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CFO Dive: 4 CFO Scenarios – and Fixes – for Inflation
““Part of taking the scenario-based view is making sure that leaders — CFOs and other leaders — are prepared no matter what future comes to pass,” according to Andrew Blau, a managing director at Deloitte. “We stress the importance of being prepared for all the scenarios.””
CFO Magazine: Data Centralization Provides Operational Insights
“Traditionally, management viewed data centralization platforms like data warehouses as cost centers under the chief technology officer’s purview. However, as businesses and sponsors face ongoing pressures to maximize return on their investments, strategies like data warehousing became increasingly part of a strategy to generate profits.”
FP&A Trends: Continuous Planning To Dynamic Business Environment
“Continuous Planning replaces the traditional static and calendar-driven process. It is a dynamic and open-ended planning approach that responds to internal and external events as they occur. In addition, the use of technology facilitates planning agility and flexibility through real-time analytics and automation.
To be successful in continuous planning, a dynamic mindset is necessary. Compared to traditional planning, where the goal set-up process is done only once, continuous planning allows organisations to achieve more of their targets.”
CFO Journal: 2025 Finance Predictions: The Pandemic Effect
“Some of our fundamental assumptions were on target. Underlying many of the original predictions was an awareness that the role of finance—and how it would add value to the business—would shift dramatically by 2025. As automation absorbed a growing number of operational tasks, the function’s increasingly business-savvy professionals would proactively provide analysis for decision-making, collaborating with partners across the enterprise in high-value activities like scenario planning and advanced forecasting. “Finance,” the report said, “will have a bigger say in how decisions get made throughout the enterprise.””