Finance transformation: expert insights on SSO in Malaysia
ACCA, March 2013. Senior executives of the shared services and outsourcing industry in Malaysia convened on 20 March 2012 at the Hilton Kuala Lumpur for a roundtable discussion. The discussion took a perspective on the ACCA report, Finance Transformation: Expert Insights on Shared Services and Outsourcing. This summary outlines the themes arising from the discussion and provides a Malaysian context to finance transformation activity.
Finance leaders survey report: December 2012
This report presents the results of a survey of finance leaders jointly commissioned by ACCA and IMA. It outlines views on six key issues: 1. current priorities in the finance function; 2. the effectiveness of the finance function; 3. finance function challenges; 4. the importance of different skills; 5. identification of key stakeholders; 6. how finance leaders apportion their time. This is the first of a series of surveys that ACCA and IMA intend to conduct every six months to track how these finance issues are evolving.
Jamie Lyon and Raef Lawson, November 2012. This report discusses the future of the finance function, and in particular the future role of the CFO. It draws on discussions from the ACCA Accountants for Business Global Forum, as well as insights from ACCA–IMA roundtables held in Shanghai, New York, Moscow and Zurich in 2012, which discussed the way in which the role of finance leadership is evolving.
Talent management in a shared services world: 2012 survey
Jamie Lyon and Deborah Kops, September 2012. This report provides results from one of the largest-ever surveys on talent management practices across the global finance profession. It provides some simple data points on the current state of talent management activities from global finance functions that have adopted shared service centres. Over 1,200 finance functions with shared service centres responded to this survey.
Finance leaders on sourcing success
Jamie Lyon and Deborah Kops, May 2012. This report presents the results of a global survey of finance leaders on the aims and effectiveness of finance shared services and outsourcing programmes. It explores the initial drivers behind adopting finance shared services and outsourcing finance operations, considers how these are evolving, and the success of current approaches.
Driving SME growth through an evolving finance function
Emmanouil Schizas, April 2012. This paper uses data from over 10,000 interviews with UK SMEs to show how financial capability is not the result of business growth, but one of its causes. It explores the evolution of the finance function from an informal process to a formal team or departments and highlights the critical events and concerns that drive its development.
Finance transformation: expert insights on shared services and outsourcing
Jamie Lyon and Deborah Kops, January 2012. This report presents insights from global experts of companies at the forefront of finance transformation activity. It explores the issues, challenges and opportunities facing businesses transitioning to new finance models to improve business performance.
Last updated: 9 Apr 2013