Forecasting

• The pandemic's effects on forecasting and budget allocation

  See how finance leaders are handling forecasts and budget changes as they seek to move from disruption to growth.

• A playbook to manage cash in a crisis

  The coronavirus pandemic is forcing businesses worldwide to tightly manage their cash. Here are five critical steps to tackle liquidity stress in a crisis.

• Using XBRL and big data to improve decision-making

  A subsidiary of the China National Petroleum Corporation put its data to work through a familiar platform and made big improvements to its budgeting and risk management.

• Video: US airlines ditch 2020 forecasts

  US airlines are suspending their outlooks and cutting flights to combat the fallout from the coronavirus outbreak, and some CEOs are cutting their pay.

• Using technology to improve forecasting

  This excerpt from the CGMA report 'Re-inventing Finance for a Digital World' highlights how a machine-learning system delivered tremendous forecasting efficiencies for one company.

• Improving FP&A accuracy

  A growing range of techniques can lead to better business planning.

• Moving from budgeting to rolling forecasts

  Steve Player, CPA, CGMA, the CEO of the consulting firm The Player Group, suggests that switching to rolling forecasts prompts you to plan better and ask strategic questions.

• How to use Excel in seasonal forecasting

  Because there is an art, a give-and-take, to budgeting, there is a need for objective forecasting. Excel expert Liam Bastick discusses how to forecast seasonally or cyclically.

• Improving forecasting at the Home Office

  Angela Wilson, ACMA, CGMA, has led an initiative to improve forecasting within the UK government to inform better resource allocation decisions.

• Cloud accounting and continuous closing poised to disrupt

  Companies are increasingly replacing rigid closing cycles with “continuous close” approaches that use automation to speed business processes.

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