Getting ahead with Cloud Financial Management
Intacct’s winning formula is based on thinking and staying ahead; and part of that equation includes making predictions. One such prediction foresees finance as the hub of strategic planning.
Ultimately, the finance department will become “the ultimate strategist.” This has actually been the goal of CFOs for a long time now and there was a time when many were marching determinedly in that direction. Then came Sarbanes Oxley and many took a U-turn and focused primarily on governance and control.
By automating finance processes and reporting, many are now in a position to resume that march towards innovation and strategic purpose. But good strategy can’t be just guesswork and bright ideas. It needs to be based on real data and many CFOs still wait for the metrics needed to formulate a strategic plan. When finance departments spend hours, days or weeks gathering this data and formulating the metrics, they are often out-of-date, or even downright wrong, by the time they reach the desk of the CFO.
In days gone by C-level executives, including the CFO, rarely ever put their hands directly on accounting and ERP systems. It was far easier to get data in than to get data and insights back out, and they were just too hard to navigate. That is changing however. Today executives at the majority of companies have direct access to data via cloud financials within these systems, but some take more advantage of this access than others. Those running SaaS solutions (like Intacct’s) seem better positioned to take full advantage (Figure 1).
Through its cloud financial management solutions, Intacct has been hard at working delivering several different vehicles of communication to make this enterprise data easier to consume, including dashboards and a particular delivery method called “ Intacct Digital Board Books.” With both, decision-makers have instant access to data organized for action.
So for those finance departments running Intacct in a SaaS software business, this prediction is spot on. For nonprofits that depend on fundraising, the prediction is likely to become a reality this fall, when Digital Board Books for Fundraising is scheduled for release.
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