The Finance Weekly

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

It is a cloud-based FP&A solution aimed at reducing reliance on traditional spreadsheets and manual data entry. Primarily built for large enterprises and growing mid-sized businesses, the platform supports finance teams in budgeting, forecasting, workforce planning, and financial close processes. Who Its Meant For?

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) 52

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

Centage

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Accounting has evolved quite a bit since the early days of double-entry systems and general ledgers. It replaces static spreadsheets with a cloud-based financial tool that gives role-based access to data in real time. Siloed financial data can lead to false assumptions because insight isn’t based on a complete picture.

Budgeting 96

Budgeting General Ledger Data Analysis Financial Data 96

Centage

JANUARY 18, 2022

Freed from the shackles of a siloed, legacy tool like Excel and managed instead within strategic FP&A solutions, budgets become living, evolving documents that finance teams can use as an in-house planning tool, updating monthly, quarterly or on an ad-hoc basis. Finance at the Speed of Business. Who should be involved?

Budgeting 111

Budgeting Forecasting Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) General Ledger 111

Future CFO

AUGUST 1, 2023

This trend is driven by the need for real-time data analysis and insights to make informed business decisions. Specific to the automation of finance and accounting processes, can you identify the top three areas mid-size enterprises are prioritizing to automate?

Invoicing 98

Invoicing General Ledger Reconciliations Budgeting 98

Centage

JULY 25, 2023

This is because Excel is easy to use and personal finances often require simple formulas and data entry. To successfully budget, you need access to each data source and up-to-date data. Consolidating your financial data across several general ledgers quickly becomes complicated when you use spreadsheets.

Budgeting 98

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

Centage

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Disadvantages of Excel for Financial Forecasting While Excel is not necessarily bad for data analysis or financial forecasting, it may not be the best option available to your business. Limited Visibility To conduct financial data analysis, your business needs to test various hypothetical scenarios.

Forecasting 98

Forecasting Budgeting Data Analysis Financial Modeling 98

Centage

OCTOBER 3, 2022

While Excel is not necessarily bad for data analysis or financial forecasting, it may not be the best option available to your business. To conduct financial data analysis, your business needs to test various hypothetical scenarios. Excel spreadsheets may not be ideal for storing historical data.

Forecasting 52

Forecasting Budgeting Data Analysis Financial Modeling 52