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Is Zero-Based Budgeting Still Relevant?
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By Carl Seidman, Principal at Seidman Financial

This article will emphasize that ZBB is not exclusively for small businesses. It discusses zero-based budgeting as a tool that

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A New Age of Zero Based Budgeting (ZBB)
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By Larysa Melnychuk, CEO and Founder at FP&A Trends Group and International FP&A Board

​The concept of Zero Based Budgeting (ZBB) is by no means new. It has been around for almost 50 years

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A Passionate Appeal for Activity-Based Costing (ABC)
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By Gary Cokins,  Founder of Analytics-Based Performance Management

Gary Cokins (Cornell University BS IE/OR, 1971; Northwestern University Kellogg MBA 1974) is an internationally recognized expert, speaker, and author in advanced cost management and enterprise performance and risk management systems. He is the founder of Analytics-Based Performance Management LLC, an advisory firm located in Cary, North Carolina at www.garycokins.com .

He began his career in industry with a Fortune 100 company in CFO and operations roles. He then worked 15 years in consulting with Deloitte, KPMG, and EDS. From 1997 until recently Gary was a Principal Consultant with SAS, a leading provider of enterprise performance management and business analytics and intelligence software.

His two most recent books Performance Management: Finding the Missing Pieces to Close the Intelligence Gap (ISBN 0-471-57690-5) and Performance Management: Integrating Strategy Execution, Methodologies, Risk, and Analytics (ISBN 978-0-470-44998-1). Mr. Cokins can be contacted at gcokins@garycokins.com .

LinkedIn account: www.linkedin.com/pub/gary-cokins/0/15a/949

 

Usually I am fairly rational and do not let my personal emotions interfere with how I interact with others. However

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Resetting the Business with Zero Based Budgeting
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By Siva Raj Jeyarajah, Executive Vice President at Maybank

Siva Raj Jeyarajah is based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and is the Head of the Finance, Methods and Risk Management Department of Maybank’s Group Operations Division. Siva Raj is a qualified Accountant and holds the ACCA qualification and the CPA certification, including a BSc (Hons) from the National University of Malaysia. He is also a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) and a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (UK).

Siva Raj joined Maybank in 1995, starting off his career as a Graduate Trainee in Maybank at the Branch, after which he went on assuming roles in Management Reporting, Business Planning, Financial Analysis, Data warehousing and Business Intelligence in various Divisions within Maybank Group. Siva Raj had also represented Maybank on the Supervisory Board of their associate company, Uzbek Leasing International in Uzbekistan, in 2013.

LinkedIn account: www.linkedin.com/in/siva-raj-jeyarajah-4a9443a4/

We’ve all come across checkpoints in our personal lives where we commonly think about or use phrases such as “let’s

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Dynamic FP&A: The Nuts and Bolts of Your P&L
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Alexander Antonov

By Alexander Antonov, Freelance Project Manager/ Associate Professor

P&L management focuses on the items included into P&L (profit and loss) report. It has become an increasingly popular technique

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Two Points at which Controllership and FP&A Diverge
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By Emmanuel Jibodu, Finance Analytics @ Shred-it

The Controllership and FP&A are two separate components of the organisation. This article will highlight a couple of differences between

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