Workday Adaptive Planning Insights
Protecting Project Margins: Why Real-Time Financial Planning Is the New Competitive Advantage in Construction
Thin margins, volatile prices, and unpredictable schedules — financial planning in construction continues to be a balancing act between efficiency and uncertainty. As construction organizations finalize their 2026 budgets, the industry is navigating: Material cost volatility eroding profit even after contracts are…
October 30, 2025
Building Business Acumen in FP&A—Skills for the Next Five Years
FP&A’s future is not just about managing the numbers—it's about mastering business relationships and decision support. Our recent GENCFO Talks webinar featured finance experts sharing exactly how FP&A teams can become the CFO’s MVP by investing in both soft and technical skills.…
October 16, 2025
Accounting and Accounts Receivable
It’s Time to Rethink Journal Entries in Your Financial Close
For all the buzz around finance transformation, one critical process has been left behind: journal entries. Despite massive efforts to modernize the close, many finance teams are still stuck in spreadsheets, emails and late-night manual entries. The result? Delayed closes, increased risk…
October 10, 2025
A Better Way to Budget: FP&A for High-Growth SaaS Firms
In the fast-paced world of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), the pressure on finance teams is constant. Saas businesses face unique financial planning challenges – managing recurring revenue models, fast growth expectations and investor scrutiny, to name a few. A recent episode of FP&A Done…
October 9, 2025
Why FP&A Needs a “Quarterback” Mindset Now
Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) leaders have long aspired to be a strategic asset, but that change has been slow to happen—until now. In a GENCFO Talks session, FP&A experts discussed evolving business complexity and rapid technological shifts demand it's time for…
October 6, 2025
FP&A Done Right – Season Two is Here!
If you’re in finance, planning & analysis (FP&A), FP&A Done Right – The Podcast is one of those podcasts you’ll want to follow. It focuses on real-world strategies and tools to help finance pros move beyond report generation and become strategic partners…
September 30, 2025
Workday Adaptive Planning Tips & Tricks
Cumulative Translation Adjustment Accounts
If your company has international operations, Workday Adaptive Planning provides you an easy to set up feature to track gains and losses from translating foreign currencies. Rather than having to create a calculated account with a formula, Adaptive makes it easy with…
September 24, 2025
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Learn the Excel Focus Cell
It’s easy to lose track of your active cell when working with large worksheets in Excel. Sure, you can always glance at the Name box in the upper-left corner to see the cell reference (for example, L19), but that’s not always convenient…
September 23, 2025
How FP&A Teams Can Lead Strategy in a Fast-Changing Business
Finance leaders and FP&A professionals are invited to “Put Me In, Coach! – How FP&A Can Get off the Bench and Become a Strategic MVP” on September 24, 2025 at 1pm ET. This one-hour session will examine how Financial Planning & Analysis…