Financial Consolidation and Performance Reporting White Papers

Banking is following in the footsteps of many industries before it; higher customer expectations, lower margins and the relentless competitive pressures that drive efficiency. This paper examines how to improve the situation and discusses the forces that led to current problems in banking technology VIEW SUMMARY

Spreadsheets are error-prone and unable to support the critical nature of financial processes. formula errors, broken links between workbooks, corporate governance issues, all impede the business. Read this free guide to understand how you can leave spreadsheets behind. VIEW SUMMARY

When properly implemented, sound financial processes deliver accurate data to an organisation's decision makers throughout the year. With proper planning, key stakeholders will receive their information early enough to take corrective actions. Implement a faster year-end close for your business. VIEW SUMMARY

The challenges of global business include local legislations and languages, consolidating information from all areas of the organisation and responding to market evolution. This paper explores these problems from the perspective of both international SMBs and multinationals with small subsidiaries. VIEW SUMMARY

An interview with Mike Coulter, IT Director of Lush Cosmetics that discusses how IT sourced a CPM solution, the process they went through, the benefits they have experienced and the key IT requirements for selecting a CPM vendor. VIEW SUMMARY

Designed for IT professionals, this white paper explains what CPM is, how it offers value to companies, and clarifies the benefits that it can bring to finance and IT departments. VIEW SUMMARY

Despite the success of massive consolidation initiatives enabled by virtualization and WAN optimisation, server and storage infrastructure still remains in branch locations. Find out how you can solve this problem without increasing the support burden or managing data assets out of the data center. VIEW SUMMARY

This guide looks to unlock the secrets of social networking for the FD and outlines some of the ways in which FDs can incorporate these widely used tools into their business strategy. VIEW SUMMARY

In this video Stuart Grant from SAP discusses how big data can be the vehicle that brings business and technology projects and environments closer together, providing business advancement and innovation for banks and other financial organizations. VIEW SUMMARY

The recovery from the global recession has become especially precarious; banks have had to strengthen their risk management frameworks. This report, based on a survey of 46 respondents from 31 banks, explores the challenges banks are facing in the new regulatory environment and how they’re being met VIEW SUMMARY