Finance Operations

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

Deutsche Annington Immobilien Group: PTU Billing Process Optimization and ISO Certification for Quality Management System

2012-03-26T05:00:00Z

Accenture helps Deutsche Annington Immobilien Group revise their PTU billing process to achieve high performance.

Unlocking the Full Potential of Shared Services

2012-03-14T05:00:00Z

Read about the 2011 Accenture Global Shared Services Conference.

Global Eyewear Company: Oracle-Based Planning and Reporting System

2012-02-01T06:00:00Z

Accenture helps a leading global eyewear company implement an integrated planning solution, enabling improved budgeting and reporting.

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

Trends in Shared Services: Unlocking the Full Potential

2011-09-26T05:00:00Z

Read Accenture’s research on the latest trends in Shared Services and identifies five topics for continued success and sustainability.

Integrated Business Services: Taking Shared Services to New Heights of High Performance

2011-09-26T05:00:00Z

Read how the evolution and development of shared services is creating more sophisticated integrated business services organizations.

Managing Working Capital for Sustained High Performance

2011-09-21T05:00:00Z

Read Accenture’s research on how better working capital management can not only improve liquidity but provide the necessary funding for growth.

State of Shared Services: Sustained Competitive Advantage

2011-05-03T05:00:00Z

Accenture’s Paul Boulanger talks about what characteristics underlie shared services mastery.

Revenue Assurance: Whose Responsibility Is It?

2011-03-29T05:00:00Z

Revenue leakage can be found anywhere along your revenue generation value chain.

Creating the Optimal Revenue Assurance Program

2011-03-01T06:00:00Z

Many telecommunications companies try to address their revenue leakage problems by installing technology solutions.

Cost Management: An Aspect of Profit & Cash Optimization

2011-01-24T06:00:00Z

Learn about Accenture research that shows how companies are approaching cost management and how these changes will affect the way business is done.

Lessons Learned from Accenture's 2010 Global Shared Services Conference

2010-11-29T06:00:00Z

On June 28-30, 2010, Accenture hosted the Tenth Annual Global Shared Services Conference.

High Performance through Shared Services Video: The Asia Pacific Perspective

2010-11-02T05:00:00Z

In this video, Cara Morton, managing director-Finance & Performance Management, Asia Pacific for Accenture, explores some of the issues and trends facing shared services in Asia Pacific.

US Financial Regulatory Reform: Cost or Opportunity?

2010-10-01T05:00:00Z

The impact of the new Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act on US financial services firms will be dramatic.

Shared Services Talent Management: Lessons from the Masters

2010-06-17T05:00:00Z

Talent management is one of the key enablers of high performance in shared services.

High Performance through Shared Services: The Asia Pacific Perspective

2010-04-27T05:00:00Z

Shared services are playing an important role in enabling high performance around the world, but particularly in the Asia Pacific region.

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.

Financial Times: Beware of Cutting Off the Branch on Which You Sit

2009-10-02T05:00:00Z

During times of economic woe, companies tend to react predictably to protect their all-important cash flows: they stop hiring, travel budgets are slashed, costs are cut and layoffs often follow.

Strategies for Managing Front Office Costs

2009-06-09T05:00:00Z

Achieving High Performance through Shared Services: Lessons from the Masters

2009-06-08T05:00:00Z

Shared services masters run their shared services organizations as high-performance businesses.

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.

The Winning Edge in Uncertain Times

2009-01-15T06:00:00Z

Rapid and Sustained Cost Management

Comcast: Finance Transformation

2009-01-01T06:00:00Z

Listen to Todd Irwin, executive director of Financial Systems, Comcast, explain how Accenture has helped Comcast centralize its accounts payable function—reducing operational costs while increasing quality.

Shared Services and the Link to High Performance

2008-11-19T06:00:00Z

Shared services—the standardization and consolidation of administrative or support functions into a single entity that provides common services—has become a powerful value creator for private- and public-sector organizations.

Great Expectations in Asia Pacific -- Summary

2008-09-30T05:00:00Z

The Asia Pacific region, with a growing economy and burgeoning population, is seen as a tremendous opportunity both for multinationals and local companies looking to expand regionally and even globally.

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.

Multi-function Shared Services: Insights from an Accenture Research Study

2008-05-16T05:00:00Z

Businesses and governments are increasingly considering multi-function shared services models to obtain sustainable advantage on the path to high performance.

Asia-Pacific Embraces Finance and Accounting BPO

2008-04-21T05:00:00Z

Once a laggard in the adoption of Finance & Accounting outsourcing (FAO), the Asia Pacific region is now showing the fastest growth rate in the world, with many companies poised to leapfrog their European and US rivals in the adoption of higher-value outsourced services.

Navigating the Multi-Polar World

2008-03-05T06:00:00Z

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

Shared Services and High Performance in a Multi-Polar World

2007-10-15T05:00:00Z

Quite often, the business case for implementing shared services focuses on cost savings and cost avoidance, with a heavy emphasis on increased customer satisfaction.

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.

Establishing Trust through a Well-Defined Shared Services Governance Framework -- Summary

2007-05-23T05:00:00Z

Shared services operations often fail because they are insufficiently trusted by their customers within the business.

Driving High Performance Through Fully Realized Shared Services -- Summary

2007-05-23T05:00:00Z

While centralization of functions is the foundation for shared services, Accenture research shows that to deliver high performance, a shared services model needs to go much further.

