Accounting White Papers

Managing the books in any company is increasingly challenging in the face of GAAP, Sarbanes-Oxley, and the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). The complexity increases for entrepreneurs who start and manage multiple companies, and for growing businesses that include subsidiaries in other countries. But the challenge in managing several separate entities isn't just in closing the books - it is also in the everyday issues of managing a diverse sales force, with forecasts, quotes, sales, and commission payouts, etc., perhaps in different currencies, with the need to see in an instant the total health of the enterprise through real-time data and key performance indicators.
Provided by: Netsuite

In this turbulent market, leading industry analysts suggest that manufacturers stabilize their respective businesses, protecting them from excessive risk and ensuring that the enterprise has the liquidity necessary to weather the crisis.
Provided by: Plex Systems

The leaders of Finance are more and more becoming leaders of their companies. By no means are CFOs, controllers, or VPs of Finance taking over corporate leadership en masse. But they are increasingly being charged with being a part of that leadership, strategically and tactically. Internally, Finance as a department or group is responsible for the most critical aspects of any firm. Externally, Finance is the face of the firm to regulators, lenders, partners and, in many cases, the public at large. In severe economic situations, Finance has the responsibility for establishing, managing, or restoring public trust in a firm.
Provided by: Netsuite

The current business climate leaves little room for inefficiencies and organizational mistakes. To remain competitive, companies must work smarter and respond faster, or they will miss valuable opportunities. But you can’t work smarter until you can see farther. Stove-piped departments are a relic we can no longer afford: transparency is required throughout the organization. So how can we achieve this transparency and arm our business with the tools that will enable success?
Provided by: Intacct

The complexity of business today continues to increase. Customers are demanding more value for their investments. Regulatory frameworks are becoming both broader and more stringent, placing greater compliance demands on companies of all sizes and across all industries. As a result, corporate financial professionals are dealing with contracts that are dramatically more complicated, as they wade through a rapidly evolving maze of nuances, rules and requirements.
Provided by: Intacct

Today, a new breed of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions has emerged to address businesses' real-time financial management needs. THINKstrategies' research shows that these powerful and flexible, 'on-demand', SaaS solutions are gaining widespread adoption across nearly every application category, including financial management.
Provided by: Intacct

Midsize companies, which Ventana Research categorizes as those that have 100 to 1,000 employees, face unique challenges. They are no longer small and nimble, and they need many of the same capabilities larger companies have. Yet they lack the resources (money and people) of big businesses.
Provided by: Intacct