Budgeting

Budgeting

A Company That Gets Managers to Think Like Owners

How finance and investor relations can lead a cultural transformation that drives long-term shareholder value.

Marwaan Karame and J. Michael Bruff
May 21, 2019
Budgeting

Metric of the Month: Percentage of Approved Capital Projects Considered Within or On Budget

The visible and hidden costs of over-budget capital projects can cause issues for organizations, but agile approaches can help.
Technology

Digital Investments Carry Increasing Financial Risk

Machine learning and AI solutions are difficult to deploy, often overhyped, and may have little bottom-line impact: Gartner.
Strategy

Under Armour Sets Aside $10M To Cover Job Cuts

The company raised its profit outlook and said the cost savings would begin to show up next year.
Risk & Compliance

How to Forecast Growth in the Age of the Overnight Policy Whipsaw

Finance and tax departments have little choice but to build forecasting models that can accommodate a number of different variables.
Global Business

Auto Groups: Trump Tariffs Would Cost Jobs, Hurt Consumers

Trade groups cited a study from the Peterson Institute for International Economics that found 195,000 U.S. jobs could be lost if the tariffs were imposed.
Budgeting

It’s Time to Review the Advertising Budget

Why is money being spent? What's the ROI? Leverage data and analytics to take a deeper look at campaign results and to align priorities.
Budgeting

Metric of the Month: Number of Budget Versions

How many revisions should it really take to finalize an enterprise-wide budget?
Spreadsheets

CFO’s Tech Companies to Watch 2018: Adaptive Insights

Without the cloud, it isn’t possible to build planning models that are powerful enough or that can refresh all relevant data, says Adaptive's CFO.
Global Business

How CFOs Can Navigate Trump’s Trade War

Imagine what it was like to sit in the C-suite of a U.S.-based steel distributor the day the president announced a 25% tariff on foreign-made steel.
Budgeting

Usage of Variance Analysis Is, Well, Variable

While it's not debatable that variance analysis is an important FP&A tool, companies differ in how they apply it.
Budgeting

Square Root Costing: A Better Method

Square root costing is the only costing methodology based on an accurate understanding of complexity costs, say the co-founders of Wilson Perumal.
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