Risk Mitigation In Uncertain TimesThe emergence of COVID-19 went beyond the wildest imaginations of risk assessors. Busy forecasting against the “traditional business” threat
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Forecasting on Excel? 2020 Alternatives and SupplementsExcel is the ultimate tool for financial analysis- you can do so much on the platform given its adaptable and dynamic nature. It’s an int...
Podcast Review: The State of FP&A, Forecasting, and ExcelI recently listened to a great episode of AFP Conversations, a podcast for corporate treasury and finance professionals. As a finance buf...
30 Excel hacks for FP&A ProfessionalsRecently, my team implemented an AFP&A (Agile Financial Planning and Analysis) solution that shorten our cycles by more than 50% but stil...
Interview - How Southwest's FP&A Team Helps The Airline's Strategy Take OffThe finance department is increasingly relied on to provide strategic advice, or to be a bean sprouter, as opposed to just a bean counter...
Integrated Business Planning VS. Integrated Financial Planning?Forward Integrated Financial Planning (IFP) and Integrated Business Planning (IBP) mean different things to different people. Primarily b...
Prediction and Estimate in FP&AWhile FP&A professionals work in a field of numbers, language is a critical component of our profession. Far too often there is loose use...
The Rolling Forecasting TrapBeyond Budgeting has now been around for twenty years. More and more companies across the world are embarking on a Beyond Budgeting journ...