As the need for greater interactivity and data access increases, more and more companies are making the move to adopt cloud computing. Microsoft is investing in and pushing customers towards its cloud ERP offering, Dynamics 365 Business Central (BC), which is experiencing a staggering 200% annual growth rate. But the significant hurdles posed by cloud migration can make it a daunting task to consider.
Growing companies rely on equity-based compensation to attract and retain top talent. They must also comply with stringent regulations regarding financial reporting and disclosures. It’s common practice in many startups–and even in some more mature public firms–to make do with manual processes and low-cost solutions for managing disclosures and cap tables. As a company grows, however, the complexity surrounding these processes increases.
Reporting is more important than ever. Long gone are the days of filling out excel sheets at year end and filing them away into oblivion, never to be seen again. The reports you file now, are not only more transparent than ever, but they have much more impact in the future and trends of your business than ever before.
Business intelligence empowers businesses to get the most out of their data by providing tools to analyze information, streamline operations, track performance, and inform decision-making. In the Microsoft Dynamics ecosystem, Power BI generates easy-to-read visualizations that help stakeholders perform key analysis. But finance professionals can encounter roadblocks when seeking deeper analysis than their technical knowledge of Power BI permits.
Being a finance professional is stimulating and rewarding, but it comes with a set of unique challenges. The accuracy and timeliness of information is essential, yet for most organizations, the volume and complexity of financial information is growing continuously. Simply working harder doesn’t seem to solve the problem; finance professionals must work smarter, applying the right tools to get the job done quickly, efficiently, and accurately.
Thousands of enterprise ERP customers have discovered the convenience and flexibility offered by insightsoftware’s Wands products. If you’re currently running any of the Wands for SAP solutions, you should know about some recent updates to the product line that will enhance your team’s productivity, increase the options available for calendar-year reporting, and improve the underlying technology on which the Wands products are built.
You simply cannot afford to get equity management wrong. Investors and employees expect precision. You must create accurate tax records. As your company scales, compliance often grows more complex. SEC, FASB, and IFRS regulatory requirements frequently introduce complexities that make equity management especially challenging. Many companies are tempted to simply go with a broker solution. After all, several of the larger brokerage houses offer inexpensive or even free equity management solutions.
In today’s highly competitive hiring market, aggressive growth companies are doing everything they can to attract and retain top talent. That means offering equity compensation plans that incentivize performance and encourage the best people to stay on board for the long haul. Equity management can get complex quickly, especially as a company scales up.
The provisioning of software and services that help companies grow is the end goal of Human Capital Management (HCM) organizations around the world. Software specialists in this space ensure that their clients are in compliance with Human Resources (HR) laws and dispel the need to hire full-time, back-office staff. The delivery of these specialized services has changed in recent years. Many providers of HCM transmit via the cloud and on a subscription basis.
Imagine the following scenario: You’re building next year’s budget in Microsoft Excel, using current year-to-date actuals that you exported from your enterprise resource planning (ERP) software. You also have this year’s approved budget on hand for reference. During this process, you notice that maintenance and repair expenses were especially high in June and July. That increase wasn’t in the budget, but maybe you should budget for it next year.
