

Centage

While spreadsheets have long reigned supreme as the foundation of budgeting and forecasting for many organizations, the shortcomings of this legacy tool, and the silos it creates, have become impossible to ignore. It’s never a bad time to consider how to improve your overall budgeting and forecasting process.

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Best Workforce Planning Software Tools for 2024

The Finance Weekly

To align human resources (HR) strategies with ,, business objectives , you should consider the costs associated with developing and sustaining your workforce within your overall financial planning. In uncertain business landscapes, companies using workforce planning solutions gain a competitive edge by making faster, data-driven decisions.

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Best Workforce Planning Software Tools for 2024

The Finance Weekly

To align human resources (HR) strategies with ,, business objectives , you should consider the costs associated with developing and sustaining your workforce within your overall financial planning. In uncertain business landscapes, companies using workforce planning solutions gain a competitive edge by making faster, data-driven decisions.

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Why Excel Spreadsheets Are Not Meant for Business Budgeting

Centage

Risk of Errors with Excel Spreadsheets The risk of errors is one of the greatest challenges that businesses face when using Excel spreadsheets for budgeting and financial forecasting. Consolidating your financial data across several general ledgers quickly becomes complicated when you use spreadsheets.

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Two CFO-Level Accounting Tools to Add Value to Your Accounting Services

The CFO College

Acquiring these advanced types of services, like setting up a permanent audit trail, rolling cash forecast, month-end reporting, and strategic planning, is the secret sauce your potential client needs to know how their money flows in and out of their company (and what their financial future will look like).