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3. Go to Implementation for information about the remainder of the accounting software lifecycle featuring management briefing articles by top consultancy and analyst firms.


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Financial reporting and analysis: a rudder for the business

Evaluation Centre's overview of the accounting software and financial reporting software market

...As we experience a prolonged period of economic uncertainty, the requirement for financial information to enable better management decision making becomes even more pressing.

It is not surprising, therefore, that reporting and analysis is currently very much ‘top of mind’ for the finance department. It represents a continual challenge to improve reporting systems and provide the necessary management information to help direct the business through troubled times.

Streamlining and improving the organisation’s business processes is also a key focus – and this requires both integration with other core systems and the ability to process both internal and external documents using technologies such as document management and workflow.

This requirement is highlighted in our latest survey, where the main business driver for recent developments in financial and accounting systems – mentioned by 76% of respondents – is the ongoing need to update business processes and procedures.

This is followed by the necessity to make cost savings (55%), to enhance customer-focused processes (48%) and improve management information systems (38%). Over the next two years, our respondents see these four areas as remaining the major driving forces for financial systems.

The respondents were asked to rate their current financial & accounting system across a number of key areas, using a scale of 1 to 5 where 1 equates to ‘very poor’ and 5 means ‘excellent’.

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