Performance management

• Smoothing capital expenditure in Excel

  This spreadsheet technique accommodates cyclical, multiyear capital spending, allowing for an accurate year-to-year calculation of cash flows.

• Quiz: Do you know how to create long-term value?

  Take this quiz to find out how much you know about how the CGMA Business Model Framework helps boards, senior executives, and support staff gain an understanding of their organisation’s business model at a time of change.

• Adding value to reverse logistics

  Management accountants have an important cost-reduction role in the retail returns process.

• 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.

• Enabling finance as a business partner

  The growing sophistication of IT systems has freed finance resources to be redeployed away from traditional accounting to a broader management support contribution.

• How to successfully use integrated business planning

  Gain insights into the successful deployment of an agile business planning process that targets sustainable growth in a rapidly changing environment.

• How to plan for sustainable growth

  An integrated approach can help organisations plan for sustainable business growth. Find out how to do it step-by-step and what the challenges are.

• 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.

• Managers’ quandary: Ethics or targets?

  Surveys find that managers often face pressure from above and below, making ethical behaviour a secondary priority.

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