FP&A Done Right: The Office of Finance’s Powerplay — Activity-Based Planning
This is a guest blog post from Christopher Howard, senior channel manager at Workday Adaptive Planning. “I want to skate to where the puck is going, not where it has been.” – Wayne Gretzky Disruption in business means the puck is no longer where…
December 17, 2021
Financial Close & Consolidation
Prepaid Expenses Account Reconciliation in BlackLine
In today’s Quick Take video, Adam Riskin demonstrates how to create and certify a prepaid expense account in BlackLine. Prepaid expenses can be a time consuming and tedious task when doing reconciliations in Excel. BlackLine provides a streamlined and efficient process for this through…
December 16, 2021
Financial Close & Consolidation
Accrued Account Reconciliation in BlackLine
We’ve launched a new video series – Quick Takes of features and tips on BlackLine’s cloud-based modern accounting platform. Watch this short video from Adam Riskin to learn how quick and easy it is to complete an accrual account reconciliation in BlackLine. Accrual account reconciliations can…
December 9, 2021
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Fill Function
Have you ever been in a situation where you need to add extra characters to a string in IBM Planning Analytics? Maybe you need ten characters, but the data source value only has seven characters. You can resolve this situation via the…
December 7, 2021
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
Questions on Virtual Hierarchies in IBM Planning Analytics
Virtual hierarchies in IBM Planning Analytics are not as well understood as you might suspect. We’ve found that many Planning Analytics users don’t understand what virtual hierarchies are, how to use them, and when to use them. We’re here to answer your…
November 30, 2021
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Displaying Percentages on a Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW) Pie Chart
In a recent blog post we discussed pie charts and how you can show data points or percentages in an IBM Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW) pie chart. We also have an IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks video that shows how easy it is…
November 23, 2021
Financial Close & Consolidation
Modern Accounting: Automating the Intercompany Accounting Process
This is a guest blog post from our partner BlackLine, written by Anders Liu-Lindberg and originally published on LinkedIn. Think of a finance and accounting process that only causes frustration and wasted hours without adding any value. Yes, there are quite a few of them, but…
November 18, 2021
FP&A Done Right: A Complex Approach to Allocations
An allocation is defined as “the action or process of distributing something.” In business terms, this typically entails the movement of costs. Some companies have a rather straightforward approach to allocations. Others need to incorporate a level of complexity to their allocations. A Revelwood…
November 16, 2021
FP&A Done Right: What is Zero-Based Budgeting?
This is a guest blog post from our partner Workday Adaptive Planning on zero-based budgeting, which enables companies to align spending with business goals. Many businesses are shifting into recovery mode after the economic disruption caused by COVID-19. While it’s too soon…