The fourth quarter is traditionally “budget season.” For those in financial planning and analysis (FP&A), you may be cringing at reading the words budget season. I cringe when I think about the many budget memories and late nights at public companies. Is v.21 of the Board deck ready? Ugh. Founders, we are not going down […]
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How I Forecast Operating Expenses
Forecast Operating Expenses In a previous post, I discussed how I forecast headcount expenses and the related physical heads and benefits. Of course, this is just one piece of the corporate expense puzzle. It is also important to have an easy and quick way to forecast operating expenses without hard coding numbers month-by-month. Excel Template […]
How I Create Detailed Headcount Forecasts
Headcount Forecasts in Excel For a software company, personnel-related expenses are usually the largest operating expense by far on the P&L (Profit and Loss Statement). As a large expense, you’ll want to forecast this as accurately as possible. I’ll walk you through how I create detailed headcount forecasts. You can download the Excel model I […]