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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
Financial Close & Consolidation
Managing your Month-End Checklist in BlackLine
How do you track your month-end checklist? Many companies use a spreadsheet, have lots of status meetings and emails among the accounting team throughout the close process. BlackLine can save you a significant amount of time on your month, quarter and year-end activities. Watch…
February 3, 2022
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips and Tricks: Adding a user in Planning Analytics Workspace
Do you know how to add a user in IBM Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW)? The steps are detailed below. As an Administrator, navigate to the Administration Users and Groups page. You can get there from the home page as follows: Click the…
February 1, 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
Financial Close & Consolidation
Modern Accounting: Choosing the Right Accounting Software for your CFO Tech Stack
Historically the Office of Finance has sought all-in-one solutions that met the majority of their needs – GL, ERP, financial planning & analysis, budgeting, payroll management, accounting and more. That attitude is evolving – the Office of Finance now prefers selecting best-of-breed…
January 27, 2022
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: The SCAN Function
Have you ever needed to parse data by looking for a specific character within your source records? Maybe you want to filter an employee’s last name from a “Lazarow, Lee” or maybe you want to define the year from “12/25/2021”. All of…
January 25, 2022
Financial Close & Consolidation
Activity Analysis in BlackLine
Did you know BlackLine can save you a significant amount of time in your month, quarter and year-end close activities? In our latest BlackLine Quick Take video, Adam Riskin demonstrates how to use BlackLine to analyze your accounting team’s activity and therefore determine how…
January 20, 2022
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Modeling Books
Did you know IBM Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW) update 57 introduced a new type of PAW book? This new type of book is called a “Modeling Book.” A modeling book can be created by selecting the “Data and Models” tile at the…
January 18, 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…