Monitoring the Financial Close Process Ebook

Read our Financial Close Process ebook written by SafePaaS Chief Strategy Officer Nigel King. Anyone with exposure to either the finance functions or the audit functions of any organization knows that the Financial Close Process is always a key control. While the close process is ostensibly run in an accounting department, it attempts to coordinate tasks across many departments in graceful ballet, from publishing the timetable, to submitting disclosures.

Key Takeaways

• Learn about the current state of the Financial Close Process.
• Learn where Financial Close is headed.
• Discover why dashboards and analytics are essential in any organization.
• How to optimize the close process.
• Financial Close Operating Models

Author Biography

Nigel was a 22 year veteran of Oracle before joining SafePaaS where he was Vice President of Applications Security and Architecture. Within Oracle development his career has been at the forefront of development of the logistics systems, business intelligence systems, product lifecycle management systems, Projects systems, Audit and Compliance Systems and Security Administration Systems.Prior to working in development for Oracle Nigel was part of a pan European sales support team based out of Munich. Before joining Oracle Nigel worked implementing J D Edwards, both directly for clients and as part of Business Technology Consultants based in London. Notable clients include Earls Court Olympia, Tupperware, Copywrite stationary, Russel Davies Transport and Jeyes Group PLC. Nigel is one of the authors of the eBusiness Suite Manufacturing and Supply Chain handbook, as well as a regular contributor to the professional press. He is a sought after speaker, especially on the topic of Business Applications security.Nigel is by first profession a Chartered Management Accountant, but his other professional credentials include being a Certified Internal Auditor, a Certified Information Systems Auditor, a Certified Information Security Manager and Certified Information Systems Security Professional.