Future CFO

JUNE 24, 2024

Yes, in the sense that there are a lot of analyses that can now be handled by Gen AI and No, because it transforms accountants from number crunchers to strategic advisors. Financial analysts, business strategists and leaders can now easily extract valuable insights for decision-making.

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The Charity CFO

APRIL 15, 2022

During the “Great Recession,” nonprofits have lost their accountants and financial directors at record rates. At the same time, hundreds of nonprofits are waking up to realize that the financial structure they’ve always relied on doesn’t work as well any more. So why do accountants leave nonprofit organizations?

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The Finance Weekly

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Financial models might sound intimidating, but let’s break them down in a way that makes sense. Understanding how to calculate CapEx is essential for anyone looking to build reliable financial models, whether you're a seasoned CFO or just starting out in finance. What Is CapEx?

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E78 Partners

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

It’s not just about managing numbers—it’s about aligning financial strategies with business goals to unlock value at every stage of the investment cycle. It’s about creating a financial roadmap that not only meets immediate operational needs but also aligns with the long-term vision for growth and profitability.

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CFO Thought Leader

MAY 8, 2024

Here, in the crucible of intense market dynamics, Herman cut his teeth on complex financial models, where the rigor of long hours refined his capacity to handle pressure and complexity—a foundational skill for any leader. CFOTL: Tell us about Dwolla … what does this company do, and what are its offerings today?

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E78 Partners

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

It’s not just about managing numbers—it’s about aligning financial strategies with business goals to unlock value at every stage of the investment cycle. It’s about creating a financial roadmap that not only meets immediate operational needs but also aligns with the long-term vision for growth and profitability.

Budgeting 52

Budgeting Planning Financial Modeling Forecasting 52

The Finance Weekly

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

The data in a company's financial statements is crucial for corporate accounting. It's examined by management, investors, and lenders to understand the company's , finances and calculate important financial ratios. These ratios reveal how well the company is doing financially and any problems that might need fixing.

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Fpanda Club

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

This process usually presumes the close collaboration of FP&A teams with business leaders and executives to align goals and expectations and create a common financial model of future revenues, costs and cash flows based on the external and internal factors and conditions.

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Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Corporate Finance Communication Budgeting 130

Centage

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Any number of issues can arise that render forecasts or the line items on an annual budget quickly outdated. The problems that occur downstream from inaccurate or incomplete plans and budgets ultimately impact financial performance and long-term success. Centage lets you build a driver-based budget model in days.

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Centage

OCTOBER 3, 2022

This accessible program can accomplish various tasks, such as financial forecasting and budgeting. Excel is an easy-to-use platform for inputting numbers and getting results with simple formulas. If your business has used Excel for financial forecasting, you may have found some challenges with the program.

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Forecasting Budgeting Data Analysis Financial Modeling 98

CFO Plans

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Technology and automation are revolutionizing Strategic Financial Planning , offering advanced tools for data analysis and decision-making. From AI-driven financial modeling to cloud-based accounting platforms, these innovations provide businesses with real-time insights and enhanced operational efficiency.

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The Finance Weekly

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Today, small businesses can use software to enter their income and expenses, , set financial goals , and monitor their progress instantly. Some software can even integrate with accounting systems to further streamline financial management. You can create models using variables and plain-English formulas, saving time and effort.

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CFO Thought Leader

MAY 20, 2024

The approach, Lafouge tells us, reduced the need for additional accountants by 40%, validating the power of efficient teams. With global uncertainties looming, he built a resilient financial model that ensured the company’s survival. Rational arguments, numbers, and analyses are usually necessary but not enough.”

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CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

When investments have cash flows that move up and down at various times in the year, the above models return inaccurate numbers, and the XIRR function within excel allows the internal rate of return to account for the date ranges selected and return a more accurate result. number of individual cash flows. N P V = t = 0 ?

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Net Present Value (NPV) Investments Numbers Corporate Finance 130

The Finance Weekly

JANUARY 21, 2024

When you’re making small-talk with someone who isn’t in finance or accounting about how work is going, and they answer with “busy,” do you ever question how hard it really is? They have a five person accounting team who spend an unwieldy amount of time dumping data from NetSuite into Excel. All involving Excel data manipulation.

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Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Finance Data Analysis Financial Modeling 40

Centage

OCTOBER 3, 2022

This accessible program can accomplish various tasks, such as financial forecasting and budgeting. Excel is an easy-to-use platform for inputting numbers and getting results with simple formulas. If your business has used Excel for financial forecasting, you may have found some challenges with the program. Risk of Errors.

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Forecasting Budgeting Data Analysis Financial Modeling 52

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

In the second post, I pointed to inconsistencies in how accountants classify operating, capital and financing expenses , and the consequences for reported accounting numbers. In the first session of my valuation class, I pose a question, “What comes more naturally to you, telling a story or working with numbers?”

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Musings on Markets

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

In the second post, I pointed to inconsistencies in how accountants classify operating, capital and financing expenses , and the consequences for reported accounting numbers. Facebook, I argued, is a corporate autocracy, with Mark Zuckerberg at its helm.

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The Finance Weekly

AUGUST 6, 2024

By incorporating their insights into your financial models, you can improve sales forecasts and spot exciting growth opportunities. In FP&A, teaming up with finance and accounting means they can engage more strategically with their non-financial colleagues, boosting the overall financial understanding of the organization.

