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Comparison of Adaptive Planning to Budget Maestro
We currently forecast/budget in Excel and are in the due diligence process of selecting between Adaptive and Budget Maestro. Balance sheet and cash flow forecasting are a must and we will be linking to MS Dynamics GP. Has anyone reviewed these two solutions and done a head-to-head comparison? What …
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The CEO asked me to book revenue incorrectly - help!
I would like to hear from any CFO's who have dealt with this situation. I expect in this tough economy more than one of us has been asked to book future revenues, clearly not GAAP, to strengthen the financial reporting for a period or periods. Obviously it will catch up, but for some short term th…
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Has the never-ending Greek monetary crisis had an impact on your business?
With the Greek default yesterday, and now their acceptance of the IMF deal, Greece and the IMF won't come to terms for some time. Greek banks are still closed, so the interim effect on the economy is uncertain, but no one expects a positive outcome. Does this crisis have an effect on your company?
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What does it take to present financial packages well to stakeholders/shareholders?
A blog post recently written sparked several comments here on Proformative as well as on LinkedIn. I don’t want to focus on the negative comments regardless of the platform on which they were posted because it would take away from the author’s incredible content (the majority of which I found mysel…
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Board pushing to not have a valuation done at a major milestone. Thoughts?
My Board is pushing to not have a valuation done at a major milestone (we just hired a CEO and did a funding close). I think we should b/c these are both major events and could/should change our stock valuation. However, certain board members think that we shouldn't spend the time or money on a val…
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Big Data I just don't get it, are any SMB firms finding value in leveraging it, whatever it is?
I have tried to make it through webinars focused on big data. What does this term actually mean? What is the value of what they call "unstructured" data? How can an SMB get and leverage information on things like the social media activity of customers and its own employees?
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Best metrics for the finance and accounting organization itself?
I was just at a conference where the CFO speaker noted how the office of the CFO always measures other organizations, but rarely itself. This struck me as true much of the time. I'm certainly guilty, as are most of the CFOs I know. We harp on our CMOs and VPs of Sales for all sorts of measures (man…
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Benchmarks for 401k Match: Tech Company with 100+ Employees
We're currently evaluating our company's 401k match program. We are a technology and services company with just over 100 employees. During the hiring process, we often have recruits (coming from larger organizations) complain about our current 401k match level. My own career experience with start u…
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Assumption of Pension Liabilities
I am assisting on a prospective acquisition that requires the assumption of the sellers existing pension liabilities. Does anyone have experience in what to look for and/or ask during diligence? I would rather not take the liabilities but it is a requirement of the seller.
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Are SaaS solutions for CPM/Budgeting more cost effective than on-premise ones?
I have just read the Gartner User Survey Analysis: Customers Rate Their CPM Vendors, 2012.... It states "annualized cost comparisons indicate that software-as-a-service solutions are NOT significantly less expensive than many traditional on-premises offerings. For both options, business value attai…
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Public Disclosure Requirements
"Can you talk about how companies evaluate their compliance with Reg FD if they don't have a bookings policy and they discuss bookings results or guidance during calls, presentation to analysts, etc.?" This question was asked at a recent webinar, now available on-demand: "Why Companies Need a Boo…
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Financial Reports To The Board Of Directors & Investors
"What are the different report or bookkeeping between to board or investor?" This question was asked at a recent webinar, now available on-demand: "Why Companies Need a Bookings Policy, and How to Create One" Please add your thoughts about it below. Thanks!
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How does your company handle social media?
Do you have a marketing team that manages the Facebook page/Twitter account/latest and greatest thing? Or do you outsource that to an independent marketing firm or contractor?
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Who maintains your company's website?
Do you have an in-house person manage/maintain the website? Or do you outsource to a contractor?
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US Citizen living and setting up company outside of the US?
Hello, I'm thinking of moving outside of the US to live with my family. My LLC is currently set up in the US and I have the following questions: 1. Can I set up my company in Hong Kong and live and work in Dubai? If yes, then how would it work for my taxes? I have an exclusion of $100K for my perso…
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Purchase Accounting For M&A
We are an LLC. The PE group owns 49% and the majority owners are going to buy out their interest for $40m using bank debt. Net total equity of the company is $10m. At the end of the day the bank debt will be pushed down to the companies books. Can you help with the journal entries??? Thank you!
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Software: Transfer to Foreign Jurisdiction (IRC Section 482)
My team has developed a software in the states that will now be transferred to a foreign jurisdiction for US Tax purposes. The main reason is that the partners in the company will be relocating out of the country. What are the steps and sections I should pay attention in terms of Section 482 / Tran…
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Series A valuation for pre revenue company
I wanted to gather some market intelligence on pre money valuations for very early stage companies that are pre revenue. Can anyone provide any anecdotal evidence or point me to any articles which discusses the range of valuations in the market. I know that these valuations are situation specific b…
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Looking for a 123R Stock Option Compliance Tool or Service
Has anyone used "eProsper" by SVB Analytics Inc to manage their equity and 123R stock option compliance? Any alternative recommendations for a tool or service? Any thoughts on cost?
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Does SOX mandate timely receiving on PO's?
I have been told not to receive on some service purchase orders in an attempt to help us hit a budget at the end of June. Is this against SOX compliance? Can someone show me some reference to back up my argument?
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Cash vs Accrual Budgeting
"Is the budget typically cash basis? Classic example, prepaid expense. On financials, expense recorded each month. So budget = cash basis financials?" This question was asked at a recent webinar, now available on-demand: "Budgeting Best Practices" Please add your thoughts about it below. Thanks!
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What happens when good budgets go bad?
"Should you hold fast to your “original” Annual Budget targets if there are massive variances due to "bad assumptions" or external factors?" This question was asked at a recent webinar, now available on-demand: "Budgeting Best Practices" Please add your thoughts about it below. Thanks!
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Budgeting Process Beginning Assumptions
"Should the first step in the budgeting process be the discussion and agreement on operational (Revenue growth, market share, etc) and economic assumptions (pricing, local inflation, devaluation rate, gdp growth)?" This question was asked at a recent webinar, now available on-demand: "Budgeting B…
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Monthly vs Annual Budget Purposes, Goals & Compliance
"My managers are good at putting together an annual budget but dreadful at projecting monthly budgets. They just want to divide the annual budget by 12! Any suggestions?" This question was asked at a recent webinar, now available on-demand: "Budgeting Best Practices" Please add your thoughts abou…
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