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Value Driver Trees: How FP&A Software Connects KPIs to Strategy
By Nathan Rowan | Nov 18 2025
Most finance teams track dozens — sometimes hundreds — of KPIs. But when everything is a priority, nothing is. Value driver trees provide a structured way to connect a few high-level outcomes (growth, margin, cash) ... Read More
Building a Finance Data Hub: Why FP&A Needs a Semantic Layer, Not Just More Spreadsheets
By Nathan Rowan | Nov 17 2025
Every urgent finance request — a new report, a last-minute analysis — typically starts with the same question: “Where is the data?” When ERP, CRM, HR and operational systems each hold a slice of the ... Read More
Capex Portfolio Planning: Using FP&A Software to Prioritize Investments Under Uncertainty
By Nathan Rowan | Nov 17 2025
Capital expenditures — new plants, equipment, IT systems or acquisitions — can define a company’s trajectory for years. Yet many organizations still evaluate proposals in isolation using static spreadsheets and rough NPV calculations. A portfolio-based ... Read More
Bridging Treasury and FP&A: Building a Single View of Cash, Liquidity and Risk
By Nathan Rowan | Nov 17 2025
FP&A forecasts the P&L; treasury protects the balance sheet. In many organizations, the two functions work in parallel rather than together. Treasury builds cash and liquidity forecasts in one system, while FP&A models revenue and ... Read More
Automating the Financial Close: How Modern Consolidation Software Frees FP&A to Focus on Insight
By Nathan Rowan | Nov 17 2025
Why the Financial Close Is Still So Painful Despite better tools, many finance teams still treat month-end like an emergency drill. Spreadsheets multiply, emails fly and late adjustments keep everyone up at night. The result? ... Read More
AI Copilots for Finance: What They Can (and Can’t) Do for FP&A and Accounting Teams
By Nathan Rowan | Nov 17 2025
Why Finance Is a Prime Candidate for AI Assistance Finance and accounting teams spend huge amounts of time on repetitive, rules-based tasks: reconciling accounts, cleaning data, building reports and drafting commentary. At the same time, ... Read More
Driver-Based Planning for SaaS: How FP&A Software Connects Pipeline, Churn and Cash
By Nathan Rowan | Nov 17 2025
Driver-Based Planning for SaaS: How FP&A Software Connects Pipeline, Churn and Cash Why Traditional Budgeting Breaks in SaaS SaaS companies live and die by recurring revenue, renewal behavior and unit economics. Traditional budgeting — ... Read More
Beyond the Numbers: How FP&A Software Supercharges Finance Business Partnering
By Nathan Rowan | Nov 17 2025
Beyond the Numbers: How FP&A Software Supercharges Finance Business Partnering Why Finance Business Partnering Matters More Than Ever The best finance teams don’t just close the books; they change the trajectory of the business. ... Read More
Rolling Forecasts vs. Static Budgets: How Modern FP&A Software Changes the Game
By Nathan Rowan | Nov 17 2025
Rolling Forecasts vs. Static Budgets: How Modern FP&A Software Changes the Game Why Static Budgets Keep Failing Finance Teams Most companies still spend months building an annual budget that’s obsolete by Q2. Assumptions change, ... Read More
Finance in Motion: Real-Time Spend Analytics & Forecasting in Cloud-Native SaaS Platforms
By Nathan Rowan | Nov 06 2025
Finance in Motion: Real-Time Spend Analytics & Forecasting in Cloud-Native SaaS Platforms ... Read More