Discover the performance of best-in-class Digital Finance Leaders and benchmark your performance in a number of key finance operations areas. Discover why, for many, finance transformation starts with a simple switch from Excel.

1. Digital Finance Excellence Webcast
Discover the performance of best-in-class Digital Finance Leaders

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3. Paul Johnston
@qubixpj
Andrew Mason
“Guru”

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Discussion Topics…
• Introduction to Qubix
• What does Digital Finance mean?
• What is Best in Class?
• Why Change, Why Now & How
• Building the Business Case
• Your Next Steps

5. What’s Right for You?
# of Business
Analytics Projects….
250+
Customers Include:
•Lloyds Banking Group
•Nomura Bank
•Debenhams
•Canon
•Virgin Atlantic
•HMV
•NHS England
•Experian
•Angel Trains
•Schroders
•Mizuho Bank
•Carpetright
Global Presence:
350+ years of experience
Why Qubix?
Proven.
Trusted.
Flexible.
15+ Years Oracle
Platinum Partner
Incredible Customer List
UK • Slovenia • USA • Australia • Japan • India
Depth of capability…
Strategy
Design
Train
Optimise
Support
Integrate
Qubix Approach…
With You, Not to You
Outcome Driven
What’s right for you?
Qubix Journey Methodology
Deploy
Hyperion • BI • Big Data

6. Private & Confidential July, 2016
Expansive Team & Project Experience 6
‣ Abbott Diabetes Care (ADC)
‣ Abbott Labs
‣ Abu Dhabi Media Company
‣ Adecco
‣ Al Ghurair
‣ Alcon Laboratories Australia
‣ Allegion
‣ Angel Trains
‣ Banka Slovenije
‣ Bauer Media
‣ Baxters Food Group Ltd
‣ British Telecom
‣ Bupa
‣ Cairn Energy
‣ Canon
‣ Carpetright
‣ Charles Tyrwhitt LLP
‣ Civeo
‣ Coach, Inc
‣ Cornwall County Council
‣ Credit Suisse
‣ Dartford Borough Council
‣ Debenhams PLC
‣ Devon County Council
‣ DHL
‣ Dixons CarPhone
‣ Drake & Scull
‣ Durham CC
‣ Electronic Arts
‣ Emerson Network Power
‣ Endeka Ceramics
‣ Essex County Council
‣ ETI d.d.
‣ Experian
‣ First Quantum Minerals (UK) Ltd
‣ FRT.AT
‣ Gazal Corporation Limited
‣ GE Commercial Aviation Services
‣ Genworth
‣ Geopost
‣ Guardian Media Group
‣ Hampshire County Council
‣ Highland Council
‣ HIT Nova Gorica
‣ Hitachi Construction Machinery
‣ HMV Retail Ltd
‣ HSS Hire
‣ Hypertherm
‣ ICAP
‣ Infosys
‣ Ingersoll Rand
‣ Intrasoft
‣ Invesco
‣ Investec
‣ IPMIT d.o.o.
‣ Jumeirah
‣ Lehman Brothers
‣ Linbrook Services Ltd
‣ Lloyds ADM
‣ Lloyds International Private Banking
‣ Lloyds TSB Acquisition Finance
‣ London Borough of Croydon
‣ Luxottica
‣ Macquarie Bank Australia
‣ Maistra
‣ Majid Al Futtaim
‣ MERCATOR
‣ Mercedes Benz Retail
‣ Merck
‣ MIDIS Group
‣ Ministry of Defence
‣ Ministry of Justice
‣ Ministry of the Environment
‣ Mizuho
‣ Monarch Airlines
‣ Motability Operations
‣ MTS
‣ National Bank of Dubai
‣ National Trust
‣ NBTY Europe Ltd
‣ Network Rail
‣ NextGen Distribution Pty Ltd
‣ NHS England
‣ Nomura
‣ Nomura Bank (Japan)
‣ Norfolk & Suffolk Police
‣ North Yorkshire County Council
‣ Northumberland County Council
‣ Nottingham Building Society
‣ Nutricia
‣ Oasis Healthcare
‣ Ocado
‣ Oman Oil Company
‣ Oracle America, Inc
‣ PA Consulting
‣ Parsons Brinckerhoff
‣ Perkins Engines
‣ Port of Tyne
‣ QBE
‣ ResMed Ltd
‣ Ricoh
‣ RTV
‣ Rural Payments Agency
‣ Salmat Limited
‣ Scholastic
‣ Schroders Investment Management
‣ Sodexo
‣ Tabreed
‣ TAQA
‣ TDIC
‣ Tesco Bank
‣ The Travel Corporation Pty Ltd
‣ Tokyo Electron
‣ Transport Research Laboratory
‣ UBM
‣ United Nations
‣ UTS
‣ Virgin Atlantic
‣ Vodafone
‣ Wegmans

