Supercharge Your Spreadsheets: 10 Essential Excel Tips for Finance and Data Pros
In the world of financial reporting and data analysis, Microsoft Excel remains the undisputed champion. But if your workflow…
How to Fix Unreliable Excel Reports: A Guide to Data Accuracy
The Problem with Unreliable Excel Reports For many of us, Microsoft Excel is the go-to tool for everything from…
How to Master Budget vs. Actual Analysis in Excel: Your Guide to Smarter Financial Reporting
Introduction: The Power of Budget vs. Actual Analysis Budgeting season is a stressful time for any business. But the work…
The 2026 Budgeting Prep Guide
It comes around every year at the same time, and no matter what you do, it never seems to…
Excel Encryption: When, How, and What Else You Can Do
When we think of data breaches and data security, the first words that come to mind probably aren’t “Excel…
How to Put Your Month-End Close Reporting in Summer Vacation Mode (Year-Round!)
No matter if you’re looking at taking time off for summer break or the holidays, it’s not only exciting…
Challenging Cognitive Biases in Financial Reporting
Cognitive biases are found in many businesses. Probably the most extreme example in recent history is the Enron case…
Can Excel Improve Your Operational Efficiency? (Believe It or Not: Yes!)
According to Morgan Stanley, by early 2024, the buzzword “operational efficiency” was mentioned in US earnings calls more than…
Why Finance Teams Are Replacing ODBC for Smarter Reporting
ODBC connectors were once the go-to method for pulling NetSuite data into Excel. But today’s finance teams need more…
10 Ways to Power Up NetSuite for Your Finance Team
Data analytics is both art and science when it comes to extracting meaningful insights from a large amount of…
Overcoming Data Visualization Challenges
Data visualization. It’s more than just making your reports look nicer with color-coded graphs and charts. It’s actually about…
Is AI the Future of Sales Data Analysis?
If you’re like most, your organization generates a nearly overwhelming volume of data in the day-to-day course of doing…