strategy
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...
FP&A Can Help by Asking Better Questions
“In addition, the world around us – and in business – is changing rapidly. As decision makers struggle more to...
Gartner: Build Cost Strategy Around Differentiating Factors, Not Competitive Trends
“Our research shows that CFOs are often blown off course by external targets that prioritize growth over profitability. Their targets,...
CFO Crisis Leadership – Open a War Room
Managing during a crisis takes on a different set of priorities, according to a six-time CFO. “The first — respond...
Employ Strategies to Turn Around Business Performance
“Explore strategic options under a “no-constraint rule”. Many finance business partners were not able to get the best ideas out...
Nine Key Traits from CFOs at Efficient Growth Companies
A recent Gartner survey of CFOs have identified nine traits CFOs should implement for better performance during a crisis including...
Are You Really Data-Driven?
“Being a data-driven organization takes more than great technology and quality data. Like other aspects of digital transformation, it requires...
Modeling Through the Current Crisis
“Creating financial and operating models is critical to creating alignment across the enterprise, and FP&A professionals are making numerous scenarios...
Can Your Analytics Program Handle a Downturn?
“Here are two thoughts that are useful for calibrating analysis: (1) An analytics system is only as good as the...