Codec-dss is an expert Oracle EPM partner with 30 years of experience implementing Oracle's Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) and other EPM solutions. It has offices across Europe and specializes in setting EPM strategy, implementing HFM for financial consolidation and reporting, and helping customers streamline their financial close process. The document discusses Codec-dss' experience and credentials, provides an overview of HFM's features and how it can help automate financial processes and ensure compliance. It also includes customer case studies demonstrating how Codec-dss has helped organizations implement HFM to reduce costs and improve the timeliness of financial reporting.

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Enterprise Performance Management
Hyperion Financial Management

3. Codec-dss EPM Overview
• One of the oldest and biggest EPM partners
• Amassed 30 years of industry EPM-know-how
• Operating across 8 European offices with Dublin the HQ
• Developed 4 own brand products
• Specialists in setting EPM strategy and roadmaps for the business
• Kaplan and Norton trained implementation team

4. Oldest Oracle EPM Partner
1992 1990’s 2000’s 2012 2013 2014 2015
Established
and starts
to
implement
DSS (EPM)
Solutions
Implements
Essbase
from Arbor
Software
Hyperion
buy`s Arbor
Software
and Codec-
dss
implement
Hyperion
solutions
Oracle buy`s
Hyperion and
Codec-dss
implement
ORACLE
EPM
solutions
Winner of the
Silver Award
for Oracle
Hyperion
partner of the
year UK &
Ireland
Winner of the
Silver Award
for Oracle
Hyperion
partner of the
year UK &
Ireland
Winner of the
Silver Award
for Oracle
Hyperion
partner of the
year UK &
Ireland
Winner of the
Silver Award
for Oracle
Hyperion
partner of the
year UK &
Ireland
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5. Amassed 30 Years of Industry Know-How
Oracle an 5

6. EPM from 8 offices / 4 Countries
• Ireland
• Scotland
• Wales
• England
• Poland
• Czech
• Romania
• Indonesia
• Germany
• Austria
• Switzerland
• Sweden
• USA
• Greece
• Australia
• Holland
• Philippines
• Spain
• Turkey
• Hungary
• Denmark
• Slovakia
• Dubai
• Russia
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7. • Automate and link strategic and
financial management processes
• Modular, integrated suite
• Integrates data from multiple
transaction systems
• Over 7,000 customers
• Strategic alignment with Fusion
Hyperion EPM Applications
Oracle BI Foundation
Common Administration Services
Strategy
Management
Financial Close
and Reporting
Planning and
Forecasting
Profitability
Management
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8. The Financial Consolidation Challenge
Deliver High Value and Reduced Cycle Times
Collect data Close
Adjustments
Currency
I/C
Subsidiaries
Report
Management
Legal
External
Analyze
6 Days 12 DaysAverage
Collect Close Adjustment Report Analyze and Forecast
<2 Days 6 Days
World Class
More time!
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9. Financial Close and Reporting Today
…a controlled process is not easy to achieve!
• Lengthy and cumbersome closes
• Inefficient and disconnected processes
• Difficulty with reporting and analysis
• Data quality issues
• Inability to keep pace with change
• No control over the process
• Too many spreadsheets
…AUDIT ISSUES
Accounting scandals have
brought financial reporting
into focus as never before
Kenneth Lay
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10. 10
Percentage of Internal Control
Issues* by Major Category
3%
2%
7%
9%
11%
27%
1% 6%
34%
Internal Control Issues
by Major Category
By Sub Type #
Documentation Policies/documentation Issues 141
Entity-Level & Anti-Fraud
Controls
Anti-Fraud Controls 15
Compliance Monitoring 20
Control Environment 151
Financial Statement Close
Process & Disclosure
Application of GAAP/accounting policies 256
Financial statement close process & consolidation 120
Intercompany accounts/reconciliation 93
Review of significant or unusual transactions 212
IT Controls
Change controls 25
Date protection 23
Infrastructure 27
Security/user access 52
Merger Issues Merger/predecessor issues 27
Multilocation Considerations International operations & subsidiaries 59
Other Other 32
Personnel Issues
Segregation of duties 76
Staffing issues (levels, expertise, training) 157
Significant Account Level
Accounts payable 26
Accounts receivable 30
Accruals/restructuring costs 50
Contracts/loans/third-party transactions 75
Employees’ benefits/pensions 38
Inventory management 55
Property, equipment, leases 83
Revenue & billing 79
Tax issues 112
Total # Internal Control
Issues
2,034
* Source: The Ames Research Group (June 30, 2005);
analysis by Ernst & Young Center for Business Knowledge
Documentation
Entity-level & Anti-Fraud Controls
Financial Statement Close Process & Disclosure
IT Controls
Merger Issues
Multilocation Considerations
Other
Personnel Issues
Significant Account Level
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11. Enable a Streamlined Financial Close Cycle Your
Auditors Will Approve, Year after Year
• Finance Owned and Operated – Finance owns both: the results and the system
• Packaged Application – Out-of-the-box financial intelligence – minimal ongoing
consulting
• Open and Agnostic – Data from any source, but with full controls
• Designed for Sarbanes-Oxley and IFRS Compliance – 1000s of customers passing
audits every year
Data
Cleansing
& Transfer
Consolidate/Tax
Internal
Reporting
& Analysis
External
Reporting
& Compliance
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12. Oracle Performance Management Applications
Master Data
Business Rules
Metrics/KPIs
Targets, Plans & Actuals
Strategic Planning
