The finance function needs to be aligned to the business strategy, and provide financial analysis and insight to support corporate decision making, while also meeting legal and regulatory requirements as a given. With a global network of professionals, Financial Management is able to bring the right people, with the right skills, to the right place at the right time to assist helping organizations to become leaders in finance. Aimed at helping to maximize the finance function's performance and increase its value to the business, we at KPMG provide a range of Financial Management services under our three service networks - Efficient finance operations, Effective decision support and Finance Strategy & Transformation.

Efficient Finance Operations

An efficient finance function helps identify and deliver specific improvements in order to unlock value and resources thus freeing up time for improved decision support activities. It is founded on a robust platform of integrated operational/transactional finance activities.

This service network includes the following offerings:

• Quality Close & Integrating Reporting
• Finance Process Optimization
• Finance Function Benchmarking
• Finance Shared Services & Outsourcing

Effective Decision Support

This service network helps clients deliver a fit-for-purpose financial planning and performance management framework in order to help the business to make better decisions.

It includes the following offerings:

• Cash & Working Capital Management
• Cost Management
• Financial Information Management
• Financial Performance Management
• Planning Budgeting & Forecasting

Finance Strategy and Transformation

Finance Strategy and Transformation helps a client to define the role of finance in driving the strategic business imperatives. It helps the CFO to clearly articulate its Finance vision and strategy, analyze the performance of the finance function, and develop a future state operating model that is fit for purpose.

This involves a wide ranging review of the finance function, matching performance to business requirements and diagnosing areas for improvement across the finance landscape. It includes the following offerings:

• Business strategy alignment
• Finance business partnering
• Finance function recovery
• Finance integration & separation
• Finance organization design
• Finance target operating model
• Finance transformational
• Finance vision & strategy