Tag Archive for: Drivers

5 Ways FP&A Teams Fail at Tracking Non-Financial Metrics

FP&A teams worship financial statements. Revenue. Margins. Cash burn. But here’s the catch: the numbers you see in the P&L are lagging indicators. The real drivers of performance often aren’t financial at all. If you’re only tracking dollars, you’re blind to the levers that actually move them. Here are five ways FP&A fails when it […]

7 Non-Financial Drivers of SaaS Forecast Failure (And How to Model Them)

Why Financial Models Break (Before the Numbers Do) Most forecasts don’t fail because your CAC was off by 2%. They fail because something nobody tracked—like late enablement, internal misalignment, or approval drag—slowed the business without ever touching the model. Traditional FP&A focuses on cost, margin, and bookings velocity. But SaaS companies don’t move in straight […]