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What is Digital?

8. Digital
transformation is more than just a buzzword.
Top-performing organizations have improved essential components
of their organization such as supply chain, product innovation,
asset management, customer interaction, finance, and employee
success by digitizing processes.

9. Digital Businesses
more collaborative
information-driven
effective
and most of all, simple
are…

11. Benchmarkinggreater improvements in the cycle time of key business
processes over the past 12 months
greater improvements in productivity over the past 12
months
better complete and on-time delivery of products and
services
better customer satisfaction
greater improvements in time-to-decision over the past 12
months
3x
2.4x
10%
11%
3x

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How to Change

13. How to Change
no longer spreadsheets driven
simplifying their platforms
simplifying processes
simplifying access to insight
Our clients are…

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So What’s Wrong With Excel?
to make them more collaborative, information-driven,
effective and, most of all, simple
Why is Excel so Prolific?
1. Its Available! Who cant access it?
2. Easy to use
3. Easy to learn
4. Well accepted in the business
5. Cheap
6. But….
What’s the Issue Then?
1. Inherently prone to error
2. Easy to manipulate intentionally/inadvertently
3. No security
4. No tracking or audit
5. No support or management for the complete ‘process’
6. Spreadsheets quickly become large, complex, confusing and
unclear
7. Calculations are uncontrollable and limits easily reached
8. Linked files become inevitable and a major burden
9. No multi-user capability
10.Limited reporting capability

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Why Oracle Planning Cloud?
to make them more collaborative, information-driven,
effective and, most of all, simple
So Why Oracle PBCS…..
1. User orientated development (Finance can build now)
2. Scalability with Multiple Users
3. Single Version of the Truth
4. Controlled yet transparent – Workflows and Guides
5. Proper security
6. Comprehensive user tracking and audit capability
7. Full end to end process coverage
8. Capable of presenting complex scenarios simply
9. Intuitive reporting capability
10.Infrastructure isn’t a scary issue anymore
11.Out of the box Planning specific functionality/best practice
Leaving Excel
Imagine a solution that tackles the
issues with Excel, provides
planning specific functionality,
whilst retaining the ease of use of
Excel.

17. Create Success…
Executive Support and Sponsorship
Collaborative Approach
Effective Project Management
Change Management
Knowledge Transfer
1
2
3
4
5

18. Specifics…
Know the Processes
Is the Logic fixed?
Keep things Simple
How’s the Chart of Accounts?
Can you get that data?
1
2
3
4
5

19. How Does it Feel?
Before
Overwhelmed | Frustrated | Out of Date | Inertia | Uncertain
During
Concerned | Unsure | Busy | Hopeful
After
Empowered | Informed | Ambitious | Leader

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Business Case

21. Benchmarking86% of Best-in-Class organizations have executive
commitment to financial transformation
Percentage of reports delivered in time needed by
managers
Percentage of stakeholders with access to financial
data
Percentage of accurate financial reports
Percentage increase in operating margins over past
year
86%
95%
99%
94%
8%
58%
55%
43%
52%
3%

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The Journey

24. Road Map…

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What Next?

26. Where Next on Your Digital Journey?
Take the Excel Switch Challenge
www.qubix.com/excel-switch

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