FP&A Articles

FP&A Articles is a collection of useful case studies from leading international companies and thought leadership insights from FP&A experts. We aim to help you keep track of the best practices in modern FP&A, recognise changes in the ever-evolving world of financial planning and analysis and be well equipped to deal with them.

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FP&A Articles
    Using a Balance Sheet for Financial Planning
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    By Karl Kern, Accountant / Lecturer / Writer

    The purpose of a balance sheet is to describe the resources that a business has
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    Integrated Workforce Planning – the Beginning and End of HRM Process
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    By Martin Winkler, Head of Business Development at Apliqo AG / Cubewise CH

    In this blog we explain how companies can efficiently and accurately calculate their personnel requirements.
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    Could FP&A Help Your Company Survive a Downturn?
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    By James Myers, Global Finance Executive and Finance Transformation Consultant

    Companies reducing the size of their Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) finance teams are cutting
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    Business Planning, Data and Technology: a Ticking Clockwork
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    By Irina Steenbeek, Founder of 'Data Crossroads'

    Very often financial and business planning professional ask the same question: which software do I
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    "When a Measure Become a Target, It Ceases to Be a Good Measure"
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    By Christian Fournier, former Head of Finance Europe at Orange Business Services

    Here are two laws that should question a few paradigms in company management and finance
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    From Bean Counter to Bean Grower – the Sequel
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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

     

    This article is my sequel to my previously published “Can Accountants Grow the Beans Too?”
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