WHITE PAPER - What's arguably the single greatest barrier to the fast close has remained constant - the completion of the intercompany reconciliation process. This paper examines the issues behind intercompany reconciliation and outlines how companies can make impressive progress when they employ software solutions such as those from SAP Business Objects
Posted: June 8, 2009 | Published: June 2, 2009


Topics:  Accounting | Accounting Software | Compliance (Finance) | Financial Applications Software | Financial Management | Financial Reporting | Regulatory Compliance | SAP (Product) | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

WHITE PAPER - The term "financial close" describes a corporation's ability to complete its accounting cycles and produce financial statements for internal management and external legal reporting. This paper identifies solutions to help organizations improve and sustain their close times and address the challenges associated with automating internal controls
Posted: June 5, 2009 | Published: June 2, 2009


Topics:  Accounting | Business Performance Management | Compliance (Finance) | Financial Management | Financial Reporting | Financial Statements | Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) | Legal Compliance Software | Risk Assessment | Risk Management

ANALYST REPORT - To find out how senior executives view their financial processes, the Economist Intelligence Unit surveyed a global sample of mostly financial executives in September 2008. Some respondents focused on the importance of developing processes that reduced costs and improved efficiency. Others acknowledged the importance of cost and efficiency..
Posted: June 5, 2009 | Published: November 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Process Automation | CFOs | Chemical Industry | Consumer Packaged Goods Industry | Economic Environment | Financial Reporting | Financial Services | Financial Services Industry | Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) | Life Sciences Industry | Retail Trade Industry | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

WHITE PAPER - Operational excellence is a simple concept with complex implications. Consistently doing things well across every element of the value chain is clear enough in principle. The ultimate goal is a "single source of truth" where senior executives have shared visibility into all parts of the organisation, enabling management by facts.
Posted: June 5, 2009 | Published: June 2, 2009


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Business Metrics | Business Process Management | Enterprise Resource Management | Financial Reporting | Financial Systems | Financing | Marketing | Operational Metrics (Systems) | Sales Information Systems

WHITE PAPER - To maximize profitability, companies must know the true cost of making and delivering their products and services. Traditional cost accounting, devised in a simpler era, does not satisfy that need. This paper examines indirect and overhead costs, which are crucial to managing profitability.
Posted: June 5, 2009 | Published: June 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Cost Benefit Analysis | ERP | Financial Management | Financial Reporting | Financial Services Industry | Financial Systems | Manufacturing | SAP (Product)

WHITE PAPER - In February 2008, CFO Research Services, a unit of CFO Publishing and part of The Economist Group, began a research project with Business Objects, an SAP company, asking senior finance executives to give views on their priorities and challenges around integrating operational and financial planning processes.
Posted: June 5, 2009 | Published: May 1, 2008


Topics:  Balance Sheets | Business Intelligence | CFOs | Financial Industry Organizations | Financial Management | Financial Metrics | Financial Reporting | Financial Services | Financial Services Industry | Financial Systems | Risk Assessment | Risk Management | SAP (Product) | Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

WHITE PAPER - In this research, we examine the lessons that have been learnt from the current financial crisis, and propose ten practical lessons that could help to address perceived weaknesses in risk identification, assessment and management.
Posted: June 4, 2009 | Published: June 2, 2009


Topics:  Compliance (Finance) | Economic Environment | Financial Management | Financial Reporting | Regulatory Compliance | Reporting Software | Risk Assessment | Risk Management

CASE STUDY - Companies and their stakeholders have always had high expectations for their finance teams. But this research program reveals that, most recently, these pressures- from regulators, from investors, and from competitors&#$5; are pushing companies to look for more from their finance teams in two main, but often conflicting, areas.
Posted: June 4, 2009 | Published: June 2, 2009


Topics:  Accounting Software | Billing Services | Billing Software | Business Management | Financial Management | Financial Reporting | Financial Services | Financial Transaction Processing | Regulatory Compliance | Reporting Software

WHITE PAPER - Traditional approaches to risk management emphasize mitigation, focusing on the readily apparent risks facing a company in the areas of security, privacy, credit, regulatory, technology, fraud and more. These threats are, of course, important and must be addressed.
Posted: June 4, 2009 | Published: June 2, 2009


Topics:  Compliance (Finance) | Disaster Planning | Enterprise Resource Management | Financial Reporting | Payroll Software | Regulatory Compliance | Risk Assessment | Risk Management

CASE STUDY - Driving sustainable growth requires profitability-focused planning and performance management. This special study highlights some key survey findings, which collectively show that profitability reporting is increasing in importance and the use of technology and more sophisticated costing and reporting solutions is high on the agendas of many...
Posted: June 4, 2009 | Published: June 2, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Performance Management | Business Performance Management Software | Enterprise Resource Management | ERP | ERP Software | Financial Reporting | Financial Transaction Processing | Reporting Software

WHITE PAPER - Read this case study to learn how Rothschild Bank in Zurich has achieved banking and financial reporting regulatory compliance by getting a handle on change and getting down to basics - the five core competencies of compliance.
Posted: March 30, 2009 | Published: January 1, 2009


Topics:  Accounting (Security) | Accounting Industry | Auditing (Finance) | Compliance (Finance) | Compliance Audits | Compliance Best Practices | Financial Management | Financial Reporting | Financial Services Industry | Regulatory Compliance | Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

WHITE PAPER - In this white paper, learn how wealth management firms can use client relationship management (CRM) strategies and technology to build relationships as trusted advisors, maximize share of wallet, and increase productivity.
Posted: February 20, 2009 | Published: February 20, 2009


Topics:  Best Practices | CRM | CRM Best Practices | Financial Reporting | Financial Statements | Financing | Investments | Productivity | QOS | Wealth Management

CASE STUDY - Read how using DataFlux technology, this financial company implemented a data governance program, creating more complete and accurate data and drastically reducing the time needed to comply with Federal reporting regulations.
Posted: January 14, 2009 | Published: January 14, 2009


Topics:  Data Governance | Data Profiling | Data Quality | Financial Reporting | Financial Services | Financial Services Industry | Metrics | Reporting Software | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

WHITE PAPER - Read this white paper and learn how to make compliance work for your organization, rather than the other way around - with Oracle solutions for midsize organizations.
Posted: September 23, 2008 | Published: September 20, 2008


Topics:  Compliance (Finance) | Compliance (Systems Operations) | Compliance Best Practices | Data Management | Financial Reporting | Productivity | Records Retention | ROI | Security

PRODUCT LITERATURE - The FACTS MANAGED CARE SUITE provides a full range of reports to help you manage your organization, design plan requirements, and control and monitor costs.
Posted: April 2, 2008 | Published: January 1, 2001


Topics:  Contract Management | Decision Support | Financial Reporting | Health Care Applications Software | Health Care Industry | Insurance Applications Software | Insurance Industry | Network Management | POS