IT Best Practices for Financial Managers Hardcover - 2010 - 1st Edition

Thorough and thoughtful, IT Best Practices for Financial Managers highlights one of the most important aspects of the CFO's job--ensuring that financially related systems are implemented on time and on budget, with secure and reliable systems.

Its practical coverage offers timely discussion of:

• IFRS and its relevance to the CFO

• The IT technology planning process

• ERP software selection

• The software implementation process

• Critical success factors for IT implementations

• Steering clear of "people pitfalls"

• Shared services and financial systems

• Globalization trends in offshore IT

• The impact of Sarbanes-Oxley on financial systems implementations

• The phenomenon of software as a service

• eCommerce

• Mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and IT

The only constant about information technology is it is constantly changing. IT Best Practices for Financial Managers focuses on providing financial executives with an understanding of some of the most important system-related areas that can impact the finance function. Filled with best practices for selecting, implementing, and maintaining systems, this jargon-free, insightful guide helps financial executives in every field to add value to their organizations via the IT function.