http://www.sap.com/solution/lob/finance.html - In the fall of 2014 CFO research and SAP conducted a survey among senior finance executives around the world to explore developments in the finance functions. Business managers look to finance experts to help them identify the important data and turn it into decisive business actions.

1. Telling the story
behind the numbers
BUSINESS MANAGERS LOOK TO FINANCE EXPERTS TO HELP THEM IDENTIFY
THE IMPORTANT DATA AND TURN IT INTO DECISIVE BUSINESS ACTIONS
With today’s technology, line-
of-business managers CAN GET
WHATEVER DATA THEY WANT…
...But they need more help to
UNLOCK THE STORY BEHIND
THE NUMBERS
58%
Say it’s DIFFICULT FOR MANAGERS to understand
the data, even when they have it
56%
Of finance executives say that their staffs REGULARLY COLLABORATE with line-of-
business managers to ANALYZE financial and performance data and develop
EFFECTIVE RESPONSES
64%
agree that their systems are SELF SERVICECFOresearch
For the full report from CFO Research and SAP, go to “The Next Stage in Creating the Value-Added Finance Function.”