Cost and Profitability Management
Define Costing
Methods
Perform
Allocations
Report & Analyze Define Cost Drivers
Financial Close Process
Data Cleansing Consolidate
Internal
Reporting &
Analysis
External
Reporting &
Compliance
Cascade Targets
Allocate Resources
Forecasting Detailed Budgeting
Planning and Budgeting
Set Strategic
Objectives
Corporate
Development
Treasury
Strategies
Long-Term
Planning
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13. Oracle Financial Consolidation and Reporting
Applications & Tools - Purpose Built for Each Step of the
Process
Financial Close Process
Data Cleansing Consolidate
Internal Reporting
& Analysis
External Reporting &
Compliance
Hyperion Financial
Data Quality
Management
Hyperion Financial
Management
Hyperion Web
Analysis
Smart View
Hyperion Financial
Reporting
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14. Market Leading Performance Management
Applications
PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS
Strategy
Management
Business
Planning
Profitability
Management
Financial
Reporting &
Compliance
EPM Workspace
OLTP & ODS
Systems
Data Warehouse
Data Mart
SAP, Oracle, Siebel,
PeopleSoft, Custom
Business
Process
OLAP
Fusion Middleware
Business Intelligence Foundation
BI Applications
EPM Workspace
Excel
XML
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15. Hyperion Financial Management
FEATURES
• Simple to customize
• Easy to integrate
• Financial Data Quality
• Complete audit trails
• Flexible workflow
• Powerful reporting
• Finance owned & operated
BENEFITS
• Confidence in the numbers
• Reduce cycle time
• Automate collection &
validation
• Lower cost of compliance
• Speed and agility
Financial Consolidation,
Reporting & Analysis
#1
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16. Hyperion Financial Management
The Heart of Financial Reporting Compliance
Hyperion
Financial
Management
Hyperion
Financial
Data Quality
Management
XBRL/SEC
Financial and
Mgmt. Reporting
ERP: Oracle,
SAP, Legacy,
Other
Fusion Middleware
Tax
Filing
Oracle GRC Manager
Reconciliations
CFO Dashboard
Tax
Calculations
Transactions
Oracle/Hyperion Partner
CFO
CIO
Reporting
Application Configuration Controls Application Access Controls
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17. Hyperion Financial Management Functional Architecture
Browser/Windows/Smart ViewClient
MS Office
Integration
Data Entry &
Consolidation
Formatted Reports Dashboards
Currency Translation
& Eliminations
Journals
Role-Based
Security
Security
Logs
Meta Data Repository
Interoperability
Fail-Over and Load BalancingServer
Data
Inter-
Company
Processing
Process
Management
Line Item
Management
Custom &
Predefined
Dimensionality
Audit
Tracking
GAAP IFRS
Compliance
Rules Engine
Data Import/Validation
Documents attachments
Cell text
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18. HFM Architecture
Basic FDM process
includes six steps:
1. Import source data
2. Validate source
data against
mapping tables
3. Export source data
to a target system
4. Consolidate target
system data
5. Validate target
system Data
6. Review and
Validate internal
financial Control
Mapping/Source Data Validation
Target System Consolidation
Target System Data Validation
Reporting/ Drill Down/ Audit Trial
FDM
Source Data
Target System
OLE DB
ODBC
Flat
Files
Excel
Essbase
HFM
Hyperion
Enterprise
Any OLAP
Application
SQL Server/
Oracle/ DB2
database
Import Export
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19. Oracle Hyperion Financial Management - Accelerates
Reporting Cycles and Reduces Costs of Compliance
• Patented financial consolidation
and reporting features
• Complete audit trails, workflow
and validations
• “Smart Dimensionality”
• Flexible “what if” scenario management
features
• Powerful, reporting and analysis tools
• Full integration with ERP and other
transaction systems
• Easy to customize and extend
• Web-architected
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20. Fundamental Capabilities
CAPABILITY DETAIL
Reporting Most flexible solution in the market, periodic
consolidation, segment reporting, fin. intelligence
Consolidation Multi GAAP capabilities, flexibility, variance analysis,
audit trail, intercompany, phased submissions
Compliance Workflow, documentation attachments, commentaries,
electronic questionnaires, disclosures
Data Integration Financial data quality management employed to
collect, map, validate & move data
MS Office Integration Bi-directional capabilities within MS Office suite for real-time,
accurate information
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21. Addressing Global Compliance Needs
SARBANES-OXLEY REQUIREMENT FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Section 302 – CEO/CFO must certify Submissions contain audit trail
Section 404 – Internal control report Mandatory review/approval procedures
Section 401 – Conditions for use
of non-GAAP financial measures
Multiple organization hierarchies and
chart of accounts
U.S. auditing standards Autonomy from transaction systems
Accelerated reporting Web solution, I/C reconciliation, journals
IAS/IFRS REQUIREMENT FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Global Standard, Convergence IFRS, Multi-GAAP, and local statutory
Recognition and measurement Custom dimensions; financial
intelligence, journals with audit trail
Consolidation and reporting Segment reporting, specialized currency,
inter-company, disclosures
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22. Oracle’s Hyperion Financial Management
Benefits
• Confidence in the numbers – One integrated solution (FDM+ HFM)
for all data improving processing time and accuracy with complete
audit trails and validation processes.
