Results for “Finance Trends Survey” Search Submit Filter by: Advanced Filter All results Solutions Industry Typelist People Client Story Insights/Blogs Filter Search Sort by RelevanceDate Order AscDesc Whitepaper July 22, 2021 The shift to zero trust The future of organizations will be built on the ability to work securely from anywhere, using any device at any time. This was made clear during the COVID-19 pandemic, which forced millions of workers to work from home using company-owned or personal devices. As the velocity and persistence of cybersecurity attacks increase daily and digital transformation continues to be a priority for… Blog February 28, 2023 Hyperbole, Hype and Hope? Trillions of Reasons Why the Metaverse Matters Ever since Steven Spielberg put the metaverse on the mainstream map in 2018 with his science fiction adventure film, Ready Player One, based on Ernest Cline’s novel of the same name, there has been a slow but steady drumbeat of momentum building around the potential and possibilities of this brave, new, immersive world. Sure, the metaverse had been talked about long before 2018, but once… Blog March 18, 2019 Leadership Succession Continues to Challenge Consumer Products and Services Companies Horror movie fans are well-versed in the ever-popular “zombie apocalypse.” But for those who work in the consumer products and services industry, the “retail apocalypse” is more frightening. The retail apocalypse refers to the widespread closure of brick-and-mortar retail stores in the United States and Canada. It represents a serious threat to the retail business model we have always known… Leadership Ken Thomas Ken is a Managing Director in the Business Performance Improvement practice. He specializes in finance operations strategy, implementation and transformation of financial systems and their underlying data governance, process reengineering, and target operating models, including shared services. Ken brings 30 years of finance experience from serving multiple… Blog December 12, 2018 Back Off, Inefficiencies: Conquering Chaos in the Back Office Is Closer Than You Think Whether through rapid growth, acquisition or some other business change, an organization’s back finance office operations can grow chaotic over time, and sometimes overnight. That chaos often culminates in emergencies, like a payments backlog, bad data or a process that no longer makes sense. Some of our most satisfying engagements with clients have started as emergencies that were resolved when… Blog June 26, 2020 Persevering and Prospering in the Time of COVID-19: Keep Accounts Receivable Turning One of the many reasons businesses are suffering during the COVID-19 pandemic is that their customers are challenged in managing their cashflow, resulting in reducing or delaying payments. In addition, the accounts receivable function is not an easy one to operate remotely; billing operations and collections/cash application teams may be slower than usual as employees work from home. For some… Blog January 15, 2021 Enhancing Customer Experience and Driving User Adoption with SAP Fiori As organizations continue to develop and refine their digital transformation roadmaps, a central component of the transformation revolves around Intelligent ERP deployment. While SAP announced that its end of support for ECC 6.0 was pushed to 2027, customers continue to formulate strategies for shifting their business… Blog June 7, 2021 Organizations Zero In on the Digital IQ Gap, a Long-Term Risk Threatening Digital Transformation Success Organizations are placing an enormous amount of importance on digital transformation as they look for ways to enhance efficiency, boost productivity and trim expenses. Yet many of them are quickly discovering that they need to better develop their workforce’s “digital IQ” to fully optimize these technological investments. This message came through crystal clear in the recently released Executive… Landing Page CISO NEXT Blog September 27, 2023 Video Blog: Understanding Performance Efficiency in Microsoft Azure Performance efficiency is the foundational pillar of a cloud well-architected framework. Yet, many organizations struggle to use cloud resources, so applications perform efficiently and scale to meet the user demands placed on them by users in an efficient manner. In this video blog, first launched at the recent Microsoft Inspire conference, I talk about Microsoft Azure tools, technologies, and… Load More