Why Attend Finance and Accounting Shared Services and Transformation

‘More than two –thirds of Global CFOs are now engaged in finance transformation strategies moving teams away from transactional processing tasks towards value creating activities’ Oracle, 2008

Customise an effective shared service model for your organisation. Whether your needs are operational or strategic, you may be weighing up outsourcing options that best fits with your organisational needs: an internal shared service centre, outsourcing or offshoring - perhaps a mixture?

Whatever stage you are at, the latest event in Shared Services and Outsourcing Network's (SSON) can help you decide on the best delivery model to suit your organisation, helping you to achieve that extra 1% efficiency gain and cost reduction.

The 7th Annual Finance and Accounting Shared Services and Transformation 2008 will equip you with business strategies and industry knowledge from world class Shared Service and transformation models to help you maximise your finance functions and build a roadmap to a successful transformation.

• Build a roadmap for successful transformation based on the experiences of Bank of Ireland one year into a transformation programme
• Excel to the next level of added value for your organisation by aligning finance transformation with organisational needs through practical insights from Cisco Systems
• Handle change management effectively and enhance opportunities for career progression and development with best practice insights from Roche and Coca-Cola
• Drive your competitive advantage by applying next generation key levers for shared services optimisation from a world-class leader: Unilever
• Enhance cost savings and revenue generation by following in the steps of Aviva Global services to design the ultimate offshoring model for your organisation
• Understand the importance of governance models to lead and prioritise transformation with examples from Tetra Pak

Download the conference agenda for full details about the programme

Finance and Accounting Shared Services and Transformation Speakers Include

Christian Kaufmann, Managing Director Finance Business Services Europe, Unilever Jerome Amand, Financial Transformation project Manager, Coca-Cola Garrett Cassidy, 1 Finance Programme Manager, Bank of Ireland Petra Williams, Controller, Emerging Markets, Cisco Systems Inc. Claus Karg, Director of Finance and IT, Roche Pharma AG James McColl, Group Finance Manager, Surrey County Council Justin Scott, Global head of finance and Business Enterprise, Thomson Reuters Bill Cowie, VP Finance Transformation and Business services, Tetra Pak

Pradeep Sharma, Transformation Manager, business Process Management, Deutsche Bank David Lewis, Director, BDO Stoy Hayward LLP Richard Cantor, Partner, BDO Stoy Hayward LLP Amitabh Saxena, Head of Transformation, Riyad Bank Ian Ford, Managing Director, First B2B Limited Madhavan, Business Development, Global Finance Shared Services, Philips International BV Graham Noble, Contract and Relationship Manager, BP Deepak Malik, Head of Service delivery Management, Aviva Global Services Greg Southwell, Director, HP BPO Carolyn Isaacs, Global Shared Services Director, Strategy and Transition, Diageo

“Smart companies now ask, not how much we can save them, but how we can improve their processes and their productivity.” Wipro Technologies, FT, 2007

A selection of last year's Finance and Accounting Shared Services and Transformation attendees include:

Reuters Nordea Bank Bank of Ireland Sealed Air Centrica Offshoring Institute Coca Cola Enterprises Pricewaterhouse Coopers The Cardphone Warehouse

Unisys Motorola Enterprise Mobility Philips International; National Grid Plc GE Nationwide building Society AXA Insurance Orange personal Communications services ltd. The Royal Bank of Scotland

If you are not yet ready to register, feel free to request a reminder nearer the time.

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