Overview

It's five years since Sarbanes Oxley became law, and for many organizations the goal of relevant, accurate, timely, auditable, controlled financial information remains elusive and out of reach.

Surprising? Not when you look closely at the trends that prevent organizations from optimizing their financial consolidations:

• The still-ubiquitous spreadsheet, preventing centralized management and process control
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• First generation solutions, unable to support modern requirements.
• A close process layered on by acquisitions, restructuring, and a host of source systems.

This series is a step-by-step discovery of the benefits of renewing the close, consolidate, report process. We will engage thought leaders, industry experts, and customers throughout. Whether you are already resolving your financial consolidation issues or just embarking on your journey, this Webinar series will bring you valuable information to help you each step of the way.

• Controllers
• CFO's
• CIO's
• VP's, Directors and Managers of Finance, Corporate Governance, Compliance, IT

Read about Best Practices in the Fast Close Process by Gary Simon, author and managing editor, FSN

Data Quality - Underestimate it at Your Peril    Fast Close and the Reporting Supply Chain - the need for a Joined Up Approach    Life after the Final Consolidation - the 'Last Mile' of the Fast Close    The relationship between the Fast Close and CPM - more than distant 'cousins'