Whitepapers
Close Cycle Rankings 2008 - UK Whitepaper
Paragon Consulting Group and its international partners, BPM International, are proud to present the results of the Close Cycle Rankings 2008. This is our third year of conducting this research and based on last years reaction to this research we are confident that many CFO’s and Controllers in multinational Groups will find this information valuable. The research for 2008 covers the year end close cycle metrics for the 2008 reporting season for 587 of the world’s largest multinational corporations, including the Global 150, the US 100, the UK 100, the German 100, the French 40 and the Swiss 50. It covers the elapsed time taken to the initial announcement of full year end results and the time taken to obtain auditors sign off of the consolidated financial statements. Paragon has published a UK100 whitepaper summarising the research.
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Close Cycle Rankings 2008 - Global Top 30 Report
Paragon Consulting Group and its international partners, BPM International, are proud to present the results of the Close Cycle Rankings 2008. This is our third year of conducting this research and based on last years reaction to this research we are confident that many CFO’s and Controllers in multinational Groups will find this information valuable. The research for 2008 covers the year end close cycle metrics for the 2008 reporting season for 587 of the world’s largest multinational corporations, including the Global 150, the US 100, the UK 100, the German 100, the French 40 and the Swiss 50. It covers the elapsed time taken to the initial announcement of full year end results and the time taken to obtain auditors sign off of the consolidated financial statements. Paragon has published a Global Top 30 report summarising the research.
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The Seven Keys to Successful Performance Management Implementations
This is a presentation on our seven keys to achieve performance management implementation success. In our experience, clients continue to look for the ‘holy grail’ of implementing ‘successful’ Performance Management projects. Paragon’s extensive experience shows that a pragmatic and considered approach can continuously deliver successful project outcomes. Paragon can help you understand how to combine technology and the benefits of our client experience to jointly deliver successful Performance Management implementations. While ‘Systems make it possible, people make it happen!’
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The Seven Keys to Successful Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting Whitepaper
This is a 20 page whitepaper from an extensive study examining current best practice in the Planning functions of over 150 large international groups and provides meaningful, detailed and relevant benchmarks, as well as our seven key findings and recommendations. The purpose of the Study was to equip Group CFO’s, Finance Directors, Financial Controllers, Planning Managers and staff across the finance function with an overview of how major European organisations address planning in the 21st Century and to help determine those factors regarded as best in class. It also contains a wealth of information that can help shape Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting Transformation programmes.
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The Seven Keys to Successful Group Reporting Whitepaper
This is a 16 page whitepaper from an extensive study examining current best practice in the Group Finance function of over 150 large international groups and provides meaningful, detailed and relevant benchmarks, as well as our seven key findings and recommendations.
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The Seven Keys to Successful Group Reporting Summary
This is a useful summary of the seven key findings from an extensive study examining current best practice in the Group Finance function of over 150 large international groups.
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Close Cycle Rankings
We carried out extensive research into the global trends and best practices in close cycle times. The research covers the year end close cycle metrics for the 2006, 2005 and 2004 reporting season for over 500 of the world’s largest multinational corporations. It covers key findings of the elapsed time taken to the initial announcement of year end results and the time taken to obtain auditors sign off.
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