The Finance Weekly

DECEMBER 2, 2024

A finance director at a large niche pharmaceutical company told us: “We have a lot of manual processes and inputting and that type of stuff which I am trying to get away from. One company we spoke to–a $110M equipment leasing firm–has been looking for a way out of this Excel mess for three years.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) 52

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Finance Data Analysis Financial Modeling 52

Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

On business B, you have a challenge, since it does seem irrational that an entrepreneur would enter a bad business, and while that irrationality cannot be ruled out (perhaps the entrepreneur thinks that earning any profit makes for a good business), the reality is that outside events can wreak havoc on the bet paid plans of businesses.

Marketing 52

Marketing Profit and Loss Investments Accounting 52

The Finance Weekly

JANUARY 21, 2024

A finance director at a large niche pharmaceutical company told us: “We have a lot of manual processes and inputting and that type of stuff which I am trying to get away from. Under this familiar process, financial personnel export data from their organization's software, typically the company's Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) 40

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

Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 17, 2024

What were the career plans? Tony Kim : Career plans? I was particularly, I was in, I was working in, on the East coast and, you know, any, everything from like pharmaceutical to automotive to, to what a, what a distribution network looked like. And that’s when then you get into the financial analysis.

Technology 52

Technology Investments Numbers Concentration 52