Capitalizing on M&A and Divestitures: 5 best practices for leading organizations

Merging or acquiring another company can be beneficial for all parties involved, but there are two critical steps that are often overlooked:

• 1. Modeling scenarios to determine business and process changes
• 2. Migrating and synchronizing new data so that you have a single, trustworthy source of financial numbers

During this webinar, finance thought leaders from Oracle and Deloitte discuss the five best practices your organization can use to capitalize on M&A, as well as divestitures.

Speakers:

• Vincent Geluwie, Enterprise Technology & Performance Director, Deloitte Consulting B.V.
• Juan Salas Santamaría, Business Development Manager, Oracle

On Demand

In collaboration with: Deloitte

London Borough of Lambeth case study: Collaborative planning in an uncertain world

Companies with cross-enterprise connected planning can drive better business outcomes through collaborative planning across finance, human resources, and other lines of business.

The MIT TR team surveyed and interviewed 860 executives worldwide, across industries, to get their perspectives on how they are approaching planning in these unpredictable times.

The “Collaborative Planning in an Uncertain World” report was released in January 2021 in partnership with Oracle. It found that disconnected data in departmental silos gives limited visibility across the business. You spend more time collecting data than analyzing it.

Connected data leads to deeper, faster, more actionable insights, operationally connected plans, and better risk and opportunity management.

Watch this webinar with Evosys and learn how the Lambeth Council is improving decision-making, cutting costs, and freeing up resources by implementing Oracle finance and HR applications.

Speakers:

• Hamant Bharadia, Assistant Director of Finance and Deputy, London Borough of Lambeth
• Gary Barnes, Global Senior Vice President, Evosys
• Wayne Heather, Director EPM Product Marketing, Oracle

On Demand

In collaboration with: Evosys

Embrace Business Model Innovation

Today, everything from music and movies to equipment monitoring and preventative maintenance can be delivered “as a service.” In the wake of the global COVID-19 pandemic, companies now need to find new ways to do business to survive. Many have pivoted quickly responding to their customer's needs in new ways.

Pressure to change has been building for years. Well before the COVID-19 pandemic, organizations being too slow, too siloed, or built on overly complex matrix structures has routinely worried senior executives. Many organizations and business leaders now recognise that the transition from today’s crisis mode to the next normal offers a unique opportunity for change.

Business leaders have used the pandemic to reassess their businesses to discover which Big Moves can be taken, to pivot for growth- be it within their business strategy, business model, organisation mission, structure, or culture.

Some areas of change are Service-based business models: automation and process optimization, Cloud-based technologies with IoT, ML, and AI capabilities that are enabling and supporting the big moves.

Watch this webinar, with Inspirage and Oracle, to discover how to survive, compete, and reignite growth.

Speakers:

• Kevin Creel, President, Inspirage Corp.
• Denis Senpere, Vice President, Inspirage Europe
• Nick Jackson, Director Financial and Performance Innovation, Oracle

On Demand

In collaboration with: Inspirage

Create a risk intelligent culture

Acquisitions grow a company’s data. Add in the expansion of IoT, mobile, and other digital technologies creating new access points, and the risk of data being compromised also increases.

So, how do you manage risk in an era of data proliferation?

We offer a well-integrated risk management approach to security, risk, and compliance. It ensures that any structural or business model changes won’t introduce new risks that can negatively impact your brand’s reputation or bottom line.

A scalable, centralized approach, connecting risk functions across your enterprise to your larger business will ensure the best business outcomes.

Security, risk, and compliance remain resilient throughout business changes and disruptions. You can connect business results to business risks for better financial oversight, and increase the confidence needed to make timely risk-based decisions.

Watch this webinar, with PwC, to build a Risk-aware culture as part of a constant new business model identifying threats or mistakes.

Speakers:

• Gautam Prakash, Risk Assurance Director, PwC
• Erwin de Horde, Partner PwC Risk Assurance
• Vimal Vallabh, Senior Manager PwC Risk Assurance
• Aman Desouza, Product Strategy Director, Oracle Risk Management Cloud

On Demand

In collaboration with: PwC

Future of Controls – Using automation to enhance productivity & ensure process integrity

In our rapidly transforming world, where consequences are far greater, strong internal controls are imperative. Despite all the investment and increasing requirements and regulations, controls are not prioritised, and are largely focused on financial reporting. The old, manual and siloed control model has increasingly exposed Executives to risk.

