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Viswanathan is a Chartered Accountant with over 15 years of experience and has strong…
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Why you should build models using dynamic arrays?
Why you should build models using dynamic arrays?
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Are online apps potential hotbed for money laundering?
Are online apps potential hotbed for money laundering?
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Are CFOs strategy enablers or merely glorified accountants?
Are CFOs strategy enablers or merely glorified accountants?
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What strategies can you use to collaborate with other departments for accurate budgeting and forecasting?
One suggestion I have is that you create a spreadsheet with the final output you need. Let the departments do the buget in whatever manner they think is appropriate but just link it to the output sheet. Master budgeting team can pull this data into their file using PowerQuery.
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What strategies can you use to collaborate with other departments for accurate budgeting and forecasting?
Reviewing and revising the forecast is wise. But I wouldn't recommend the same for Budgets (at least not with the same frequency). Budget is used as a planning tool. Letting a department revise its budget on its own can derail corporate planning at the enterprise level. If budgets have to be revised, it should only after ensuring that the accountability for the variation is properly assigned and its effect on the enterprise's plan is fully assessed.
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My recent Power Apps Workshop for a Leading Healthcare Organization! It was an intense, hands-on session where we dived deep into the low-code…
My recent Power Apps Workshop for a Leading Healthcare Organization! It was an intense, hands-on session where we dived deep into the low-code…
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August 22, 2004- exactly 20 years back! 20 years back I moved to Mumbai without any job, or any leads in hand, from a small town called Vadodara…
August 22, 2004- exactly 20 years back! 20 years back I moved to Mumbai without any job, or any leads in hand, from a small town called Vadodara…
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I, on a not-so-frequent basis, do meet some finance professionals, who have a disdain for anything you do with "advanced Excel". They would…
I, on a not-so-frequent basis, do meet some finance professionals, who have a disdain for anything you do with "advanced Excel". They would…
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CFA Institute
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Industry Mentor
CFA Institute REsearch Challenge in India
Education
The CFA Institute Research Challenge is a global competition which tests the analytic, valuation, report writing, and presentation skills of university students. As an Industry Mentor, I worked with a group of university students in the competition. Using my own experience in the investment industry, I was able to assist the students in using real-world modeling and valuation techniques and helped them work with the company data to create an effective report that supported their recommendation.…
The CFA Institute Research Challenge is a global competition which tests the analytic, valuation, report writing, and presentation skills of university students. As an Industry Mentor, I worked with a group of university students in the competition. Using my own experience in the investment industry, I was able to assist the students in using real-world modeling and valuation techniques and helped them work with the company data to create an effective report that supported their recommendation. I contributed 6 hours of work in this position during the competition cycle.
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Industry Mentor
CFA Institute Research Challenge in India
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Education
The CFA Institute Research Challenge is a global competition which tests the analytic, valuation, report writing, and presentation skills of university students. As an Industry Mentor, I worked with a group of university students in the competition. Using my own experience in the investment industry, I was able to assist the students in using real-world modeling and valuation techniques and helped them work with the company data to create an effective report that supported their recommendation.…
The CFA Institute Research Challenge is a global competition which tests the analytic, valuation, report writing, and presentation skills of university students. As an Industry Mentor, I worked with a group of university students in the competition. Using my own experience in the investment industry, I was able to assist the students in using real-world modeling and valuation techniques and helped them work with the company data to create an effective report that supported their recommendation. I contributed 6 hours of work in this position during the competition cycle.
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Grader
CFA Institute Research Challenge in India
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Education
The CFA Institute Research Challenge is a global competition which tests the analytic, valuation, report writing, and presentation skills of university students. As a Grader, I reviewed and graded the student teams' research reports. I contributed 20 hours of work in this position during the competition cycle.
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