Posts Tagged ‘Financial Reporting’

Microsoft Excel is the de facto reporting and analytics tool for many organizations. But, is it the right tool?

According to the complimentary white paper, “10 Hidden Costs of Manual Reporting in Excel” from CFO.com and ApeSoft Inc., you could be hindering your bottom line more than helping it.

Read the white paper and come back to Tax 2.0 to share your thoughts on whether Excel has helped or hindered your analytic activities.

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Accelerate Group Financial Close: Speed Your Closing Cycle and Reduce the Cost of Compliance

The requirement to close books quickly and with quality is emerging again as an important project for today’s global finance function, especially with the increasing amount of regulatory change, including the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and requirements to file financial statements in Extended Business Reporting Language (XBRL).

During this Webcast, you will hear from The Paragon Consulting Group, a member of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, as well as SAP, the market leader in enterprise performance management (EPM) solutions, how companies can speed their closing cycles and reduce the cost of compliance.

From this Webcast you will discover:

• The latest research into the year-end close cycle metrics of the world’s largest organizations
• Key barriers to a fast, high-quality group financial close
• Solutions to help organizations improve and sustain their close times

Presenters:

• James Fisher
  Senior Director Solution Marketing
  Enterprise Performance Management, SAP 
• David J.H. Jones
  Director, Paragon Consulting Group, a member of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
• Mark C. Herpin, CPA.CITP
  Financial Planning Manager
  IBERIABANK Corporation

DATE: Wednesday, March 3, 2010  TIME: 11 A.M. Eastern Time (U.S.) DURATION: 60 minutes

Register Today! 

How to Reduce Financial Reporting Complexity

How could financial reporting be different? How could it be made better, and less complex?  CFO.com sits down with MFS Investment Management chairman Robert Pozen, who served as the chairman of CIFR, for a one-on-one discussion about the profound effect the findings of the SEC’s Committee on Improvements to Financial Reporting (CIFR) will have on the way companies collect, compile and report their financial information.

Click here to register for this CFO.com event!

Presented by: Tax Executives Institute (TEI)

Date: December 2-3, 2008

Location: Washington, DC

Description: TEI will sponsor a two-day program on the fundamentals of FAS 109 and FIN 48 in early December in Washington D.C. Topics will include: FAS 109 Liability Method, FIN 48, Footnote Disclosures and Roll-Forwards, Interim Reporting, State Tax Accrual and Reporting Issues, Introduction to International issues (APB 23), and Purchase Accounting Highlights. 

URL: http://www.tei.org/eman/ShowEvent.phx?eid=eman.4108

Presented by: Tax Executives Institute (TEI)

Date: November 13-14, 2008

Location: Las Vegas, NV

Description: Designed to assist tax executives deal with the implications of FAS 109 (including FIN 48), this two-day seminar focuses on the key financial reporting and management topics confronting today’s tax executive. The seminar extends beyond FAS 109 and FIN 48 mechanics and provides a strategic framework for working with them. In addition, the seminar addresses other topical financial reporting matters, including stock-based compensation under FAS 123R, GAAP-IFRS convergence, the use of “fair value” information in financial reporting, and many more.

URL: http://www.tei.org/eman/ShowEvent.phx?eid=eman.3498