Scenario Modeling 101: A Framework for Strategic Financial Planning
Learn how a powerful scenario model’s carefully selected components can translate a future story into usable data.
Finance
News, trends, and insights for finance leaders and professionals.
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Vendor Management: Best Practices You Need to Know
Vendors have a direct impact on daily business performance and risk exposure. Managing those relationships with discipline and structure strengthens performance and creates a more resilient third-party network.
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How to Conduct a Risk Assessment
Every business faces risks and uncertainty. With a structured risk assessment framework in place, your teams can navigate change and disruption with speed and resilience.
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The Path to CFO: Your Guide to Success
The CFO role is more dynamic than ever. Success comes from building a career that blends breadth and expertise while staying true to the unique strengths and skills you can offer.
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Choosing the Best Accounting Software for Small Businesses
Eight in ten small business leaders are investing in cloud-based accounting software. Choosing the right platform can be the difference between small improvements and real transformation.
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How to Prepare a Budget Sheet Effectively
Finance leaders face constant pressure to balance financial growth with efficiency. Strong budgeting practices provide the structure to navigate shifting conditions with clarity.
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How to Manage Cash Flow: 8 Best Practices
More than 8 in 10 small businesses fail because of cash flow problems. To balance growth with financial stability, SMBs need smart systems and technology in place to make cash flow management continuous and effective.
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The CFO’s Ultimate AI Survival Guide
Learn how AI is moving finance from reporting to strategy with this four-step playbook for implementation and growth
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Sales vs. Demand Forecasting: What’s the Difference?
Modern forecasting demands a holistic approach and the right technology to support it. Learn how companies are connecting sales and demand forecasting with AI platforms to power predictive insight.
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10 Most Useful Excel Functions for Financial Analysis
Excel is still the most-used tool in the FP&A toolkit. Learn the advanced Excel functions finance professionals use for smart analysis, and why integrating Excel with financial management software is best.
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Optimizing Inventory Management for E-Commerce Businesses
In e-commerce, inventory directly shapes customer loyalty and financial performance. Companies that optimize it with the right strategies and technologies gain a stronger competitive position.
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3 Ways AI Has Changed the Insurance Industry
Learn how AI has transformed compliance and reporting to a proactive, real-time governance system by automating regulatory change monitoring, streamlining statutory filings, and ensuring ethical fairness through explainable AI (XAI)
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Workday Recognized as a Leader in Two Gartner Magic Quadrant Reports, Redefining Next-Generation ERP
We believe Workday’s recognition as a Leader in two Gartner Magic Quadrant reports and the only Customers’ Choice for Cloud ERP for Service-Centric Enterprises validates its position as the next-generation, intelligent system of action that helps finance teams navigate talent shortages and business complexity.
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CFO Playbook: Preparing for, Navigating, and Winning the Next Recession
Proactive finance leaders don’t just survive recessions. They strategically guide their organizations to thrive by fortifying financial resilience, driving innovation, and leading with transparent communication.
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The Ultimate Guide to ERP Implementation
ERP systems are one of the most critical technology investments companies make, yet implementation challenges often derail progress. A well-planned and executed ERP deployment can be the difference between failure and success.
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FP&A vs. Financial Analyst: Key Differences to Know
Financial analysts and FP&A professionals play complementary but distinct roles in maintaining a company’s financial health. Learn how the two differ in focus, responsibilities, career trajectory, and business impact.
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How CFOs Can Use AI to Navigate FX Turbulence
Forward-thinking finance leaders are turning to AI as they realize the traditional playbook for managing foreign exchange risk is outdated.
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How to Get Into FP&A: A Career Guide
Financial planning and analysis (FP&A) transforms financial data into strategic insights. Breaking into FP&A requires a clear guide—from mastering core skills to gaining hands-on experience and mapping your path from analyst to leadership.
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The Secret Weapon Top CFOs Use to Boost Profits
Most effective finance leaders use a deep, hands-on understanding of the entire business—beyond just financial reports—to create value and drive long-term success
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One Workforce, One Strategy: Why Siloed Management Endangers AI Transformation
The biggest threat to your AI strategy might be internal. Data silos and redundant projects in different departments are crippling progress. A unified approach is key to realizing AI’s full benefits.
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Power Partnership: How CFOs and CIOs Can Co-Lead Digital Transformation
Finance and data leaders should think about how to enable true collaboration to develop a lasting competitive advantage for their organizations
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How to Create a Financial Plan for Your Business
Every business needs a financial plan to turn strategy into measurable action. This guide highlights the best tools, steps, and practices to build a plan that’s aligned to current needs and flexible for the future.
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FP&A vs. Accounting: Key Differences Explained
Every organization depends on accurate financial record-keeping and forward-looking analysis to steer its financial course. Explore how accounting and FP&A work together to fuel smarter decisions.
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From Rookie to Top Collaborator in the Workday Community
Bruce DeGraw has become one of the most active and trusted contributors in the Workday Community. By asking smart questions and sharing solutions, he’s helping Acrisure and companies like it make the most of Workday tools.
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How to Set Up Payroll Software for Your Small Business
Payroll software empowers SMBs to run with greater accuracy, compliance, and confidence. Learn how to choose the right system, implement it smoothly, and unify payroll with your HR system.
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10 Ways to Speed Up ROI on Your AI Investments
Here are a few actionable ways to help ensuring your organization’s success in an AI-driven business environment
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How to Prepare Financial Statements: 5 Essential Steps
Accurate financial statements are essential for making informed business decisions. Follow the steps in this guide to maintain reports that are reliable, consistent, and designed to drive strategic action.
