VIDEO - Watch this video white paper to learn how a world-class financial close suite can help your organization streamline the close process, address compliance issues, improve accuracy, and reduce costs.
Posted: July 27, 2010 | Premiered: July 27, 2010


Topics:  Compliance (Finance) | Compliance (Systems Operations) | Financial Management | Financial Reporting | Financial Systems | Regulatory Compliance

WHITE PAPER - This TDWI Best Practices report identifies how business intelligence (BI) enables finance and accounting executives, managers and analysts to be powerful agents of organizational change. The paper includes practical advice and best practices for finance departments to partner with IT to leverage financial and non-financial data strategically.
Posted: June 30, 2010 | Published: June 30, 2010


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Financial Industry Organizations | Financial Management | Financial Reporting | Financial Services | Financial Systems | Infrastructure Management | Risk Management

WHITE PAPER - The best-run businesses of the future will report under IFRS, so it is crucial for SAP customers to transition soon - and on their own timetable. Continue reading to learn more about the benefits of switching to IFRS now and learn which parallel accounting option is right for you company.
Posted: June 1, 2010 | Published: June 1, 2010


Topics:  Business Process Management | Business Processes | Compliance (Finance) | Compliance Best Practices | Compliance reporting software | Financial Reporting | Financial reporting software | Regulatory Compliance | SAP (Product) | Securities and Exchange Commission

WHITE PAPER - Increasing numbers of enterprises are incorporating project portfolio management in their strategic planning. And just as individuals use financial reports and analyses to consider various investment options, the enterprise uses an analysis called the Business Case to evaluate various project proposals for inclusion in the project portfolio.
Posted: May 25, 2010 | Published: May 25, 2010


Topics:  Financial Management | Financial Reporting | Investments | Project Management | Project Portfolio Management | Regulatory Compliance | Strategic Planning

PRODUCT LITERATURE - The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) holds senior management of publicly held companies accountable for establishing and maintaining the accuracy of their companies’ financial reporting. Read this solution brief to learn about a compliance solution that can address SOX requirements through automation of the database security and compliance lifecycles.
Posted: May 3, 2010 | Published: February 3, 2010


Topics:  Compliance (Finance) | Compliance Software | Financial Reporting | Regulatory Compliance | Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

WHITE PAPER - The SEC will likely require companies to report in both GAAP and IFRS formats during the first official IFRS transition year and for two years prior. Accordingly, our customers want to know how SAP supports parallel reporting.  Read this paper to learn which options SAP recommends and find out which is best for your organization.
Posted: March 18, 2010 | Published: March 16, 2010


Topics:  Compliance (Finance) | Compliance Best Practices | ERP | ERP Software | Financial Management | Financial Reporting | Financial Services | Regulatory Compliance | SAP (Product)

WHITE PAPER - This paper reviews aspects of cost reduction and examines some typical financial accounting expense categories. This paper also looks at how data quality services can be applied in those examples to reduce expenses, and examines the potential for applying data quality management as a way to manage and reduce organizational expenses.
Posted: January 22, 2010 | Published: January 22, 2010


Topics:  Cost Benefit Analysis | CRM | Data Management | Data Quality | Financial Management | Financial Reporting | IT Spending | Master Data Management | Product Life Cycles

WHITE PAPER - This paper introduces hedge funds and hedge fund service providers to IFRS.
Posted: January 4, 2010 | Published: January 4, 2010


Topics:  Accounting | Accounting Software | Financial Applications Software | Financial Reporting | Financial Services | Financial Transaction Processing | Reporting Software | Standards

WHITE PAPER - This white paper identifies the many challenges companies face when implementing International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in corporate reporting and explores tightly integrated solutions that together centrally manage data and metadata on a unified platform--the first step in implementing a complete performance management solution.
Posted: September 16, 2009 | Published: July 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Business Management | Data Management | Financial Reporting | Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) | Oracle (Product) | Software

WHITE PAPER - This document examines the current state of Order Management Systems (OMS) portfolio management capabilities, identifies major challenges and "pain points" that firms encounter, and outlines seven system attributes needed to overcome them.
Posted: August 10, 2009 | Published: January 5, 2009


Topics:  Asset Management (Finance) | Business IT Alignment | Financial Management | Financial Reporting | Financial Services Industry | Order Management Systems | Portfolio Management (Finance) | Workflow Software

ANALYST REPORT - In June 2008, CFO Research Services conducted a research program among senior finance executives in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Australia. The research looked at what kinds of alliances companies are forming and how finance sees itself working with internal and external partners to establish and assess successful alliances.
Posted: June 8, 2009 | Published: June 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Communications | Business Intelligence | Business IT Alignment | Business Management | Business Metrics | Business Models | Business Performance Management | Business Process Modeling | Business Processes | Business Systems | CEOs | CFOs | CIOs | Communications Networks | Financial Management | Financial Reporting

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 - 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

WHITE PAPER - In this white paper, learn how wealth management firms can use customer 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 | CRM Software | Customer Loyalty | Customer Retention | Customer Satisfaction | Customer Service | Financial Reporting | Financial Statements | Financing | Investments | Productivity | QOS | Wealth Management

WHITE PAPER - Enterprises looking to compete in a global marketplace must be able to comply with international financial and legal requirements-they must be able to think globally but at the same time act (and comply) locally.
Posted: September 19, 2008 | Published: September 17, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | ERP | ERP Software | Financial Reporting | Globalization | Manufacturing | Vendors

WHITE PAPER - In August 2007, CFO Research Services launched a research program to explore the ways in which the role of the finance team has changed in recent years. This report presents the findings of our online survey of 255 senior finance executives.
Posted: September 18, 2008 | Published: September 18, 2008


Topics:  Accounting | Executive Information Systems | Executive Management | Executive Training | Financial Reporting | Performance Testing | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

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

WHITE PAPER - Business intelligence (BI) needs to evolve such that it is no longer about reporting results but driving business processes. Learn how BI can bring you greater business visibility and insight to improve business performance.
Posted: February 18, 2008 | Published: February 1, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Performance Management Software | Cost Benefit Analysis | Dashboards | Financial Reporting | Oracle (Product) | Query Tools | Real-time Analytical Software | Reporting Software | Web Analytics

WHITE PAPER - This paper explains SAP’s vision for a cross-enterprise GRC solution and the benefits it can provide, defines key terms, and discusses what to look for when evaluating GRC software options.
Posted: February 1, 2008 | Published: January 1, 2007


Topics:  Business Processes | CobiT | Compliance (Finance) | Data Center Management | Data Governance | Data Security | Database Administration | Database Security | Databases | Financial Reporting | IT Infrastructure | Risk Management | Secure Content Management | Security Policies