Capgemini’s CFO Analytics solution is an extension of our finance and accounting outsourcing services which leverages our process expertise and applies process diagnostics, benchmarking, market research and data analytics to provide valuable insights to CFOs across industries. The solution has been developed to deliver outcomes that are aligned with the CFO agenda, including: Revenue Assurance Analytics, Expense Analytics, Working Capital Analytics, and Control Analytics.

1. Business Analytics the way we do it
CFO Analytics
An End-to-End Analytics Service Delivering Better Business Outcomes

2. The Opportunity it possible to identify opportunities The Solution
Today’s tough economic and for savings. The CFO also needs Capgemini’s solution uses advanced
business environment means an efficient process to stop any Business Analytics, applying them
that organizations are focusing leakages and wastage in payables mostly to data that our clients
strongly on the CFO agenda. and contracts. already have available in various
CFOs’ exact priorities depend on systems. Our analytics approach
industry, geographies, and level of Enhancement of controls is a aims to achieve business outcomes
organizational maturity, as well as core requirement for all CFOs. A that align with the CFO’s agenda.
on the efficiency of other functions business expects its CFO to provide Our well-established analytics
in the organization and the quality early warning of potential risks, to accelerators deliver benefits to
of underlying processes. control exceptions, and to provide CFOs in real time or near real time,
proactive and continuous assurance enabling them to take swift action
However, the key challenges for any across the business. No CFO can to drive improvements.
CFO are: wait for half-year or year-end audits
to tackle these issues. How It Works
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Revenue growth We start with a joint session to
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Margin improvement Cashflow improvement requires understand the business vision
a coordinated effort to optimize and strategy, and to define the
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Enhancement of controls
Inventory Days, Days Sales objectives of the project. Our
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Cashflow improvement Outstanding, and Days Payables analytics accelerators help us
Outstanding. The CFO needs to identify the insights that the
Revenue growth requires the CFO visibility of the drivers influencing client needs, and hence the data
not only to support the business these variables, together with the requirements.
in identifying opportunities ability to identify any inefficiencies
for growth, but also to control quickly. Our BPO Analytics Center of
potential leakages in the Order- Excellence (CoE) uses historic and
to-Cash process, while keeping To meet these challenges, real-time data together with a range
processes efficient and agile enough CFOs need not only visibility of analytics accelerators, tools,
to meet the business’s customer and transparency across the algorithms and statistical models
service objectives. organization, but also high-quality to provide comprehensive analysis.
analytics that quickly highlight The CoE uses BPOpenTM Controller
Margin improvement demands exceptions and improvement Point, a platform-based solution
greater visibility of spend to make opportunities. combining a three-tier architecture
Revenue assurance analytics
to reduce leakage from order-to-cash process
Predicting credit risk and exposure
Trade funds – deductions and disputes
Pricing, discounts, and terms of trade
Revenue
growth
Working capital analytics
to help improve cashflow Analysis of expenses
ovement
of expenses
Cashflow
to help reduce wastage
Analysis
Logistics/inventory
Source-to-pay – Days Payables Payables analytics
Outstanding analytics
impr
Spend analytics
Order-to-cash – Days Sales Contract compliance
Outstanding analytics
Enh
a n ce m e nt
o f c o n t ro ls
Control analytics to help enhance
Process and financial risk analytics
Financial statement quality
Ethical fraud/fraud evidence reviews
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3. Business Analytics the way we do it
for data acquisition, aggregation, ƒƒ
Enhance the control environment analytics across the world. We work
and analysis, and capable of significantly with real-time with leading big data and analytics
handling huge volumes of data financial risk monitoring through technologies, and provide services
to generate practical insights and data analytics across multiple to support business analytics, from
root cause analysis. This platform businesses, units, and high-level strategy to managed,
includes not only an advanced departments. outsourced services. We recognize
audit and analysis tool, but also ƒƒ
Reduce working capital by 27% by that different industry sectors
a robust and flexible reporting improving inventory turnover and face individual challenges. Our
and presentation layer to enable reducing Days Sales Outstanding. collaborative methodologies
reporting of insights, and of the and tools enable us to adjust to
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Reduce pricing errors and
outcomes that the CFO needs to these specific needs, focusing on
disputes with customers by 88%
monitor. measurable business results.
and improve collection cycle time,
reducing Days Sales Outstanding
Our various services are offered Through Capgemini’s proven
by 36 days.
separately so you can choose those approach CFOs are seeing marked
that are most relevant to you. If improvements with regards
Our CFO Analytics
you are not certain where to start, to revenue growth, margin
Capabilities
our team can carry out a pilot to improvement, enhancement
Capgemini’s dedicated Business
identify where the biggest returns of controls and cashflow
Process Outsourcing (BPO
are available. improvement. We have the tools,
analytics) center offers a range of
talent, and best practices to ensure
analytics services as part of an
Benefits of Business optimal performance for your
augmented BPO service for Finance
Analytics for the CFO business processes while delivering
and Accounting. Capgemini
Our analytics services have helped insightful information to key
has over 15,000 staff providing
CFOs to: stakeholders across the enterprise.
financial accounting BPO services,
Our CFO Analytics solution has
for more than 40 clients, including
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Identify wasteful spends and been developed to offer the right
many global, household names.
opportunities of cost reduction. support to deliver outcomes that are
This has allowed them to create a aligned with the CFO agenda.
Capgemini Business
robust pipeline of initiatives and
Analytics
projects to reduce costs and
Capgemini has over 7,000
improve margins.
consultants working on business
Our three-tier analytics solution
Capgemini’s analytics solution can handle huge volumes of data (typically 25m transactions for a single review).
It contains 20+ algorithms and uses imaging technology to speed up analysis.
Action
Business Intelligence solution via analytics and reporting
Insight Controller Talent Insight Command
N +1
Point Point Center Center
Analysis
Data Warehouse
Information to consolidate and provide
structured data
Report
Collection of unstructured data from multiple sources
Data ERPs
Operator
Workflow
Bolt - Ons
Other
Databases e.g. IBX
Record
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4. About Capgemini
With 120,000 people in 40 countries, Capgemini is one of the world’s foremost
providers of consulting, technology and outsourcing services. The Group reported
2011 global revenues of EUR 9.7 billion.
Together with its clients, Capgemini creates and delivers business and technology
solutions that fit their needs and drive the results they want.
A deeply multicultural organization, Capgemini has developed its own way of working,
the Collaborative Business Experience™, and draws on Rightshore®, its worldwide
delivery model.
For further information contact
Terence Sandiford
terence.sandiford@capgemini.com
or visit www.capgemini.com/bpo
Learn more about us at
www.capgemini.com
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