FP&A Done Right: Three Driver-based Budgeting Tips for CFOs when Change is Imminent
This is a guest blog post from our partner Workday Adaptive Planning, written by Gary Cokins. The blog discusses how uncertainty adds to the arduous and often painful process of budgeting. Consider these tasks and the problems related to them: budgeting amid…
October 2, 2020
FP&A Done Right: Planning for What’s Next in Uncertain Times
This is a guest blog post from our partner Workday Adaptive Planning, written by Michael Magaro. The blog post was originally published on FEI Daily. The COVID-19 pandemic changed our world, almost overnight, and businesses are having to adjust. The unprecedented nature…
September 18, 2020
FP&A Done Right: How CFOs Can Lead in Today’s Challenging Environment
This is a guest blog post from our partner Workday Adaptive Planning, written by Steve Dunne. It is the second in a series looking at macro trends in the economy. This post explains how the CFO can play a strategic role in…
September 11, 2020
FP&A Done Right: 3 Steps to Help you Plan for What’s Coming
This is a guest blog post from our partner Workday Adaptive Planning, written by Bob Hansen. Read it to learn why static planning no longer works and how to make your business agile. Throughout the world, businesses of every size are feeling…
August 21, 2020
FP&A Done Right: Reforecasting in a COVID-19 World – Best Practices you Can Implement Now
This is a guest blog post from our partner Adaptive Insights, written by Bob Hansen. The article shares insights from Workday’s internal finance leaders on how they are adjusting to the impact of COVID-19. COVID-19 has hit the entire world with unprecedented…
August 7, 2020
FP&A Done Right: FP&A Tips for Scenario Modeling During COVID-19
This is a guest blog post from our partner Adaptive Insights, written by Steve Dunne. It is a unique Q&A with Kinnari Desai, Workday’s senior director of corporate finance, on how Workday responded to the FP&A impact of COVID-19. Kinnari Desai, Workday’s…
July 24, 2020
FP&A Done Right: What Must FP&A Do Differently to Make Planning a Success
This is a guest blog post from our partner Adaptive Insights, written by Anders Liu-Lindberg. Lui-Lindberg explains why FP&A can no longer take a narrow view of its own role. FP&A is obviously concerned with financials; however FP&A can no longer take…
June 5, 2020
FP&A Done Right: 3 Words for a COVID-19 World – “Flexible Budget Variance”
This is a guest blog post from our partner Adaptive Insights, written by Bob Hansen. It is part of a series of blogs from Adaptive Insights designed to help customers weather the storm brought by the COVID-19 pandemic. With the COVID-19 pandemic…
May 22, 2020
FP&A Done Right: Traditional Budgeting is a Challenge
This is a guest blog post from our partner Workday Adaptive Planning, written by Gary Cokins. Cokins explains why traditional budgeting is no longer adequate for most companies. Traditional budgeting is simply too slow and too rigid to keep up with today’s…