Strategic Financial Planning Concepts
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What is necessary for effective planning?

  • Historical run-rates
  • Dynamic forecasting and "what-if" modeling (correct)
  • Rigid adherence to plans
  • Reactive decision-making
  • What provides a trended view of performance?

  • Historical run-rates
  • Multi-year planning
  • Detailed budgets
  • Rolling forecasts (correct)
  • What helps understand the impact of external market business drivers and internal initiatives?

  • Detailed budgets
  • Multi-year planning (correct)
  • Reactive decision-making
  • Rigid adherence to plans
  • What gives managers visibility into financial plans?

    <p>Detailed budgets</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is imperative for effective planning?

    <p>Aligning plans, models, and budgets</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    • Planning across multiple time horizons is important.
    • Historical run-rates are not reliable for future performance.
    • Dynamic forecasting and "what-if" modeling are necessary.
    • Aligning plans, models, and budgets is imperative.
    • Rolling forecasts provide a trended view of performance.
    • Multi-year planning helps understand the impact of external market business drivers and internal initiatives.
    • Detailed budgets give managers visibility into financial plans.
    • Refinements are made collaboratively with each department.
    • All plans must be kept in sync using the same assumptions.
    • This supports informed decisions.

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    Learn about the importance of planning across multiple time horizons, dynamic forecasting, aligning plans with budgets, rolling forecasts, multi-year planning, and collaborative refinements for informed decision-making.

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