Monthly Archives: September 2020
Rethinking the Business Planning Process
“Many plans and budgets are now based on outdated assumptions and data, requiring FP&A teams to rethink the annual business planning process. Discussions with FP&A leaders, CFOs, and Deloitte’s Finance Transformation and Human Capital professionals, suggest several factors have led leaders to challenge the traditional process, including the need for constant scenario development and modeling; […]
Digital and Analytics Key for Consumer Goods Firms
“Digital and analytics programs are no longer optional. Companies can’t compete effectively in today’s business environment without harnessing the power and potential of these technologies. Scaling them—so that they work their magic across the entire organization instead of in small pockets—will be increasingly crucial to improving total shareholder returns and sustaining competitive advantage.” Read at […]
Real-time Approach to Planning is Critical
“These new realities demand a real-time approach to planning in which financial teams use scenario modeling and simulation tools to plan for a range of possible outcomes. Leveraging external data in volume and drawing on connected intelligence from across the business, finance teams can ask those all-important “what if” questions to identify the best path […]
Upcoming Webinars and Product Demos
Join our interactive demo series designed to help finance teams understand the different ways cost data drives performance. Each 30-minute session is packed with best practices and real-world examples of how organizations are creating a competitive advantage by focusing on costing. #CostTalk Q+A: Your Guide to Implementing an Effective Costing System When the time is […]
The Role of Data Analytics
“The broad reach and wide applicability of data analytics across industries and professions have been known for decades, but the essential role of data analytics in delivering a competitive advantage to businesses, efficiently enhancing value delivery, and revolutionizing the role of business professionals is now undisputed. Even more, the enormity of the impact data analytics […]
Better Scenario Planning Helps Companies Benefit During Disruptions
“CFOs will play a key role in determining how various scenarios will impact revenue, the cost structure, the balance sheet, and liquidity. Three key areas can shape how companies prepare for and respond to the uncertain environment ahead: identify new data inputs, model data to understand how the business may behave under different circumstances, and […]
Have You Learned to Importance of Revenue Management?
According to companies like SoFi, management accountants aspiring to become business partners with others in their organizations need to focus on all the factors affecting profitability – costs, revenues, and investment. Yet revenue management is not a central focus for management accounting systems in most organizations. Traditionally, corporate finance has focused too much on cost […]
The End for Manual Accounting Processes
“Manual processes present too high a cost for accounting teams, CFOs, the broader business, and investor confidence. They sap time and resources, elevate risk, place a shadow over audit and compliance processes, and burn out talent. But more than that, in today’s fast-moving landscape—where companies are rolling out new business models, conducting mergers and acquisitions, […]