Agile Finance: Strategies for Streamlined Annual Budgeting and Planning | Dominic DiBernardo

Dominic DiBernardo

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Agile isn’t just a buzzword—it’s the key to unlocking your finance team’s full potential in a changing market.

While annual budgeting and planning can be daunting, adopting Agile methodologies can transform this process into a dynamic, collaborative effort that propels your business forward, replacing rigid forecasts with flexible, data-driven strategies that adapt to market shifts in real time.

Dominic DiBernardo is a Partner at Citrin Cooperman, where he helps middle-market businesses optimize their finance and business operations. In this episode, Dominic shares how to incorporate agile strategies into a finance team’s annual budgeting and planning cycle. These methodologies, he argues, will make finance teams more efficient and collaborative, so that they can withstand changes in market conditions and foster growth.

Discover how finance leaders are revolutionizing their teams by cultivating nimble cultures and leveraging agile methodologies to enhance precision in strategic planning and dynamic budgeting processes.

Discussed in This Episode:

  • Practical tips for finance leaders who are looking to pivot more quickly in response to emerging trends, shifting market conditions and changing business needs
  • How to leverage real-time data, cultivate a budget-conscious culture emphasizing accountability and shared objectives, along with adopting budgeting practices that adeptly adjust to market shifts
  • How finance leaders can foster an agile culture, as well as a collaborative and negotiation-focused approach to agile planning and budgeting
  • The importance of having the right technology in place to accommodate change and speed up processes, as well as the role AI will play in advancing FP&A

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