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# financial forecasting — Accountant

For an Accountant, 'financial forecasting' isn’t about predicting the stock market; it's a core part of *responsible* financial management within an organization. Daily tasks revolve around building and maintaining models – typically in Excel (though increasingly Power BI or dedicated planning software like Adaptive Insights/Workday) – to project future revenue, expenses, and cash flow. This feeds directly into budgeting cycles, variance analysis (comparing actuals to forecast), and informing strategic decisions made by management. You'll be regularly updating forecasts based on sales data, market trends, planned capital expenditures, and even qualitative information from other departments.

## Weitere Anreicherung

Stage-2 source for future practitioner grounding: EconStor (open-access economics/finance literature).
