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The role of finance in a turbulent economy

The role of finance has never been more important than it is today. And the contribution of your organization’s IT assets has never been more strategic. Smart companies will invest wisely to both protect the bottom line and drive competitive advantage when better times return. Now more than ever, finance leaders need to understand the drivers of their business, quickly identify risks, and continue to find new opportunities – all while reducing operational costs. Finance solutions using Microsoft ® technologies can help. You’ll gain consistent, real-time reports and metrics; easy-to-use business intelligence; role-tailored dashboards; and other tools that give you the actionable insight you need to make the right decisions for your business.

Improve Financial Operations

Optimize core business systems and processes

Now you can drive consistent, accurate financial reporting, lower transaction costs, simplify asset management, and deliver real-time information to decision makers. With a unified, real-time view of all information across multiple data sources, you’ll get a single, trustworthy view of your financial activity. With familiar tools and role-tailored experiences, you can focus less on repetitive, manual tasks and more on strategic activities. The end result is a process-driven financial organization that can respond to change.

Drive Corporate Performance

Gain relevant business insight for better business decisions

Empower people throughout your organization with insight to plan more effectively, align with strategic initiatives, and make better business decisions. Using familiar tools, such as Office Excel, your people can access real-time data in the form of scorecards, forecasts, budgets and more. Plus with ad hoc analysis tools, team members can expand access to important business data, while reducing dependence on IT. As a result, people throughout the organization find the right information faster—leading to better business decisions and better business performance.

Streamline Compliance

Reduce the complexity of governance, risk management, and compliance

Microsoft technologies can help streamline governance, risk management, and compliance processes by enabling companies to embed controls into familiar desktop tools—such as Excel and Outlook—rather than relying on specialized applications or labor-intensive manual processes. Familiar tools and interfaces help ensure widespread adoption of compliance policies. And by taking advantage of software you may already own, the cost of compliance is reduced. The result is faster, more effective, and more reliable monitoring and risk analysis throughout the organization.

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