Article: How well does your finance department perform? (researching to financial benchmarking wins award)

Article: Re-engineering the finance function.(finance function comparisons)
Management Accounting (British);  February 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ......requirement for recruitment into the finance function is a lack of interest in ski-ing...perceived their colleagues in the finance function t be: * hard working and honest...therefore reasonable to consider how the finance function is seen, what its role is and what...

Article: THE FINANCE FUNCTION OF THE FUTURE - A Short Story
Accountancy SA;  July 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......a "traditional" transaction-focused Finance Function into a high value-added Finance Function necessary for today's business environment...world class) on all of the 15 different Finance Function Effectiveness Diagnostic Wheel components...

Article: All change.(finance transformation)
Financial Director;  March 27, 2007 ;     472 words ......All change The transformation of the finance function is an ongoing process that needs wholesale...trying to get down the costs of the finance function. Companies that are leading edge are...increase the effectiveness of the finance function A- so they are engaging their management...

Article: Is finance a business partner yet? Progress has been made, but there's still a way to go for some companies.(FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT)(Report)
Strategic Finance;  March 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ...The finance function of publicly traded firms has two...required restatements have forced the finance function to put more of an emphasis on...demand for a more independent finance function inhibit finance's partnering role...

Article: How to measure performance. (Finance Reshapes Its Corporate Role)
Financial Executive;  March 1, 1991 ;     700+ words ......to measure the performance of the finance function? A review of the changing finance...three presentations. What does the finance function contribute to U.S. business? Does...finance does make a difference. The finance function has a unique role to play, and it...

Article: Repositioning the finance function: from making policy to designing strategy.
Accountancy Ireland;  April 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...The finance function is dead: long live the finance function! This apparently contradictory statement seems to sum up where today's finance function finds itself. The once steady, some would say conservative, and certainly the oldest of business...

Article: Partnering for performance. (Northern Telecom Inc.'s finance function)(includes related article) (Management Strategy)
Financial Executive;  September 1, 1992 ;     700+ words ...How does a company's finance function thrive in an international...local alliances. How can the finance function help? Finance needs to be thought...definition of excellence for the finance function in a global economy is this...

Article: A new breed.
Accountancy Age;  June 15, 2006 ;     700+ words ......breed The evolution of the finance function has been carefully monitored...technology and aligning the finance function, with the business to create...became the foundations of the finance function in the 1980s. Finance rose...

Article: Putting the balance back into the finance function.(Network)
The Mercury (South Africa);  February 20, 2008 ;     393 words ......value adding contributions to the finance function Compliance In coming to grips with...the benefit of a better performing finance function. Some of the following symptoms would...Indications from the business that the finance function does not add value to the organisation...

Article: Finance departments' days are numbered.(Brief Article)
Management Accounting (British);  April 1, 2000 ;     175 words ......companies are demanding that their finance function adds positive value. To achieve this...In a new report, Transforming the Finance Function to Add Company Wide Value, CIMA Council...complete toolkit to shift the role of the finance function from corporate scorekeeper to value...

Article: United States: Finance Transformation Workbench tool introduced by IBM.
TendersInfo;  July 29, 2008 ;     183 words ......manage the performance of a companys finance function. According to the company, the new...opportunities to transform and improve the finance function. Specifically, the solution can: analyse...opportunities; assess the business value of finance function transformation initiatives; ...

Article: Finance Transformation Workbench tool introduced by IBM.(International Business Machines Corp.)(Brief article)
Telecomworldwire;  July 28, 2008 ;     263 words ......manage the performance of a company's finance function. According to the company, the new...opportunities to transform and improve the finance function. Specifically, the solution can: analyse...opportunities; assess the business value of finance function transformation initiatives; ...

Article: Bangkok Post, Thailand, Leading the Way column.
Bangkok Post (Bangkok, Thailand);  August 10, 2004 ;     700+ words ......function? Does it suggest that the finance function adds little value to a business? Let...with the basics: What does a typical finance function actually do? First there is budgeting...labour-intensive and expensive. A typical finance function costs 1.4 percent of company revenues...

Article: diminishing role.(of accountants)
Accountancy Age;  May 25, 2006 ;     700+ words ......business expands, bodies are added to the finance function and a finance director appointed to...But why? Just what value is that finance function delivering to the business? Digby...SMEs, will still have an internal finance function within a decade. What Value? How many...