The modern, interconnected business world demands a modern vision of what risk means.
Finance leaders must reckon with risk. And what this means today is very different from what it meant even a year ago. We know that risk is not what it once was—a manageable series of responses based largely on a limited set...
Published: Jun 02, 2017
When it comes to expenses, VAT, compliance and HMRC guidelines, it is not always clear what best-practice is or even what the rules truly mean...
Over the last few years, HMRC has become more focused on assisting businesses of all sizes to comply with HMRCpolicies and implement good governance when it comes to finances...
Published: Jan 07, 2016
Over the last ten years the consumer landscape has changed beyond recognition. In just one decade the Internet has transformed our lives in some quite extraordinary ways. Two things – social media and mobile devices, have largely driven this transformation. Both have enabled us to connect with each other (and with...
Published: Apr 30, 2013
How does your business manage travel, expense and invoice processes today? Do you have total visibility into this spend? We asked 500 UK finance leaders from businesses of all sizes about their employee spend management practices. The research revealed that despite some process improvements, there are still a number of...
Published: Nov 01, 2017
Segmentation is a powerful tool to help achieve your business strategy and drive higher value to your brand. ‘Sure’, I hear you say, ‘we all know that’, and you’ll probably have some form of segmentation in your business today; but is it really effective? Has it been built the best way drawing...
Published: Jul 14, 2010
For the first time, employers will be required by law to automatically enrol all eligible workers into a workplace pension scheme that meets certain minimum standards and to make a contribution to this pension scheme, adding to the contributions made by their workers. The clue is in the name: ‘automatic enrolment’...
Published: Nov 18, 2012
Increase Efficiency, Optimise IT Resources, Enhance Visibility
The benefits of cloud computing—a high return on investment, greater staff efficiencies, optimisation of IT resources, plus enhanced visibility and access to information—have piqued the interest of CFOs and finance leaders who are actively...
Published: Sep 22, 2016
Up to 80% of all time spent on analytics is consumed by preparing data. Data is never perfect and most of the time you need to clean, enrich and join multiple data sets to gain meaningful insight. Many analysts turn to Excel to perform these data preparation functions which can take hours or even days.
Datawatch...
Published: Nov 29, 2017
Learn why a new approach is needed.
Read this whitepaper, “A New Approach to Audit and Control in Enterprise Software”, and discover more about the changing landscape of control and governance. Learn how rethinking technology can be the touchstone to separation of duties, transparent business processes...
Published: Jan 23, 2018
Making Tax Digital (MTD) is a key part of the government’s plans to make it easier for individuals and businesses to get their tax right and keep on top of their affairs as well as transforming HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) into a world leading, digital tax authority.
This is one part of a vital journey the...
Published: Aug 06, 2018
The Datawatch Data Preparation Buyer’s Guide is your manual as you navigate the self-service data prep technology landscape and provides information on assessing your organization’s needs.
It focuses on questions to ask when considering new analytics technology and illustrates how to fluidly transition...
Published: Nov 29, 2017
If you think of the various things that send a CFO’s pulse racing, then governance, compliance, control, and audit will probably rank quite low on that list. Legacy software designers must have formed similar lists because they’ve treated control and governance as afterthoughts, or even irritants, in the financial...
Published: Feb 28, 2018
61% of Senior IT and Digital Leaders believe that human interaction will not be necessary in retail banking in the next 10 years. Find out more in this fascinating research.
Avanade commissioned independent technology market research specialist Vanson Bourne to investigate the changing landscape of the banking industry....
Published: Oct 05, 2017
For the past twenty years Experian has been working closely with retailers, tracking the transformation of this industry. Without a doubt, these are challenging times for retailers, with the last two years in particular having given us a series of gloomy news stories. But it is also the case that new technologies, when...
Published: Mar 10, 2011