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Modernizing FP&A with 21st Century Zero-Based Budgeting

June 10, 2025/by Sarah Schlott

The traditional budgeting process is broken. We know it, we live with it, and every December or January, we perform the same ritual — copy last year’s numbers, slap on a 3% increase, and call it strategic planning. That’s not strategy. That’s spreadsheet theater. As someone who has spent years entrenched in M&A integration, post-acquisition […]

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