This ebook will outline the challenges that CFOs and their finance departments face in delivering advanced data analytics, show how they can overcome those challenges, and explain the benefits of a unified approach to business intelligence. It will cover:

• Why finance shouldn’t rely on spreadsheets to overcome the modeling limits of business intelligence solutions
• How typical BI tools aren’t conceived to support financial and managerial reporting
• Strengths and weaknesses of the data visualization features of most BI applications
• How automated data normalization and data processing capabilities can help break down organizational silos
• The benefits of BI tools that connect seamlessly to financial planning and reporting functions
• Why CFOs should rely on algorithm-based predictions supported by machine learning