In August 2007, CFO Research Services launched a research program to explore the ways in which the role of the finance team has changed in recent years. This report presents the findings of our online survey of 255 senior finance executives. 

This paper explains SAP’s vision for a cross-enterprise GRC solution and the benefits it can provide, defines key terms, and discusses what to look for when evaluating GRC software options. 

Manufacturers must be prepared to recognize impending change as early as possible, assess the potential impact, determine the optimum strategy for dealing with the change, and implement that strategy in the most effective way possible. In this white paper you'll learn 4 steps toward developing chaos-tolerant business processes. 

This paper is aimed at helping senior management address its product ROI in a manner that can be directly applied to their everyday management practices. In this report, EMF presents a methodology for calculating the ROI for a development based on the direct cost of development, associative costs, extrinsic costs and a process for estimating risk. 

Learn more about this integrated portfolio and client relationship management system: an end-to-end solution for accounting and reporting, client servicing and marketing. 

Attend this webcast to listen as food pioneer Rich Products shares the strategies that streamlined their payable processes, consolidated AP processing from 19 locations to one and saved them six figures in discounts. 

In investment reporting, customers expect detailed reports of irreproachable accuracy, delivered with no delay or excuses. This whitepaper will serve as as a guide for Investment Advisors. 

This E-Guide explains the changes in traditional network management and how Web 2.0, SOA, IMS and other application-heavy delivery platforms are changing the management requirements. 

This white paper explains how financial services firms across the industry and around the globe can use customer-centric strategies and CRM tools to maximize the value and loyalty of their client base and gain insight into new areas of opportunity. 

In this whitepaper, we'll learn what challenges are facing companies in their current paper-based AP operations, the benefits of implementing imaging and workflow automation, and how SAP Invoice Management by OpenText can help streamline the invoice receipt-to-pay process. 

Check out this case study to learn how Vesta implemented Tripwire® Enterprise to continuously monitor IT infrastructure for all unauthorized change, which helps maintain known, trusted, and compliant system environments and ensure audit requirements are met. 

Companies and their stakeholders have always had high expectations for their finance teams. But this research program reveals that, most recently, these pressures- from regulators, from investors, and from competitors&#$5; are pushing companies to look for more from their finance teams in two main, but often conflicting, areas.