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OneStream Scores in Gartner Critical Capabilities for Cloud Financial Close
While the Gartner Magic Quadrants are known as the “go to” resource for evaluators of enterprise software vendors, the companion Critical Capabilities reports that Gartner publishes also play an important role. Written by the same analysts and research process as for the MQs, the Critical Capabilities reports provide numeric scoring of vendors across specific capabilities
Why Now’s the Time to Modernize Finance Systems and Transform Finance
With the evolution of cloud computing and the emergence of many new technologies that can increase productivity, Finance systems have been evolving in recent years, bringing new benefits to enterprises that adopt them. However, many organizations remain mired in legacy systems and aren’t fully aware of what new solutions are available in the market
Save Time with These Year-End Equity Plan Tips
By Marisa Ruffles. In a recent poll, Certent surveyed a cross-section of public and private company webinar attendees to find out what participants felt was their biggest challenge associated with year-end close. Over a quarter of all attendees agreed that the time crunch makes navigating year-end close significantly more challenging. In order to beat the
What Does Governed Analytics Mean for the Office of Finance?
Business decisions are only as good as the underlying information that supports them. That’s why finance teams require a combination of financial and detailed operational information to analyze the business. How else can CFOs and line of business leaders understand the business drivers required to achieve financial goals? But detailed operational data is often
Taking Data-Driven Decision-Making to the Next Level with Governed Analytics
Surviving and thriving in today’s volatile economy requires Finance and line of business executives to have a steady pulse on financial results, as well as detailed operational data and metrics. However, many organizations struggle to integrate financial and operational results and end up with a fragmented array of business intelligence (BI) and corporate performance management
Planning App Unification – One App to Rule Them All
Recently, we had the opportunity to sit down with Brad White, TGG’s FP&A Practice Lead, to explore why and when organisations would consider consolidating multiple Hyperion Planning (“HP”) applications, how to go about it, and what to look out for. As your organization evolves and acquires geographically dispersed and/or diverse businesses, you need to ensure that your
EPM Patch Set Updates – October 2019
The following are the Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) Patch Set Updates (PSU) released last month (September 2019). The “Patch” ID links will access the patch directly for download from “My Oracle Support” (login required). Hyperion Product Link No posts this month Link Oracle Smart View for Office Link No posts this month Link
Essbase Patch Set Update 11.1.2.4.036 is Available
The Hyperion Product Management recently advised the release of Patch Set Updates (PSU) for Oracle Hyperion Essbase 11.1.2.4.x. These PSU downloads are available from the My Oracle Support > Patches & Updates section. Hyperion Essbase Server 11.1.2.4.036 30361505 – HYPERION ESSBASE SERVER 11.1.2.4.036 Hyperion Essbase Client 11.1.2.4.036 30361519 – HYPERION ESSBASE RTC 11.1.2.4.036 30361511 –
OneStream Named a Leader in Gartner Cloud Financial Close MQ
The financial close and reporting process is a critical one that ensures the timely and accurate delivery of financial results to internal and external stakeholders. Its many steps include collecting trial balances from multiple subsidiaries, converting currencies, performing intercompany eliminations, accounting for partial ownership, reconciling accounts, consolidating and reviewing the results, to name a few.
Finance Transformation Hits the Road at OneStream Finance Unleashed Events
By now you’ve heard the news. What news? That, like our friends in sales and marketing, it’s OK for finance folks to network too. You know, to actually get out of the office and meet other like-minded professionals like us. Why do it? To listen. To exchange ideas. To discover what’s happening outside the walls
OneStream Adds Governed Analytics Enabling Users to Analyze Without Compromise
While many organizations are well down the path of finance transformation, the role of the CFO and Finance leaders continues to expand. In addition to traditional financial responsibility and accountability, the finance team is now called upon to act as a strategic advisor to business leaders. The finance organization’s historical credibility in controlling financial data,
Transfer Pricing Methods, Best Practices and Business Benefits
Globalization presents both tremendous opportunities for business but also significant challenges. On one hand multinational corporations have access to assets across all their geographies – natural resources, manufactured products, lower-cost labor and skilled talent, for example. On the other corporations operating across various jurisdictions have to meet the different laws and regulations required for
Global Brass and Copper Scraps Oracle HFM for OneStream XF Cloud
Moving financial close and consolidation processes to the cloud is a critical decision for organizations today – and there is much to consider before getting started. If you’re an Oracle Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) customer, it may feel like the natural selection to move to Oracle’s EPM Cloud. But is it the right decision for
Vena and Certent Deepen Partnership in Strategic Financial Reporting
Partnership to deliver Regulatory & Narrative Reporting Solutions as industry leaders expand beyond North America to EMEA. Roseville, CA, May 6, 2019 – Certent, Inc., a leading provider of software-as-a-service solutions for financial disclosure management and equity compensation, announced today that it is deepening its partnership with Vena Solutions, the leader in finance process management
EPM Patch Set Updates – September 2019
The following are the Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) Patch Set Updates (PSU) released last month (September 2019). The “Patch” ID links will access the patch directly for download from “My Oracle Support” (login required). Hyperion Product Link Hyperion Shared Services 11.1.2.4.009 is Available Link Essbase Patch Set Update 11.1.2.4.035 is Available Link Oracle Smart View for Office