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Browse featured stories and the latest posts on a variety of extended financial planning and analysis topics. 

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Why Is P&L Analysis Critical for Identifying Margin Trends?

Profit and loss P&L analysis is how finance leaders determine not just whether the business made money, but where margins are expanding or contracting and why. For CFOs and finance teams managing shifting input costs, pricing pressure, and...

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Financial Reporting Software team

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5 Signs It’s Time to Upgrade Your Financial Reporting Software

Financial reporting software is one of those tools that feels fine, until it doesn't. Teams build workarounds. Close cycles stretch. Spreadsheets...

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Balance Sheet variance Analysis

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How Can Financial Consolidation Support Accurate Cash Flow Simulation?

Cash flow simulation is only as reliable as the forecast feeding it. That sounds obvious, but the gap between what finance teams know and what their...

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AI in Microsoft Dynamics Is No Longer Optional. Here Is How to Get Started Without Getting Overwhelmed.

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AI in Microsoft Dynamics: Get Started Without the Overwhelm

The conversation around AI in enterprise software has shifted. A year ago, most Microsoft Dynamics users were asking whether to adopt AI. Today, the...

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Why Is a Reporting Data Warehouse Essential for Cross-System Analysis?

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Why is a Reporting Data Warehouse Essential for Cross-System Analysis?

When your organization operates across multiple ERP systems, business units, or acquired entities, data is almost certainly scattered. Finance pulls...

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How Does Intercompany Matching Software Simplify Financial Consolidation?

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How Intercompany Matching Software Simplifies Financial Consolidation

For FP&A teams, such as controllers and accounting managers closing the books across multiple entities, intercompany reconciliation is often where...

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Balance Sheet variance Analysis

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Balance Sheet Variance Analysis: A Guide for Controllers and Accounting Managers

Balance sheet variance analysis is the process of comparing balance sheet account balances across periods, entities, or against a budget to identify...

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ASCEND 2026 Register Now

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Solver ASCEND 2026: 5 Reasons FP&A Teams Are Attending

Solver ASCEND 2026 runs August 17–20 at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Downtown Nashville. Four days, 52 sessions, 7 tracks, and a Welcome Honky Tonk...

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Solver Is Coming to DynamicsCon 2026

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DynamicsCon 2026: See FP&A for Microsoft Dynamics 365 in Action

DynamicsCon 2026 brings together thousands of Microsoft Dynamics users, partners, and implementers in Las Vegas this May, and Solver will be there at...

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