Complimentary half day thought leadership seminar attended by interested parties, clients and prospective customers  to discuss current trends and future legislation related to internal and external financial reporting and highlight new ways to automate the process, including a product demonstration.   

The finance function is under increasing pressure for accurate and timely production of management and external reports.  New financial reporting automation systems are being adopted to help eliminate the complex, manual, and time-consuming processes that organisations currently use to provide leaders and regulators critical performance data and analysis.

Aimed at Finance Professionals this session will also explore how IBM Business Analytics solutions can enable Finance to achieve the ability to analyse and consolidate financial results, report both internally and externally and shape what will happen is critical to the organisation. As the custodian of shareholder value, Finance needs dynamic tools to balance compliance and performance, statutory and management structures, short term and long term, top-down vision and bottom-up reality.

Agenda

08.30  Registration
09.00  Welcome Address - David Morton, EMEA Financial Performance Management, IBM Business Analytics
09.15  The Changing Face of the Finance Function - Andy Smith, Partner, Financial Accounting Advisory Services, Ernst & Young
10.00  Coffee
10.15  How IBM Cognos solutions enable Finance to achieve new levels of reporting/ performance management - Mike Jefferies, Application Specialist, IBM Business Analytics
11.00  Closing Remarks - David Morton, EMEA Financial Performance Management, IBM Business Analytic