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Musings on Markets

AUGUST 28, 2024

Using valuation to illustrate my point, accounting and legal valuations are mostly rule-based, with the rules sometimes coming from theory and practice, and sometimes from rule writers drawing arbitrary lines in the sand. I went on to make the case that good valuations are bridges between stories and numbers, and wrote a book on the topic.

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Fpanda Club

APRIL 11, 2021

Whether in a startup or in a well-known corporation, it is hard for FP&A practitioners to avoid building financial models of these 3 basic financial statements. Storytelling to be able to explain what is covered behind the numbers. HOW TO DEAL WITH. FP&A analysts are robots with no emotions.

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Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Forecasting Budgeting Financial Modeling 130

CFO Talks

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

This interest solidified during her BCom studies, where she found satisfaction in analyzing financial statements and market trends. Guided by influential mentors, Thobile recognized that finance goes beyond numbers—it impacts decision-making that drives business and individual success.

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BlueLight

MAY 1, 2020

Early-stage startup: Focused on finding product market fit, limited financial information to work with. The CEO outsources accounting to a third-party accounting firm and may conduct simple FP&A. The Controller is responsible for accounting and financial reporting. Source: Vena Solutions What is FP&A?

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Centage

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

When it comes to business budgeting and planning, traditional spreadsheets are labor-intensive, prone to errors, and static, so it can be difficult to get a clear view on your current and future financial position. With the fast pace of business change, CFOs need accurate financial information to make informed decisions on the fly.

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Budgeting General Ledger Data Analysis Financial Data 96

CFO Talks

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Instead of relying on a single forecast, consider creating multiple financial models that reflect best-case, worst-case, and moderate scenarios. Explore opportunities to automate accounts receivable processes to speed up collections.

Leverage 52

Leverage Forecasting Communication Economics 52

Fpanda Club

APRIL 18, 2022

To become better business partners FP&A practitioners should be creative, but it is not an easy task with a financial mindset traditionally focused on numbers, correct calculations and cause-and-effect relationship. Therefore, this tool can be used to develop or improve FP&A outputs keeping end-users in mind.

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Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Marketing Finance Forecasting 130

CFO News Room

DECEMBER 22, 2022

If there is a lesson be learnt from the last few years of market mayhem, it is that far too many investors, professional as well as retail, seem to have lost their moorings (or never had them in the first place), when it comes to the basics of accounting, finance and statistics.

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Marketing Valuation Corporate Finance Finance 130

The Finance Weekly

APRIL 13, 2024

Conversely, business finance software caters to the more complex financial needs of businesses, offering tools to track income and expenditure, generate financial reports, and handle accounts receivable and payable effectively. Contact Their sales team for a custom quote.

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BlueLight

AUGUST 21, 2020

Their expertise ranged from seed stage start-ups, where the CEO also served as the in-house finance leader, to growth stage companies where an in-house CFO monitored the entity’s current and future financial health. While at PWC I started writing business plans and creating financial models for startups. Accounting ?—?Many

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Planning Startups Marketing CFO 52

Centage

AUGUST 24, 2022

Your team members are likely spending most of their time verifying that your numbers are accurate and up to date. Steps you may need to take before a deadline include: Downloading unformatted financial results from your accounting system. Reporting Is Delayed Reporting can often be delayed when you depend on spreadsheets.

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Future CFO

OCTOBER 20, 2021

I started to like numbers and did very well in Math. This made me decide to pursue my education in accounting. After graduation, I started my career in finance at Arthur Anderson as an auditor and became a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). Then I spent three years with Chevron as a regional finance and accounting implementer.

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Future CFO

AUGUST 24, 2020

First, the FP&A function has traditionally been held by an individual sitting behind a desk, crunching numbers. That way, when it is time to crunch numbers, the FP&A practitioner has an even better understanding of what they truly mean. At AFP, we help finance to see beyond the numbers. Soriano concluded.

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The Finance Weekly

JULY 19, 2022

FP&A teams are responsible for a variety of activities, including periodic financial close and consolidations, strategic and annual planning, monthly forecasting, cash flow forecasting, financial reporting, financial modeling, and what-if scenario planning and analysis. Strategic financial planning.

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Musings on Markets

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Pre-game Prep If there is a lesson be learnt from the last few years of market mayhem, it is that far too many investors, professional as well as retail, seem to have lost their moorings (or never had them in the first place), when it comes to the basics of accounting, finance and statistics.

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Valuation Corporate Finance Finance Financial Analysis 91

Jedox Finance

JUNE 14, 2023

By acknowledging and quantifying uncertainty, organizations can make informed decisions that account for a wide range of possibilities. Instead, seek the most appropriate distribution pattern for each data source and apply heuristic judgment around forecasted numbers.

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Future CFO

AUGUST 3, 2021

The pandemic gave new meaning to financial agility. It became vital as companies pivoted, recalibrated their financial models, and looked to withstand market shocks. For financial leaders, this shift in meaning created challenges. As a result, every company sought financial clarity.

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Finance Forecasting Financial Modeling Accounts Payable 52

Adam Kae

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

It's another story to actually understand what the numbers mean! A CFO can take those numbers and provide solutions to issues and forecast better financial scenarios. We build custom financial models to find the best strategies for your current situation. Healthcare-Specific Growth Models. Risk Assessment.

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