Financial Planning & Analysis

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. 
Global Business

Keep a Close Eye on U.K. Trade Agreements

The most common what-if scenario CFOs are planning for is the possibility that the U.K. and the European Union just can't reach a deal.
Budgeting

Brand Value Drives Corporate Value

With the right brand-value metrics and framework, managements can allocate marketing resources to improve both short- and long-term value creation.
Revenue Recognition

How Revenue Recognition Impacts Pricing Strategy

The new revenue recognition rules demand tight teamwork between pricing and revenue teams.
Applications

Microsoft, IBM Tighten Finance Via Tech

Senior finance executives detail machine learning and blockchain efforts aimed at making revenue forecasting and cross-border financing more efficient.
Business Planning

Why You Should Take the “F” Out of FP&A

A purely financial focus leads to damaging short-termism, KPMG says. Instead, put the focus on longer-term integrated business planning.
M&A

Is a Higher Valuation Multiple Always Better?

They're great for investment bankers and sellers, but lower valuation multiples are associated with greater shareholder return.
Budgeting & Planning

Metric of the Month: Planning, Budgeting, and Forecasting Costs

The metric is closely tied to the intense demands being placed on finance teams to drive effective organizational decision-making.
Capital Markets

CFOs Still Spurning High-Return Projects

Despite the overall lower cost of capital, the hurdle rates companies use to screen investments are still 'stubbornly high.'
Budgeting

Metric of the Month: Cost to Run the Finance Function

Too many finance organizations are blowing their budgets to pay armies of people to do low-level work inefficiently.
Compensation

CFO Base Pay Rose 2.8% in 2016

But average pay raises for controllers and management-level finance team members were higher, according to the AFP.
Capital Allocation

Do We Remember How to Grow?

What does your capital deployment strategy say about your growth expectations?
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