Managing Shared Services Change: Beyond Communications and Training

2007-05-23T05:00:00Z

Accenture believes that shared services will play an increasingly critical role in helping businesses and governments reach for high performance.

Shared Services Start-Up: From Launch to Stabilization

2007-05-23T05:00:00Z

The implementation of a shared services operating model is challenging.

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.

Delta Air Lines: High Performance Through Financial Outsourcing

2006-01-01T06:00:00Z

Delta Air Lines partnered with Accenture in a financial outsourcing agreement, transitioning its European finance and accounting functions to Accenture to improve visibility, service levels and cost-saving solutions.

Shared Services: Government Shared Services Model for High Performance from Accenture

2005-01-17T06:00:00Z

Shared services models for administrative functions are already gaining acceptance and helping to create high-performance public service organizations.

Enabling Technologies for Finance

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Accenture helps clients leverage and optimize their investments in enterprise-wide systems by using enabling technologies including Oracle and SAP to help them achieve high performance.

Unity Health System: Finance and Performance Management

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

With the merger of Rochester, New York's Park Ridge Hospital and St. Mary's Hospital came a consolidation of a number of clinical activities.

Phoenix Children's Hospital: Improved Financial Performance

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

With Accenture's help, Phoenix Children's Hospital was able to improve its financial performance without compromising its mission—so progressing on the road toward high performance.

Global Imaging and Information Company: Multi-functional Shared Services for North America

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Read how Accenture helped this global imaging and information company create a North American shared services center.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA): SAP Solutions for Financial Management

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

As the primary implementation contractor for NASA’s Core Financial Project, Accenture implemented a state-of-the-art SAP system that allows an agency-wide view of NASA’s financial operations.

South African Post Office: Transforming Financial Systems

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

For public company South African Post Office Group, achieving financial success while serving dual masters requires excellence in both data management and communications.

US Navy-Commander, Naval Installations Command: Financial Management Shared Services

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Accenture helped the Commander of Naval Installations Command (CNIC) build a business case to support centralized shared services for financial management as well as standardized operations for its 16 regions.

Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT): Financial Management System

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

The Virginia Department of Transportation recognized it needed to overhaul its financial information management system.

Arrow Electronics: Integrated Financial System

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Read this Oracle case study about how Accenture helped implement a sophisticated Oracle financial platform for Arrow Electronics.

GlaxoSmithKline: Working Capital Management

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

With Accenture’s help, GlaxoSmithKline realized roughly £1.5 billion ($2.28 billion) in working capital benefits within 18 months.

Finance and Accounting Outsourcing

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Outsourcing provides additional means for a finance organization to improve efficiency and value delivered.

Finance Operations: Services Overview

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Finance Operations create the foundation for high-performance finance.

Organization Analysis and Design

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Advanced capabilities are difficult to achieve without effective finance operations.

Process Improvement

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Buyers and suppliers can realize considerable value through transformation of their core business processes such as invoice processing and vendor payment, customer invoicing and collections.

Rapid and Sustained Cost Management for Consumer Goods and Services Companies

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Accenture helps clients develop comprehensive, process-driven strategies for rapid and sustained cost management that leverage deep insights and analytics.

Transforming the Finance Organization with SAP

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

When it comes to the finance function, organizations are facing increased pressure to generate value from more integrated processes and data as well as to comply with regulation.

Accenture Shared Services

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

More than 75 percent of the Fortune 500 is using some form of shared services to support the drive to achieve high performance.

Revenue Assurance for the Communications Industry

Consulting, technology and managed services capabilities to help providers with revenue assurance through the order-to-cash process and improve customer satisfaction.

Global Retailer: Customer/Employee Experience and Store Operating Model Transformation -- Project Snapshot

Accenture is working with a leading global retailer develop a holistic employee and customer experience and redesign its store operating model.

Komatsu: Shared Services

Accenture helped Komatsu design and implement a shared services center, lowering financial operating costs and improving access to strategic information.

Large APAC Bank: Finance and Procurement BPO

Read Accenture’s report on how through outsourcing its finance and procurement BPO functions, this large APAC bank was able to achieve high performance.

Portugal Tax Department: Revenue Systems

Accenture helps the Portuguese Tax Department of the Ministry of Finance to move its revenue systems to an "integrated tax" approach.

Prison Services: Corporate Support Transformation and Shared Services

Read how Accenture helped the national prison service transform the way it delivers corporate services by creating a shared services center.

Shekou Container Terminals: Cost and Performance Management

Accenture helps implement a cost management system for Shekou Container Terminals, one of China's leading ports operators.

Accenture: Integrated Financial Forecasting Solution

The Accenture CIO Organization teamed with the Accenture Finance and Human Resources organizations to create an Integrated Forecasting Solution that links revenue and contract cost information to supply and demand data to deliver high performance.

BNP Paribas: Improving the Global Client Onboarding Process

Accenture helped BNP Paribas improve its global client onboarding process, which allowed the bank to bring in new clients and move closer to achieving its growth objectives.

Revitalizing Core Banking Systems for Competitive Advantage in the New Landscape Podcast

In this podcast, Fiaz Sindhu, core banking services lead for North America, discusses how revitalizing core banking services can help banks deliver new business capabilities.

Global Airline: Revenue Management System

Accenture helps major airline company located in Asia achieve high performance with new revenue management capabilities for its growing cargo business.

Derivatives Reform Services

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