Report Outline:

The purpose of this report is to investigate attitudes towards the use of internal finance & accounting shared services. In particular, the objectives of the report are to identify:

• Key F&A shared services issues and initiatives, including issues in supporting the parent organization and fellow subsidiaries, and the level of cost savings sought
• Satisfaction with F&A shared service centers, including satisfaction by service type, and areas for improvement
• Planned extension to use of F&A shared service centers
• Contractual mechanisms used, including identification of plans to commercialize internal shared service operations
• Planned outsourcing or divestment of F&A shared services operations.