Tackling your data gap. It’s about the mindset

Regular planning and analysis is in demand at the moment, but finance’s data gap shows that they need more than a planning solution (more…)...

Why CFOs need a scrum mentality

The world is changing fast; CFOs need to continually adapt and respond to add real value to their organisations. (more…)...

Finance and transformation horror stories to chill your bones

This Halloween, turn out the lights and read these truly terrifying tales of transformation gone wrong. (more…)...

The Gartner 2020 magic quadrant for financial planning and analysis is out

The Gartner research for Cloud FP&A was published on 6 October 2020. It can be accessed here. Please refer to my general article on Gartner MQs that provid...

Now is the time to refocus FP&A

RPA can remove the low-value tasks from FP&A, allowing the team to focus on adding value. (more…)...

Marco Torrente, CFO: The right direction for finance

Marco Torrente has spent half of his career improving and integrating finance teams across the travel sector. He shares his approach to transformation and the u...

CFO’s guide to sustainable Financial Planning and Analytics

Isn’t the world a strange place at the moment. I received an email recently from a mid-tier ERP house suggesting that finance teams should adopt their ...

Managing Uncertainty: A practical guide to Covid-19 risk management

Day Two of the Accounting and Finance Virtual Summit was curated by Generation CFO and included many of its members who wanted to support other members during...

Top Nine Lessons for FP&A Professionals

In his yearly round up Bryan Lapidus asked several professionals in the FP&A profession a simple question: What did you learn this year? Here are their r...

How performance management can work in the modern workplace

The finance manager spends around 60% of their week consolidating information-producing reports, rather than analysing the information that they’re producing. ...