Article by: Tony Hall, Head of Business Development at HAYNE Solutions Christmas is only 14 weeks away … yes I said it. Christmas and any type of holiday are key times for retail, they always have been. It’s when prices [...]
The backbone of IBM Planning Analytics is the IBM Cognos TM1 engine, a proven, well-loved and solid platform for developing budgeting, planning and reporting solutions. Organisations invest in TM1 due to its powerful, flexible and functional abilities, enabling them [...]
How do you elevate the role of the Finance Team within Your Organisation? With a shift to more data-driven decision-making, the role of the finance department needs to be elevated from a back office operational function to a more strategic, [...]
How does your budgeting and forecasting process compare to other organisations? How do you know what stage you’re at? How do you move to that next stage and more importantly – what even is the next stage?! Having been involved at the coalface [...]
Ever wondered what you would do if you didn’t just do Finance? Imagine if the beans counted themselves, the income stated itself, the cash flow just, well… flowed, the disclosure just managed itself …in multiple GAAPs …outputting to MS Word [...]
What does the future hold for you and your Finance Team? With the outlook for the global economy being greater uncertainty; fluctuating prices, large currency fluctuations, commodity prices rises, public government deficits and cost cutting, and inflationary pressures – its even [...]
Is your business affected by mandatory carbon reporting? If you are a quoted company, then for companies with year-ends ending after late 2013 you are required to report your company’s annual greenhouse gas emissions in your directors’ report. The [...]
1 Orchestrate the process from top to bottom A smooth close demands that all the figures come in at the right time, so standardised processes and schedules ensure that your colleagues in far flung places know what to deliver and [...]
This article covers tips for being compliant, whilst also minimising time and costs The FRC Regulation Strategic Reporting – the guidelines state that companies included in the legislation must present a strategic report separate from their director’s report. This is to [...]
We are often asked the question about the difference between Budgeting, Planning and Forecasting (“BP&F”) and how they fit together. This article takes a few moments to consider their inter-relationship and the capabilities required to deliver them: Planning A strategic prediction of [...]
