How to Measure the Impact of Your Compliance Framework With Control Testing
Would you classify your organization’s control framework as reactive, proactive or world-class? Leading organizations, like LKQ Corporation, have instituted a…
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What 3 CFO Priorities are Required to Build a Successful Finance Organization?
The role of the CFO has evolved over time but throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, organizations realized just how much more it needs to change. The...
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5 Steps to a Risk-Based Account Reconciliation Policy
As organizations look to reduce the cost of their finance and accounting teams, it is essential to find the balance…
13 Finance and Accounting KPIs to Prioritize
The importance of assessing core accounting metrics has been brought up time and time again, but how do you effectively…
Achieve an Automated Financial Close with Microsoft Dynamics
As organizations grow, the technology needed to support that growth naturally evolves. Internal systems and back-office teams must keep up…
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XBRL Cage Match Round 1: Congressman Issa vs. SEC Chair White
Timing is everything, and House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) sure seems to have that sorted out. On the…
Continuous Control is Essential: Why is it Still Manual?
In the KPMG paper Continuous Auditing and Continuous Monitoring (CA/CM): The Current Status and the Road Ahead, KPMG highlights the…
The Buzz Abounds Around “GBS” – Global Business Services is the New “It” Term for SSC’s
Now I love a buzz term as much as anyone (no surprise as I work in Marketing) but the latest…
Blog – Inline Support at the SEC: Just a Matter of (2014) Time
Taking a page from the “let’s not make Friday the only fun day of the week” playbook, the SEC yesterday…
How to become a Top Performing Finance Group in Record to Report
(ENLARGE INFOGRAPHIC) At first sight, the Record-to-Report (R2R) cycle may look like a stable process. But observers of financial reporting…
The Perfect Reconciliation Audit in 4 Easy Steps – Accounting Best Practices
With a perfect reconciliation audit you have the tools and safety net to stay compliant with even the strictest accounting…
“Where’s the Beef?” in SEC XBRL Comment Letters?
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Mobile is a Game-Changer for the Record to Report Landscape
In the last couple of years there has been a dramatic shift in the way that individuals access the Internet.…
Avoid The Hidden Bear Trap – Benchmarks for Managing Interfaces and Data Complexity
Wrapping up this blog series, this is my fourth blog on Benchmarking as it relates to the Record-to-Report process. Managing…
Setting R2R Benchmarks Improves Velocity of Financial Reporting and Data Quality
Setting Record-to-Report Benchmarks By carefully designing internal benchmarks it is possible to provide a framework, which brings about continuous improvements…
BLOG: Live Update from the Customer Conference – A Word About Our Partners!
Passionate Partners Participate KPMG, Deloitte, HP, Ernst & Young, Capgemini and The Hackett Group were all participating at our Executive…
BLOG: Live Update from the Customer Conference – DAY THREE!
And in the words of Gloria Gaynor... I will survive...That particular song was not at our Conference party last night,…