Research and Markets: Nordic Finance & Accounting Costs 2013

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/vrrn8t/nordic_finance) has announced the addition of the "Nordic Finance & Accounting Costs 2013" report to their offering.

The purpose of this report is to map out the finance & accounting costs of Nordic companies.

The report is written based on mainly the needs and requirements of the finance & accounting management of large Nordic companies. The target group of the report is primarily: CFOs, Controllers, Outsourcing managers, Financial strategists, Consultants and CEOs.

The report will however also be interesting for vendors of finance & accounting products and services in order to better understand their customers.

This is done by:

- Providing finance & accounting cost key ratios for Nordic companies such as finance & accounting cost as a share of turnover and finance & accounting cost per employee.

- Showing how the finance & accounting costs of Nordic companies are allocated on the resources that are used in the finance & accounting operations such as staff and finance & accounting IT systems.

- Displaying how the finance & accounting costs of Nordic companies are allocated on ten main finance & accounting function categories.

- Reporting on the distribution of finance & accounting staff's time spent on various finance & accounting tasks.

- Presenting the share of finance & accounting costs spent on outsourcing and the extent to which large Nordic companies use outsourcing of finance & accounting activities.

- Reporting on the use of shared service centres and to which extent they are used within various finance & accounting functions.

- Presenting how satisfied companies are with the performance of various finance & accounting processes' and how this differs between sectors.

- Showing how the use of outsourcing and shared service centres affects the performance of finance & accounting operations.

- Reporting on the effect of a recent implementation of a new or upgraded finance & accounting IT system on the performance of the finance & accounting processes.

Key Questions

- How does your finance & accounting cost level compare to other large Nordic companies in your industry?

- What differences are there in the allocation of costs for finance & accounting resources and functions?

- How much do other large companies spend on finance & accounting outsourcing?

- How do finance & accounting staff allocate their time?

- Does the use of shared service centres and outsourcing affect satisfaction with finance & accounting?

Key Topics Covered:

1. Summary
2. Introduction
3. Finance & accounting cost key ratios
4. Finance & accounting resources costs
5. Finance & accounting functions costs
6. Allocation of finance & accounting staff's time
7. Finance & accounting staff
8. Outsourcing and shared service centres
9. Finance & accounting performance
10. Finance & accounting IT systems

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