As today’s finance functions work hard to provide even deeper value to their business, they are shifting their focus outward to activities that support better decision making and performance.
They must create efficiencies to gather and process basic financial data, and continue to deliver traditional financial outputs – while at the same time redeploying limited resources to strategic activities and leveraging contemporary processes and technology.
At KPMG, we work with our clients to enhance the operation of their finance functions, their value to the business, and to position their finance teams for lasting success.
We focus on the key elements of transformational change required to position finance as a trusted advisor.
Transform your finance function
Find out how KPMG can help transform the financial operations of your business.
How KPMG can help
Whether it is providing tools, improved processes, outsourced capacity or technical knowledge, we work with clients to implement practical technology solutions and deliver strategic advice for a range of complex financial, accounting and regulatory challenges.
Finance Function & Reporting Advisory
We partner to improve finance and regulatory processes and controls (incl. data), with the intent of enhancing the content and quality of reporting for effectiveness, compliance and to meet stakeholder requirements.
- Financial and Regulatory Reporting Requirements, (Re)Design & Analysis
- ESG Measure to Report
- Finance and Regulatory Process & Control (Re)Design & Optimisation
- Data Quality & Governance
- Finance Function Establishment
- Finance Function Uplift & Support
Accounting Advisory Services
Our team of specialists bring in-depth technical accounting knowledge, capital markets insight and industry experience. We support our clients to interpret and apply accounting standards when structuring products and transactions to achieve compliant, yet desired financial outcomes.
Our services range from on-call accounting, corporate and financial reporting, to accounting and reporting transformation, group reorganisations, M&A and treasury advisory. We’re experienced in advising clients on the challenging and complex issues arising from transactions, business decisions, regulatory changes, and partnerships – at all stages from creation to exit.
- Technical Accounting Advice (IFRS and US GAAP)
- Accounting Change Management
- Deal Accounting – Due Diligence
- Deal Structuring & Fiscal Responsibility
- Derivative Advisory & Hedge Accounting as a Service
Enterprise Performance Management (EPM)
We enable finance functions to be the co-pilot for performance insight and decision making through an integrated approach to performance management leveraging enabling technology to enhance services and speed to insight.
Our team can support in aligning strategic objectives, providing in-depth insights into performance and ensuring compliance with financial and regulatory reporting requirements.
- Enhanced Strategic & Integrated Business Planning & Forecasting
- Corporate Performance Reporting Strategy, KPI and Value-driver Identification and (Re)Design
- Effective Reporting Portfolio (Re)Design and ESG/Sustainability Performance Reporting
- Enterprise Performance Target Operating Model Assessment, Design and Implementation
- Selection, Evaluation and Deployment of EPM solutions to enhance the return on investments in ERP systems, data warehouse tools, and business intelligence capabilities
Powered Finance (Finance Transformation)
We combine our experience across thousands of Finance transformations with our knowledge of the latest cloud technologies to provide solutions for rapid business modernisation. The result is a formula for driving sustainable change, raising performance and delivering your business objectives with a high level of certainty.
With KPMG's Powered Finance, we can help you respond to common challenges that a modern business must address to:
- Drive better Finance function performance
- Help people embrace new ways of working
- Ensure your processes are future-ready
- Better control risk and meet regulatory change
Powered Finance is your direct route to advanced organisational design, leading technology and operating models. It creates a fully re-designed business function, based on leading practice, and confers the power for continuous transformation into the future.
Costing & Commercial Management
We provide costing and commercial management expertise and solutions to enable data-driven and outcome informed decision making for programs and projects.
Our team can provide financial management support throughout the program and project lifecycle – from estimating costs and seeking funding, to supporting the financial aspects of procurement and project commercial management, and later to assessments of efficiency and cost-out.
- Funding Strategy & Business Case Costing
- Cost Estimation
- Procurement Financial Advisory
- Commercial Financial Management
- Efficiency Reviews and Cost-Out Analysis
Digital Finance Solutions & Alliances (DFSA)
We support the enhanced performance of the finance function by identifying, developing, and delivering digital financial solutions that improve the efficiency and effectiveness of finance activities through automation or AI to drive business outcomes.
Our digital financial solutions encompass those developed internally or sourced through trusted alliances, and cover a range of areas such as statutory/regulatory reporting, compliance, ESG, and streamlining record to report processes around period end close.
Solutions
- KPMG Accelerated Reporting Model (ARM)
- KPMG Lease Reporting Model (LRM)
- KPMG Central Reporting Model (CRM)
- KPMG Controls Assessment Tool (KCAT)
- KPMG Financials Checker (Finchecker)
Alliances
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