• Decrease cost of compliance – Financial Management with a flexible
workflow, process control, intercompany balance and transaction
eliminations, commentaries and electronic questionnaires help
organizations to focus on value added tasks.
• Speed and agility – Improve the close cycle by days with Finance
owned workspace, a centralized DB and EPM Architect to implement
and maintain the application with confidence and rapidity
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23. Common Integration – Oracle Data Integrator
Hyperion Planning, Financial Management and Essbase
Oracle Hyperion Planning Oracle Hyperion Financial
Mgt
Oracle Hyperion Essbase
Oracle
EBS
People
Soft
SAP/R
3Other
Sources
Data
Warehouse
CDC
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Q
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Oracle Data Integrator
API Layer
Data Services
Authentication
Services
Logging Services
API Layer
Bulk and Real-Time Data Processing
Metadata
Repository
ODI Knowledge Modules for Hyperion
Bulk
Transform.
Changed
Data
Capture
Data
Integrity
Data Quality
ODI Connectivity Framework
Information
Assets
Hyperion
Planning
Hyperion
Financial
Mgt
Hyperion
Essbase
Metadata Discovery
and Model Creation   
Extract Data  
Extracts Dimension
Members  
Loads Data   
Loads Dimension
Members   
Other Features Cube Refresh Consolidate Calculate
Oracle Hyperion Application Adapters
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24. Financial Data Quality Management
The Only One of it’s Kind!
SOURCE
SYSTEMS
Data Clensing and
Transformation
Task scheduling
Text and document
archive
Audit review
Data staging
Prepackaged integration
Data loading including
supplemental data, line item
detail
Dimensional mapping
verification
Process management
• Excel
• G/L
• ERP
• Flat files
• ETL
• Oracle EBS
Hyperion Financial
Management
Hyperion Planning
Hyperion Essbase
Hyperion Enterprise
Data Marts
DATA
PREPARATION
SERVER
EPM
SYSTEMS
GUIDED WORKFLOW USER INTERFACE
BPM Adapters
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25. Accreditations
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26. Financial Services
Utilities
BeveragesGovernment/SemiManufacturing
Telecommunication
s
Retail Miscellaneous
References
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27. HFM Industrial: Metso
Sustainability Reporting Benefits
Before After
Cost Savings 1,300 e-mails Centralized HFM/SR Solution
Time Savings 18-month process Synchronised with Financial closing
Flexibility Collection of data In-depth reporting, value-added analysis
Integration None Integrated with the Financial
platform
• After the first presentation it took three weeks to close
• Next steps: Interactive Dashboards on top of Hyperion Financial Management
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28. HFM Utilities: Ervia
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29. HFM Property: Regus
Challenge:
Codec-DSS worked with Regus in September 2012 around the Implementation
of a tactical solution to replace the existing financial management system.
Solution:
Codec-DSS went on to propose and implement a re-architected solution for financial
reporting. We also ensured that the new architecture had inbuilt redundancy and that
performance to the end users was significantly enhanced.
Benefits:
Improved reliability of the HFM system. Reduced downtime. Consistent close window and
delivery of reports to the business Improved confidence in the HFM application throughout
the group Faster response times.
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30. HFM Banking: RBSChallenge:
RBS replaced excel based reporting packs with Oracle HFM consolidation tool
Providing a single portal for consolidation, reporting and analysis
Along with a streamlined month end consolidation process.
Solution:
HFM, EAL –11.1.1.4- latest release with security additions/
partial snapshots, Essbase, FDM , HFR and SmartView.
Benefits:
• High data volumes, structures and users passing near real-time queries
• No requirement for IT involvement in month end reporting cycle-
near real time reporting from HFM through Essbase
• No data is stored in Essbase -data is stored in EAL data store
• Integrate historic and live data sources seamlessly (partitions)
• Re-map HFM metadata to create ad hoc reporting cubes
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