Day One, 3 August 2021
9:00 am - 9:45 am
The New Normal for Enterprise Finance - Building Finance Resiliency & Scaling the Business
Florence Mui -
Senior Vice President, Head of Global Business Services,
Philips
Vinay G Rao - VP & Strategic Business Practice Head - F&A, Infosys BPM
Prasanth Nair - Global Practice Engagement leader, F&A and GBS Services, Infosys
The words agility, resiliency and digitization were probably the most over-used words during the pandemic, and with good reason, as they form the very basis of the modern and future finance function. With organisations evolving rapidly post pandemic, GBS organisations and Finance functions needs to be come ‘alive’ to future proof their strategy.
As the pandemic caused many organizations to hit the re-set button, and navigate to their next -now is the time to re-imagine enterprise finance. To assist in molding your future operating design, this session will cover:
• What long-term changes have finance departments created during the pandemic?
• Evolution beyond GBS 3.0 – How a Global organization is progressing through their GBS evolution?
• What attributes should a ‘ Live Finance’ organization have ?
Sponsored by: Infosys BPM
10:00 am - 10:45 am
Survey Results: The Current State of Multinationals Global Statutory Reporting
Conor O'Kelly -
Senior Director Statutory Accounting,
Workiva
Naomi Secor - Global Managing Director, SSON
Over the last five years, due to the changes in the industry and more recently accelerated by the pandemic, it has become apparent that global businesses are faced with an ever-increasing number of challenges in the preparation of accurate and timely global statutory financial statements. Errors in numbers, inconsistency in disclosures, and time wasted on document management yield a significant risk to global businesses
To learn what challenges and priorities are now shaping the future of global statutory reporting, SSON conducted an annual survey of 120 multinational companies to understand where they see their statutory reporting processes heading over the next 12-18 months.
This data-rich session assesses the change that has taken place over the last year and discusses the highlights, identifies gaps or causes of inefficiency, and presents opportunities for improvement.
Sponsored by: Workiva
11:00 am - 11:45 am
Panel Discussion: What Does The New Normal Look Like For Finance?
Dave Hughes -
Global Business Services,
OQ
Chris Deery - Head of Finance Operations, Cargill
Nikolay Jeliazov - Finance Manager, Cargotec
Toby Hayles - European Director, Enterprise, Nintex
With no precedence to draw on; the ‘new normal’ and the finance functions transition into it, has thrown up many questions? What does the ‘new normal’ mean for business partnering? How do finance keep their strategic seat at the table? How are supply chain’s being affected? And what is best practice when it comes to the hybrid workplace? In order to help navigate this tricky time, SSON have bought together a panel of experts to discuss these questions and share what the ‘new normal’ looks like for them.
11:45 am - 12:15 pm
Frictionless Finance: 5 Real Ways AI is Transforming the Finance Back Office
Sarah-Jayne Martin -
Senior Product Specialist,
YayPay
Lee Beardmore - VP, Innovation, Business Services, Capgemini
Join accounts receivables experts from YayPay and Capgemini as they discuss the influence of artificial intelligence on finance teams. Topics covered during this sessions include: risk assessment, the customer experience, employee retention, and much more!
