Musings on Markets

DECEMBER 11, 2024

I like to make a difference : I do not expect my students to agree with all or even much of what I have to say, but I would like to think that I sometimes change the way they think about finance, and perhaps even affect their choice of professions.

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Centage

APRIL 19, 2022

Every business needs a budget — but having a budget is just the start. In addition to making a budget every month, quarter, or year, you also need to compare that budget to what your company actually earns and spends. A budget vs. actual statement lets you compare your projected expenses and income to reality.

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Barry Ritholtz

MARCH 24, 2025

The text accompanying that chart reads: “ Consumption: in 2024, one third of GDP came from government spending, a record high excluding periods of war or crisis; this was financed by 6-7% budget deficits, another unwelcome peacetime record.”

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Centage

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Once upon a time, businesses were satisfied with creating an annual budget. You used your budget as a measuring stick to gauge performance against assumptions made months ago. But times have changed – which is why financial forecasting is more important than your annual budget. Finance at the Speed of Business.

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Centage

JULY 25, 2023

Though some businesses rely on Excel for budgeting and financial management needs, the software has some notable disadvantages that may make it a less-than-optimal solution for your business. To maintain multiple spreadsheets, you will be required to perform manual data entry.

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Budgeting Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) General Ledger Forecasting 98

Centage

APRIL 28, 2022

affordable and intuitive, cloud-native platform that lets its clients easily budget, forecast financial performance, analyze results and share critical information across the organization quickly. Out of the gate, Planning Maestro offered companies of all sizes a better way to plan, budget, forecast and report their financial performance.

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The Finance Weekly

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

Workday Adaptive Planning aims to solve this problem by offering a cloud-based Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) solution with AI-powered forecasting, budgeting, and workforce planning tools. It is a cloud-based FP&A solution aimed at reducing reliance on traditional spreadsheets and manual data entry.

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Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Planning General Ledger (GL) Forecasting 52

Centage

MAY 23, 2022

They’ve also helped reveal the problems inherent in conventional budgeting methodologies. Read on to discover the benefits of rolling budgeting, rolling financial forecasting, and mid-year forecasts for your business. What’s a Rolling Budget? Companies need budgets to set realistic goals for the future. Watch Demo.

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Centage

MAY 3, 2022

the maker of QuickBooks Online Advanced, to bring automated budgeting, forecasting, reporting and analytics capabilities to QuickBooks Online Advanced customers and mid-market organizations looking for cloud-based FP&A solutions.

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Centage

MAY 10, 2022

As a business leader, you’ve probably heard the term SaaS (Software as a Service) but may not fully understand what it means for finance teams or how it can enable you to run your company more efficiently and effectively. Bring SaaS to Your Budgeting & Planning. Watch Demo.

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

Centage

MARCH 14, 2023

As companies slash budgets, finance teams need to find ways of making the company’s cash go further while accomplishing the same goals with fewer resources. However, today, finance leaders struggle to predict where their company will be in six months or a year.

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Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Planning Budgeting Forecasting 98

Centage

OCTOBER 11, 2022

While workforce expenses have always monopolized the largest part of a company’s budget, companies still continue to cope with the lingering impact of the pandemic and dramatic changes to the workforce and workforce landscape, as well as with new concerns of inflation, recession, softening demand, and higher cost of capital.

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Centage

AUGUST 24, 2022

Excel is a powerful tool that many individuals and businesses use for managing finances. These concerns could include time-consuming manual entry, difficulties consolidating data, less security for sensitive information, limited collaboration capabilities, delayed reporting, and difficulties accessing historical or real-time data.

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Centage

APRIL 4, 2023

Along with material costs, finance teams need to consider factors such as labor, storage, equipment depreciation, shipping, and rent or mortgage payments. At Centage, we’re passionate about connecting businesses with the sophisticated financial planning and budgeting tools they need to stay competitive.

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Centage

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

While workforce expenses have always monopolized the largest part of a company’s budget, (and likely what keeps you up at night!) These are unprecedented times, adding to the pressure of effectively executing workforce planning and budgeting. This data can quickly and easily be utilized to prepare a much more detailed budget.

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Planning Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Budgeting Forecasting 93

Centage

OCTOBER 3, 2022

This accessible program can accomplish various tasks, such as financial forecasting and budgeting. Why Businesses Use Spreadsheets for Financial Forecasting Many small businesses start using Excel spreadsheets for bookkeeping and budgeting. With these spreadsheets, you can store, organize and analyze valuable data.

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Centage

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Building and managing an effective budget and plan can be daunting no matter what industry, but financial planning for nonprofits can be particularly difficult. Benefits of Budgeting Software for Nonprofits Improved Efficiencies – Retire the spreadsheet already! No programming. No formulas. No links and logic to maintain.

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Jedox Finance

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Therefore, an SPM solution should follow the different activities of sales operations: Budget & Target Setting is the starting point where the organization aligns between the revenue goals and go-to-market plans. This term, set by Gartner, overlooks financial and non-financial business processes, data, and technology tools.

