CFO Talks

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Forecasting Tools, choosing the Right Fit for Your Business As a CFO, you know that forecasting is crucial to business success. Whether you’re anticipating future cash flows, preparing for market shifts, or managing your company’s resources, having the right forecasting tool can make all the difference.

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Centage

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

However, one of the most important planning tools for a business of any size is cash flow forecasting – and it’s especially important in times of uncertainty. Knowing the timing, amount and predictability of future cash flows with cash flow forecasting should be an essential component of the budgeting and planning process.

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Collectiv

MAY 22, 2023

Accurate and timely business intelligence (BI) is critical to effective planning and forecasting. Each of our consultants has a unique background and skill set to help enterprise teams tackle any and all challenges with BI, planning, and forecasting using the Microsoft Power Platform and Power BI.

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Collectiv

AUGUST 18, 2022

To succeed in a highly competitive business landscape, enterprises need a robust financial planning and forecasting strategy. Why Planning and Forecasting are Critical for Enterprises. Financial planning and forecasting go far beyond just day-to-day budgeting.

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Cube Software

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Choosing the right sales forecasting software is essential to budgeting, planning, and the overall strategic direction of the sales division–and the entire organization.

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Centage

MAY 23, 2022

With rolling forecasts, businesses can gain better insight while aligning their sales and production goals with what’s actually happening from a financial perspective. Read on to discover the benefits of rolling budgeting, rolling financial forecasting, and mid-year forecasts for your business. What’s a Rolling Forecast?

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CFO Share

JUNE 11, 2024

Accurate financial forecasting is crucial for small businesses, but developing and updating forecasts can be time-consuming, frustrating, and ultimately inaccurate. Precise forecasts provide the roadmap for future growth, but most small companies spin their wheels developing and maintaining forecasts.

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Collectiv

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Are your planning and forecasting cycles holding your enterprise back? Some of the world’s largest organizations still rely on Excel spreadsheets to manage their planning and forecasting. What Planning and Forecasting Limbo Looks Like. Welcome to the club. Time Savings. Single Version of Truth.

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Spreadym

JUNE 8, 2023

Planning, budgeting and forecasting for a business are three distinct financial management tools used in business, each serving a different purpose. Key differences between planning, budgeting and forecasting for a business Here are key difference between planning, budgeting and forecasting for a business.

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Centage

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

There is some risk to using past performance to inform your long-term plans, and this can be compounded during times of economic uncertainty. Your company needs to make plans for the future. What Is Financial Forecasting? Forecast vs. Budget Though similar, a budget and a forecast serve different purposes.

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Centage

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Having a solid grip on your cash flow forecast and reporting is one of the most important factors for any business to track. For many businesses, having an accurate cash flow forecast can help to avoid potential cash flow problems, predict end of year profits (or debt), and set realistic goals for the upcoming quarters and year.

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Centage

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Is now the time to move forward with that planned investment? Dynamic market conditions may not be anything new but navigating the current business environment and its unprecedented unpredictability has shined a spotlight on just how critical cash flow forecasting is to an organization. What about workforce considerations?

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The Finance Weekly

JANUARY 8, 2024

It's not just about knowing your current financial situation, but also projecting into the future based on your plans. This is why expense forecasting is valuable for CEOs, CFOs, and other executives when predicting a company's future financial performance. What Is an Expense Forecast? Is Budgeting Different from Forecasting?

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Jedox Finance

JANUARY 13, 2023

These 12 sales trends serve as a roadmap for sales leaders looking to cultivate a more adaptable and integrated organization that evolves with today’s sophisticated buyers. Sales and marketing partnership. Collaborating through integrated business planning. Enabling decisiveness through simplified forecasting.

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Centage

DECEMBER 1, 2021

But times have changed – which is why financial forecasting is more important than your annual budget. More than half (57%) are producing P&L forecasts more often than monthly. What’s the Financial Forecast Look Like? Financial forecasting is especially important when it comes to cash flow. Produce scenario plans.

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Jedox Finance

JULY 8, 2024

Revenue forecasting plays a crucial role in business planning. Through an analysis of historical performance data, market trends, and other important factors, organizations can also identify potential risks and optimize sales strategies.

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Jedox Finance

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

While that wouldn’t make much sense these days, think about revenue planning, data, and processes. Does it make sense to have a complete separation between your company goals, sales reps targets, and compensation models? What is Sales Performance Management? Incentive and Compensation Management (ICM) is closing this loop.

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The Finance Weekly

JUNE 17, 2024

Financial planning and analysis (FP&A) is important in automating all of the manual tasks in the finance department and giving everyone greater insights into the data. FP&A not only supports business and financial decision-making but also provides management with insights into the organization’s strategic plans and investments.

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CFO Share

MAY 10, 2024

In fact, I never forecast cash flow without bookkeeping help – their insights are too valuable to ignore. By leveraging the detailed financial data they maintain, you can create a 13-week cash flow forecast that provides valuable insights into your upcoming cash obligations and helps you make better-informed decisions.

