Managing personal finances effectively requires a combination of precision, foresight, and smart planning. Microsoft Excel offers a robust suite of tools, particularly under its “What-If Analysis” ...

Didi Gurfinkel is the co-founder and CEO of DataRails, a powerful software product that helps CFOs and financial planning and analysis (FP&A) pros with their planning and reporting needs. Gurfinkle ...

Professionals wanting to branch into financial planning and analysis had better make sure their spreadsheet skills are up to snuff, because a recent study found that more than three-quarters of all ...

For decades, financial planning and budgeting have been built on spreadsheets, manual consolidation, and backward-looking analysis. While these methods once provided control, they are increasingly ...

To Excel or not to Excel? That is the question of our times. Here, now, in the new roaring 20s, this 21 st-century dilemma vexes businesspeople of all stripes. In the early 90s, Microsoft’s Excel ...

Financial services need a multilayered approach to catching security risks such as unsecured Microsoft Excel files, due to CFOs continued reliance upon them. That approach should include implementing ...