Welcome to the Shared Services Exchange
Crash Course in Transforming your Accounts Payable!
Don’t miss the unique opportunity to see how Gannett, one of the largest media companies in the world transformed their accounts payable operations by building a shared service center and, in doing so, improved their operational efficiency.
Date and Time: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 at 2:00 PM EDT/11:00 AM PDT
Webinar leader: Matt Leigh, Project Leader, Gannett IT
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Excellent format for increased personal engagement with peers!
Ed Martinez, Executive Director, Financial and Employee Services
Bellsouth (AT&T Affiliate Services Group)
Very good exchange with top leaders of Shared
Services in companies across the US and Canada
Paul Wheeler, President Koch Business Solutions LP
The Shared Services Exchange is an exclusive event specifically developed for heads of shared services. This executive level event consists of thought provoking conference sessions, interactive Brain Weave™ discussions, exclusive networking opportunities, and strategic business consultations with leading service providers. Sessions at this elite gathering will facilitate discussion on best practices for managing people, processes and technology and devising strategies for delivering optimal value through shared services.
Who will be in attendance?
The Shared Services Exchange participants are the most senior level strategists, thought leaders and decision makers in the industry.
Delegates
The delegation for the Shared Services Exchange will be made up of senior executives from world class orgnaizations. With job titles such as:
- President/CEO/Executive Director
- Vice President/ Director Shared Services
- Controller
- Chief Accounting Officer
- VP Finance
- VP HR
- VP IT
Speakers
The speakers at the Shared Services Exchange have been invited because of their level of expertise and leadership within shared services centers. This elite group will help plant the seeds of discussion that will make this Exchange one of the most unique events you attend this year.
Our distinguished speaker faculty includes:
 Andrew S. Drexler
Vice President, Shared Services
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
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 Gregory Doyle
Chief of Shared Services
US Food and Drug Administration
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 Jase Vanover
Vice President, Finance Services Center
Lafarge North America
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 Jessica Golden
Senior Manager
Deloitte Consulting LLP
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 Andrew Simpson
Vice President Financial Shared Services
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co.
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 Angi Clinton
Vice President Enterprise Operations Services
Duke Energy
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 David Griebl
Vice President of Finance North
American Shared Services
Monster Worldwide Inc.
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Jim Fortner
Vice President, Infrastructure Services & Governance
Procter & Gamble Global Business Services
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 Kaushik Bhaumik
Global Practice Leader, Consulting & BPO
Cognizant Business Consulting
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Service Providers
The service providers at the Exchange are invited based on the requirements of attending delegates. They offer a mosiac of different solutions and services to help improve efficiencies and effectiveness within shared services centers.
Service providers at this Exchange specialize in the following areas:
- Accounts Payable
- Accounts Receivable
- Benefits Administration
- Billing and Collection
- Cash Management
- Commissions
- Compliance
- Contact Centers
- Corporate Communications
- Credit & Collections
- Document Management
- Employee Services
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- General Ledger
- Health & Safety
- Information Systems & Technology
- Payroll
- Procurement
- Real Estate
- Sourcing
- Supply Chain
- Travel & Expense Management
- Treasury
- Workflow Management
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Delegates will customize their agendas with a choice of the following sessions:
- Continuously Delivering Value and Positioning Shared Services as a Strategic Business Partner
- Successfully consolidating and incorporating multiple functions in Shared Service offerings
- Shared Services Governance Strategies for Compliance, Customer Service and Consistent, Cohesive Policies and Processes
- Building the Business Case for Investment in Shared Services: Employing Metrics that Will Convey Shared Services Contributions and Short Comings to Corporate Stakeholders
- Achieving continuous process improvement and cost efficiencies through BPO
- Leveraging Partnerships to Create Business Value
- Successfully developing a Global Strategy for your Shared Services Organization
- Increasing effectiveness and efficiency in your finance and accounting service delivery
- Creating a Culture of Continuous Improvement
- Creating Customer Value in A Non - Mandated Environment
- Measuring the True Value of Your Metrics: Do Your Metrics Measure Up?
- Balancing Cost, Customer Service and Change Management: Improving Customer Relations and Championing Change with Minimal Expenditure
- Evolving your Service Model to Your Evolving Business: Tailoring your Shared Services Strategy to Match Your Business Needs and Knowing when you Need a New Strategy
- Career Path of SS Employees: Attracting and Retaining Quality People in a Flat Organization
- Furthering Accounts Receivable Automation to Enhance Efficiency and Elicit Accountability
- Realizing Profits with Payment Solutions
JOIN THE SHARED SERVICES & OUTSOURCING NETWORK
SSON provides research, training, and networking for over 4,500 shared services executive members from over 50 countries around the world. Whether you need resources to write a report, facts to benchmark
performance against or simply want to meet some of your peers at the same stage of development we can support you.
Sign up today, pay only $149.99 USD and receive benefits that will help you to take your implementation to the next level.
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[ Next: Conference Sessions Sunday June 8, 2008 ]