Carl Seidman, CSP, CPA LinkedIn Posts

What is your company worth? A real-time valuation assessment is one of the most valuable analyses an FP&A advisor or Fractional CFO can

The way to keep an eye on customer cash collections? Build a dynamic schedule like this and have it automatically update, rolling your

If you're building a cash flow forecast or managing working capital, these are concepts you need to know. This is part one of

"If a client is going to spend the money, and we don't serve and deliver our value, we force them to buy a

Patients don't go to doctors to confirm what they already know. Patients go to find a cure. As a financial expert, that's what

In my career and entrepreneurial life, I’ve made an insane number of mistakes. I’ve wasted lots of money and time. But I've learned

On my profile, you’ll find 140+ videos and more than 9 hours of video tutorials. It’s all right there, like having a free

Here are 7 finance videos, guides, and FP&A walkthroughs that you may have missed.

1️⃣ The case for zero-based budgeting (ZBB)

https://lnkd.in/e6SunV-8

2️⃣ You don't need

I've shared this valuation summary before. But what I haven't shared is why it's built the way it is.

📌 Identified comparable companies

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Excel’s NPV function is overly simplistic and should rarely be used. It doesn’t correctly reflect dynamics of a real business. Unfortunately, lots of

You don't need to follow best practices when you build your financial and business models. But you should follow smart logic that makes

Did you know that there are at least 4 ways of populating data validation in Excel? You probably know at least a couple

Why do I advocate so strongly that FP&As and Fractional CFOs learn Power Query?

Power Query lets you to automate data imports, cleanup, and

If the newly updated Fractional CFO Power Skills Mastermind is something you've been thinking about, the rate on enrollment goes up 25% at

If you're looking to flex dates and data ranges quickly, easily, and without fail, here's a really interesting application. This is part 1

When I was active in Strategic Coach, I completed an exercise that changed the way I think about myself and others.

The exercise is

I don't often share the reasons why I left formal management consulting more than a decade ago. But as I explain here, this

Revenue planning is often conducted within the early phases of annual budgeting and reforecasting. The process doesn't need to be overly-complicated, but often

Forecast-to-actual is backwards looking.
Period-over-period is forward looking.

Period-over-period variances can be more telling than forecast-to-actual. The latter focuses more on what was wrong

A new online course is coming. I bet you can't guess what it is. Stay tuned.