Financial Planning & Analysis

Financial Planning & Analysis

Why Procurement Savings Get Lost in Translation

Create a "closed-loop" system so that business unit leaders don't eat up all the savings before corporate leaders can decide what to do with the gains.

David Schannon and Chuck Miller, Bain & Co.
October 30, 2019
Cost Management

Fast and Easy G&A Cuts Won’t Cut It in the Next Downturn

Following the last recession, functional leaders learned the hard way that it can take years to recover from deep cost reductions.
Risk Management

Metric of the Month: How Quickly Businesses Adapt to New Risks

When a risk becomes a reality, top performers act to change policies and strategies quickly.
Strategy

Technology to Alter Finance’s Business Partner Role

Intelligent automation and advanced analytics mean finance will have to embed fewer team members within business units: KPMG "Future of Finance" report.
People

Finance Function 2019: Fewer Functionaries, More Strategists

Heading into the new year, technology is starting to wipe out lower-level number crunchers in favor of mid-level team members focused on strategy.
Financial Planning and Analysis

Middle Managers’ Poor Decisions Slash Profits

Having finance team members support business unit stakeholders drains EBITDA, says Gartner; instead, align them with specific types of decisions to be made.
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

Mismatch: Finance Roles’ Importance vs. Performance

Finance executives weigh in as strident critics of their teams' — and their own — performance in key disciplines.
Financial Planning & Analysis

Highest Priority for Finance Today: FP&A

Financial planning and analysis tops even strategic planning among the finance processes that CFOs want to improve.
Management Accounting

Five Keys to Succeeding as CFO of a PE-Backed Company

Above all, a CFO has to provide the financial sponsor with an ongoing and accurate window into the company’s performance.
Tax

The 2018 CFO State Tax Survey: Land of Confusion

States’ adjustments to the federal tax cuts present new obstacles to compliance.
Financial Planning & Analysis

How to Know When Better Profit Margins Aren’t Better

At some point, cost cutting and higher prices can hinder growth and destroy value. 
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