Business Architecture in a Box for Finance and Accounting

A comprehensive business architecture toolkit for the Finance and Accounting function. Featuring value stream maps, data entities, role definitions, and a transformation framework — everything needed to architect and transform the finance and accounting function from the ground up.

What's Inside

• Business Capabilities Map — Comprehensive capabilities across four levels, delivered in PowerPoint, Word, and Excel
• Capability Definitions — Detailed descriptions at Level 3 for shared understanding across teams
• Capability KPIs — Performance indicators at Level 2 to measure capability maturity
• Capability Profile Card Template — A structured template to document capability profiles on a page
• Value Streams and Processes — End-to-end flows detailing how the finance and accounting function creates and delivers value
• Business Data and Information Entities — Subject areas, data, and information entities for the finance and accounting domain
• Operating Models Overview — Common operating model archetypes for the finance and accounting function
• Roles — A listing of common finance and accounting roles
• Glossary of Terms — Definitions of key finance and accounting terms
• Transformation Framework — A customizable one-page framework for finance and accounting transformation

Bonus Deliverables

• Business Capability Modeling Overview
• A Practical Guide to Business Architecture
• Capability-Relationship Mapping Template

How Teams Use It

• Jumpstart the finance and accounting business architecture — skip months of discovery and modeling
• Drive finance and accounting transformation with a structured, capability-based approach
• Contribute the finance and accounting team's perspective to the broader enterprise architecture
• Align technology investments to finance and accounting capabilities and strategic priorities

Who It's For

Business architects, finance and accounting leaders, enterprise architects, and transformation leads driving finance and accounting modernization.