CFO Share

JANUARY 12, 2024

Financial forecasting is an essential practice, but navigating the waters of financial planning can be daunting, especially when you’re considering bringing a fractional CFO on board for the first time. What is a Financial Forecast? Updating forecasts monthly is considered best practice. Final forecast review.

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The Charity CFO

JANUARY 12, 2024

Financial forecasting is a term you’ll hear thrown around in the business world quite often—but in the world of nonprofits, it can be difficult (and even downright impossible) to plan your organization’s finances with any degree of certainty. The best way to do this is through financial forecasting.

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Cube Software

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Understanding Planful: strengths and limitations Planful is a provider of cloud-based financial planning software that allows FP&A teams to analyze their financial data and create more insightful forecasts and reports.

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Planning Strategic Planning Forecasting Financial Data 52

VCFO

MARCH 4, 2022

Financial Forecasting Best Practices – 7 Tips for Success. Financial forecasts are critically important planning tools. In creating the forecast, research into the profitability of current operations and areas of potential expansion are essential to success. Prepare multiple forecast views.

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Boston Startup CFO

APRIL 12, 2024

13-week Cash Flow Forecasting We offer a comprehensive and forward-looking approach to cash planning. Budget vs. Actuals, Monthly Rolling Forecasts By analyzing your financial performance against budgeted targets, we will identify variances and recommend actionable strategies to improve cost efficiency and revenue generation.

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Lime Light

JUNE 12, 2023

Having an accurate and dynamic forecast creates a confident finance function in any business. However, when your skilled FP&A team members spend hours gathering and formatting static spreadsheets, that’s less time being spent on analyzing results, developing what-if-scenarios, and modeling strategic plans and forecasts.

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Spreadym

JUNE 2, 2023

Rolling forecast is a financial planning and forecasting approach that involves continuously updating and extending the forecast based on the latest available data and information. As the current period elapses, the forecast is extended by adding a new period, maintaining the same forecast horizon.

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Centage

AUGUST 15, 2022

In the current economic climate, proper financial planning and management are more essential than ever before. With that in mind, many businesses are turning to budgeting and planning drivers as a way of obtaining more accurate information. Managers can then run scenarios with the drivers to improve long-term strategic planning.

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Spreadym

JUNE 27, 2023

What is Financial Planning and Analysis or FP&A? FP&A is a process used by organizations to develop and manage their financial plans and make informed decisions based on financial analysis. What is Financial Planning and Analysis? Why Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) is important?

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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. Learn how to do it right.

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VCFO

OCTOBER 10, 2023

monthly, annual) performance, much more is needed for effective strategic planning – proactive planning that looks beyond what the business will do in the short term to where you want it to be in five years, ten years, or a similar timeframe. While the Income Statement does provide a view of historical (e.g.,

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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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VCFO

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Although this time of year comes with many tactical tasks, it is important to incorporate careful planning, strategic thinking, and a sharp focus on both operational efficiency and long-term organizational success as plans are made for the coming year. If planning for the upcoming year has not started, you are a bit behind.

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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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CS Lucas

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Cash forecasting has and always will be a practice that successful businesses utilise to stay ahead of unprecedented events. Tips for cash forecasting: Analyze your cash flow. Begin forecasting by assessing your business’ current cash flow and conducting a deep analysis of your incoming receipts and outgoings payment.

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Spreadym

JUNE 15, 2023

Driver-based planning is a strategic planning approach that focuses on identifying and prioritizing key drivers or factors that have a significant impact on the performance and success of a business. It involves analyzing and understanding these drivers to develop effective plans and make informed decisions.

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CFO Simplified

JULY 22, 2022

Arrange for a meeting to discuss your plans and your concerns, and tell them the kind of help you need. Create a cash flow forecast. Planning will pay off handsomely. BUSINESS PLAN. The pandemic changed plans for nearly every business. The pandemic changed plans for nearly every business. Banks get nervous.

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Barry Ritholtz

AUGUST 26, 2023

Davis explains why Vanguard doesn’t play the forecasting game, noting the “forecasting game is really hard and even harder for the short-term.” Davis adds “ Instead of forecasting events you have no control over, you can control your diversification and costs.”

