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Finance Leaders, Solve Your Most Pressing Problem by...

If you’re a finance leader at a large enterprise, there are a few basic goals you’re trying to achieve...

• Knowing your financials
• Knowing your balance sheet
• Improving decision making

As a finance leader, you already know this. Your organization has already implemented an enterprise EPM solution (specifically, Oracle Hyperion or EPM Cloud) to execute your monthly processes faster and improve the quality of work. Though the intentions of this system are great, you’re still not where you need to be. There are slow downs, timely tasks, and IT just doesn’t have the bandwidth to get to your issues fast enough.

PBCS & EPBCS Tutorial: Using Functions in Smart View

FCCS Updates (January 2019): Proposed Changes to Application-level Access Control, Renaming Close Manager Feature Set & More

The first updates of 2019 are here for Oracle's Financial Consolidation and Close Cloud Service (FCCS). Though there aren't any new features in this update, there are many new considerations for using the tool as well as come upcoming changes you should be aware of.

The monthly update for FCCS will occur on Friday, January 18 during your normal daily maintenance window.

The Top 10 EPM Downloads of 2018

This year was all about thinking strategically — what is going to help your team, your business, and your career more forward? We created a lot of content to help get you in a strategic mindset, and this blog post will help you continue that outlook into the new year.

These are the top 10 downloads of 2018...

PBCS & EPBCS Updates (December 2018): Advanced Data Maps in Strategic Modeling, Creating Custom Depreciation and Amortization Methods in EPBCS & More

The December updates for Oracle's Planning & Budgeting Cloud Service (PBCS) and Enterprise Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service (EPBCS) are here! This blog post outlines several new features, including advanced Data Maps in Strategic Modeling, creating custom depreciation and amortization methods in EPBCS, and more.

The monthly update for PBCS and EPBCS will occur on Friday, December 21 during your normal daily maintenance window.

ARCS Updates (December 2018): Integration Improvements Between Reconciliation Compliance and Transaction Matching, Considerations & More

The December updates for Oracle's Account Reconciliation Cloud Service (ARCS) have arrived. In this blog post, we’ll outline new features in ARCS, including integration improvements between Reconciliation Compliance and Transaction Matching, and more.

We’ll let you know any time there are updates to ARCS or any other Oracle EPM cloud products. Check the US-Analytics Oracle EPM & BI Blog every month.

The monthly update for Oracle ARCS will occur on Friday, December 21 during your normal daily maintenance window.

FCCS Updates (December 2018): Consolidation Report Enhancements, Smart View for Dashboards & More

The December updates for Oracle's Financial Consolidation and Close Cloud Service (FCCS) have arrived. This blog post outlines new features, including data management dimension and attribute column enhancements, consolidation report enhancements, Smart View for dashboards, and more.

The monthly update for FCCS will occur on Friday, December 21 during your normal daily maintenance window.

4 Factors CFOs Should Consider for a Successful EPM Implementation

In 2018, the CFO role has changed tremendously. A recent study found that traditional skills like compliance and controllership account for less than 10 percent skills critical to success. Today, skills like general management and strategy are most important to a CFO’s success.

CFO’s must be more creative in how they formulate their strategy and measure success. Other factors important to the finance team, like efficiency and performance, will fall into place once a successful strategy is put into place.

PBCS & EPBCS Updates (November 2018): Custom Function in Calculation Manager, New Version of Smart View for Office & More

The November updates for Oracle's Planning & Budgeting Cloud Service (PBCS) and Enterprise Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service (EPBCS) are here! This blog post outlines several new features, including custom function in calculation manager, and the new version of Smart View for Office.

The monthly update for PBCS and EPBCS will occur on Friday, November 16 during your normal daily maintenance window.

FCCS Updates (November 2018): Running Intercompany Reports, Improved Search for Forms, Dashboards, Infolets & More

The November updates for Oracle's Financial Consolidation and Close Cloud Service (FCCS) are here! This blog post outlines new features, including running intercompany reports, as well as improved search for forms, dashboards, and infolets.

The monthly update for FCCS will occur on Friday, November 16 during your normal daily maintenance window.