Modern Accounting: Achieving Finance Transformation
This is a guest blog post from our partner BlackLine, explaining four essential steps for transformation success. Making the Move to F&A Digital Transformation For controllers, CFOs, CTOs, and business leaders in general, planning a move to digital finance transformation can be…
May 26, 2022
FP&A Done Right: ESG Reporting Tools
There is a wide range of reasons why ESG (environmental, social, governance) reporting is an exploding market. One reason is that consumers care about ESG. PwC’s 2021 Consumer Intelligence Series survey reports that 91% of business leaders believe their company has a…
May 6, 2022
Modern Accounting: Why do Midsized Companies Lag in Finance Automation?
This is a guest blog post from our partner BlackLine, written by Chris Kiehn, senior global vice president at BlackLine. The post originally appeared in CPA Practice Advisor. Around the world last year, CFOs at many midsized companies realized that the traditional…
September 23, 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: Overcoming Obstacles to Collaboration in the Office of Finance
This is a guest blog post from our partner Workday Adaptive Planning, highlighting how to better improve collaboration in the Office of Finance. As the role of CFO continues to become more strategic and collaborative, CFOs are expecting their teams to follow…
August 6, 2021
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks
IBM Planning Analytics Tips & Tricks: Depreciation
P&L planning models consist of a variety of inputs, including revenue planning and various forms of expense planning. In addition to these standards, we are often asked to develop other planning components. One of these components entails a depreciation process, which leads to…
July 27, 2021
FP&A Done Right: 3 Strategic Skills for FP&A Leaders
This is a guest blog post from our partner Workday Adaptive Planning, recommending strategic skills for FP&A leaders. You stay late to meet your deadlines. You triple-check your reports to keep them error-free. You turn around one-off requests at the drop of…
July 9, 2021
FP&A Done Right: Volatile Business Conditions Require Agile Planning
This is a guest blog post from our partner Workday Adaptive Planning, explaining how to lay the groundwork for business agility. Manual, spreadsheet-based planning may have worked well enough in a more predictable age. But today? Not so much. Volatile conditions demand a…
June 4, 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.…