The term "financial close" describes a corporation's ability to complete its accounting cycles and produce financial statements for internal management and external legal reporting. The requirement to close books quickly and with quality is emerging again as an important project for today's global finance function, especially with the increasing amount of regulatory change, including the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and requirements to file financial statements in Extended Business Reporting Language (XBRL).

During this Webcast, you will hear from The Paragon Consulting Group, a member of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, as well as SAP, the market leader in enterprise performance management (EPM) solutions, how companies can speed their closing cycles and reduce the cost of compliance.

From this Webcast you will discover:

• The latest research into the year-end close cycle metrics of the world's largest organizations
  
  
• Key barriers to a fast, high-quality group financial close
  
  
• Solutions to help organizations improve and sustain their close times