There was a time when cyber was seen almost exclusively as an IT concern. These days, cyber security and risk management need to be viewed as a board-level issue, directly impacting finance, compliance, operations, customer relations – and indeed, every corner of the business.

The cyber security basics – measures such as systems protection, security infrastructure, user controls and safe data handling – are as crucial as ever. And as threat actors and their methods evolve, there will always be the need to ensure your cyber security toolkit is fit for purpose.

But alongside cyber security, it is also vital to focus on cyber resilience. This is the realisation that – try as you might – not every threat can be stopped and not every risk can be entirely mitigated. Resilience describes your ability to anticipate, prepare for, withstand, respond to and recover from whatever may be around the corner.

Read on to have a closer look at the need for resilience in the context of the current threat landscape, the barriers to it, and the steps required to build it.

In this whitepaper, we outline the ESG trends, reporting frameworks, challenges, and opportunities. Including the what and why of ESG and what opportunities lay ahead with a strategic lever.

Has your organisation been left reeling from a failed ERP Implementation? Fortunately, help is at hand.

Millennium Consulting CEO, Phil Keet explains how targeted intervention can remediate what went wrong, ensure a return on sunk cost and revive your ambitions for transformation…

In 2022, some people still regard the world of cryptocurrency as a kind of Financial Wild West: a place where anonymity is the norm, scammers can flourish, and easy wins (or catastrophic losses) can happen overnight.

For others, the arrival of the first digital currency was the most significant fintech development of our generation. Blockchain, the technology that underpins cryptocurrency, is all set to strengthen transparency and financial governance rather than undermining it. And with the number of crypto transactions on the rise, there’s an argument that by ignoring its presence, you are simply handing your competitors an advantage.

The right approach for most UK businesses will probably be somewhere in the middle. Read on to cut through the crypto hype, to understand the up
and coming currencies and trends, and to get a better idea of whether elements of the blockchain/ digital currency landscape may become more relevant to your own business in the near future…

There’s never been a more important time to plan your organisation’s financial future quickly and accurately. With so much uncertainty around, you need to be able to model the financial implications of what-of scenarios quickly.

But many financial planning and analysis functions are held back by outdated processes, systems and mindsets. They’re still acting in pre-Covid ways and need to rapidly re-invent themselves if they’re to survive the crisis and thrive in the strange new world which lies beyond it.

Here are our finance experts’ summaries of the eight most common mistakes that FP&A functions make and how they can avoid them.

Insightful questions to help you benchmark your planning, budgeting and forecasting against best practice.

Download this checklist to discover:

• The folly of focusing on software rather than processes.
• How to be sure you can reveal correlations between key business drivers.
• How to use predictive analytics and multiple ‘What if?’ scenarios to ditch the rear-view mirror approach.
• How to support an agile, collaborative and connected finance department.

Financial Planning and Analysis has had an important seat at the table for some time when it comes to the strategic future of the enterprise.

To discover a roadmap for elevating your teams from Planners to Trusted Advisors, click the link below to download the Unit4 white paper on the subject.

In this white paper, you can learn.

• To make your people key to reconfiguring processes, regardless of IT expertise
• Real-time visibility can power better decision-making
• Automating tasks will improve efficiency
• To make your organisation more agile and adaptive

Read the white paper today to find a better way to work.

The promise of ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) is a compelling one. Deploy the right solution and it can help deliver a complete view of your business, integrate processes and data, drive efficiency, boost productivity and sharpen your competitive edge.

But as with any major software implementation project, success is not guaranteed. Even a seasoned procurement manager can be captivated by the bells and whistles such as swish visualisations and impressive-sounding AI capabilities, while potentially losing sight of the nuts and bolts: i.e. the ability of the system to meet your real-life business problems.

Read our guide to identifying your best-fit solution for maximum return on investment.