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Strategic Budgeting and Forecasting: Five Questions to Consider

Centage

While spreadsheets have long reigned supreme as the foundation of budgeting and forecasting for many organizations, the shortcomings of this legacy, siloed tool have become too hard to ignore. Accuracy is the critical to the budgeting and forecasting process. How easily can I create and track an accurate budget from the plan?

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Workday Adaptive Planning Reviews

The Finance Weekly

Did you know that 47% of businesses still rely on spreadsheets for financial planning, despite the risks of errors and inefficiencies? 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.

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50 Shades of FP&A Maturity

Fpanda Club

This article describes the FP&A maturity assessment model focused on major tasks of the function (strategic planning and budgeting, forecasting, analytics, management reporting, performance management and decision support) and built around 3 key areas – processes, tools/systems and people.

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The Key Differences Between a Controller and a CFO in Small Businesses

CFO Share

Strategic Planning and Forecasting CFOs create long-term financial plans and forecasts. They analyze market trends and economic data to predict future financial performance and guide strategic decision-making.

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Why Excel Spreadsheets Are Not Meant for Business Budgeting

Centage

Risk of Errors with Excel Spreadsheets The risk of errors is one of the greatest challenges that businesses face when using Excel spreadsheets for budgeting and financial forecasting. Consolidating your financial data across several general ledgers quickly becomes complicated when you use spreadsheets.

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Strategic budgeting and forecasting: Five questions to consider

Centage

While spreadsheets have long reigned supreme as the foundation of budgeting and forecasting for many organizations, the shortcomings of this legacy tool, and the silos it creates, have become impossible to ignore. It’s never a bad time to consider how to improve your overall budgeting and forecasting process.

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The Difference between a Bookkeeper, an Accountant, and a CFO

The Charity CFO

Common nonprofit bookkeeping tasks include: Recording donations Entering accounts payable and receivable Organizing and reviewing bank statements Maintaining the general ledger These everyday financial duties help bookkeepers provide a clear and up-to-date picture of the nonprofit’s financial status.

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