Business Intelligence blog articles on the latest trends

Financial Consolidation & Closing
- 4 min read
It’s time to upgrade financial consolidation. (Here’s how)

The role of finance has changed. Not only are departments facing growing pressure to do more with less, but the expectation for finance teams to play a more strategic...

Michele Bernasconi

#Board Financial Consolidation, #digital transformation, #financial consolidation

BI, Analytics & Reporting
- 4 min read
A guide to effectively managing the modern workforce with the right technology

Human Resource (HR) leaders today face an uphill battle when faced with the complexities of managing the modern workforce. Maintaining employee efficiency, effectiveness, and happiness during a period of market uncertainty and competitiveness is a particular...

Pietro Castelli

#digital transformation, #HR, #human resources, #workforce planning

Budgeting, Planning & Forecasting
- 3 min read
Why modern CFOs need a Decision-Making Platform

Despite the increasing expectation for CFOs to act as strategic business partners, research shows that most have insufficient information for optimal decision-making. The rising importance of extending FP&A principles outside of finance (referred to by...

Pietro Castelli

#CFO, #decision making, #FP&A, #XP&A

BI, Analytics & Reporting
- 3 min read
Now is the time for finance leaders to take on a more strategic and transformational role

Board launched the Resurgent Finance Leader, our latest research exploring the transformation of the office of finance. The report poses a series of key questions...

Karlo Bustos

Budgeting, Planning & Forecasting
- 3 min read
How does Integrated Business Planning overcome the challenges of FP&A?

In the Office of Finance today, CFOs face a multitude of challenges across planning and forecasting. Traditional planning models lack the flexibility to successfully connect strategic, financial, and operational business functions in an integrated approach, hindering the...

Pietro Castelli

#CFO, #IBP, #integrated business planning, #office of finance

Budgeting, Planning & Forecasting
- 3 min read
Five must-have skills for finance pros to ensure business success after COVID-19

Following the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses have been thrown into a difficult and highly complex situation. Industries and markets are moving with a degree of uncertainty, consumer habits are...

Ed Gromann

#CFO, #decision making, #finance, #FP&A

Financial Consolidation & Closing
- 4 min read
Financial consolidation and close explained and explored

Today, the expectation is on finance teams to play a more strategic role in the business; in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, this is...

Michele Bernasconi

#Board FC, #Board Financial Consolidation, #financial consolidation

Financial Consolidation & Closing
- 2 min read
Uniting finance and operations for enhanced collaborative planning at Delos Power

Uniting the finance function with operations is a recurring theme when discussing the power of the Board Decision-Making Platform. Why? Because it is a differentiator for organizations looking...

Michele Bernasconi

#Board Financial Consolidation, #customer story, #decision making, #financial consolidation

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