Financial Management

VIDEO: View this brief video to learn how the University of Cincinnati is becoming more cost-effective and better serving its students by distributing its dollars to the programs that need it through the budgetary visibility that SAP software gives them.

Posted: 22 May 2012 | Premiered: 22 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: As economic cycles go through the ebb and flow of recession and boom, the underlying drivers of financial transformation in business enterprises also change. This is evident in the focus and direction of senior finance executives who have successfully steered their organizations through periods of recessions and prosperity.

Posted: 14 May 2012 | Published: 14 May 2012

EBRIEF: Fixed assets are extremely important components of your organization, so how well you manage them could have a strong impact on your business performance. In this expert resource, find seven questions and answers concerning best practices and proper management of your fixed assets.

Posted: 10 May 2012 | Published: 10 May 2012

EBRIEF: In this expert resource, find answers to six of your most pressing compliance and audit questions concerning fixed assets, financial reporting standards, tax filing, and more.

Posted: 10 May 2012 | Published: 10 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: The Last Mile of Finance lowers costs, increases productivity and reduces error rates. Yet frustration is still mounting due to too much time spent on mundane tasks, such as digging for data, quality assurance and more. This paper outlines the increased importance placed on insightful analytics and taking a systematic approach to risk management.

Posted: 10 May 2012 | Published: 10 May 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: 09 May 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: 09 May 2012

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: 09 May 2012

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: 09 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: This brochure outlines SAP's comprehensive portfolio of procurement solutions, and describes how your organization can leverage SAP solutions to achieve procurement excellence.

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 | Published: 26 Apr 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

EBOOK: Read this expert e-book to learn how new technologies and best practices are being used to help finance departments increase their agility and respond to ever-changing business environments.

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 | Published: 25 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: Whether you are looking to upgrade your current PeopleSoft software or implementing for the first time, this white paper provides a clear description of the value added benefits you can expect to see from PeopleSoft Enterprise Financial management 9.1.

Posted: 23 Apr 2012 | Published: 23 Apr 2012

WEBCAST: This webcast reveals the breakthrough results of a study that found that a carefully thought out human capital management (HCM) strategy leads to increased financial performance.

Posted: 20 Apr 2012 | Premiered: 20 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: This brief paper outlines how Cognos FSR automates and streamlines the financial statement reporting (FSR) production process by gathering and connecting information from a variety of sources to construct an application database of all of your data. Learn how to overcome the challenges of scalability, process accuracy, increased workloads and more.

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 | Published: 18 Apr 2012

WEBCAST: This brief webcast highlights how one organization leveraged HP's business process outsourcing as a platform for growth and competitiveness. Challenges and opportunities of outsourcing financial business processes are explored.

Posted: 17 Apr 2012 | Premiered: 17 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses why CFOs should care about the cloud and how the approaches of IT and finance executives differ when it comes to cloud computing.

Posted: 13 Apr 2012 | Published: 13 Apr 2012

ANALYST REPORT: This Gartner Magic Quadrant for Corporate Performance Management looks at the current market trends as well as the top vendor offerings in the CPM market for 2012.

Posted: 13 Apr 2012 | Published: 13 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: Enterprise resource planning (ERP) software is designed to help you seamlessly integrate your various business processes to improve the overall efficiency of your company. Read this white paper to learn how most companies are relying on ERP systems to achieve the benefits of integration.

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 | Published: 04 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn about a software suite that easily shares business intelligence (BI) and customer relation ship management (CRM) data throughout your business, is designed to grow with you, and is customized to suit your specific needs.

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 | Published: 30 Mar 2012

PODCAST: Listen to this podcast with Christopher Perretta, executive VP and CIO of State Street Corp., the Boston-based financial services provider, as he discusses building an industrial-strength private cloud. Learn why the security and integrity of data is as valuable as currency in the banking business and why a public cloud wouldn't cut it.

Posted: 13 Mar 2012 | Premiered: 13 Mar 2012

WHITE PAPER: Inside this white paper, learn how to meet the necessary compliance requirements that will ensure a smooth transition when planning for the succession of your advisory firm.

Posted: 12 Mar 2012 | Published: 12 Mar 2012

WHITE PAPER: Islamic investment management today presents great opportunities, but setting up a compliant operation requires numerous considerations. Access this white paper to uncover 5 steps that will ensure a Shari’ah-compliant portfolio.

Posted: 12 Mar 2012 | Published: 12 Mar 2012

WHITE PAPER: This guide illustrates precisely how Sage Fixed Assets integrates with enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems to provide businesses with the best of both worlds in fixed asset and financial management.

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 | Published: 01 Mar 2012

WHITE PAPER: This paper provides an overview of the differences between the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and offers strategies for making the transition to IFRS smooth and painless.

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 | Published: 01 Mar 2012