The book will cover the managed services from the perspective of the CFO, answering the questions What can I learn to help me make my decision? Thus it is structured into chapters based on key issues. Each chapter will typically include One major company/operation case study Insight from one leading managed service supplier Key insightful/perceptive comment There will be coverage and case studies from many industries, including BP, Procter & Gamble, Safeway, The London Stock Exchange, AMEX, Computer Science Corporation.
Book Details:
- Author: Stewart Clements
- ISBN: 9780470091777
- Year Published: 2005
- Pages: 328
- BISAC: BUS027000, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS/Finance
About the Book and Topic:
The book will cover the managed services from the perspective of the CFO, answering the questions What can I learn to help me make my decision? Thus it is structured into chapters based on key issues. Each chapter will typically include One major company/operation case study Insight from one leading managed service supplier Key insightful/perceptive comment There will be coverage and case studies from many industries, including BP, Procter & Gamble, Safeway, The London Stock Exchange, AMEX, Computer Science Corporation.
Outsourcing is defined as the long-term contracting of non-core businesses processes, applications or infrastructure to an outside provider to help achieve increased shareholder value. It is estimated that outsourcing is a $1 trillion global market. This book concentrates on the finance function, defined as all areas under the CFOs direct control, but also other business functions in so far as they contain service lines that impact the CFO and the finance function, or where the CFO has dependencies.
First book to focus on outsourcing the finance and related business functions Interviews with CFOs from top blue chip companies Key case studies
About the Author
Stewart Clements is president of Accenture Finance Solutions (AFS), Accenture’s finance and accounting business process outsourcing business. In this role he is responsible for the business strategy; development of Accenture’s delivery centre network; finance- and outsourcing-focused assets and tools; and the management and development of organizational capabilities. He has more than 18 years experience in finance change programs and finance outsourcing. Mr. Clements is a Chartered Accountant and has a degree in Accountancy from Glasgow University. Based in London, he has been with Accenture for nearly 20 years. Mike Donnellan is a lead partner in Accenture’s outsourcing and consulting business. He has more than 20 years’ experience in the professional services industry. Mr. Donnellan has also worked extensively on the research, development and deployment of innovative operating models. An engineer by background, he has spent the last decade focussing on the new role of finance in the modern corporate enterprise. In 1997, he co-authored “CFO: Architect of the Corporation’s Future,” which resulted in the adoption of new finance and accounting organisational models by numerous corporations around the world. Cedric Read led the PricewaterhouseCoopers Finance Consulting Practice, where he was a finance strategy consultant for 25 years. During this time he advised hundreds of global CFOs, providing strategic consultancy to a range of large multinational companies including Unilever, Microsoft, Shell and GlaxosmithKline. Through his company, CCR Partners, Cedric continues to develop his vision of finance’s future. He is the lead author of three previous books: “CFO Architect