Centage

OCTOBER 17, 2022

As you start your financial planning for 2023 and beyond, follow these steps to solidify your three-year strategic plan and boost the odds of achieving your business’ goals. All business leaders make assumptions in order to develop strategies and plan for future circumstances. Then you can adjust your policies as needed.

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Cube Software

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Strategic planning is a critical component of any successful organization. It drives decision-making, helps maximize profit, and provides the basis for long-term financial health.

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Anaplan

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Today, CEOs and their boards are under continual pressure to squeeze incremental profit from their existing business and routinely hit the quarterly earnings figures they promised to the market, knowing that if they repeatedly fail they will soon be shown the exit.

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CFO Simplified

DECEMBER 10, 2021

As the end of the fiscal year comes into focus, it’s time to put together plans for the upcoming year. If you’ve put together annual strategic, operational, and financial plans previously, terrific. Most successful companies have an annual planning process to put together specific plans and goals for the upcoming year.

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Planful

JUNE 17, 2021

But not every CFO thrives in the strategic planning side of their role. The post Strategic Planning Components for CFOs to Keep Top-of-Mind appeared first on Planful. KPMG found that “30% of CEOs say their CFOs don’t understand and assist with the challenges that they face within the organization.”

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Cube Software

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

What once focused primarily on budgeting , forecasting , and variance analysis has evolved into a more strategic and influential role within the business. The evolution of FP&A Over the past few decades, FP&A has witnessed a transformative shift.

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Future CFO

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Serving as the guidepost for the whole organisation, the strategic plan helps clarify your organisation’s direction, purpose, and goals, and provides a platform to communicate with all key stakeholders. The post Building resilience & value in uncertain times: Why is strategic planning essential?

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Centage

OCTOBER 17, 2022

As you start your financial planning for 2023 and beyond, follow these steps to solidify your three-year strategic plan and boost the odds of achieving your business’ goals. All business leaders make assumptions in order to develop strategies and plan for future circumstances. Then you can adjust your policies as needed.

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CFO Selections

MARCH 4, 2024

A decision tree is a critical part of strategic planning because it allows decision makers to analyze the effects of a significant change throughout different areas of the business. For decision trees with complicated calculations, a software program can assign values and probabilities to streamline decision-making.

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Spreadym

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Financial planning is the process of assessing your current financial situation, setting financial goals, and creating a strategy to achieve those goals. It involves evaluating your income, expenses, assets, and liabilities to develop a comprehensive plan for managing your finances effectively.

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Cube Software

MARCH 20, 2023

It's no secret that FP&A likes planning.

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VCFO

JANUARY 23, 2024

In much the same way as, diversifying investments is a prudent strategy to mitigate personal risk, strategizing the sale of your business well in advance is an integral step toward securing your financial future. —– How much can your business benefit from proactive planning and improved capital structure?

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Navigator SAP

MARCH 15, 2024

ERP also handles the other areas of a food and beverage business, including financial management, human resources and strategic planning. But those functions of ERP will be left for a different article.

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Centage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Most companies don’t plan to stay the same or do the same thing forever. Planning is the first step towards achieving growth for any organization, and budgeting is the ongoing process to manage this growth. Planning and budgeting alignment ensures you have what you need to wisely allocate funds for growth.

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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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CFO Dive

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Financial executives said controllers are not fully equipped to take on a bigger role in strategic planning, according to a survey by Deloitte and the Institute of Management Accountants.

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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.

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Lime Light

JUNE 12, 2023

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. So how can Oracle NetSuite customers automate FP&A?

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2017

From a practical standpoint, companies have got to do their contingency planning, but in the expectation that things are going to be business as usual in reality over the next potentially five years,” said Paul Watters, S&P Global Ratings head of corporate research, at an event earlier this year. offices as a result of Brexit.

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CFO Simplified

MARCH 27, 2022

This, however, does not necessarily mean that strategic planning is off the table. A proactive way for business owners to mitigate their risk is through contingency planning. So, what is contingency planning, and what is a CFO’s role in creating this strategy? What is Contingency Planning? The benefit?

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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 Simplified

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Those not wanting to sound clichéd change the way they state it, but the overarching message is that if there is no plan, there is no goal to meet, so it’s unlikely that you or your team know if the goal was reached. Planning over the past couple of years has been challenging at the very least. appeared first on CFO Simplified.

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Future CFO

JULY 3, 2022

A comprehensive plan—with goals, initiatives, and budgets–is comforting. But starting with a plan is a terrible way to make strategy. The post A plan is not a strategy appeared first on FutureCFO.

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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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Nerd's Eye View

AUGUST 2, 2023

Which means that financial advisors can play an important role in adoption planning – helping clients strategically plan for the costs involved in the process, including accessing tax credits that can significantly defray these expenses.

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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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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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CFO Simplified

APRIL 19, 2023

In 2023, retaining top talent and planning for succession are critical for business leaders to avoid disrupting the growth of their organizations. An effective succession plan must be linked to the organization’s strategic plan, mission, and vision. Who is responsible for succession 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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Navigator SAP

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Getting to market involves investment, risk-taking, and strategic planning — all at a rapid pace. Life sciences and biotech companies often make miracles happen, but the road from a spark of genius to a regulator-approved product isn’t easy.

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CFO News

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Harish Kumar Agarwal anticipates robust growth in the steel bars and paints business for FY24 as he shares the strategic plans for production expansion and revenue targets in the coming year.

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Focus CFO

MARCH 21, 2024

This wasn't a stroke of luck, but the culmination of years of strategic planning and meticulous financial preparation with the support of FocusCFO's embedded Fractional CFO program. For Watershed Distillery, an award-winning craft distillery based in Columbus, Ohio, that dream became reality in 2023.

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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 Thought Leader

JANUARY 27, 2024

This episode of Planning Aces sheds light on the critical role financial leadership and strategic planning plays in guiding companies through turbulent times and the importance of balancing short-term opportunities with long-term strategic planning. Konold managed this surge and the subsequent market normalization.

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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. Planning will pay off handsomely. BUSINESS PLAN. The pandemic changed plans for nearly every business. The pandemic changed plans for nearly every business. Update your strategic plan.

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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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