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E78 Partners

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Under these pressures, one aspect often underestimated is the power of strategic budget planning. For executives in portfolio companies, understanding the nuances of effective budget planning is crucial. A tailored budget plan can empower private equity-backed companies to meet and exceed their financial objectives.

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Centage

OCTOBER 17, 2022

As you start your financial planning for 2023 and beyond, follow these steps to solidify your three-year strategic plan and boost the odds of achieving your business’ goals. If you want to forecast your financial future, start by looking back at past performance. Set the past as your baseline to predict the future.

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Spreadym

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Budgeting and forecasting in business are both financial planning tools used by businesses, but they serve different purposes and have distinct characteristics. Here's an overview of the key differences between budgeting and forecasting. Forecast: Forecasts can vary in terms of their time horizon.

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Spreadym

JUNE 2, 2023

Rolling forecast is a financial planning and forecasting approach that involves continuously updating and extending the forecast based on the latest available data and information. As the current period elapses, the forecast is extended by adding a new period, maintaining the same forecast horizon.

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Centage

OCTOBER 3, 2022

This accessible program can accomplish various tasks, such as financial forecasting and budgeting. If your business has used Excel for financial forecasting, you may have found some challenges with the program. These obstacles can become even more pronounced as your business grows and your financial planning gets increasingly complex.

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E78 Partners

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Download our free budget planning checklist For private equity firms, success isn’t just about acquiring companies; it’s about transforming them. Under these pressures, one aspect often underestimated is the power of strategic budget planning. This is where scenario and sensitivity analyses come into play.

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Jedox Finance

JULY 6, 2021

When considering the performance of any forecasting model, the prediction values it produces must be evaluated. An error metric is a way to quantify the performance of a model and provides a way for the forecaster to quantitatively compare different models 1. Where y’ is forecasted value and y is the true value.

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Jedox Finance

OCTOBER 24, 2019

A high-quality business forecast delivers far more than just numbers. Finance professionals regularly try to look in their crystal ball with forecasts and enable the company to have seamless, solid planning. For this to succeed, your forecast must be of high quality. Though other forecasting strategies are also possible.)

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The Finance Weekly

JULY 19, 2023

The inflow of cash is typically derived from sales, but it could also encompass funds from debt repayments, selling unnecessary assets, rebates, and grants. Combine Short-Term and Mid-Term Projections Short-term forecasting proves valuable in boosting , KPI. A single cash shortage can drastically alter the course of an organization.

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Centage

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The Value of Stress Testing Your Financial Plan. As we approach the end of the fiscal year and begin a new one, business leaders have an overriding concern: How accurate are the assumptions we made when we created our plan? All plans, to a certain extent, are based on assumptions. Scenario Planning and Goal Alignment.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

When the pandemic first took hold of the retail industry in March and April, the phrase “it’s hard to forecast during a pandemic” was heard in most every executive interview or earnings call. Now that the holiday sales season is imminent, the operative phrase is … well … “let’s try to forecast during a pandemic.”.

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Jedox Finance

APRIL 23, 2020

Sales Performance Management (SPM) is defined as a set of operational and analytical process to help align selling resources with business priorities. The key benefits of SPM automation are: Savings of 3% to 5% in sales compensation expenses & over payments. Data-driven analytics to speed up decisions and actions.

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Centage

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The traditional budgeting and forecasting planning processes can be long and painful. Any number of issues can arise that render forecasts or the line items on an annual budget quickly outdated. It’s because of these challenges that many organizations have moved to driver-based budgeting and planning.

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Spreadym

MAY 23, 2023

Cash forecasting refers to the methods and approaches used by businesses to predict and estimate their future cash flows. To forecast cash flows, companies can use a variety of tools that can include simple models in Excel spreadsheets and special business software that contain tools and features for cash forecasting.

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Centage

MARCH 14, 2023

If companies want to succeed, they need to craft their personnel planning with care, ensuring their choices hold up to close scrutiny from upper management and investors. The Importance of Workforce Planning Companies often confuse strategic workforce planning with more general annual resource planning.

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Centage

AUGUST 15, 2022

In the current economic climate, proper financial planning and management are more essential than ever before. With that in mind, many businesses are turning to budgeting and planning drivers as a way of obtaining more accurate information. Managers can then run scenarios with the drivers to improve long-term strategic planning.

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Centage

APRIL 6, 2022

For instance, the more sales staff available, the more revenue to be gained, but the more expenses are incurred. The key is to have a keen understanding of your business drivers, and build your financial plan around them. The delta between forecasts and actuals can have a huge impact on performance. Financial Scenario Planning.

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CFO Share

AUGUST 5, 2021

Your strategic business forecasting must include proper considerations for section 280E – this is essential to planning cash flow and avoiding catastrophic tax bills at year-end. Income taxes attributable to the sale of inventory (e.g. How do I forecast for the 280E tax code? What is IRS section 280E?

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