How controllers become business partners

• Autores: Raef Lawson
• Localización: Strategic Finance, ISSN-e 1524-833X, Vol. 98, Nº. 1, 2016
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • DELIVER INSIGHT INTO THE BUSINESS As more companies embrace digital and data insights to provide competitive advantage, they increasingly see that having current technology and insightful information is critical. [...]while the traditional role of the controller involved transaction processing and financial reporting, this is now changing. IMA's "Enterprise Performance Management: Management Accountants' Perceptions" found that purpose-built enterprise resource planning (ERP) modules are the most common technology (used by 44% of respondents) for supporting financial close and disclosure activities. In "Financial Insight: Challenges and Opportunities," a recent study by IMA and ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants), having multiple ERP systems was cited as the number-one technological challenge companies face.