As an end-to-end F&A process that includes both transaction-intensive (rules based) activities and judgment-intensive (cognitive) activities, Record-to-Report (R2R) represents a significant part of your business operations. Typically, it accounts for one third of the overall F&A function cost. Nearly 60% of R2R costs are comprised of transaction-intensive processes, which make outsourcing R2R a very attractive option, especially around reconciliations, journal entries, closing, consolidations and reporting.
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R2R Outsourcing – An End-to-End Solution
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For Finance and Accounting leaders, CEOs and Presidents and other industry executives and experts – the following links are opportunities to stay current on and engage in F&A industry discussions on trends, best-practices and emerging service and delivery models. The 
In the first post of this series, I talked about how
In its February 2013 Market Report entitled Procure-to-Pay (P2P) Outsourcing – Unlocking Value from End-to-End Process Outsourcing, Everest Group makes it clear that P2P outsourcing is on the rise – and with good reason. Growing numbers of organizations in a range of industries are taking advantage of the end-to-end process that converges the F&A and procurement functions. 
For Finance and Accounting leaders, CEOs and Presidents and other industry executives and experts – the following links are opportunities to stay current on and engage in F&A industry discussions on trends, best-practices and emerging service and delivery models. The 
In today’s global marketplace, B2B ecommerce transactions are fraught with complexity. B2B operations face specific challenges and priorities that are fundamentally different from a B2C environment. It stands to reason that B2B ecommerce operations require different payment options, reporting structures, expertise and organizational models to be successful.
B2C ecommerce is ubiquitous. From everyday items like books and music to dream vacations and high-end appliances – you name it, it’s all available for sale online. In 2012, global B2C ecommerce grew 21% to over $1 trillion for the first time, 
Everest Group recently released its Finance and Accounting Outsourcing (FAO) – Annual Report 2013: Increasing Market Maturity Driving Cost+ Value Proposition. Overall, the report points to positive gains in the market, which showed stable 10% growth in 2012, reaching US$4.3 billion.