Articles
How can financial planning and analysis (FP&A) help make sure companies make the right investment choices?
02/03/2016
When Johnnie Goodner, CTP, joined JP Energy Partners four years ago, there was no finance team in place. So he had to build one from the ground up.
02/01/2016
A Houston-based oil and energy company learned the hard way that cyber insurance does not cover business email compromise (BEC) scams—but they aren’t taking it lying down.
01/26/2016
As financial planning and analysis professionals increasingly shift their attention from everyday budgeting and forecasting to more strategic duties, the need to build strong business partnerships within the organization is growing.
01/25/2016
For today’s financial planning and analysis (FP&A) professional, working cross-functionally is a key part of the job. Just ask Gaileon Thompson, CTP, FP&A.
01/22/2016
Most FP&A teams are involved in M&A, often working both with the deals’ sponsors and senior management to assess business and financial assumptions. Here are 10 ways FP&A can improve their companies’ M&A process.
01/21/2016
Understand the importance of treating banks as any other corporate vendor in the context of cash management services, eliminating unnecessary differentiation.
01/20/2016
The new FP&A Advisory Council will aid AFP’s staff in understanding current and developing areas of focus pertinent to FP&A.
01/14/2016
If you’re like most ambitious treasury professionals, you want to grow your career, expand your areas of responsibilities, and prove you can make a bigger impact on your company. But how?
01/13/2016
An important fact to keep in mind about the CTP Exam questions is that there are three levels: basic, intermediate, and advanced.
01/12/2016
There are two strategies a treasury department can pursue when determining how to pay their bank fees—fee or balance compensation.
01/08/2016
Entering into a hedge is, in effect, a pricing decision; so, too, is the decision not to enter a hedge.
01/05/2016
While more companies are trying to perfect the science of forecasting with techniques like driver-based modeling and technology, there’s one thing that stands in the way of making pure data-driven decisions: human nature.
12/31/2015
Prepare for the CTP exam with valuable tips for the final weeks of study and what to expect during that period, ensuring optimal readiness.
12/30/2015
At Verizon, ACH is a reliable play for collecting payments. But sometimes customers don't choose this option, and payment becomes less consistent and certain. This is when speed becomes critical.
12/29/2015
Explore the adoption of driver-based modeling (DBM) by FP&A teams as a response to market volatility and the need for improved planning processes.
12/17/2015
South Africa has become an attractive market for companies. Given how volatile the South African Rand (ZAR) can be, the impact on a company with ZAR exposure can be significant.
12/17/2015
Forecasts deal with the future, and in particular, the future expectations of people. So forecasting is not a mathematical process; it is a matter of humanities.
12/16/2015
Financial planning and analysis groups are increasingly called on to help operations achieve better process efficiency and make better investment decisions.
12/16/2015
So you’ve committed to taking the CTP exam and created a learning plan to get through the chapters of the AFP Treasury Learning System. Now what?
12/11/2015
The ECB's decision to push deposit rates even further into negative territory is making short-term investment alternatives such as repurchase agreements more attractive.
12/10/2015
Financing receivables can be an arduous administrative exercise for corporates. Yet the days of such troubles may soon be at an end.
12/09/2015
In the new Treasury in Practice Guide, AFP provides you with the tools you need to stop business email compromise (BEC) scams before they start.
12/08/2015
Managing a company with volatile cash flows presents unique challenges. There are three key principles that treasury must consider.
12/07/2015
Gain valuable insights and tips on securing and negotiating credit facilities from treasury executives at the 2015 AFP Annual Conference.
12/07/2015
Banks are going to extremes over KYC regulations. Corporate treasury and finance professionals obviously want to comply, but are banks going too far?
12/04/2015
Learn about driver-based models and their role in expressing the mathematical link between key business drivers and financial performance.
12/04/2015
Explore the challenges that FP&A professionals will face in the areas of forecasting, business partnership, and talent management in the upcoming year.
12/03/2015
The best companies reward employees who share their mistakes, so that others don’t commit the same errors. You first need to make mistakes to learn from them.
12/02/2015
When studying for the CTP Exam, it is crucial to create a plan of attack.
12/02/2015
Oil companies insist on keeping their dividends untouched, despite a mega drop in their earnings. With investors reeling, at least this way they get income from their holdings.
11/30/2015
Stay informed about the concerns expressed by multinational corporations regarding current swap regulations and the potential elimination of their clearing exemption.
11/30/2015
A driver-based model is only as good as the relationship between the input and the outcome. More companies are adopting this approach in their forecasting and planning processes.
11/30/2015
Today's treasurers are required to work across all areas of the business—in a sense, acting like an alternate chief financial officer.
11/24/2015
Treasury and finance professionals for nonprofits have to work with stakeholders who are often far more active and diverse than corporate stakeholders.
11/24/2015
Discover how Marsh & McLennan Companies implemented a global multicurrency notional cash pool to centralize treasury management and enhance cash efficiency.
11/24/2015
With multiple bank accounts and treasury outposts, South African tech giant Altron knew it needed to change its treasury operating model.
11/23/2015
Scotts Miracle-Gro's assistant treasurer offers some best practices for negotiating and complying with credit agreements.
11/23/2015
Learn how Hilton Worldwide improved its liquidity forecasting capabilities and won AFP's 2015 Pinnacle Grand Prize.
11/20/2015
Ferdinand Jahnel, CTP, discusses the challenges of his new treasury position at Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc.
11/18/2015