Forecasting

• Accounting for value

  Finding new ways to measure, manage, and understand organisational value is a critical role for finance professionals and management accountants.

• How algorithms and human conversations can remove forecasts' bias perception

  CIMA-sponsored research found that the combination of algorithmic calculations and dialogue between management accountants and decentral managers increased the perception of forecasts as neutral and trustworthy.

• 5 steps to more valuable forecasting

  Ash Noah, CPA, FCMA, CGMA, managing director–Learning, Education, and Development at the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants, highlights how short-term forecasting can be a value-creating activity.

• Finance leaders share their plans to leave the pandemic behind

  Finance leaders from different industries and geographies share lessons learned during the pandemic and aspirations for 2021 and beyond.

• How B&Q is planning beyond the 2020 retail rollercoaster

  The finance director at UK and Ireland retailer B&Q explains how frequent forecasting, scenario modelling, and contingencies are part of 2021 planning.

• 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.

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