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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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VCFO

MARCH 2, 2023

Some may think that makes financial management and strategic planning in a professional services firm simpler. This approach often manifests itself through mental exercises of “we did X in revenue this year and want to do Y% more next year,” but lacks sufficient thought and planning as to how that’s going to happen.

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Future CFO

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

For companies starting out in the business, some resort to hiring fractional chief financial officers to share their expertise in finance, strategic planning, and other CFO-related activities. Business owners have to be invested in their annual plans or they rarely work. Remember, it's your plan, not their plan.

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CFO Talks

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

When interest rates remain stable, CFOs can confidently plan their finances, minimising the risks associated with interest rate fluctuations. Financial Planning and Analysis: Forecasting and analysing financial trends are fundamental skills for today’s CFOs.

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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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Centage

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Change is a constant in the world of business operations planning. For the finance team, reforecasting (sometimes called budget reforecasting or financial reforecasting) is the best mechanism for effectively managing changes in strategic planning throughout the budget year. What is budget reforecasting?

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VCFO

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Merger & Acquisition Integration Plans. If a weather forecaster presented those odds the night before for adverse weather, a rational person would pack an umbrella and coat before setting out. What is a Merger & Acquisition Integration Plan? Key Elements of an Integration Plan. Conflicting goals and strategies.

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Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Planning Strategic Planning Corporate Finance 54

CFO Selections

MARCH 9, 2023

As companies continue to battle unexpectedly high inflation and economic uncertainty , understanding this year’s prevailing trends across financial forecasting, fintech stacks, procurement, and customer attribution can help them to increase revenue and market share.

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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. Advanced Micro Devices — Shares of chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices jumped 12.6%

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Centage

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Or that accounting has planned $5,000 for a new printer? What are the plans for the organization? This may seem like more of a strategic planning question than a budgeting process one, but the two are intertwined. Plans go awry. Can you pay the bills? What happens if it all goes wrong? Sales flop.

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Centage

AUGUST 16, 2023

Decreased Planning Time with Automating Budgeting The saying “time is money” has never been as true as it is today. Quickly compare performance against the plan and find holes and ways to improve. Freeing up time spent on manual budgeting processes gives leaders more resources to spend on strategic planning and forecasting.

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CFO Share

APRIL 1, 2024

I’ll have my analyst update the projections and come up with some plans. Forecast Review Call: A Shift in Perspective As you prepare for the forecast review call, apprehensions once again cloud your mind. You know that’s a problem, and don’t see how a CFO’s forecast can help you solve the issue.

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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. Turning Goals into a Strategic Plan. A long to-do list or a list of goals is not a strategic plan. By Michael Stier.

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Spreadym

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) candidates are professionals who specialize in financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and analysis within an organization. Strategic Thinking: FP&A candidates align financial goals with the company's strategic objectives, contributing to long-term planning and decision-making.

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Fpanda Club

MARCH 28, 2021

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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CFO Simplified

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

A study conducted by the Financial Planning Association shows that within five years of retirement, 60% of advisors do not have a proper succession plan in place. For that 60%, it’s not too late to start planning now. . Plan Years Ahead (not months) . How to Start Planning to Exit Your Business.

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Future CFO

JANUARY 7, 2024

By leveraging advanced analytics and cloud technology, CFOs can drive strategic insights, improve forecasting accuracy, and optimise cash management. With the vast volumes of data available, CFOs are increasingly assuming the role of data stewards.

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Fpanda Club

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

This relates to FP&A which stands for financial planning and analysis. Typical FP&A activities and responsibilities Financial planning and analysis is one of the pillars of the modern finance function. Planning relates to determining the company’s short-term (1-year) and long-term (3-5 years) objectives.

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The Finance Weekly

MARCH 25, 2024

His main job is to handle all money matters at SoFi, like planning, accounting, and dealing with investors. His main gigs included handling all the financial operations like accounting and financial planning, crafting financial strategies to boost the business, and managing relationships with investors and banks.

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