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Future CFO

AUGUST 7, 2024

As the business world veer towards constant changes--be it on technological advancements, regulations and policies, or sustainability standards and initiatives, it is imperative that Finance leaders know their way. CFOs are often asked to oversee additional functions on top of traditional finance and accounting."

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Centage

APRIL 12, 2022

Centage was created with a simple mission in mind – to empower modern finance professionals with everything they need to help their companies succeed and grow. In creating our financial planning and analysis (FP&A) solution, we gain valuable insight from a wide range of industry experts, including mid-market CFOs and finance leaders.

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The Finance Weekly

JULY 19, 2022

FP&A software assists CFOs, finance leaders, and FP&A experts in ensuring the financial health of their organization by tracking and analyzing current outcomes and forecasting future performance. FP&A stands for "financial planning and analysis," and is the backbone of the modern finance department. Conclusion.

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Centage

AUGUST 10, 2022

Revisit Your Budget…More Frequently When was the last time you revised your budget up or down? Talk to Your Team…Transparency is Key Whether you own your business or head up a finance department, you probably know that your employees are the most important aspect of your business. It’s no secret that data is everything.

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Planning Budgeting Economics Forecasting 98

Centage

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Finance needs to support sales leaders (in this particular instance) by continuing to ask why until you find an area to adjust and help. As defined by Wikipedia, Business Intelligence comprises the strategies and technologies used by enterprises for the data analysis of business information. Finance at the Speed of Business.

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Centage

MARCH 2, 2022

Centage created Planning Maestro to build flexible, driver-based budgets, forecast financial performance, analyze results, and share critical information across the business. Budgets created in Planning Maestro pull data directly from your data sources (e.g., Look to the future.

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Centage

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

By changing your current FP&A process during these unpredictable times, you can say goodbye to old school budgeting and planning and hello to a new paradigm for forecasting success. Not only do spreadsheets and other traditional budgeting tools result in errors, but they also prevent companies from updating information as it comes in.

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Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Forecasting Budgeting Planning 98

CFO Leadership

MAY 31, 2023

Data analysis and leadership were ranked by CFOs as the most important skills for new team members, outpacing more traditional competencies like accounting and project management. Further, 84% of finance executives and 92% of nonfinance executives expect revenues to grow through year’s end. Learn how to get started.

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Centage

JANUARY 31, 2022

The cash flow statement is an important tool that shows how your business decisions impact cash and cash equivalents – and breaks the analysis down to operating, investing, and financing activities. Transform how you budget, forecast, analyze and report. Make faster, more confident decisions all year long. Learn More.

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Future CFO

DECEMBER 17, 2023

SAP Concur has revealed key 2024 predictions for finance by its executives. The 2024 predictions for finance from SAP Concur executive are as follows. Embracing AI, automation, and data analysis will help finance teams bring more strategy to the organisational table and find a greater sense of confidence amid the uncertainty.

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Collectiv

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The feature can make an impact across the entire organization, from financial planning and budgeting to operational management and inventory planning. That means that your ability to feed in the right data and interpret insights most effectively is ultimately going to determine the success of your data analysis.

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Jedox Finance

APRIL 8, 2021

It also needs to be based on insights from data. Effective decision-making must be based on data analysis, decisions (planning) and the execution and evaluation of the decisions and its impact (forecasting). Analyze: Using information and knowledge from the data the organization collected over time. an approved budget).

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Centage

JUNE 7, 2022

Marry Finance With Strategy It’s not enough to provide accurate financial data. If you want to impress in your early days in the role of CFO, it’s crucial to find ways of closing the gap between finance and strategy. Keep reading for best practices for impressing owners and employees alike as a new chief financial officer.

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Future CFO

AUGUST 1, 2023

Supriya Deka: The general features of financial applications include accounting, reporting & analytics, bank reconciliation, billing & invoicing, asset management, budgeting & forecasting, financial risk management, expense tracking, and payroll management.

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Centage

JUNE 21, 2022

For most businesses, the current economic circumstances – and looking at what may lay ahead – haven’t just resulted in financial uncertainty, it’s also brought to light the inherent challenges with using conventional budgeting methodologies to track and anticipate future business performance. The answer?

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Forecasting Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Budgeting Planning 52

Centage

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Along with material costs, finance teams need to consider factors such as labor, storage, equipment depreciation, shipping, and rent or mortgage payments. Six: Free Up Time for Deeper Analysis This is another area where the right tool can make all the difference. Your analysis shouldn’t stop there.

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Centage

AUGUST 29, 2022

To that end, business budgeting software needs to be sophisticated enough to keep up with the task and user-friendly enough that employees can utilize it day to day. Not only does the latest budgeting software allow for improved forecasting, but they also offer data-driven insights, more detailed reporting, and overall better performance.

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Planning Forecasting Profit and Loss Budgeting 98

Centage

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Successful businesses recognize the importance of financial planning and analysis. Also known as FP&A, financial planning and analysis refers to various planning and budgeting activities that help a company to make savvy decisions regarding its long-term goals.

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