Ryan Luke Consulting

05/12/2017

Natick, MA, May 09, 2017 -- Centage Corporation, a leading provider of cloud-based budgeting and forecasting software for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), announced today that Budget Maestro is the only...

04/24/2017

Explore financial planning & analysis packages for smaller businesses - visit or email [email protected] today!

01/30/2017

New focus on Corporate Planning & Financial Analysis - new website. Check out the new www.ryanlukeconsulting.com

Home - Ryan Luke Consulting is an independent consulting & financial leader with over 20 years experience building and managing complex financial processes.

09/13/2013

Tip #3 on my blog - why forecasting is important for your small business.
http://ryanlukeconsulting.wordpress.com/

Valuable business planning suggestions for small business owners and independent professionals and discussions on current issues in business planning, accounting and reporting.

09/03/2013

http://businessfinancemag.com/planning-budgeting-amp-reporting/when-it-comes-planning-and-budgeting-lose-tradition?page=2

Take a hard look at how your organization handles the annual budgeting process.

08/25/2013

Tip #2 on my blog.
http://ryanlukeconsulting.wordpress.com/2013/08/25/tip-2-measure-actual-variance-to-budget-using-drivers/

Last blog post I talked about using drivers (measures used to assess business performance) to build budgets for your business. Once you’ve developed your budget, it shouldn’t just sit on a shelf (...

08/15/2013

See my new blog for tips on business planning for small business
http://ryanlukeconsulting.wordpress.com/2013/08/14/make-your-budget-work-for-your-small-business/

We’ve heard that budgeting is an important process to managing your business, but the real value is not in preparing the budget(or forecast) but to use it to manage your business. A budget can be u...

08/05/2013

http://www3.cfo.com/article/2013/6/budgeting_budgeting-annual-budget-erp-?pid=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000&currpage=1

Planning corporate budgets on a monthly or quarterly basis rather than annually can help improve accuracy and efficiency in the budgeting process.

07/29/2013

Once your business is operational, it's essential to plan and tightly manage its financial performance. Creating a budgeting process is the most effective way to keep your business - and its finances - on track.

07/28/2013

Short article on the right financial questions to ask - applies to your business / practice as well

http://www.oreablog.com/2013/07/ask-the-right-financial-questions/

Humour is a personal thing, so bear with me. A guy travels over the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor every day with a wheelbarrow full of cow manure. The Customs officer and staff analyze the manure fo...

07/08/2013

Want a corporate budgeting system that replaces outdated spreadsheets? Look at Budget Maestro by Centage.

http://go.centage.com/RLwebinar

Register for a Budget Maestro webinar to learn how it allows small to midsized organizations to focus on business analysis.

07/08/2013

Although it refers to the US - this article reminds those of us in corporate budgeting to continually update our view of the future.

http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2013/06/get_your_budget_ready_for_the_upturn.html?NL=BF-06&Issue=BF-06_20130708_BF-06_735&YM_RID=ryanlukeca%40yahoo.ca&YM_MID=1406912&sfvc4enews=42

Eight ways to re-position for growth as the economy improves.