Features

• Service Type:

  Consulting, Professional Service

• Business Need:

  Data Analytics, Reporting, Business Intelligence (BI), Web Analytics, Usability Testing, Accounting, Tax Management, Financial Analytics and Reporting, Financial Compliance, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Compliance, Human Resource Management

• Works With:

  Microsoft Excel 2010, SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition, SQL Server 2008 Standard Edition

• Industry Focus:

  Education, Financial Services, Government, Healthcare, Manufacturing

Description

 The Financial Governance and Planning practice provides services in order clients to:




Improve forecast accuracy Identify lead indicators of performance Identify and manage the impacts of business change on performance Bring consistency and auditability to the budgeting and planning process.


 


Key Areas of Focus:

Financial Close



Enabling finance departments to run a faster end of month close, providing earlier iterations of reliable results through the month to better plan accurals




Management & Regulatory Reporting



Integration of actual and target data into financial reporting to allow comparison of actual against budget/forecast




Business Modelling & Forecasting



Providing visibility of lead indicators and physical/external drivers of financial outcomes 




Data Governance



Providing a framework to accomodate changes in business structure in reporting and planning systems 




Budgeting and Planning



Improving accuracy and the speed of cycle times for budgets to be submitted Management of the planning process