The Collaboration Continuum
Executive Summary: Many companies are implementing digital transformation projects to help them stay competitive as the need to harness the latest technology and access real-time analytics becomes paramount. However, high visibility and costly projects such as these need the right level of collaboration to ensure the project gets off the ground, is managed well and […]
Even More Valuable Today – Role of the Executive Sponsor
Executive Summary: Many companies are implementing digital transformation projects to help them stay competitive as the need to harness the latest technology and access real-time analytics becomes paramount. However, high visibility and costly projects such as these need an executive sponsor to ensure the project gets off the ground, is managed well and fully adopted. […]
Retail Industry Insights: An Integrated Approach to Financial and Operational Planning
Financial and Operational planning is challenging for retailers because factors such as changing consumer behavior, emerging new channels and increased globalization often lead retailers to plan in silos. When the plans for different departments – Finance, Merchandising, Store Operations, etc. – are unaligned, it creates a fragmented view of the organization. It is therefore critical […]
Determining if a Move to Oracle FCCS is Right for You20 minute webinar
Tune in to our 20-minute webinar “Determining if a Move to Oracle FCCS is Right for You” as Peloton’s Retail Practice Lead, Rob Caruso, and Financial Consolidation and Close Lead, Patricia Campano: Address common cloud migration questions and concerns echoed by Legacy platform users Identify what’s new in FCCS and how it can make a […]
Insurance Allocations: From Plinko to Profit20 minute webinar to gain visibility into profitability
As an insurance professional, do you ever feel like you’re playing a game of Plinko or at least think that your organization’s allocations could be easier to understand? View this brief 20 minute webinar to discover the solution that will insure confidence in your company’s allocation process: Oracle Profitability and Cost Management Cloud (PCMCS). You’ll […]
4 Key Concerns for FP&A Professionals
Original publication by the Association for Financial Professionals Financial planning and analysis (FP&A) professionals are focused on four key factors, if a recent roundtable discussion is any indication. Philip Peck, Vice President, Finance Transformation and Advisory Services for Peloton Group, provides an inside view of the key themes discussed during the FP&A Roundtable at FinNext […]
Taking Your Enterprise Planning to the Cloud30 minute webinar to increase forecast accuracy and effort
More than 50% of global enterprises are expected to be leveraging cloud platforms to drive digital transformation and augment their established planning processes. Oracle’s Enterprise Planning Cloud capabilities can increase accuracy and significantly reduce effort for enterprise clients to create a fully integrated forecast. View this 30-minute Roadmap to Integrated Enterprise Cloud Planning webinar to learn more […]
Zero-Based Budgeting Makes a Comeback
Zero-based budgeting (ZBB) is back in a big way. What experts are calling ZBB 2.0 is a new take on the old technique. This new version is very much based on the same principles: strip the budget down and start from scratch. But it is broader and more targeted. ZBB 2.0 is a cost management […]
7 Ways FP&A Can Help Their Firm Prepare for the Brexit
The Brexit vote took many by surprise. How can FP&A help their organization prepare for the uncertainty that ensued in the aftermath of the vote? Don’t overreact. Brian Fink, president of consultancy Evolve Associates, cautions FP&A teams not to go overboard by materially modifying business plans for the U.K., as the actual economic impact of Brexit […]
FP&A: How to Bring About Change without Top-Level Support
There’s no question getting senior executive buy-in for financial transformation and financial planning and analysis (FP&A) process changes is the best option. That official email from the CFO or the CEO mandating everyone to follow a new path and designating FP&A as the leader of change is a very strong way to kick-start a new […]