Financial Reporting White Papers

WHITE PAPER: Based on interviews with CFOs and senior finance executives at six leading international companies, this report presents the strategies they are using to infuse flexibility into their planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes in order to detect and address the constantly changing market realities of today's stubbornly volatile global economy.

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 | Published: 30 Sep 2011

WHITE PAPER: The goal of this white paper is to serve as a platform from which to explore a range of possibilities and opportunities available to government CFOs in their quest to operate in a more efficient and effective manner by not only presenting a case for change, but also providing a road map for it.

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 | Published: 05 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: Reporting speed and accuracy are vital today. But it would be wrong to assume that you have to spend more to go faster and do a competent job. This white paper illustrates how some organizations achieved top-tier results in financial reporting and why some did not.

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 | Published: 14 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: Using a Visual Data Analytics Platform to Monitor and Manage Positions/Exposures in Real-Time Firms that engage in financial trading are exposed to counterparty risk (i.e., credit risk), market risk, and operational risk.

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 | Published: 02 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper was developed jointly by ISACA and IFAC, providing guidance on how to leverage value from XBRL initiatives and compliance requirements, with examples and case studies included.

Posted: 18 Aug 2011 | Published: 18 Aug 2011

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn why the Monte Carlo modeling method provides a beacon of financial sanity and reliability at time when consumer confidence is at an all-time low and managers face new levels of accountability and keen public scrutiny in their decision-making.

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 | Published: 02 Mar 2009

WHITE PAPER: Following on the heels of corporate scandals at Enron, WorldCom, and others, global investors are demanding stricter corporate governance and compliance requirements for publicly held companies. Read this whitepaper to learn more about the issues, principles, and technologies underlying new requirements in corporate governance.

Posted: 21 Dec 2010 | Published: 20 Dec 2010

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn how Integrated business planning can help your company align strategic, operational, and financial plans.

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 | Published: 01 Oct 2010

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: 30 Jun 2010 | Published: 30 Jun 2010

WHITE PAPER: This paper introduces hedge funds and hedge fund service providers to IFRS.

Posted: 04 Jan 2010 | Published: 04 Jan 2010

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: 16 Sep 2009 | Published: 01 Jul 2008

WHITE PAPER: LogRhythm has extensive experience in helping organizations improve their overall security and compliance posture while reducing costs. This paper illustrates and discusses the 6 domains of PCI DSS requirements as well as uses tables to outline how LogRhythm supports PCI compliance.

Posted: 09 Sep 2009 | Published: 09 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: This paper provides practical industry insights on IFRS for life science executives and includes useful sections on: IFRS challenges and opportunities in life sciences; Implications of IFRS for financial reporting, tax, human resources, mergers and acquisitions, IT, and treasury and much more.

Posted: 04 Sep 2009 | Published: 03 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: As acceptance of IFRS in the United States becomes imminent, more banks and capital markets institutions are asking key questions: How does IFRS affect my institution? What events would influence my institution's pace of IFRS adoption? What obstacles might we need to consider? Read this paper to learn the answers to these questions and more.

Posted: 04 Sep 2009 | Published: 03 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: The white paper discusses what US organizations can do to prepare for International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), and focuses on what Oracle's Enterprise Performance Management solutions can do to help with top-end reporting.

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 | Published: 29 Jul 2009

WHITE PAPER: The 11th book in our Straight Talk series helps executives understand the implications of IFRS and their role in addressing the associated changes. The publication also offers practical suggestions to help companies navigate through pressing issues and developing your own conversion road map.

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 | Published: 29 Jul 2009

WHITE PAPER: In this publication, we explore the technology implications associated with IFRS conversion and discuss: Evaluating the potential technology impact; how companies can prepare technology and systems changes related to IFRS adoption; Major differences between U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and IFRS and much more.

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 | Published: 28 Jul 2009

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: 08 Jun 2009 | Published: 02 Jun 2009

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: 05 Jun 2009 | Published: 02 Jun 2009

WHITE PAPER: Following on the heels of corporate scandals at Enron, WorldCom, and others, global investors are demanding stricter corporate governance and compliance requirements for publicly held companies. Read this whitepaper to learn more about the issues, principles, and technologies underlying new requirements in corporate governance.

Posted: 05 Jun 2009 | Published: 01 Jul 2008

WHITE PAPER: With the introduction of Web 2.0 technologies into your enterprise, you can greatly increase the value of your company's most important assets. Leading companies are harnessing Web 2.0 technologies and applying them to build their next-generation workplaces.

Posted: 03 Apr 2009 | Published: 01 Aug 2008

WHITE PAPER: The white paper details Integrated Tax Management, software that brings together all State revenue collection processes, including those performed by the Federal Government, and collections on behalf of municipalities.

Posted: 01 Dec 2008 | Published: 01 Jul 2008

WHITE PAPER: This entertaining paper describes a day in the life of a fictional Chief Executive Officer, preparing to face market analysts in 2012.

Posted: 14 May 2008 | Published: 01 May 2008

WHITE PAPER: Compliance requirements and electronic discovery demands are placing a burden on IT managers. This white paper explores tools and strategies available to help organizations fulfill these requirements.

Posted: 19 Sep 2007 | Published: 01 Sep 2007

WHITE PAPER: This paper reviews the main issues facing today's banks, as well as an approach to designing, implementing, managing and maintaining an effective data governance support structure - all while helping banks maintain compliance to government regulations.

Posted: 20 Jun 2007 | Published: 01 Jun 2007