by garethjones | Oct 12, 2023 | Budgeting, Finance and Banking, Ms Excel, OLAP, Planning, PowerExcel
With a product name like PowerExcel… We gladly raise users’ expectations of what they can do beyond the “everyday” capabilities of their familiar spreadsheet. One area of particular interest, and indeed where PowerExcel shows its strength very nicely, is how it...
by garethjones | Sep 25, 2023 | Budgeting, Finance and Banking, Ms Excel, OLAP, Planning, PowerExcel
When I was a young accountant and learning about budget planning… I thought, “Wow, there are companies out there adopting bottom-up budgeting and others doing top-down…and I wonder what makes a team choose one of those.” Fast forward 30 years, and I...
by benjaminwann | Feb 7, 2023 | Budgeting, Finance and Banking, General BI and Data Management
-by Benjamin Wann, FP&A expert and writer at benjaminwann.com Abstract: This article is an in-depth review of the end-to-end budgeting process, covering each of the steps required to prepare, build, and set a corporate budget. The article explains each...
by jackguarneri | Jan 24, 2023 | Budgeting, Finance and Banking, General BI and Data Management
Not all firms budget, but nearly all that do use Excel. This is true for firms of all sizes, across all industries, and around the world. Among those firms that do budget, even staff who have relatively few numbers to contribute—in contrast to Finance professionals...
by jackguarneri | Sep 21, 2022 | Business Analytics, Business Intelligence (BI), Data Analysis, Data Management, Finance and Banking, General BI and Data Management, Industry Focus, PowerExcel, Software
Moving from the Messy Middle to Digital Finance Transformation While not a generally accepted best practice, it is nearly universally true that Finance (and many other) professionals do a great amount of work in Microsoft Excel and then move data to a Business...
by sazmoodley | Feb 7, 2020 | Budgeting, Data Analysis, Finance and Banking, Ms Excel
How 2 Persistent Conditions Define Budget Planning in ERPs There are 2 remarkably persistent conditions in the world of Finance Technology that concern budgeting and ERPs. It’s surprising, because the complexities that Finance departments must address have increased...
