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AI Expense Management Software: Policy Enforcement That Employees Don’t Hate

AI Expense Management Software: Policy Enforcement That Employees Don’t Hate

Posted December 15, 2025 by Nathan Rowan

Why Expense Reporting Still Creates Friction Expense reporting is painful for employees and finance teams alike. Employees dread manual entry, […] Read More 

AI in FP&A: From Static Spreadsheets to Adaptive Financial Forecasting

AI in FP&A: From Static Spreadsheets to Adaptive Financial Forecasting

Posted December 10, 2025 by Nathan Rowan

Why Finance Teams Are Outgrowing Spreadsheet-Only Forecasts Finance and FP&A teams are under pressure to forecast revenue, costs and cash […] Read More 

Rolling Forecasts: How Finance Can Ditch the Annual Budget and Stay Ahead of Change

Rolling Forecasts: How Finance Can Ditch the Annual Budget and Stay Ahead of Change

Posted December 2, 2025 by Nathan Rowan

Why the Annual Budget Is Showing Its Age The traditional annual budget cycle is slow, political and often outdated by […] Read More 

The Last Mile of Finance: Automating Board Books, MD&A and Narrative Reporting

The Last Mile of Finance: Automating Board Books, MD&A and Narrative Reporting

Posted December 2, 2025 by Nathan Rowan

Why the “Last Mile” Still Feels Manual Even when ERP and consolidation systems are in place, the final step of […] Read More 

Modernizing Your SOX Program: From Spreadsheet Jungle to Control Intelligence

Modernizing Your SOX Program: From Spreadsheet Jungle to Control Intelligence

Posted December 2, 2025 by Nathan Rowan

Why SOX Still Hurts More Than It Should Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) has been around for years, […] Read More 

Finance Dashboards Executives Actually Use: From Static Reports to Live KPIs

Finance Dashboards Executives Actually Use: From Static Reports to Live KPIs

Posted December 2, 2025 by Nathan Rowan

Why Static Reports Don’t Cut It Anymore Finance teams produce impressive decks at month-end—pages of tables, charts and commentary. But […] Read More 

Designing a Fast Close: How Finance Software Turns Month-End Into a Non-Event

Designing a Fast Close: How Finance Software Turns Month-End Into a Non-Event

Posted December 2, 2025 by Nathan Rowan

Why Month-End Still Feels Like a Fire Drill Despite better tools, month-end close remains stressful for many finance teams. Journal […] Read More 

Cost Allocation Without the Fights: How Finance Can Make Shared Services Feel Fair

Cost Allocation Without the Fights: How Finance Can Make Shared Services Feel Fair

Posted December 2, 2025 by Nathan Rowan

Why Overhead Feels “Unfair” to the Business Finance, HR, IT, facilities and legal all provide services that support revenue-generating teams—but […] Read More 

Building a Finance Data Hub: Why FP&A Needs a Semantic Layer, Not Just More Spreadsheets

Building a Finance Data Hub: Why FP&A Needs a Semantic Layer, Not Just More Spreadsheets

Posted November 19, 2025 by Nathan Rowan

Every urgent finance request — a new report, a last-minute analysis — typically starts with the same question: “Where is […] Read More 

Capex Portfolio Planning: Using FP&A Software to Prioritize Investments Under Uncertainty

Capex Portfolio Planning: Using FP&A Software to Prioritize Investments Under Uncertainty

Posted November 19, 2025 by Nathan Rowan

Capital expenditures — new plants, equipment, IT systems or acquisitions — can define a company’s trajectory for years. Yet many […] Read More