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Supercharge Your Finance Team: AI as a Catalyst for Strategic Impact
Discover how AI is revolutionizing finance by enabling deeper data insights, fostering innovation in planning, and streamlining operations to empower CFOs and their teams.
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Essential Features for Small Business Invoicing Software
Invoicing isn't just about getting paid—it's how small businesses stay cash-flow positive and client-ready. This guide breaks down the features, pricing models, and buying questions that matter when choosing a solution.
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Top 7 Types of Financial Forecasting Models
Financial forecasting has become a necessity in today’s fast-changing markets. With the right models in place for each scenario, finance teams can anticipate change, guide smarter planning, and drive stronger outcomes
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AI Agents for Financial Services: Top Use Cases and Examples
In today’s fast-moving financial markets, speed and precision are everything. AI agents for financial services bring real-time, autonomous decisioning to core workflows, ensuring your business stays ahead of the pace.
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How to Calculate Accounts Receivable
Accounts receivable is more than back-office accounting—it’s a key indicator of how well your finance team operates and your overall cash flow health. Learn how to adopt the right methods, processes, and technology to make it both scalable and precise.
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The Performance-Driven Agent: Setting KPIs and Measuring AI Effectiveness
Managing a performance-driven AI agent involves setting relevant KPIs, implementing robust measurement strategies, and engaging in continuous iteration and optimization to maximize AI effectiveness
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McLaren Racing’s High-Performance Partnership for the Fast Lane
Zak Brown and Laura Bowden drive McLaren Racing's success through a collaborative leadership focused on innovation, strategic agility, and a "Forever Forward" vision. Their partnership, especially in navigating the Formula 1 cost cap with advanced financial tools, ensures McLaren's sustained pursuit of excellence both on and off the track.
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How to Calculate Net Revenue Retention
Tracking multiple revenue metrics across siloed reports obscures true growth signals. Net revenue retention consolidates expansions, downgrades, renewals, and churn into a single percentage, making it clear how well your customer base is propelling revenue forward.
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AI Agents in Finance: Top Use Cases and Examples
Agentic AI is reshaping finance, automating everything from reconciliation to risk management. Find out how leading businesses are deploying AI-powered agents across close, treasury, forecasting, and auditing.
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CFO Playbook: Agentic AI and the Future of Finance
A conversation with business leaders from PayPal, Salesforce, and Team Car Care around agentic AI delves into practical applications and broader implications
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Beat Stagflation With These Must-Know AI Strategies
Organizations in every industry can use AI to combat inflationary pressure and a low-growth environment by enhancing efficiency, reducing costs through automation, and improving data analytics
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How to Choose the Best Payroll Software for Small Businesses
Choosing payroll software is one of the most important infrastructure decisions a small business can make. For business leaders, it’s critical to know which features, capabilities, and support systems to look for as you evaluate your options.
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Financial Forecasting in Excel Made Easy
Excel’s flexibility and powerful calculation engine make it a natural choice for building and refining financial forecasts alongside core FP&A platforms. Its familiar interface, shared workbook capabilities, and built-in audit trails boost usability, drive collaboration, and ensure the team works from a single, reliable source of truth.
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Workday Named a Customers’ Choice in the 2025 Gartner® Voice of the Customer for Financial Planning Software
Workday has been recognized as a Customers’ Choice in the 2025 Gartner® Voice of the Customer for Financial Planning Software report. Based entirely on verified end-user feedback, this recognition reflects the strength of our partnerships and our continued focus on delivering modern, intuitive financial planning tools that help organizations thrive.
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The 5 Things Every CFO Must Know About AI
Finance leaders must understand these key aspects of AI—from foundational capabilities and strategic value to data, risk, and talent—to drive growth and competitive advantage in an AI-driven world.
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Top 10 AI Use Cases for Finance Operations
From spend analysis to faster close cycles, AI is helping finance leaders find new efficiencies, reduce risk, and reallocate resources for strategic growth. Learn the major benefits that your business could gain from AI.
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How to Calculate (and Forecast) Overhead Cost
Overhead costs influence more than just the bottom line—they reveal how well your business runs. With the right structure and insights, finance teams can turn these expenses into a source of control, clarity, and smarter decisions.
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How to Calculate (and Forecast) Retained Earnings
Retained earnings reflect the share of net profits a company retains to fuel growth and sustain operations. Mastering their calculation and forecasting empowers finance teams to harness internal capital to its fullest potential.
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How CFOs Can Mitigate Risks in the Age of Agentic AI
Finance leaders must adapt to the age of agentic AI by mitigating new risks with strategic frameworks that prioritize security, transparency, and ethical practices
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Why Small Businesses Should Switch to Cloud Accounting Software
Cloud accounting software gives small businesses automated, real-time control of their finances. Below we unpack core benefits, must-have software features, and a five-step roadmap to help owners choose the right solution.
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Aligning Finance and IT: The Key to Unlocking Enterprise Value
To create robust, sustainable growth, organizations must strategically align their finance and IT departments, moving beyond traditional silos to enable better insights.
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Top 7 Financial Reports for Small Businesses
Strong financial visibility turns complexity into confidence, revealing where your business excels and where it needs attention. Discover the right financial reports to empower your small business to drive sustainable growth.
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How to Calculate (and Forecast) Average Revenue
Forecasting average revenue helps finance leaders understand how value flows through the business. With the right data and tools in place, it becomes a powerful way to spot trends, guide strategy, and drive long-term planning decisions.
