Financial Management

WHITE PAPER: A well-prepared budget helps businesses form the foundation for decision-making throughout the fiscal year. View this white paper to lean more about how you can begin the road to economic recovery. It outlines the leading pressures of financial planning and what you can do to improve the forecast.

Posted: 29 Jan 2013 | Published: 29 Jan 2013

WHITE PAPER: CFO Research conducted a survey with senior finance executives working at U.S companies to explore the factors that motivated companies to make changes to their financial management systems in the past, as well as systems-related challenges they are currently facing. This resource presents the findings of that study.

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 | Published: 14 Dec 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper outlines the major areas that pose serious challenges for commercial banks today.

Posted: 16 Nov 2012 | Published: 16 Nov 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper explains how by ensuring that their technology enables the necessary transparent analytics and reporting for regulatory compliance, banks can also improve operational efficiency, hone their competitive advantage, and mitigate risk.

Posted: 16 Nov 2012 | Published: 29 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, you'll learn about  a scalable framework that will evolve with the business, accommodate existing applications, and provide an environment for all risk activities while providing complete visibility and control over data.

Posted: 16 Nov 2012 | Published: 16 Nov 2012

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn about the human capital management (HCM) and payroll cloud platforms Ancestry.com deployed to accommodate their new global business needs. Discover the benefits that these strategies provided inside.

Posted: 08 Nov 2012 | Published: 08 Nov 2012

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to discover why stakeholder collaboration is one of the keys to forecasting accuracy.

Posted: 05 Nov 2012 | Published: 05 Nov 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses the "Last Mile of Finance" and disclosure management strategies for improved financial reporting. Learn more about the software options available and the benefits a disclosure management strategy can provide to your organization.

Posted: 30 Oct 2012 | Published: 30 Oct 2012

WHITE PAPER: Financial companies handle highly sensitive documents that require various signatures and approvals -- but many struggle to strike a balance between quality service that meets customer expectations and ensuring documents remain secure and compliant. Read on to learn about an electronic signature tool that can alleviate this challenge.

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 | Published: 26 Oct 2012

WHITE PAPER: Your financial forecasting techniques and tools may be antiquated, which can plague accuracy and quality, causing your organization to suffer profit losses. Fending off "forecasting illness" requires identifying and resolving common issues quickly. Read this paper now and learn to identify and address seven of the most common forecasting symptoms.

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 | Published: 21 Sep 2012

WHITE PAPER: A staggering 75 % of people leave their parents' wealth managers services. Learn to meet the challenges posed by today's new breed of clients by leveraging customer relationship management (CRM) applications, such as addressing today's pain points, functionality that meets your needs, transforming risks to your client base, and more.

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 | Published: 06 Sep 2012

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to gain an understanding of the capabilities of financial budgeting software and how your organization can benefit from leveraging it.

Posted: 04 Sep 2012 | Published: 04 Sep 2012

WHITE PAPER: Are fragmented enterprise performance management (EPM) point solutions the best way to help your people be more risk sensitive, productive, and informed when making decisions and responding to changing corporate finance priorities? Download this brief to learn how SAP EPM solutions provide a better alternative for corporate financial management.

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 | Published: 11 Aug 2011

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to uncover a financial system built and designed to address the business needs of today including the latest technologies, functionality, and design ethics. Also find 6 key capabilities of modern financial software.

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 | Published: 27 Jul 2012

WHITE PAPER: Read this paper and learn why automating The Last Mile of Finance can enable your organization to meet evolving requirements and reduce risk without increasing your costs. Gain insight into why upgrading your Last Mile processes is essential to remaining in line with regulatory reporting and compliance initiatives.

Posted: 09 May 2012 | Published: 18 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: The U.S. Security and Exchange Commission has forced organizations that file reports with it to automate most of the steps, leading most companies purchase software that helps them do so. This paper by Ventana Research explains the value of automated tagging software and how implementing such a strategy can lead to an elevated ROI.

Posted: 09 May 2012 | Published: 07 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: IT and finance may oftentimes be on separate pages, viewing each other as another facet of the business. In today's recovering economy, their dependence on each other can determine the success or failure of your company. This paper offers insight on how IT and finance can collaborate to help your organization succeed in the post-recession economy.

Posted: 09 May 2012 | Published: 10 Mar 2010

WHITE PAPER: Once designated to the finance organization, functions such as forecasting and analysis have spread to other parts of the business. Performance management solutions are being deployed more broadly, migrating to everyday users. This paper explains why a Finance Center of Excellence can help ensure your performance management initiative succeeds.

Posted: 09 May 2012 | Published: 13 Sep 2011

WHITE PAPER: Traditional procurement and financial analytics practices lack the visibility today's businesses need, and can lead to millions of wasted dollars. Check out this paper to learn about an innovative financial analytics tool that can help monitor and analyze purchase data to ensure prices and contracts are being met.

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 | Published: 21 Sep 2012

WHITE PAPER: Banking customers worldwide are ready for an omnichannel experience – are you ready to give it to them? This resource describes the concept of omnichannel banking, why your customers need it, and why you shouldn't wait to offer it to them.

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 | Published: 17 Aug 2012

WHITE PAPER: Modern financial software enables business to collaborate with visibility, reliability, and accountability in a controlled environment. This paper explains the issues with spreadsheet budgeting and helps business find better financial software for easy long-term planning.

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 | Published: 19 Jul 2012

WHITE PAPER: SAP analytics solutions can help today's government agencies overcome the many challenges associated with tax discovery. Read on to learn how SAP's public sector software solutions can benefit government agencies by improving performance, reducing costs and streamlining service delivery.

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 | Published: 29 Jun 2012

WHITE PAPER: This paper details SAP's range of public sector solutions, designed specifically to assist government agencies in proactively monitoring their current and future spending. Learn how to get a better handle on unspent funds such as unliquidated obligations (ULOs) by drilling into layers of data to create accurate reports and projections in real time.

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 | Published: 29 Jun 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses the results of a budgeting survey aimed at discovering the most significant budgeting, forecasting, and reporting issues troubling today’s CFOs.

Posted: 29 May 2012 | Published: 29 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: Businesses are seeking to increase bottom-line cost savings through sourcing and procurement functions. To generate value, forward-looking organizations are strengthening supplier relationships and  making procurement a more strategic focus in the organization.

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 | Published: 26 Apr 2012