Finance departments everywhere face the same problems:

• Budgets and plans are not aligned with strategy and are inaccurate
• Financial closing and management reporting processes are too slow and complex
• Vital financial and business information is not available to decision makers quickly enough

The use of a finance and performance management solution is considered a best practice in solving these problems, but the catch is, how do you justify the investment?

The answer is to articulate the expected ROI around three main benefits: save time through a fast close and better budgeting and planning processes; gain accuracy and alignment through better collaboration and automation; enable better decisions via access to all critical indicators, including external benchmarking

Here are five reasons to join this free webcast:

• Come to understand the SEC’s interactive data disclosure program and the implication for the finance function in public companies
• Learn how to improve the accuracy of your audit and forecasting via automation
• See how to drive benchmarking with external data, for market-facing analytics and M&A simulation
• Discover the ROI obtained by IXIS AM Group with an integrated approach to performance management
• Hear more about other companies’ fast ROI

Speakers will include:

• R. Corey Booth, Chief Information Officer, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
• Anne-Cecile Hondeville, Vice President and IT/IS Manager, IXIS AM Group
• Sue Bratone Childs, SVP, Marketing and Business Development, EDGAR Online
• Trevor Walker, VP Americas Marketing, Cartesis Inc.

Exclusive! All web cast participants will receive a free copy of our three white papers:

• New Format and Technology Drives Enhanced Business Reporting
• Rolling Forecasts Begin to Emerge as a New Standard: A Cartesis and CFO Research Report
• Fast Close in 2006 - Achieving Quick Wins And Big Wins. Join now for this informative web cast!

  
  
  *Cartesis BPM Magazine Survey, May 2006