Corporate annual budgeting, capital budgeting, project budgeting, and cash flow budgeting should all tie together in a cohesive strategy with the ability to compare against actuals.

While the Controller prepares the financials for month-end close and audit, Finance may need to present a package to equity investors, perform ratio analysis, provide footnotes, and analyze the business segments in new areas to gain insights for the CFO.

Three statement projections, DCF model, M&A model, LBO model, consolidation model, budget model/forecast, and an options pricing model are the most impactful models to use for investment and forecasting purposes and should be a part of your organization.

There are numerous ways to analyze data in finance such as WACC, financing choices, lease vs buy, dividend analysis, credit decisions, cost object analysis, or any comparison that needs proper deductive analysis.