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Here you’ll find our opinions, viewpoints and rants. But don’t forget to add your comments – good or bad – on anything you like or loathe. We value your feedback.

Getting “Out of Control”
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I was invited to present at the Joint Institute of Internal Audit (IIA) and ISACA Governance, Risk and Control Conference recently with my colleague Robin Ashby.

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Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) in the SAP World
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The annual European main event for those interested in an update on SAP’s GRC solutions, was held in Vienna, combined with parallel events on SAP HANA, BI, Finance and HR. Our COO Hans van Nes attended and shared the

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Vendor Master Data: The Engine of the P2P Cycle
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It all starts with the data, and in the case of Procure to Pay/Purchase to Pay (P2P), it’s Vendor Master Data (VMD).  Many organizations spend many man months and years, not to mention a high cost, cleaning up their Vendor

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Benchmarking The Accounting and Finance Function 2016
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The ‘Benchmarking the Accounting and Finance Function: 2016 Report’ from Robert Half, provides some excellent benchmarks based on responses from more than 1700 financial leaders across the private and public sector. In the fast paced, fast changing finance environment, their

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Data Visualization vs Data Analytics
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Data Visualization is taking over. To meet the onslaught of big data head on, more and more we see tools aimed at helping us make sense of all of this data. Programs, dare I say platforms, such as Tableau …

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What’s The Worst Job You’ve Ever Had?
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co betterWere you bad in a former life, were you beaten as a child, do you have no friends or just low self esteem?

You are a Chief Compliance Officer and I spent 2 days with you at the Compliance Week …

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Does Workday ‘Cloud’ Risk and Control Exposure?
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Workday, the new kid on the block of low cost, simpler ERPs continues to make significant inroads throughout the corporate landscape. The promise of low cost, low impact integration is certainly an attractive alternative in an area traditionally filled with …

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Purchase to Pay Cycle: Smart Analytics Provide Opportunities for Greater Efficiency
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p2p gpoIt is generally accepted that organisations lose between 3—5% of their annual cost base to error, waste and fraud (according to many sources, including ACFE). There is much evidence that the cost of inefficiency is in fact higher. The …

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Access Control Challenges Persist
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access controlControl of Access to Corporate Applications has always been a key part of good governance practice. With the scope and number of systems increasing within organisations, user populations increasing, application related risks becoming more evident, greater remote and mobile working, …

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The Curious Incidents of Sales Risks In The Daytime
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Another two large bribery and corruption scandals, involving major companies who violated FCPA regulations have been reported in recent weeks. You would be forgiven for thinking that cases like these would be consigned to history by now, given the better …

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