Organisations are moving to Oracle Cloud to gain benefits from new digital functionality and agility at lower cost. This can, and should, include a transformation of internal controls as well. However the opportunity to automate controls, segregation of duty compliant roles, and the good practice IT controls expected by auditors, is often overlooked by systems implementers.

Watch this webinar with Deloitte and Oracle to find out more about a new approach to controls where technology is at the heart of the operation, assurance and monitoring of controls to help your organisation ensure process integrity, increase confidence in business decisions and enhance productivity.

Speakers:

• Mick Roche, Risk Advisory Partner, Deloitte LLP
• James Mann, Risk Advisory Director, Deloitte LLP
• Aman Desouza, Product Strategy Director, Oracle Risk Management Cloud

On Demand

In collaboration with: Deloitte

Make better strategic decisions now for an uncertain future with Scenario Modelling and Strategic Planning

Questions are emerging from boardroom and strategic planning discussions, which support teams are struggling to answer at the speed and frequency required. Organisations have rapidly shifted their focus to business continuity, customer and employee support. However it has highlighted some key capability gaps. One such area has been around Dynamic Scenario Modelling.

Join our webinar to find more about how technology can help you shape your business strategy, prioritize investment decisions and manage your working capital in uncertain times.

Speakers:

• Kivanc Uygur, EPM Director, PwC
• Karan Sharma, Senior Manager, Strategic Planning Lead, PwC
• Jules Smeets, EMEA ERP Strategy Director, Oracle

On Demand

In collaboration with: PwC

Managing tax in an increasingly complex world

In a time of massive disruption, tax authorities are going digital too. Tax compliance is becoming more and more data driven and real time. Above all, tax is entwined in almost all business processes through which tax is relevant well beyond the responsibilities of the tax department.

Join this webinar with Deloitte and Oracle, and discover how technology and tax reporting solutions can help you plan and execute tax management efficiently and effectively.

Interact with us live:

• Bart Janssen, Partner Tax Management Consulting at Deloitte

On Demand

In collaboration with: Deloitte

Elevate your business insights with embedded intelligence & agile financial planning

Many businesses are looking to their finance functions to provide quick-response, data-driven planning to map the way forward in difficult economic environments. Do your planning and forecasting applications deliver?

Advanced technologies now enable built-in intelligence, process automation and advanced analytics, integrating real-time information to speed up and improve decision making. Join our webinar and learn how this enables comprehensive modeling, forecasting, and planning across finance and lines of business, to help your organization unlock potential for innovation and growth.

Interact with us live:

• Sam Hart, Powered Finance Director, KPMG
• Ali Hassan, EPM & Finance Transformation, KPMG
• Jules Smeets, EMEA ERP Strategy Director, Oracle

In collaboration with: KPMG

Office Depot case study. How to optimize procurement to manage cash flow

Cash flow management has become a priority in these uncertain times. Regardless of the industry, managing spend and suppliers is critical. Procurement and accounts payable leaders have to forecast and preserve cash wherever possible.

To maximize the impact of these and other objectives, procurement needs to be managing all spend and all suppliers. Spend under management is key. Understand from Office Depot how they address their procurement challenges.

Speakers:

• Kevin Engelen, Director European accounts payable, Office Depot
• Prem Narayan, Senior Manager Technology Consulting, PwC
• Maurice Alberts, Manager Technology Consulting, PwC
• Thomas List, Senior Director WE ERPM Business Development, Oracle

On Demand

In collaboration with: PwC

Use scenario planning to navigate recovery

With COVID-19 and the resulting economic disruption, it’s difficult for companies to plan when the future is uncertain. Uncertainty planning is the concept of preparing for “what if” scenarios: What if our organization, our industry, or even the entire economy goes a different direction?” How do you decide which scenarios to model, which variables and KPIs to focus on?

Speakers:

• Paul D. Prendergast, Strategy & Consulting CFO&EV, Accenture
• Paolo Bruciapaglia, Technology Delivery Lead Senior Manager, Accenture

On Demand

In collaboration with: Accenture