Corporate Finance

Masters of Finance

2012-04-23T05:00:00Z

Most CFOs are trying to drive value in today’s turbulent markets, but only a few are succeeding. Here are five advanced capabilities that sustain their achievement.

2011 Accenture High Performance Finance Study: Focus on ASEAN Region

2012-03-26T05:00:00Z

Mobile Work: Have You Adapted your Real Estate Strategy?

2012-01-26T06:00:00Z

Read how companies must alter real estate strategies in line with the realities of mobile work to gain business advantage

The Benefits of Benchmarking in Shared Services Programs

2011-12-20T06:00:00Z

Read why benchmarking can help companies improve the performance of their shared services operations

Maximizing the Real Estate Portfolio: A Balanced Approach to Strategy and Implementation

2011-08-25T05:00:00Z

Read Accenture's report on how organizations can maximize the value from their real estate portfolios.

Achieving High Performance: The Value of Benchmarking

2011-05-18T05:00:00Z

Read about Accenture’s point of view on the benchmarking process and learn about the key success factors in creating a benchmarking program that drives high performance.

A Recommended Approach for Optimizing Your ERP for Tax

2011-03-15T05:00:00Z

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems should be used in conjunction with tax-specific software to optimize the tax function and help enable high performance.

The SWIFT Connection: When Does it Make Sense for Corporate Treasurers?

2011-03-10T06:00:00Z

In this article, Accenture explores ways in which SWIFT could help corporate treasurers overcome some of the challenges they face.

The Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) – Solving the Transactions Conundrum

2010-10-19T05:00:00Z

The Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) initiative has been a fact of life for banks in Europe since early 2008.

An Overview of Accenture Benchmarking Solutions

2010-10-14T05:00:00Z

In this video, Chuck Wise, lead-Accenture Benchmarking Solutions, defines benchmarking and discusses its importance.

Benchmarking Can Help Point the Way to High Performance

2010-05-06T05:00:00Z

The finance function has a key role to play in helping a company become a high-performance business.

How Australian CFOs are Managing and Transforming the Finance Function

2009-10-09T05:00:00Z

While Australia has escaped even a technical recession, the global economic crisis has been a wake-up call that will change the way businesses operate and the assumptions they make for years to come.

A World of Opportunity: Driving High Performance through Finance Workforce Mastery

2009-07-21T05:00:00Z

The finance workforce plays a key role in enabling high performance—especially during troubled times.

The CFO’s Role in Achieving Operational Excellence

2009-04-06T05:00:00Z

A report prepared by CFO Research Services in collaboration with Accenture.

Preparing for International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS): An Opportunity for Finance Transformation

2009-03-27T05:00:00Z

Companies in the United States and around the world face the challenge of complying with IFRS standards.

Moving the Finance Team to the Future

2008-09-29T05:00:00Z

Financial Executive
This article by Steve Culp, Accenture’s managing director of Finance and Performance Management, EALA, examines the key talent issues confronting finance professionals in today’s global environment.

Globalization: A Challenge and an Opportunity for the Finance Function -- Summary

2008-08-15T05:00:00Z

The third Accenture High Performance Finance Study examines the most pressing challenges facing CFOs in the multi-polar world being created by globalization.

A Formal Finance Strategy is Critical to High Performance in Both Finance and the Enterprise

2008-06-18T05:00:00Z

Recent research by Accenture indicates that only a minority of companies have finance functions that are aligned with their overall business goals.

Today’s Finance Workforce - No Longer Just the Numbers Guys

2008-06-01T05:00:00Z

Any CFO will acknowledge that the days when the corporate finance organization was home to the “numbers guys” are long past.

The Changing Role of the Finance Organization in a Multi-Polar World

2008-05-08T05:00:00Z

Accenture’s third High Performance Finance Study shows the challenges facing the finance function in today’s multi-polar world—and outlines the practices leading companies are adopting to create a finance function that truly enables high performance in this environment.

Navigating the Multi-Polar World

2008-03-05T06:00:00Z

How multinationals in China and Chinese companies expanding overseas pursue high-performance finance

CFO Insights Series

2007-07-13T05:00:00Z

The CFO Insights series of books provides a strategic guide to the fast-moving, ever-changing world for CFOs and senior management.

Moving Up the Value Chain: High-Performance Finance in Southeast Asia and Australia -- Summary

2007-03-15T05:00:00Z

Accenture research shows that finance mastery is a characteristic of high performance.

Walking The Talk -- Summary

2007-01-25T06:00:00Z

Recent Accenture research pinpointed finance as one of the three most critical workforces for organizations intent on high performance.

CFO Insights: Enabling High Performance through Leading Practices for Finance ERP – Chapters 1-4

2006-04-13T05:00:00Z

In today’s high-performance businesses and governments, the CFO has responsibility to implement and manage ERP solutions successfully.

The Value of Accenture Benchmarking Solutions in Shared Services Implementations

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

In this video, Chuck Wise, lead, Accenture Benchmarking Solutions, explains that benchmarking plays a dual role in creating an effective shared services center.

Treasury Operational Excellence

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

The agenda for today's finance and treasury groups is in a state of rapid transformation.

Accenture Benchmarking Solutions for Finance

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Accenture High Performance Business research shows that high performers exceed their peers in the ability to develop distinctive capabilities within their finance function to create a competitive advantage.

Leading European Bank: Trading and Risk Services

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

The client is a leading European bank with more than 3,000 employees and assets of nearly $167 billion (€140 billion).

Accenture and Pfizer: Teaming for Tax Transformation -- Summary

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

With rapid growth having created challenges for its tax division, Pfizer teamed with Accenture to transform the way this division operated.

CFO Insights: Delivering High Performance

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Results from recent Accenture research reveal that high-performance businesses and governments embrace entirely new ways of thinking about finance and performance management.

Derivatives Reform Services

Derivatives Reform supports clients in navigating through the challenges of major regulations such as Dodd-Frank, MiFID II and Basel III.

Corporate Finance: Services Overview

Our Corporate Finance solutions cover the full breadth of needs for the finance executive operating in today's increasingly complex and integrated environment.

Finance Strategy

Today's CFO faces a dynamic and challenging environment.

Tax Excellence

Accenture has developed an array of tax transformation solutions and services that may be delivered either individually or concurrently.

Global Bank: Post-Merger Integration (Business Procedure Documentation)

Read how Accenture helped a global bank document front-office exceptions-documentation that will aid post-merger integration.

Pfizer: A tax strategy for high performance

Accenture helped Pfizer create a strategy to improve performance of its tax division and enable high performance.

Towers Watson: Day One Finance and HR Merger Integration

Read how Accenture helped Towers Watson complete the complex post-merger integration of finance and HR processes.

US Electric and Gas Utility: Treasury Transformation

Read how Accenture helped this large US electric and gas utility to transform its treasury functions and implement a modern, automated software solution.