News, Reviews & Interviews

HSE’s financial chaos drags on
At the time, it was becoming clear to everyone that the rushed changeover from 12 health boards to a single, unified HSE was becoming a bumpy ride for everyone concerned, and that the hoped-for financial savings were not emerging.
Read more 15 September 2008
Globalization of Back-Office Processes Expected to See 50%+ Growth Over Next Three Years
Globalization of key business processes in finance and other back-office areas is expected to continue to see strong growth over the next three years.
Read more 4 September 2008
Globalization of Back-Office Processes Expected to See 50%+ Growth Over Next Three Years
Unique Study Comparing BPO and Captives Finds Similar Savings; BPOs Ramp Faster, But Challenged at Driving Innovation

Read more 4 September 2008
Michelin closes its Manchester financial shared service centre
Michelin UK has closed its Manchester shared services operation after outsourcing its European financial shared service centre to Logica.

Read more 19 August 2008
75% of CFOs seek greater role in management strategy in changing economy finds Deloitte Survey
Superior information flow the top priority for one in three into 2009 63% opt to outsource to third party providers

Read more 14 August 2008
The Trouble with Perceptions of CFOs
James McColl, head of finance transformation practice, at Navigant Consulting believes that one worry of the finance department is how colleagues see it. He discusses what has lead to current perceptions and what can be done to change the image.

Read more 29 July 2008
Gartner Says Technology Will Play a Key Role in Helping CFOs Deliver Business Growth
Analysts Highlight Five Common Mistakes When Planning to Adopt Finance and Accounting BPO and How to Avoid Them
Read more 23 July 2008
BAT chooses Bucharest for financial services centre
British American Tobacco (BAT), the largest consumer goods producer on the domestic market, has selected Bucharest to open a financial service centre.
Read more 18 July 2008
Outsourcing in Bulgaria To Move Ahead to More Value Added Services in Medium Term
Bulgaria see increase in value added processes outsourcing of accounts payable, accounts receivable, credit control, procurement, IT processes.

Read more 2 July 2008
Hands-on versus Hands-off....
Which is the right way to manage service provision in a Finance BPO deal. Many organisations are encountering the need to move from directly managing an internally-resourced function to managing an external service provider.
Read more 18 June 2008