Carlos Quintana

In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, organizations face an increasingly complex challenge: how to maintain accurate forecasting and effective risk management while navigating unprecedented levels of uncertainty. As US Economist Michael Hammer wisely noted, “The secret of success is not to predict the future but to create an organization which can prosper in an unpredictable […]

Project budget variance reports are invaluable tools, but how to communicate budget variance and turn the information into strategic actions? Budget variance reports’ true worth lies in how the insights they provide are used across the organization. If such insights can’t influence strategic changes, variance reports are limited to control and accountability functions. To ensure […]

When it comes to non-billable hours, businesses can totally reframe how they approach them. Rather than a knee-jerk reaction of directly trying to reduce non-billable hours, reframing your mindset to how best to manage non-billable hours can actually give you the upper hand. Non-billable hours: Strategic investment Your clients expect to be billed only by […]

Machine learning is transforming the way companies are anticipating employee turnover and thus managing retention and engagement. We will explore this transformation along with various insights from experts in the field who will help us to understand the benefits, challenges, and best practices that you should consider when using AI to forecast employee turnover and […]

Two different forces have come together to create the perfect excuse for reskilling finance teams in data analysis-related disciplines. The first one is the adoption of automation and AI in the business world. As stated by Andy Ruggles, principal, PwC and Libby Duane Adams, chief advocacy officer/co-founder of Alteryx, “the need for upskilling, reskilling and […]

There are three words that have transformed business intelligence (BI) into one of today’s most popular topics: data, data and data! That’s right. Not too long ago, the most important decisions of a company were defined by accumulated experiences and intuition. Today, however, effective management is defined by actionable, data-driven information. Gone are the days […]