FP&A Done Right: 3 Steps for Selecting your KPIs
This is a guest blog post from our partner Workday Adaptive Planning, explaining how to identify the most appropriate KPIs for your organization. Now more than ever, companies that are unable to adapt or pivot easily to adjust to changing market conditions…
May 7, 2021
FP&A Done Right: 5 Ways Dashboards Empower The Office of Finance
This is a guest blog post from our partner Workday Adaptive Planning, exploring how to unlock hidden opportunities with dashboards & analytics. Visualizing data is often the fastest way to identify trends and patterns that lead to insights and better decision making.…
April 23, 2021
FP&A Done Right: What Type of CFO Are You?
This is a guest blog post from our partner Workday Adaptive Planning. It is part 1 in a two-part series on the changing role of the CFO. Finance has gained new perspectives from the impact of COVID-19, which has created the imperative…
April 9, 2021
FP&A Done Right: Predictions of “Extraordinary” Growth This Year
2020 disrupted nearly every industry – some in good ways, some in bad ways. With the pandemic still impacting our daily lives, we might expect this year to be uncertain too. But perhaps not! The 2021 BDO Middle Market CFO Outlook Survey…
March 26, 2021
FP&A Done Right: Collaborate More When Planning
This is a guest blog post from our partner Workday Adaptive Planning, recommending how to get other departments to collaborate with the Office of Finance. When it comes to business, collaboration is vital. After all, no single department can do its…
March 12, 2021
FP&A Done Right: Achieve More Reliable Financial Forecasting
This is a guest blog post from our partner Workday Adaptive Planning, written by Gary Cokins. Cokins is an internationally recognized expert, speaker and author in enterprise and corporate performance management systems. In this piece Cokins outlines three steps for more reliable…
February 26, 2021
FP&A Done Right: The Role of KPIs in Driver-Based Budgets
This is a guest blog post from our partner Workday Adaptive Planning, on why finance teams should focus on KPIs and business drivers. Gone are the days when business leaders were narrowly focused on just the net cash flow or balance sheet.…
February 12, 2021
FP&A Done Right: xP&A and Modern Finance Planning
This is a guest blog post from our partner Workday Adaptive Planning, written by Matt Shore. Shore, vice president and product strategist, explains xP&A and why it matters. xP&A stands for extended planning and analysis—taking the best of modern finance planning and extending…
January 15, 2021
FP&A Done Right: Rolling Forecasts for More Strategic FP&A
This is a guest blog post from our partner Workday Adaptive Planning, written by Bob Hansen. Hansen makes the case for dynamic planning, which is better suited for complexity. When it comes to FP&A forecasting, most companies base their long-range forecasts on…