Your 2027 Budget Has a Problem: Last Year’s Numbers May Be the Wrong Starting Point
A 2027 budget built from last year’s actuals can miss annualized hiring, cloud usage and AI costs. Here’s how FP&A can build a baseline that reflects the business.
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Continuous Planning vs. Rolling Forecast: What Is the Difference?
Finance has accumulated enough planning vocabulary that we can now spend half a meeting agreeing on what kind of forecast we are discussing. Rolling forecast. Continuous planning. Dynamic planning. Driver-based planning. At some point I expect “Forecasting: The Remix,” which would at least feel appropriately 1997. The distinction I care about between a rolling forecast […]
Sarah Schlott
FP&A consulting, forecasting, accounting support and finance strategy for CFOs and growing finance teams.