FP&A Done Right
FP&A Done Right: Continuous Planning Leads to Agile Businesses
This is a guest blog post from our partner Workday Adaptive Planning. The author, Bob Hansen, explaining the value of continuous planning. Too many enterprises know firsthand the planning challenges that result from trying to achieve business agility during a time of constant…
April 22, 2022
FP&A Done Right: Keeping up with the Pace of Change
This is a guest blog post from our partner Workday Adaptive Planning, recommending how to close the acceleration gap with the intensifying rate of change. If you’ve noticed how the pace of change in the world is accelerating and wondered how…
March 25, 2022
FP&A Done Right: Dynamic Forecasting
This is a guest blog post from our partner Workday Adaptive Planning, explaining how dynamic forecasting can guide businesses through fluid markets and uncertain times. The business landscape has never been so complex. Business leaders today must juggle and balance often conflicting…
March 11, 2022
FP&A Done Right: Can Updating Your Office of Finance Software Mitigate “The Great Resignation?”
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that 4.5 million Americans quit their jobs in November 2021. According to Fortune, “The Great Resignation” started in April of 2021. Bank of America’s CEO, Brian Moynihan recently said, “A lot of people left the labor market…
February 4, 2022
FP&A Done Right: Building the Case for Driver-Based Planning
This is a guest blog post from our partner Workday Adaptive Planning, providing 5 ways to increase buy-in for driver-based planning. Driver-based planning can be a game-changer for your organization—but only if everyone is in on the game. So, yes, it’s smart…
January 28, 2022
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 longer where…
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. 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…