Finance Transformation Definition:

CIOPages.com defines Finance Transformation as a foundational change encompassing the re-envisioning of the finance operating model, restructuring the accounting and finance organizations, re-engineering of the core accounting and finance processes, additions and enhancements of finance capabilities, and very often re-platforming of the finance and accounting systems.

Finance Capabilities Impacted by the Transformation:

Finance transformation impacts one or more of the following finance capabilities:

  • General Ledger
  • Finance Close and Reporting
  • Cash Management
  • Treasury
  • Budgeting and Capital Allocation
  • Working Capital Management
  • Decision Support
  • Audit
  • Compliance
  • Risk Management

 

The scope of the Finance Transformation:

Finance transformation encompasses several of the following areas, typically accomplished in concert, and detailed in a Finance Transformation Roadmap, to leapfrog the finance function to the next level.

Finance Transformation Scope

  • Finance Strategy
  • Finance Operating Model
  • Finance Capabilities
  • Finance Structure and People
  • Accounting and Finance Processes
  • Finance Operating Model
  • Finance and Accounting Technology
  • Finance and Accounting Data
  • Governance and Controls

 

Finance Transformation Process:

An outline of the finance transformation process:

Finance Transformation Process

Finance Transformation Process

Alternative Names:

Accounting and Finance Transformation, Financial Transformation, Transforming Finance

Additional Information and Links for Finance Transformation:

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Finance Transformation Tools and Templates:

 

  • Finance Capabilities Model

    Finance and Accounting Business Capability Model

    Finance and Accounting Business Capability Model: The CIOPages.com Finance and Accounting business capability model is a hierarchically decomposed list of Record to Report capabilities which captures the end-to-end entities that span the finance and accounting function. The accounting and finance bu...
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  • Sale! Finance and Accounting Transformation Change Management Plan

    Finance and Accounting Transformation Change Management Plan

    CIOPages.com Finance and Accounting Transformation Change Management Plan is a customizable deliverable outlining the concepts and specific action plans required to implement change management plans as a part of significant process re-engineering or systems implementation in the F&A function. Th...
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    Finance Transformation Project Checklist

    Accounting and Finance Transformation Project Checklist is a handy list of critical items to evaluate the successful completion of an implementation. Any major transformation program is fraught with several challenges, and a Finance and Accounting Systems implementation is no exception. While it ta...
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    Finance Transformation Software Implementation Project Plan

    Finance Transformation Software Implementation Project Plan is a sample list of customizable project planning items. The Accounting and Finance Transformation Software Implementation Project Plan will help any firm embarking on an enterprise-wide finance and accounting transformation and can be mod...
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    Finance Transformation Software Top 50 Features

    Accounting and Finance Transformation Software Top 50 Features is a handy list of features and functions which are important in a finance and accounting software. Finance and Accounting software have evolved from just a recorder of history to mission critical, real-time decision support system. As y...
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  • Finance Value Streams

    Finance Value Streams

    CIOPages.com Finance Value Streams (also known as Record to Report Value Streams) deliverable captures the end-to-end activity flows in the finance and accounting areas. These Report to Record Value Streams offer a structural basis to map and define/redefine a stakeholder experience and IT enable th...
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