Future CFO

MARCH 3, 2025

This doesn't necessarily translate to job losses, but rather a shift in required skills. This is forcing finance leaders to integrate ESG considerations into their financial planning, reporting, and investment decisions. Integrate ESG : Incorporate ESG considerations into financial planning, reporting, and investment decisions.

Finance

CFO Talks

MAY 8, 2025

A sudden change in regulations can transform a profitable investment into a costly liability. Build Contingency Plans Even the best investments can go wrong. Thats why you need a Plan B (and maybe even a Plan C). Set loss limits and exit triggers for your investments. Legal and Regulatory Risk: Are you compliant?

Investments

CFO Talks

AUGUST 6, 2025

What to Consider Before Crossing the Border If your business is planning to expand internationally or already operates in multiple regions, here are critical areas that require your attention: 1. Entity Structure and Tax Planning You need to determine the best structure for expansion: branch, subsidiary, joint venture, or holding company.

Foreign Exchange

CFO Talks

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Without proper planning, companies may struggle to pay bills, manage debts, or take advantage of new opportunities. Invest money wisely to earn profits without taking unnecessary risks. These changes can make it difficult for businesses to plan, which is why companies must be prepared to handle financial ups and downs.

Treasury

CFO Plans

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

It’s imperative to track financial health indicators, such as cash flow statements, balance sheets, and profit and loss accounts. Learn how CFO Plans can help you monitor these vital signs. Sustainable growth strategies ensure that every step forward is backed by careful planning and financial stability.

Cash Flow Forecasting

Musings on Markets

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The focus of my writing has always been on markets and companies, more micro than macro, and I am sure that you will find my spouting off about who I voted for, and why, off-putting, much as I did in his cycle, when celebrities and sports stars told me their voting plans. It is based on a book by Robert Harris , one of my favorite authors.)

Marketing

Barry Ritholtz

MAY 6, 2025

What was the career plan? Because what we would do is we would parachute into places like British Airways, Montreal Trust Ca Industries, and we were like the external strategic planning. And I kept roughly half the profits and there was no training. Oh my God profit. Not, not for me, $500 trading profit.

Profit and Loss

Centage

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

There is some risk to using past performance to inform your long-term plans, and this can be compounded during times of economic uncertainty. Your company needs to make plans for the future. What Is Financial Forecasting? Forecast vs. Budget Though similar, a budget and a forecast serve different purposes.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

Centage

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

However, one of the most important planning tools for a business of any size is cash flow forecasting – and it’s especially important in times of uncertainty. Knowing the timing, amount and predictability of future cash flows with cash flow forecasting should be an essential component of the budgeting and planning process.

Cash Flow Forecasting

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

in premarket trading despite reporting a smaller-than-expected quarterly loss and revenue that topped Wall Street forecasts. after reporting better-than-expected quarterly revenue, even though its loss was larger than analysts had anticipated. in premarket action after a weaker-than-expected sales forecast.

Profit and Loss

CFO Share

AUGUST 5, 2021

Your strategic business forecasting must include proper considerations for section 280E – this is essential to planning cash flow and avoiding catastrophic tax bills at year-end. In simple terms, that means the cannabis industry taxable income is closer to its revenue rather than profit. What is IRS section 280E?

Forecasting

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Tapestry (TPR) – The company behind the Coach and Kate Spade brands beat top and bottom line estimates for its latest quarter, but cut its full-year forecast for the impact of the strong U.S. in the premarket after it reported a wider-than-expected quarterly loss.

Profit and Loss

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

after the company reported better-than-expected earnings for its latest quarter, along with revenue that was roughly in line with Wall Street forecasts. Analysts surveyed by Refinitiv forecast earnings of 11 cents per share on revenue of $456 million. UBS highlighted Tal’s strong topline beat and improved profitability outlook.

Profit and Loss

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Starbucks — The Seattle-based coffee company jumped nearly 9% after reporting quarterly profit and revenue that topped expectations. Twilio — Twilio’s stock plunged nearly 36%, a day after the company issued a weaker-than-expected sales forecast. Net sales rose 3.35

Profit and Loss

Centage

AUGUST 29, 2022

Along with being agile and able to pivot on a dime, these businesses have the ability to make decisions and act on them with confidence, and that means mastering the art of scenario planning. The end result is improved forecasting when it comes to revenue, profitability, and cash flow.

Planning

CFO News Room

DECEMBER 26, 2022

in the premarket after its quarterly profit and revenue fell well short of estimates. versus FactSet’s consensus forecast of a 16.9% in premarket trading after the chip maker reported a wider-than-expected quarterly loss and revenue that fell short of Wall Street forecasts.

Profit and Loss

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Disney — Shares of the media giant slid more than 11% after the company’s quarterly results missed Wall Street expectations on revenue and profit, as both its parks and media divisions underperformed estimates. after the company reported another quarterly loss as operational costs increased. AMC Entertainment — Shares dropped 9.8%

Profit and Loss

CFO News Room

JANUARY 28, 2023

Paco Freire/Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Intel — The chipmaker suffered a 9% loss in its shares in early morning trading after its latest financial results missed analysts’ estimates and showed significant declines in the company’s sales, profit and gross margin.

