The Ledger
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FP&A Trends: Time to Make a Difference – Value Creation through FP&A Business Partnering
August 5, 2022
“We are model builders and, through our understanding, build various different scenarios to guide the business through to find the optimal outcome that creates maximum value.”
Supply Chain Dive: Hasbro Says Price Increases Helped Offset High Ocean Freight Costs
August 3, 2022
“While lead times have gone down, they remain “two times higher than historical levels,” Thomas said. Overcrowding at cargo ports and shipping container and truck transportation constraints have led to higher costs for ocean, air and over the road freight, according to the company’s most recent quarterly report.”
CFO Journal: Automated Financial Forecasting Built on a Foundation of Data
August 2, 2022
“The effort requires CFOs to take an end-to-end approach to data management, process design, and talent—at the same time. Integration across all three is critical to really enabling automated, real-time financial forecasting. The prize is the ability to produce forecasts on-demand, leaving behind an environment where it takes so long to build quarterly forecasts and annual plans that key drivers may shift, impacting the forecast.”
SF Magazine: Digital Skills of the Future
August 1, 2022
“As evidenced by these skills, there will be a need for deeper technical skills in data governance, data privacy/security, process modeling, and application development/testing, especially when integrated with traditional finance skills like revenue generation and cost-efficiency management. A willingness to continually remaster these digital skills as technology changes, along with the ability to clearly articulate the value of the complex interactions between finance and technology, will position the management accountant for continued career growth and success.”
