Organizations are under ever-increasing pressure to deliver accurate and timely financial and operational information to a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders. Yet, given the reality that finance resources and budgets will continue to be cut, this goal must be achieved at the lowest possible cost.

A challenge even in the best of times, this dual mandate is even more challenging given that volatility and risk in the marketplace is not likely to diminish any time soon. In spite of these challenges, measuring and monitoring financial and operational performance is critical to the success of organizations, and continually ranks at the top of lists of importance for IT and Finance initiatives.

This Webcast will review the impact world-class organizations derive in optimizing their performance measurement systems. Gilles Bonelli, EPM & A2R Advisory Programs Director for Europe with The Hackett Group, will review the latest research and discuss characteristics of world-class organizations delivering highly automated and insightful reporting and analysis solutions.

This Webcast will help you:

• Understand how business intelligence capabilities provide a framework for effective decision making and consistent performance management
  
  
• Rethink the Service Delivery Model for reporting in order to address both the supply and demand for management information
  
  
• Automate and sustain a renewed reporting ecosystem to optimize performance

Gilles Bonelli Senior Advisor EPM & A2R Advisory Programs Director for Europe The Hackett Group	Delbert Krause Director, Product Marketing Financial Performance Management IBM