Finance and Accounting BPO Buyers Moving Toward Process-Based OTC Outsourcing The development of service providers capabilities to provide end-to-end OTC outsourcing solutions is the key trend in the OTC arena over the past five years and will likely continue as companies (buyers)...12 Jun 2008 | (Thinking Point)
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The Profit Leakage Challenge
Companies are seeking alternative solutions that address their profit leakage challenge.20 May 2008 | (Thinking Point)
Avoiding Pitfalls that Hinder ROI in FAO
Avoiding pitfalls that hinder return on investment in F&A outsourcing: How to achieve real value versus...16 May 2008 | (Thinking Point)
Recipes for Bundled Finance and Accounting Outsourcing
Most businesses outsource multiple functions, but few are gaining the benefits of outsourcing several...14 Jan 2008 | (Thinking Point)
How F&A Outsourcing In Europe Has Come of Age
It is now clear that Finance and Accounting (F&A) outsourcing has passed the tipping point where the...02 Jan 2008 | (Thinking Point)
Everest: Evolution of the Global Hub-and-Spoke Outsourcing Offshore Delivery Model
According to the Everest Group, evolution of the global hub-and-spoke model has evolved from visionary...05 Oct 2007 | (Thinking Point)
F&A Market Moves Upstream
The market for finance and accounting is maturing from a model based mostly on transactional work, to...10 Sep 2007 | (Thinking Point)
How Real is the Finance & Accounting Outsourcing Market?
Skepticism still exists regarding the appeal and value of multi-process finance and accounting outsourcing...22 Jun 2007 | (Thinking Point)
Finance and Accounting Outsourcing Suppliers Must Innovate and Differentiate
To stave off competition in today’s dynamic marketplace and capitalize on promising growth opportunities,...15 Jun 2007 | (Thinking Point)
Outsourcing Demands on the Rise in Financial Services Industry
Financial services companies have greater future outsourcing investment plans than do other industries,...11 Jun 2007 | (Thinking Point)
Our past, present and future - Finance the smart way?
The pace and degree of change in the business landscape over the past few years has been nothing short...30 May 2007 | (Thinking Point)
Unlocking the potential of BPO
A study of emerging service areas in business process outsourcing in the financial services and healthcare...08 Mar 2007 | (Thinking Point)
Why global banks are banking on India
Follow the money for a sure bet, they say -- and the world's big and small banks are doing just that...16 Feb 2007 | (Thinking Point)
Outsourcing in the financial services industry
Outsourcing in the financial services industry - Q&A with Ben Trowbridge, Alsbridge Americas CEO25 Nov 2006 | (Thinking Point)
F&A outsourcing: A suggested approach for getting started
F&A BPO is a logical next step for CFO’s and Controllers considering the next phase of process improvement,...20 Nov 2006 | (Thinking Point)
Housing downturn increases mortgage outsourcing
Rising interest rates and shaky property prices have made life harder for homeowners and mortgage lenders...17 Oct 2006 | (Thinking Point)
Why don't all companies enjoy the same savings from outsourcing finance and accounting?
If cost reduction from labor arbitrage is a common factor in almost all FAO transactions, should we expect...14 Sep 2006 | (Thinking Point)
CFOs take strategic role in finance function
Many CFOs and the finance organizations they lead have started to take on new strategic roles within...17 Aug 2006 | (Thinking Point)
Outsourcing the F&A process: Control and compliance
Studies have shown that outsourcing actually can help a company create a higher-performance finance function....14 Aug 2006 | (Thinking Point)
[SharedXpertise Essentials] Finance BPO: Coming of age
The finance and accounting market has historically been slow to embrace outsourcing, but the tide is...11 Jul 2006 | (Thinking Point) |
Analytic adjustment
A year and a half ago the analytic work offshore primarily supported the equity research departments...20 Jun 2006 | (Thinking Point)
Offshoring's mid-life crisis!
The practice of offshoring by financial institutions is not young anymore; in fact, it's approaching...25 Apr 2006 | (Thinking Point)
[SharedXpertise Essentials] Insights into enterprise purchase to pay automation and transformation
In this research, Basware explores the
emerging Joint applications perspective on purchase to pay automation...08 Apr 2006 | (Thinking Point) |
Outsourcing the finance function: achieving high performance in governance and control
When it comes to compliance and corporate governance, does outsourcing an organization’s finance function...15 Jan 2006 | (Thinking Point)
Beyond cost-cutting—the intangible benefits of finance & accounting outsourcing
As organizations increasingly turn their attention to growth-orientated agendas, a number are considering...12 Dec 2005 | (Thinking Point)
Discover lessons learned from the outsourcing experts
Accenture’s global survey of more than 500 companies and in-depth interviews with experienced outsourcing...30 Nov 2005 | (Thinking Point)
Consortia buying – part one – What is driving F&A consortia buying
The evolution of buying groups and cooperatives, shared services centers, and business process outsourcing...24 Nov 2005 | (Thinking Point) |
Consortia Buying – Part Two – Our Global Forecast for F&A Consortia Buying
The coming wave of F & A consortia buying that we think will explode in the next few years will be driven...24 Nov 2005 | (Thinking Point) |
Finance & Accounting outsourcing - Maximizing performance in the back-office
The cries for finance to contribute strategic value echo equally as loud as those for timely, accurate...25 Oct 2005 | (Thinking Point)
Sub 1% Finance & Accounting
The need to reduce costs whilst simultaneously improving process and financial visibility is unprecedented....20 Oct 2005 | (Thinking Point)
Shared services, outsourcing, technology as options to F&A transformation
Business transformation is one of the buzzwords in today’s corporations, and is intended as the road...16 Oct 2005 | (Thinking Point) |
Future finance: a CFO vision for creating value through e-business on demand
Authors
James Bramante, Gregor Pillen and Doug Simpson
IBM Business Consulting Services
Most finance...25 Aug 2005 | (Thinking Point)
Deciding what to outsource to achieve high performance: understanding a CFO’s challenge
Today, the chief financial officer stands at the center of a complex web of internal and external relationships,...14 Mar 2005 | (Thinking Point)
Creating an operating model for high performance: The role of outsourcing
Accenture research identifies the most critical factors to delivering the greatest possible total return...08 Jan 2005 | (Thinking Point)
Add financial IQ to your corporate equation
Increasingly, investors are applying their investment dollars to where they have trust and confidence...04 Jan 2005 | (Thinking Point)
Best in class: how finance business process outsourcing can help create a high-performance finance function
The Economist Intelligence Unit and Accenture researched the key factors behind high performance in finance...30 Nov 2004 | (Thinking Point)
What the future holds
Executives in high-performing businesses are increasingly utilising outsourcing as a powerful means to...30 Sep 2004 | (Thinking Point)
Banks outsourcing other areas to India
By Anurag Khanna
Banks worldwide have opted to outsource their non-core activities, and India is one...30 Aug 2004 | (Thinking Point)
Finance and accounting BPO in asia: why more companies are doing it
With 60 percent of the world's population - three billion people - this is the region where countries...15 Jan 2004 | (Thinking Point)
