Reading Hard, Picture Pretty. My Concern with PowerPoint at Work

After graduating, I thought the corporate world would revolve around the baseline skills I learned throughout my educational career. The baseline skills I imagined would be at the forefront of professionalism include things like reading comprehension, grammar, spelling accuracy, and other things your 6th grade teacher might underline in red pen if you used it …

Economic Outlook: Things are heading south, but not too far south

Economic outlooks posted to online news sites dominate our feeds with implications of prosperity or doom for the general American. Given the sensationalized nature of American media and their search for clicks, formulating an opinion on where the economy is headed is extremely difficult. Is it the next financial crisis? Will there be a soft …

Undervalued and Underused Methods for Adding Value to FP&A

Excellent financial planning and analysis can provide excellent value-add to a company’s operating efficiency. By being able to effectively analyze financial data, a company can improve the decision-making process. There are many valuable types of analysis that are often used together such as cash flow analysis, variance analysis, or sensitivity analysis to name a few. …