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FP&A Trends: Top Seven Lessons Learned from the Pandemic
July 1, 2022
“Being able to plan on request, being able to look at the different scenarios in real-time as and when they happened, what would be the outcome of those different scenarios, how do we then resource these different scenarios, what new KPI’s or Drivers have the pandemic thrown in the mix, how do we include that in our planning and decision making. Some organisations even changed their model completely. To do all of this, you need technology that is Agile.”
SF Magazine: An Internal Controls Mindset for Excel
July 1, 2022
“The same year, CNBC wrote that spreadsheet blunders are costing businesses billions. Consulting firm F1F9 estimated that 88% of all spreadsheets have errors and 50% of spreadsheets used by large corporations have material defects. An executive at the advisory firm The Hackett Group Inc. mentioned that the pandemic exposed the vulnerability of the finance teams’ decisions resulting from a continued dependence on Excel.”
Harvard Business Review: Build Better Management Systems to Put Your Data to Work
June 30, 2022
“Most companies continue to struggle in managing their data and putting it to work. They expend a lot of time and energy, but don’t get much for their efforts. Quality is low, people don’t trust the data, technical debt is out-of-control, and they miss opportunities to become data-driven, take advantage of advanced analytics and AI, and compete with data.”
CFO Dive: 3 Ways CFOs Can Help Tackle Supply Chain Disruptions
June 29, 2022
“CFOs can use scenario planning to help identify, evaluate and compare the alternatives from a comprehensive financial, operational and tax perspective when facing complex decisions.”
