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Finance Transformation
Finance Transformation
FP&A as a Strategic Business Partner: Glenn Snyder on the Being Planful Podcast
Glenn Snyder is a recognized industry expert with over 25 years of FP&A and corporate strategy experience across Franklin Templeton, Visa, Charles Schwab, and other firms. Glenn has also taught finance courses at San Francisco State University, published a supplement to Principles of Corporate Finance, and is a frequent presenter at accounting and finance conferences. […]
Finance Transformation
From the Classroom to Any Room: 4 Ways to Reimagine Training
When the pandemic first hit, we saw a massive spike in traffic to Planful Academy. That was great, because we knew it was helping our customers quickly transition FP&A to the remote style of work that everyone was thrown into. The faster they could expand their team’s Planful expertise, the faster they could get to […]
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How the Boston Red Sox Modernized Finance with Planful: Tim Zue, Boston Red Sox CFO, on the Being Planful Podcast
Our third episode of Being Planful featured Tim Zue, Executive Vice President / Chief Financial Officer for the Boston Red Sox. This professional baseball team, which formed in 1908, is one of the winningest teams in the sport, and has won nine World Series championships. But, just like any business, they faced the common Finance […]
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How the Pandemic has Changed Everything—and Nothing—for the Office of Finance
If you would have asked me six months ago what the biggest challenge facing finance is, the answer would have been easy: disruption. Market volatility, changing regulations, evolving business models, emerging competitors — you name it, finance has to deal with it. Then along came COVID-19, and to say it took the meaning of disruption […]
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The FP&A Role is Changing – What Phase is your Organization in?
Today’s competitive business environment demands more from the FP&A function. Innovation, agility, and growth are competitive necessities, and now more than ever businesses are turning to finance to identify and drive the initiatives that support these strategic goals.
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Why is Finance Now Moving to Cloud-Based EPM?
Enterprise software solutions for budgeting, planning, and forecasting (BPF) provide chief financial officers with higher quality results and with much greater efficiency than the traditional method: spreadsheet solutions shared via email. A survey of senior finance executives shows that most—54 percent—still use spreadsheets for their BPF. But the survey also shows that more companies will be feeling the pressure to transform their BPF functions to enterprise systems over the next 12 to 18 months to improve performance.
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Top 2017 Blog Posts for Finance Transformation
The new year brings about a time to reflect on the previous year - from what worked well to what didn’t work so well. Along with the reflection can come an inspiration to change. Transforming finance to be the true business partner for the organization can be a daunting task - so as you are looking for inspiration to make some changes in 2018 here is a list of our top blog posts on Finance Transformation.
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Five Steps to Transforming Finance to be a Business Partner
According to a July 2017 survey by CFO Research and Planful, finance departments are under mounting pressure to deliver budgeting, planning, and forecasting (BPF) data more rapidly, and to integrate the processes involved in BPF across the enterprise.
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What Are Finance Transformation Best Practices?
Finance transformation – the industry has been talking about this for a number of years. But what does it take to evolve Finance with agile Finance Transformation? Where should you start in your Finance process transformation? And lastly, what are the benefits of Finance Transformation?
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5 Critical Steps in Successful Finance Transformation From Accenture [Webinar Recap]
Predicting the future with perfect clarity is impossible. Who saw Brexit coming? How about the end of brand loyalty or the rise of Snapchat? Accounting for change when everything is changing can make business planning a difficult affair.
Finance Transformation
Finance Transformation – How to Get Started Using a Maturity Model [Webinar Preview]
Many Finance organizations today want to transform their departments or enterprises. But transformation means different things to different people.
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Insights from Accenture on Finance Transformation
How can the financial planning and analysis (FP&A) function provide more value to the organization?
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How EPM Solutions Support Finance Transformation
Finance transformation is an elusive topic that the industry has been talking about for years. But what does it really mean? Transformation from what to what? And how do EPM solutions help support Finance transformation?
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What’s New in Finance Transformation? EPM, Cloud, Big Data and More
The worlds of Finance and EPM are rapidly changing. Finance teams are shifting their focus from counting and scorekeeping, to adding strategic value to the business, They are freeing up time to help managers consider the possibilities and make better decisions that can impact future results.
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The Future of Finance – Coming to a City Near You
2016 is shaping up to be an exciting year in business. Great Britain’s exit from the European Union and the upcoming US presidential election will certainly impact the global economy.
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2016 CFO Virtual Event: Managing the Modern Finance Organization
A recent virtual event, put together by Argyle Executive Forum partnered with Planful, focused on the pressure on Finance organizations to fuel steady growth in a demanding and difficult environment.
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What’s the Deal with Finance Transformation versus Modernization?
Transformation – it’s a term that has been used for many years to describe any changes being adopted in businesses to make them more effective and efficient.
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Why Finance Departments Fail to Become Strategic
Most Finance departments want to play a more strategic role in their organizations. And in many organizations, upper management wants the Finance department to step up and lead in terms of strategy.
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What’s Brewing at Peet’s Coffee? Finance Transformation in FP&A!
What does it take to transition a small but growing publically-traded business into a rapidly growing privately-held business?
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What’s the Buzz about the Future of Finance ?
There’s been a lot of industry buzz recently about how organizations are increasingly embracing the cloud as the modern way to deploy EPM and other Finance software applications.
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The Future of Finance is Coming to a City Near You!
After a hugely successful Planful World, we are hitting the road from August to November, with a multi-stop roadshow tour across the country.