NEW REPORT

The Finance Function: Global Solutions for Global Challenges is the latest in a series of comprehensive reports on the evolution of the finance organization launched in 1998. The present Report builds on the lessons contained in previous titles to show how finance can develop a strategy for the global economy era.

This is what John Coombe, then Chief Financial Officer, GlaxoSmithKline said about an earlier report Value Creation: Building Tomorrow's Finance Function:

"The strengths of this report's recommendations are that not only can you read about the techniques available, you can see who used them and what success was achieved."

Pass the top-grade service delivery test

All the companies represented in the report acknowledge that transactional processing has to be best-in-class before considering other roles for finance. The Finance Function: Achieving Performance Excellence in a Global Economy shows what is involved in meeting the highest standards in transactional processing and service delivery.

Add an extra dimension to finance’s role

This level of service managers expect from finance. But they are increasingly looking for added support and input – support that finance is ideally placed to deliver:

• Management reports rich in insights – that major on quality not quantity
• Advice on commercial and strategic investments and projects as part of the team
• Informed assessment of risks – business as well as financial
• A balanced view of enterprise performance combining non-financial and financial measures.

Efficiency and effectiveness breakthroughs

Discover breakthrough examples from companies that have transformed their performance in these and other areas from:

Alcoa • Barclays • Carlson Companies • Christchurch City Council, New Zealand • Easynet • GlaxosmithWelcome • Purolator • Reuters • SKF Group • StatoilHydro • Whirlpool Corporation.

In addition, there is input from leading finance specialists from Atos Origin, Deloitte, PricewaterhouseCoopers among other consultancies. You will also find the hard evidence from research and benchmark studies that underpin the performance claims, issues and challenges facing finance from The Hackett Group, Microsoft, IBM Global Services and Business Intelligence.