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5 THE VIEW FROM THE 8 IMPROVING
PRESIDENT FORECASTING FOR 2023 16
Trust is a fundamental reason AND BEYOND
that management accountants Traditional forecasting
now sit at the heart of modern methods have been found
business strategy and lacking, so follow these steps to
transformation, says Melanie enhance quality — starting
Janine Kanaka, FCMA, CGMA, with alignment on the
CIMA president and co-chair of forecast’s purpose.
the Association of
International Certified 12 6 TECHNOLOGY TIPS ON THE COVER AND BOTTOM LEFT OF THIS PAGE: IMAGE BY HECTOR ROQUETA RIVERO/GETTY IMAGES; ON THIS PAGE: TOP: IMAGE BY DANE_MARK/GETTY IMAGES;
Professional Accountants. TO ENHANCE FINANCE 16 EXCEL: HOW TO 22 4 WAYS TO LEAD
BUSINESS PARTNERING REFERENCE A ROW EMPLOYEES THROUGH
6 RISKS OF THE Cloud-based tools allow DYNAMICALLY TIMES OF ANXIETY
STATUS QUO future collaborations, but Excel MVP Liam Bastick Discover how finance leaders
Risks associated with inaction tech-enabled partnering starts explains the OFFSET(COUNTA) can best support their team
can be greater than those that with an overall goal and function combination, used for members and lead MIDDLE RIGHT: IMAGE BY RALF HIEMISCH/GETTY IMAGES; BOTTOM RIGHT: IMAGE BY EUGENE MYMRIN/GETTY IMAGES
come with doing something embracing finance automation. dynamic lookups. empathetically and
new, says Andrew Harding, transparently through times of
FCMA, CGMA, chief executive– hardship and uncertainty.
Management Accounting at the 12
Association of International
Certified Professional
Accountants, representing
AICPA & CIMA.

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