Profit and Loss

CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The retailer could see upside to expected profit in 2024 and 2025 as its strategic plan takes shape, according to the firm. The company’s fiscal second-quarter revenue topped analysts’ forecasts, according to Refinitiv. Peloton’s net loss was also the narrowest since the fiscal fourth quarter of 2021.

Profit and Loss

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. We hear the 3 terms being thrown around a lot- oftentimes interchangeably.

Forecasting

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Uber plans to cut spending and hiring in an attempt slow the company’s plummeting stock price, which is down nearly 50 percent for the year. . Johnson & Johnson is looking to boost growth at its medical devices unit after it completes plans for a spinoff of its consumer health business next year. billion forecast.

Foreign Exchange

PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2021

airlines are likely to lose more than $35 billion in 2020, CNBC reported, citing public documents and analysts' forecasts. Citing industry analysts, CNBC reported that Southwest, Delta and Alaska are likely to return to profitability during the course of 2021. According to the recent post, U.S.

Forecasting

CFO News Room

DECEMBER 24, 2022

A new merchandising leader undertook a review of brand profitability and saw that the company was actually losing money on its La Perla sales. The company debated whether it was worth carrying a brand that consistently created losses. It does not involve any forecasting models, AI/ML methods, or prescriptive advice.

Profit and Loss

PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2020

Uber reported a net loss of a whopping $1.78 billion during Q2 2020, a decline from Q2 2019’s net loss of $5.24 Uber’s show loss of $1.02 Uber’s show loss of $1.02 billion forecast pre-release. A status, he forecast that will last beyond the pandemic period’s acute effects of stay-at-home orders have passed.

Profit and Loss

Centage

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

There is some risk to using past performance to inform your long-term plans, and this can be compounded during times of economic uncertainty. Your company needs to make plans for the future. What Is Financial Forecasting? Forecast vs. Budget. Though similar, a budget and a forecast serve different purposes.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

Fpanda Club

JULY 24, 2022

They tend to avoid losses and prefer to keep the things as they are rather than invest in risky innovation. Discovery driven planning Another weakness of the DCF model not discussed previously in this article is its sensitivity to assumptions. As for established market players, they demonstrate much higher threshold of proof.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

For me, it’s been flashback time,” says Anna, who joined the company in February this year and is responsible for business insights, budget forecasting, profit and loss and cash management. . I’ve been doing a lot of scenario building, short and medium-term forecasting, cash management and so on. . “So

Profit and Loss

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

He joined oil and gas company BG Group in their budgeting and forecasting team to broaden his management accounting and reporting experience. This meant everyone felt empowered to make the appropriate decisions to drive the company’s profitability”. “By This provided great grounding, he says, particularly in financial accounting.

Finance

Centage

JUNE 28, 2022

With less cash to count on, knowing your cash flow position with cash flow forecasting has never been more important: how much is really in the bank, how much is available on short notice, what revenues are coming in when, and what resources are going out and when. We examine the reasons below.

Cash Flow Forecasting

Jedox Finance

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Sales targets should always be planned bottom-up and top-down. What are the closing, profit and loss ratios? What percentage comes from reducing the loss ratio? Actionable sub-plans motivate and serve the overall goal. Using this info to develop actionable plans that colleagues in sales can implement is key.

Sales

Jedox Finance

JANUARY 19, 2023

Find out how to tap into the power of a great plan in an interview with Kevin Alansky, Jedox Chief Marketing Officer. Read the conversation below to learn what leaders and teams in every organization should know about optimizing their planning and performance management processes to reach Superplännen – an elevated state of planning.

Profit and Loss

Centage

APRIL 19, 2022

Without a comparison between your forecasted income and expenses and your company’s actual income and expenses, you have no way of knowing whether you are on track, doing better than expected, or falling behind. It is an essential tool for protecting your company’s financial health and for making plans for the future.

Budgeting

Centage

DECEMBER 15, 2022

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. But what happens when actuals differ from plan, either positively or negatively, as they most certainly will? For instance, there are many ways to forecast.

Financial Reporting

Jedox Finance

AUGUST 10, 2022

Planning business cash flow. Accelerate your planning. It is possible for an organization to have significant earnings and profit in a given quarter but, due to a delay in payment, still be in a negative cash flow position. The income statement is concerned with four key elements: revenue, expenses, gains, and losses.

Forecasting

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Though Grubhub confirmed it had been meeting with financial advisors to explore a number of possibilities, including acquisition, a spokesperson asserted that “there is unequivocally no process in place to sell the company, and there are currently no plans to do so.”. That came in ahead of analyst forecasts of $325 million.

Profit and Loss

PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2020

forecast pre-release. For the quarter to come, Amazon is forecasting net sales to come in between $75 billion and $81 billion, which would put its year-on-year growth between 18 percent and 28 percent. That pick-up, however, will be offset largely by an operating loss range of $1.5 Amazon clocked in with earnings of $5.01

Profit and Loss

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.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)