Strategy

Traditional Budgeting and Forecasting Don’t Cut It Anymore

But there are ways distribution financial planners can build a more adaptive financial-planning process. Here’s how to reset the planning process in your business.

January 26, 2022

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CFOs and finance leaders are pushing the limits of traditional corporate budgeting. They want something that will work for them and their company’s needs, but the old tools no longer fit the new variables and problems that need to be solved. In light of recent events like COVID-19 — or whatever else might happen next — financial experts realize they need better ways to plan going forward. As many companies are experiencing, outdated financial methodologies are leaving planners with either too optimistic or too pessimistic outlooks that handicap resource and growth planning. It’s a serious…

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