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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.