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Meet Professional Advantage – the process improvement specialists
– at the ICAEW* Finance Conferences 2011
London and Manchester - 11 & 18 May 2011
Whilst CHANGE always has, and always will be the only constant in life, the level and speed of change currently being experienced by organisations in all sectors is almost unprecedented. As a result, finance teams, across all sectors are being tasked with addressing many and varied challenges within their ‘financial silo’ and increasingly across the wider business. Challenges that are at the very core of the organisation’s ability to maximise revenue, minimise costs, as well as mitigate commercial and operational risk.
Professional Advantage has worked with some of the most progressive of individuals, teams and organisations to address key business process issues and deliver innovation solutions to very painful problems. These projects and programmes have delivered:
- Greater process efficiency and reduced process costs
- Improved effectiveness in the form of superior exception handling and better decision making
- An enhanced agility, allowing organisations to respond to change, uncertainty and risk.
Examples of these projects and programmes include:
An Asset Disposal outsourcing provider that specialises in decommissioning, processing and selling ‘end of life’ IT assets. Integrating to the existing ERP and handheld/mobile devices, our automated workflow solution has eliminated a significant amount of manual processes involved in the organisations ‘rebirth contracts’ for hardware. In so doing the organisation can now, more easily and more speedily track, process and manage the flow of assets around the business. On a very low margin per transaction operation the resulting improvement in stock turnover led to a significant reduction in holding costs, and increased net income as well as profitability.
An Oil and Gas Exploration Company involved in Joint Venture operations throughout EMEA. Integrating to the existing financial management system our business process control delivers 100% compliance to internal project cost approval procedures. This ensures that the organisation eliminates the risk of budgetary overruns and prevents the business becoming overcommitted in their joint venture operations.
An IT services and solutions provider, specialising in software, managed services and business continuity. Integrating to the existing FMS plus online geo-mapping and tax calculation services, our process solution now allows the organisation to manage their US federal and state consumption tax liability where complex legislation exists for tax calculations based upon the source, destination and type of transaction being processed. Aligning with an existing “look and feel”, our solution ensures the company billing adheres to state and federal tax legislation and provides transparency for internal, and crucially external, audit purposes.
Professional Advantage knows that technology is fundamental for achieving systemic change. We work with organisations that are determined to improve their business through the utilisation of technology. We customarily see productivity improvements of 25-70% in our clients where agile projects can be delivered within days and weeks rather than months and years.
Come and see us at the ICAEW Finance Conference in:
London - Immarsat Conference Centre, 11 May 2011
Manchester Airport - Radisson Blu Hotel, 18 May 2011
For more information about the ICAEW conferences click here
*The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales is a professional membership organisation, supporting over 136,000 chartered accountants around the world. Through their technical knowledge, skills and expertise, they provide insight and leadership to the global accountancy and finance profession.
Their members provide financial knowledge and guidance based on the highest professional, technical and ethical standards. They develop and support individuals, organisations and communities to help them achieve long-term, sustainable economic value.
