Management Briefings

• Market Overview | Part 2 | Part 3
  More managers from outside the function are gaining access to core accounting information, according to our latest research. Pat Sweet reports.

• Expert Opinion
  George Lawrie of C3 Consulting suggests why companies should consider outsourcing their finance function.

• Round Table | Part 2 | Part 3
  Five financial systems experts – Philip Thew of TCL Europe, Tony Sparks at BDO Stoy Hayward, Chris Sharp from FourFront, John Taylor of Cartesis and Logica’s Chris Riches – analyse key trends including the move to online accounting.

• Activity Based Costing | Part 2
  Iain Farnsworth and Lian Moriarty of Deloitte Consulting debate the up and downside of activity based costing as an accounting technique.

• Analytical Systems
  Paul Adams of consultancy ICIT says business activity monitoring systems can improve the finance function’s contribution to corporate planning.

• Reporting Systems | Part 2
  Many companies want web-based reporting access to their core ERP systems. Accenture’s Andreas Schuler and Claudio Thum show how it can be done.

• Public Sector | Part 2
  Neil Strange of PKF analyses the impact of resource accounting and budgeting on public sector finance.

• Market News | Part 2
  Sarah Underwood summarises what’s new in the consultancy and IT services profession.

• New Technology | Part 2
  Rod Newing looks at the emerging technology available to the finance function, from web-enabled applications to better consolidation and forecasting.

• Case Study | Part 2 | Part 3
  Andrew Tattersall of Gunn Partners explains how manufacturer General Mills set about transforming its finance function into a more ‘value-adding’ operation.