Financial Close & Consolidation
Modern Accounting: The Key Role of Today’s CAO
This is a guest blog post from our partner BlackLine, on the challenges and opportunities facing today’s Chief Accounting Officers. The office of the CAO has become a busy place. Chief Accounting Officers, whose normal responsibilities include overseeing the financial close and internal…
October 21, 2021
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Stacked Columns Dimension Order
Column charts are one of the most common types of data visualizations and stacked columns are simply an expansion of the columns. The stacking allows you to compare two sets of data within the same chart. But have you ever thought about how…
October 19, 2021
FP&A Done Right: Modernizing the Reporting Process
This is a guest blog post from our partner Workday Adaptive Planning, explaining how finance leaders should think about reporting. Imagine standing in the middle of a large, noisy crowd. You can hear the sound of many voices. But rather than follow…
October 15, 2021
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Approaches to Allocations in Planning Analytics
Many Revelwood clients have allocations models within their IBM Planning Analytics environment. Some – like those we highlighted in a recent webinar – have complex and/or unique approaches to their allocation models. During the webinar we received several questions. Here are a few of them. Q:…
October 12, 2021
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Approaches to Allocations in Planning Analytics
Many Revelwood clients have allocations models within their IBM Planning Analytics environment. Some – like those we highlighted in a recent webinar – have complex and/or unique approaches to their allocation models. During the webinar we received several questions. Here are a few of them. Q:…
October 12, 2021
Financial Close & Consolidation
Modern Accounting: The Business Case for Financial Close Management Software
This is a guest blog post from our partner BlackLine, written by Robert Kugel, SVP & Research Director at Ventana Research. Robert’s post makes the case for automating the close. There is a longstanding agreement on the importance of a company closing its…
October 7, 2021
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Color Schemes in a Waterfall Chart
Did you know IBM Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW) allows you to change the color scheme in your waterfall charts? The goal of a waterfall chart is to show how an initial value is affected by the intermediate values – either positives or…
October 5, 2021
FP&A Done Right: How to Rejuvenate your Budgeting Process
This is a guest blog post from our partner Workday Adaptive Planning, offering three steps to take to disrupt your out-of-date budgeting process. Disruptive technology is a popular term. No matter how long companies have been in business, many claim that their…
October 1, 2021
Fluence Technologies and Revelwood Enter Strategic Partnership
Today we announced a new strategic partnership with Fluence Technologies, the only pure-play provider of financial close and consolidation software purpose-built for mid-sized companies. “The Office of Finance is charged with many tasks to help their organizations run efficiently and effectively,” said…