“If everyone has to think outside the box, maybe it is the box that needs fixing.”
For FP&A professionals the box is budgets.
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By Karl Kern, Accountant / Lecturer / Writer
“If everyone has to think outside the box, maybe it is the box that needs fixing.”
For FP&A professionals the box is budgets.
By John Stretch, MD at Stretch Business Training
Two years ago, the company moved away from our annual budget and monthly variance reports, and adopted quarterly rolling forecasts supported by key performance indicators and scorecards. Is this approach useful to a line manager?
By Tijana Balotic Truong, Commercial Finance and Performance Management Professional
One of the advantages of working in the domain of FP&A is that it provides excellent opportunity to learn about many aspects of the business. This enables the individual to, not only do the job with a more solid ground, but to also get a better picture of what and how is done in the other departments. Additionally, working closely with colleagues from different functions increases one’s visibility in the organization. But how do you get started in FP&A?
By Nicolas Boucher, Head of Finance & Controlling MIS Germany at Thales Deutschland
In this article, I share my view on the key skills to have when you want to work in Finance and how they bring value to your organization.

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