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Automating the Last Mile of Financial Reporting. Financial statement production solutions and the impact on the quality, efficiency and internal control of the financial reporting process. June 16, 2011 www.pwc.com
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PwC Traditional Reporting Processes Company reporting processes have traditionally been highly manual, particularly in the assembly and review steps including: Manual spreadsheet aggregation Manual report assembly Manual queries of sub ledgers Distributed document review Manual validation, tie-outs and consistency checks Centralized and manual workflows 2
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PwC Current Manual Assembly/Review Processes ERP Consolidation Supplemental Data 10-Q in Word ERP 10-Q in HTML10-Q in XBRL Outsourced and Bolt-on approaches 1.Linear Document Review 2.Distributed Document Review 3.Manual Assembly via two processes 4.Manual Spreadsheet Aggregation 5.Manual Queries of sub-ledgers Review and Check Review and Check 4 12 3 5 ← Largely unaffected | Affected → 3 Edgar
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PwC Built-in Enables Enhanced Processes Applying standards earlier enables streamlined processes ERP Consolidation Supplemental Data ERP Edgar 1.Contextual Review 2.Collaborative Review 3.Automated Assembly via a single process 4.Automated Aggregation 5.Automated Queries of sub-ledgers 4 5 Report Writer 10-Q in XBRL, Word, PDF 3 12 25% to 50%+ cost/time enhancements 4
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PwC Factors Impacting Adoption Adoption of Automated Financial Reporting Solutions Technology Maturity XBRL 5
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PwC Companies Using Built-In Solution 6
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PwC Built-in Impact on Reporting Processes Before Manual spreadsheet aggregation Manual report assembly Manual queries of sub ledgers Email/Word doc review Manual validation, tie-outs and consistency checks Centralized and manual workflows Manual and implicit relationships with policy and reference materials 7 After Automated spreadsheet population Automated report assembly Direct access to sub ledgers Collaborative workflow review Automated validation, tie-outs and consistency checks Decentralized and manual workflows Automated and explicit relationships with policy and reference materials
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PwC XBRL: Bolt-On vs. Built-In 8 Bolt-On Built-In Close the books Word Document HTML Document XBRL Document File Close the books Financial Statement Prep Software Auto-generation of HTML and XBRL File XBRL
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PwC Extending the Benefits Process benefits applicable to the accumulation of information, analysis and collaborative review. Rest of 10K and 10Q Press Release Board Packages Analysts Presentations / Fact Sheets Management Reporting Internal Accounting Memo’s Peer Group Benchmarking (numeric and narrative) And others 9
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PwC Realizing the Benefits Process Changes of migration to built-in approach Technology Training Process redesign Control redesign Access Workflow Audit trails Validation Rules Changes 10
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11 © 2011. All rights reserved. In this document, “PwC” refers to PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP which is a member firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited, each member firm of which is a separate legal entity.
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