Enterprise Performance Management Outsourcing

Research has shown that enterprises require strong analytical capabilities to achieve high performance. Companies that operate in a global market understand that an effective strategy for scaling analytics and data management is crucial to their survival and success. Every business is affected by increased competition and profitability pressures and understands that significant cost savings can be made by utilizing lower-cost operating models. Cost savings, however, are not the only benefits to be gained by outsourcing analytic operations—increased shareholder confidence and strategic management support are other possibilities.

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Accenture can assist organizations in deriving the maximum value from their analytics. It enables better usage of internal resources while tapping into new talent pools, resulting in increased productivity. Today, outsourcing provides an effective means to achieve more with less within a short time.

Accenture can also help clients reduce their finance operating costs. We provide enterprise performance management expertise as well as greater levels of operational control when clients outsource their performance management activities to us. Our clients benefit from:

• Process cost savings—Automated system integration, quality at source and standardized processes leading to reduction in process costs.
  
  
• Strategic management support—Fact-based analysis and simulation of financial and non-financial data, based on the key drivers of value, allow savings across departments, providing significant recurring benefits.
  
  
• Greater shareholder confidence—High-quality data facilitates the production of accurate and timely plans, forecasts and reports, thereby adding significant value.
  
  

Accenture offers a flexible operational model to best meet your needs, which comprises three options:

• Onshore—Work is performed at the client's premises.
• Hybrid—A small team works initially onshore and later returns to offshore.
• Offshore—Work is performed in India.