PYMNTS

APRIL 25, 2017

To move into a greater number of markets, international online home goods retailer vidaXL recently selected global marketplace solutions provider Mirakl to support its growth plans. To do so, the online retailer will leverage Mirakl’s B2C Marketplace Platform. The company reports plans to add an additional 100,000 products shortly.

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CFO Talks

JUNE 13, 2023

Key initiatives and strategic planning: During the inaugural meeting, CFO leaders engaged in a vibrant exchange of ideas and strategic planning sessions. Through collective efforts, CFOs can leverage their expertise to contribute to the growth and success of organisations worldwide.

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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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CFO Thought Leader

APRIL 7, 2024

This episode our Planning Aces emphasize the importance of leveraging one’s breadth of experience, stepping beyond traditional FP&A roles, and focusing on execution to bring significant value to organizations.

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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

JANUARY 7, 2024

By leveraging advanced analytics and cloud technology, CFOs can drive strategic insights, improve forecasting accuracy, and optimise cash management. CFOs must also be well-versed in leveraging emerging technologies to boost their business performance. The post The risks CFOs must face in 2024 appeared first on FutureCFO.

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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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CFO Share

MAY 10, 2024

By leveraging the detailed financial data they maintain, you can create a 13-week cash flow forecast that provides valuable insights into your upcoming cash obligations and helps you make better-informed decisions. Check out our blog on 3 Cash Flow Optimization Techniques for Small Businesses for strategic ways to improve your cash flow.

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The Charity CFO

MARCH 22, 2024

How does your nonprofit make strategic decisions? Leveraging data for strategic decision-making has many benefits–from improving your efficiency to increasing the success rate of campaigns or strategies. Leveraging Data in Nonprofit Leadership How can you use data effectively as a nonprofit leader?

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CFO Network

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Strategic Financial Planning Effective financial strategy is built on a solid foundation of planning. A Fractional CFO excels in creating long-term financial plans that align with your business goals. A Fractional CFO is well-versed in tax planning and optimization. Learn more today.

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CFO Simplified

APRIL 15, 2024

Are you missing Strategic Planning? Let’s quickly get through the first three items in any strategic plan. Financial Planning: Develop a robust financial plan. That plan will include not just looking at the future, but also planning for the present. Here’s a quick review.

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Centage

JANUARY 18, 2024

Financial planning and analysis is at the heart of strategic decision-making for businesses, and as we step into 2024, it’s crucial to align your FP&A processes with the latest trends and best practices. Integrated planning & reporting All too often, the finance team finds itself in a silo.

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Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Data Analysis Leverage Risk Management 40

CFO Talks

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Critical challenges for CFOs: CFOs face significant challenges in figuring out how to spend money on cybersecurity and setting up plans to respond to cyber threats early. Balancing the need for cybersecurity measures with budgetary constraints requires careful strategic planning and resource allocation.

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CFO Talks

MARCH 14, 2024

They play a crucial role in strategic planning, risk management, and driving innovation, extending their influence far beyond the finance department. This includes not just financial risks but also operational, regulatory, and strategic risks. This efficiency frees the CFO and the finance team to focus on strategic initiatives.

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Future CFO

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

This helps mitigate errors and ensures that teams can leverage spreadsheets effectively. Strategic Thinking CFOs should encourage their teams to use spreadsheets strategically. This involves leveraging spreadsheets for scenario analysis, strategic planning, and decision support.

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

What’s unique about Anh, though, is how, as a solo advisor, she differentiates her firm by leveraging the combination of a high-touch concierge approach to client service with a unique investment management approach through the use of very carefully chosen structured notes to differentiate her portfolio design from other advisors.

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E78 Partners

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

How CFOs can leverage AI 1. By accelerating essential tasks such as data entry, reconciliation, and reporting, finance teams, and CFOs specifically can focus on high-value activities, strategic planning, and oversight.

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Marketing Reconciliations Prioritization Strategic Planning 52

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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Focus CFO

MARCH 3, 2022

However, with guidance and strategic planning led by an experienced CFO, organizations will be well equipped to weather the storm. . It all boils down to data-driven analysis, scenario planning, communication, collaboration, and—just as important—coordination. A Plan of Action. Elevate scenario planning .

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Future CFO

JULY 9, 2023

Survey results indicate that strategists believe that, on average, 50% of strategic planning and execution activities could be partially or fully automated though only 15% are currently the case, Gartner pointed out.

