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Budgeting and Forecasting

How To Build a Rolling Forecast in 6 Steps

September 05, 2025

The six tactical steps—and downloadable template—you need to build a rolling forecast that keeps your budget agile all year.

Budgeting and Forecasting

Budgeting and Forecasting: Definitions, Differences & Best Practices (2025 Edition)

Budgeting and forecasting help you formulate strategies, plan for the future and align your goals across the business. Check out this guide to learn ...

Budgeting and Forecasting

Top-Down vs. Bottom-Up? What You Need To Know To Build Your Budgeting Process

Choosing between a bottom-up or top-down approach to budgeting? Explore the pros and cons of each model to find out what's right for your ...

Excel and Spreadsheet Tips

How To Format Your Excel Spreadsheet: 10 Tips for Finance Professionals

Here are 10 ways to format your Excel spreadsheet when building financial reports, including guidelines and best practices for each one.

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Strategy and Operations

Streamlining Ops & Capital: Why Banks Are Rethinking the Value of Stress Tests

SaaS tools are quickly becoming a way for banks not only to get ahead of regulatory stress test requirements, but to streamline operations and ...

Strategy and Operations

FP&A Professionals Only Spend 25% of Their Time on Analysis

Learn why finance leaders only spend 25% of their time on forward-thinking analysis, and discover how process automation with FP&A software can ...

Financial Reporting

Top 3 Dashboards To Improve Financial Reporting

Here's how to elevate your financial reporting and analysis with these three critical dashboards. Read our blog now!

Strategy and Operations

In Appreciation of Beautiful Financial Reports

Don't just focus on getting the numbers right in financial reporting-- transform flat rows and columns into a visual story that lasts.

7 Characteristics Of World Class S&OP Tools

Strong S&OP tools prevent execs from going through request layers to access data, when properly informed they make decisions that drive business ...

Strategy and Operations

The Manifesto for Agile Finance-Led Business Planning

Agile finance-led business planning is about more than just informing quick decision making. It's about providing a platform for adaptability.

How Storytelling Essentials Can Transform Financial Reporting

Learn how storytelling essentials can help you transform financial reporting and why it begins with sharing the most important data first.

Modern FP&A: Tools and Trends

Modern FP&A software has taken giant leaps forward in recent years. Discover the latest tools and trends driving businesses and leading growth.

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