Cover ; Title Page ; Copyright ; Contents ; About the Author ; Testimonials ; Introduction ; The Third Version; How to Use the Book; The PDF Toolkit; Reporting History or Making It; Acknowledgments ; Part I: Change-Why the Need and How to Lead; Chapter 1: Getting Your Finance Team Future Ready ; A Burning Platform? ; Reporting History or Making It ; Lean Movement
Importance of Abandonment The Importance of Challenging the Status Quo ; PDF Download ; Notes; Chapter 2: Leading and Selling the Change ; Steve Zaffron and Dave Logan ; Harry Mills ; John Kotter ; Selling to the Senior Management Team ; The Power of the Focus Group ; PDF Download ; Notes
Major Quality Assurance Tasks After Day 1 PDF Download ; Note; Part III: Technologies to Adopt ; Chapter 4: Future-Ready Technologies ; Ban Spreadsheets from Core Finance Routines ; Seven Technologies to Understand and Evaluate ; Planning and Forecasting Tools ; Upgrade Accounts Payable Systems ; Using a Reporting Tool
Part II: To be Completed Before the Next Month-End Chapter 3: Rapid Month-End Reporting: By Working Day Three or Less ; Rating Scale for Month-End Reporting ; Benefits of Quick Month-End Reporting ; Impact of a Quick Month-End on the Finance Team Workload ; Major Steps You Can Do Before Your Next Month-End
Turbo Your G/L with a Friendly Front End Consolidation and Intercompany Software ; Collaborative Disclosure Management ; Paperless Board Meeting ; Maximize the Use of the Existing G/L ; Avoiding the Hard Sell to Upgrade Your G/L ; Implementing a New System ; PDF Download ; Notes