Financial Acumen Quarterly
     News and Information for Finance Professionals Issue #2 - April 2009     
The FAQ--Financial Acumen Quarterly, is a newsletter created by Longview Solutions with the purpose of sharing news and information relevant to finance professionals.
In This Issue of FAQ...

Dallas/Forth Worth International Airport
Learn how one of the world's largest airports eliminated labor-intensive manual tasks and complicated spreadsheets, used process integration to reduce staff time and chances for errors, and improved interim P&L reporting with Longview CPM.

White Papers
The IFRS Train Has Left the Station: Is your company going to be on it … or running to catch up?

CPM - Bridging the Gap Between Financial Control and Strategic Opportunity

Webcasts
How Advanced Financial Planning and Analysis Can Increase Profitability
24 Hour Fitness / Longview Solutions

Online Demos

Quote of the Quarter
"You are neither right nor wrong because the crowd disagrees with you. You are right because your data and reasoning are right."
Warren Buffet

Featured Article...

Finance Executives are Turning to Process Automation
On March 26th, Financial Executives International (FEI) released a new research paper, entitled "Trends in Income Tax Reporting Automation".

This study, which was conducted in partnership with Longview Solutions, presents research findings pertaining to some of the issues, both internal and external to an organization, governing the introduction and implementation of automation in the "reporting for income tax purposes" process.

Key takeaways from the research include:

  • Tax integration with finance processes is a major driver of Tax automation
  • Financial data quality is not the only driver in the decision to automate
  • Biggest obstacles to adoption are time & money

Download a free copy of Trends in Income Tax Reporting Automation...

In the News . . .
IFRS-Specific Initiatives Launched by Longview
Longview has launched a series of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)-specific initiatives to educate customers and prospects about IFRS and how we can help with the transition including:

Learn more about these initiatives...

IFRS: Are You On Track?
International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) conversion is a complex and multi-faceted process. There are many issues to consider at each stage from project planning onward. Our IFRS Conversion Checklist, prepared by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC), contains a list of questions for you to consider as you assess your organizations' IFRS readiness.

Take advantage of this resource and download the IFRS Conversion Checklist...

Rave Reviews for Toronto IFRS Breakfast Seminar
With standing room only and more than 50 attendees, Longview’s first joint seminar with MicroStrategy was a great success. Attendee feedback was extremely positive and we hope that this will be the first of many joint events with MicroStrategy!
Request more information about this event...

Upcoming Events

Dialog 2009
Four Seasons Resort and Club
May 11 - 14, 2009
Dallas, TX

TEI Region II Tax Forum
Borgata Hotel, Atlantic City, NJ
June 1 - 2, 2009

Information Builders Summit
June 7 - 11, 2009
Gaylord Opryland Resort, Nashville, TN

ACT 2009 Annual Conference
June 22-24, 2009
Disney’s Contemporary Resort, Orlando, FL

Oracle OpenWorld 2009
October 11-15, 2009
San Francisco, CA