How to Build a Business Budget From Scratch Without Guesswork
Build a practical business budget from scratch using revenue drivers, cost categories, cash timing, and a worked example.
Stay ahead in business and finance with expert insights, practical strategies, and data-driven analysis. Covering market trends, financial planning, SaaS growth tactics, and smart investment moves—helping entrepreneurs and professionals make informed decisions faster, smarter, and more profitably
Forecast Assumption Ownership: How CFOs Stop Planning Surprises
Learn how CFOs assign forecast assumption ownership, improve FP&A accountability, and catch operational changes before they become financial surprises.
Capital Expenditure Stage Gate Process: When CFOs Should Release the Money
Learn how CFOs use a capital expenditure stage gate process to evaluate project risks, time funding decisions, and protect investment returns.
Sales Capacity Planning: How CFOs Test Revenue Targets Before Hiring
How CFOs use sales capacity planning to test revenue targets, model hiring and ramp time, and avoid costly sales headcount decisions.
Business Unit Profitability Analysis: How to Separate Real Losses From Allocated Costs
A reported divisional loss may hide a profitable business. I walk through business unit profitability, shared costs, and the decision that actually matters.
Capacity-Constrained Financial Planning: A CFO Guide
Learn how CFOs use capacity-constrained financial planning to prioritize demand, protect margins, evaluate expansion, and forecast cash flow.
Your CFO Changed the Forecast. Was That Judgment or Wishful Thinking?
Learn when CFOs should override financial forecasts, how to document management adjustments, and how FP&A can improve forecast accuracy.
Post-Acquisition Synergy Tracking: Where Did the Promised Savings Go?
Learn how CFOs track post-acquisition synergies, reconcile promised savings with actual results, and improve M&A integration reporting.
Capital Allocation for CFOs: When Every Investment Looks Good
Learn how CFOs prioritize competing capital investments using NPV, scenario analysis, capital constraints, and strategic financial judgment.
That $24,000 Job Looked Profitable. So Where Did the Money Go?
Learn how to calculate job profitability, uncover labor overruns, and improve service business margins with a practical $24,000 project example.
Sarah Schlott
FP&A consulting, forecasting, accounting support and finance strategy for CFOs and growing finance teams.