Wolters Kluwer and EY Canada Extend Strategic Alliance to Help Finance Teams Accelerate Digital Transformation

Wolters Kluwer CCH^® Tagetik Corporate Performance Management (CPM) solution to help EY Canada clients streamline financial close, consolidation, regulatory compliance and planning.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wolters Kluwer, a global leader in professional information, software solutions, and services, today announced the extension of its strategic alliance with Ernst & Young LLP (EY) to a new global market: Canada.

In addition to EY’s operations in the United States, Italy and Belgium, EY Canada will now also utilize the Wolters Kluwer market-leading CCH Tagetik corporate performance management (CPM) solution to support and accelerate large financial transformations. EY expects to continue introducing the market-leading CCH Tagetik technology into additional global markets in 2023.

The alliance between EY and CCH Tagetik offers extensive support to companies implementing large financial transformations by providing a broad set of digitally enabled financial data and operational planning services on a single platform.

The award-winning CCH Tagetik solution provides an intuitive interface, built-in financial intelligence and automated workflows that go beyond traditional CPM solutions to empower finance teams, across industries, to:

• Complete everyday financial processes, faster, so teams can focus on strategic goals
• Address major financial regulations and simplify compliance processes
• Improve productivity and reduce financial close cycle time
• Make faster and better-informed financial decisions

Glen Wedel, Associate Partner, Business Consulting, EY Canada, said:

“Together with the Wolters Kluwer CCH Tagetik solution, EY Canada can bring more speed, agility and efficiency to our clients’ planning and reporting transformations. Through the integration of financial, strategic, and operational data, we will help our clients enable on-demand forecasting, agile scenario planning and truly integrated business planning.”

Ralf Gärtner, Senior Vice President & General Manager, Corporate Performance Management Solutions at Wolters Kluwer, said:

“The expansion of this strategic alliance enables us to combine the comprehensive CCH Tagetik platform with EY’s deep financial function expertise to support EY in its commitment to building a better working world by helping businesses drive growth, efficiency, and productivity. The continued maturation of our alliance with EY underscores the Wolters Kluwer commitment to advancing our clients’ global goals with our extensive portfolio of solutions and services.”

About Wolters Kluwer

Wolters Kluwer (WKL) is a global leader in professional information, software solutions, and services for the healthcare; tax and accounting; governance, risk and compliance; and legal and regulatory sectors. We help our customers make critical decisions every day by providing expert solutions that combine deep domain knowledge with advanced technology and services.

Wolters Kluwer reported 2020 annual revenues of €4.6 billion. The group serves customers in over 180 countries, maintains operations in over 40 countries, and employs approximately 19,200 people worldwide. The company is headquartered in Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands.

Wolters Kluwer shares are listed on Euronext Amsterdam (WKL) and are included in the AEX and Euronext 100 indices. Wolters Kluwer has a sponsored Level 1 American Depositary Receipt (ADR) program. The ADRs are traded on the over-the-counter market in the U.S. (WTKWY).

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About EY

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