FP&A Done Right: xP&A Should be in your Future
This is a guest blog post from our partner Workday Adaptive Planning, explaining why xP&A is the future of planning. With its promise of extending FP&A principles beyond finance and into other areas of the business, xP&A (extended planning and analysis) is…
January 14, 2022
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…
December 17, 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.…
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…
November 12, 2021
FP&A Done Right: Is Your Data Trapped in a Legacy ERP System?
This is a guest blog post from our partner Workday Adaptive Planning, highlighting the challenges Finance leaders have with legacy ERP systems. In late 2019, Mercer surveyed business leaders about their expectations for the next three years. Nearly three out of four…
October 29, 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
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This is a guest blog post from our partner Workday Adaptive Planning, offering three steps to take to disrupt your out-of-date budgeting process.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
FP&A Done Right: The Value of Scenario Planning
This is a guest blog post from our partner Workday Adaptive Planning, highlighting the value of scenario planning in modern finance. Considering all that’s happened over the last year, the case for robust scenario planning has rarely been stronger. Scenario planning—the practice…
September 17, 2021
FP&A Done Right: CFOs See a Bright Future for the Remainder of 2021
This is a guest blog post from our partner Workday Adaptive Planning, examining trends and data presented in a PwC Pulse Survey of finance leaders. As CFOs look ahead to the remainder of 2021 and beyond, a new survey finds them increasingly…