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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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Strategic Treasurer

AUGUST 15, 2022

During uncertain times, treasury teams must be on the frontlines to plan for business continuity by monitoring external factors such as seasonality, currency fluctuations, and broad economic indicators. Forecasting cash flow and strategic planning have never been more important. CPE credits.

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E78 Partners

AUGUST 15, 2023

In the dynamic landscape of modern business, Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) has evolved from a conventional accounting function to a strategic partner that steers organizations towards growth, profitability, and free cash flow.

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Bramasol

JUNE 30, 2023

By analyzing large volumes of data and identifying patterns and trends, AI systems offers valuable insights for market analysis, customer segmentation, demand forecasting, and strategic planning. AI-powered systems can enable efficient supply chain planning, reduce costs, and improve overall operational resilience.

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The Charity CFO

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Budget tracking is the process of monitoring your nonprofit’s income and expenses to ensure they stay within your planned budget. Effective budget tracking is essential to financial transparency, efficient resource allocation, and strategic planning for your nonprofit. But your budget shouldn’t be a “set it and forget it” plan.

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CFO Leadership

JANUARY 25, 2024

Most of their finance organizations would be using generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) to enhance their business planning and analysis (BP&A) capabilities and/or bolster the company’s fraud-prevention activities. Environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics and measurements would top their priority lists.

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The Charity CFO

JUNE 7, 2023

This information is crucial for financial planning, budgeting, and identifying potential areas of revenue growth. Strategic Uses Financial Planning : Provides insights into the financial health of the organization. Capital Expenditure Planning : Assists in planning for capital expenditures and major investments.

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CFO Leadership

JANUARY 5, 2024

Most of their finance organizations would be using generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) to enhance their business planning and analysis (BP&A) capabilities and/or bolster the company’s fraud-prevention activities. Environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics and measurements would top their priority lists.

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Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Profit and Loss Compliance CFO 52

The Charity CFO

AUGUST 2, 2023

Sarah is a seasoned leader in the nonprofit sector, leverages over 18 years of experience to guide organizations towards success. Welcome to the Modern Nonprofit Podcast! Today our guest is Sarah Olivieri. This was due to the expectation that had been previously set forth by historical board members and board room conversations.

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Fpanda Club

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

The growing variety and complexity of tasks within the finance function has resulted in the creation of a discipline that is supposed to become a bridge between the finance and business to support decision-making process by leveraging data and technology. This relates to FP&A which stands for financial planning and analysis.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2020

As an extension of its non-consumables strategic plan, Dollar General has unveiled its new popshelf retail store concept. Plans are in place to have roughly 30 locations in different markets before the conclusion of fiscal year 2021. In separate news, ALDI plans to open more than 70 new stores by the end of 2020.

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Jedox Finance

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Doing so freed up their time and resources to strengthen their team, one of the many benefits of mobilizing your business and planning at a quicker, sharper pace. Companies that utilize adaptable modeling can enable turnkey solutions for finance, sales, and workforce planning. Tap into your strengths.

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Planful

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Integrated business planning is another key trend, and it helps to tie the long-term financial planning to the operating model, so businesses can bring the capital, operational, and functional planning together. What Are the Identifying Factors of an Effective Planning and Budgeting Process?

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VCFO

MAY 5, 2022

buyer) is only achieved through careful planning and an unbiased look at the business. Personal Transition Planning. Personal transition planning is a process that can be used to not only prepare for an exit, but also to de-risk the business and simplify life. Planning for the end goal needs to be carefully considered.

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Sales Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Planning Valuation 79

VCFO

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Whether the plan is a near term sale or a sale transaction in the distant future, proactively identifying and adopting the right strategies and activating the optimal value creation levers will result in the maximization of value and the accomplishment of owner overall financial objectives. Take the time to take a look.

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Valuation Marketing Benchmarking CFO 87

PYMNTS

MARCH 30, 2017

Grant Thornton released its 2017 CFO Survey this week to find that most of these executives said strategic planning is their top priority within the enterprise, surpassing other priorities like performance management or even increased cash flow.

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CFO Strategic Planning Corporate Finance Risk Management 51

VCFO

JUNE 2, 2023

Leveraging Technology in Retail Environments The already sizable application of technology in retail spaces will increasingly grow as advances in video resolution and analysis, contactless shopping, augmented selling, and related areas continue to emerge. How can your retail business thrive in a rapidly changing environment?

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