When you say the word reporting, binders full of spreadsheets, charts, and footnotes might come to mind. Or maybe conference rooms with executives grinding through slide presentations. And behind it all, there’s an army of Finance people who’ve been working for weeks to pull it all together.

In the best of all worlds, external financial reporting and internal management reporting would be intelligent, interactive, and real time. This guide describes how digital tools like automation, advanced analytics, and machine learning are making reporting faster, more insightful, and less costly – and the lessons learned along the way.

Crunch time 7: Reporting in a digital world

Imagine a future where executives no longer rely on binders of static data to inform their decisions, and where reporting – both external and internal –  is intelligent, interactive, and real-time. This guide looks at how companies are using today’s digital tools to upgrade their reporting processes to get better information distributed faster – and at a substantially lower cost. 

Previous editions

• Crunch Time VI: Forecasting in a digital world
• Crunch Time V: Finance 2025
• Crunch Time IV: Blockchain for finance
• Crunch time III: The CFOs guide to cognitive technology
• Crunch time, too: CFOs talk off the record about Finance in a digital world

Published: December 2018