It is commonly agreed that the traditional budgeting process is time-consuming and costly. It rarely focuses on strategy and adds little value. Although traditional budgets have evolved over the years, they can hardly meet the challenges of the modern economic and business environment.
Rolling Forecast is an essential tool for financial planning and analysis (FP&A), with the potential to radically transform corporates’ traditional budgeting process.
So, you got support from your executive leadership team and you hired or grown some talent in FP&A. This article will explore three top FP&A business partnership projects to deliver value and supercharge your FP&A team.
While rolling forecasts have clear benefits, their successful implementation needs to consider several risk areas. The purpose of this article is to explore what consequences and costs a move to rolling forecasting has for the other actors involved in the process.
This article focuses on the operational budget’s enhancements for the rolling forecast process and shows 7 possible benefits.
We often hear organisations hail the move from traditional annual budgeting to rolling forecast as a great improvement. However what makes rolling forecast great? Is rolling forecast the answer to ease the pain of budgeting? This article explores what rolling forecast is, it’s pros and cons, some best practice times and if rolling forecast can ease the pain of budgeting.