1. Real-Time General Ledger and Project Inquiry
Inquiry Suite for Oracle e-Business
Presented by: Phil Walton and Danny Nguyen
The GL Company

2. Look Familiar?

3. ? Why Is Month End Always Like That? Challenges for Accountants:
Competing agendas accuracy ‘v’ timeliness
Limited Financial Transparency
Difficulty in reconciling accounts
A myriad of post month end reporting tools
Challenges for IT:
Accountants always wanting new reports
Allocating scarce system resources
Financial Reporting structural changes
A myriad of reporting tools & BI solutions ?

4. So What’s Missing?
A fast, flexible, functional application that is not Excel driven
Used by accountants to validate financial information
That can also produce financial reports & replace FSG’s
Where there’s no need to pester the IT department
Which has minimal impact on ERP system resources

5. Inquiry Suite for EBS
Really Real Time (LIVE) information, no data staging
Post a journal, see the consolidated results immediately
Pre-configured templates for individual ERP’s
Reports & ad-hoc Inquiries are built by Accountants
Top down exception analysis – drill to details for reconciliation
FAST – streamlining month end processes & timescales
Provides a foundation module for managing report access & distribution
Reduces the pressure on the IT department
Sarbanes Oxley compliant – not excel based

6. The GL Company
Inquiry Suite is the leader in Accounting Intelligence Market
The GL Company has close to 300 customers worldwide
Offices in USA, UK and Australia
Oracle Certified Partner

7. Inquiry Suite - Demonstration
1. DATA VALIDATION & RECONCILIATION
2. PROJECT ANALYSIS
3. FINANCIAL REPORTING & DRILL DOWN