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FP&A for Legacy Businesses

FP&A for Legacy Businesses

How to Build a Financial Planning Function from Scratch

Financial PlanningFP&ALegacy Business

Your company does $200 million in revenue but the annual budget is 47 linked Excel workbooks and the controller is the entire planning department. This is the first practical guide to building a financial planning and analysis function at traditional mid-market companies — manufacturers, utilities, construction firms, and other businesses where forecasting means the CEO's gut feeling and variance analysis means someone noticed payroll was high.

What you'll learn

  • Build a business case for FP&A that speaks CEO, not finance
  • Replace a 16-week budget cycle with a 6-week process
  • Implement rolling forecasts and scenario planning in Excel
  • Choose the right tools with honest pricing comparisons
  • Follow a 180-day playbook from zero to functioning FP&A
15 chapters·By Alex Crawford

Coming soon to Amazon Kindle.