“The template ... allowed them to go in and say, this is an expense that varies by month, it varies by headcount ... and gave them a way to manually adjust it”

Katelyn Stienen · FP&A Today · Would You Rather Be Lucky or Good? Building FP&A From Absolute Zero, with Katelyn Stienen

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Created a budgeting template that lets leaders flag expenses that vary by month, headcount, or days in month and requires a manual adjustment justification

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