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Finance Shared Services to Global Business Services: A Journey Worth Taking? | Roundtable

Everest Group

EVENT Finance Shared Services to Global Business Services: A Journey Worth Taking? Roundtable Wednesday, March 1, 2023 The ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) report released in September 2022, Finance Shared Services to Global Business Services: A Journey Worth Taking?

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The Rise of Global Business Services: The Future of Shared Services

Zinnov

” – Peter Drucker In the 1980s, Shared Service Centers (SSCs) and third-party Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) significantly changed how American organizations managed essential functions by providing access to global talent. This evolving landscape prompts a re-evaluation of how services can be optimally delivered.

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The Golden Path: How Indian Finance COEs are Transforming Global Business Services 

Zinnov

The concept of Shared Services Companies (SSC) is not new; however, the rise in domain expertise combined with modern technologies have helped them evolve from mere transactional offices into strategic value centers. Setting up a Finance Center of Excellence (COE) might just be the solution to these burgeoning realities.

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Why 3 out of 5 Global Business Service Operations are Actively Outsourcing

NoonDalton

Business process outsourcing, or BPO, is a crucial subject for Global Business Services (GBS), but sadly, it runs the risk of being underappreciated. BPO service providers have risen up the value chain and into many different functions in the previous ten years, including finance, supply chain, HR, and IT.

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Moving from Shared Services to Global Business Services

AH Anderson Consulting

The concept of corporate Shared Services (SS) has been around a long time, with the private sector credited with starting this concept in the late 1980’s, and the public sector about a decade later. Personally, and not trying to date myself, I came across this business model at a former employer around 2005. So, what is GBS?

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Taking Global Business Services to the Next Level

AH Anderson Consulting

For those who have not read my previous post, “Moving from Shared Services to Global Business Services,” let me provide a quick summary. Shared Services (SS) is an operating model that has been around for decades. HR, IT, Finance, etc.) HR, IT, Finance, etc.)

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Five Actions GBS Organizations Must Take to Address the Global Business Services Trends and Challenges of 2022 | Blog

Everest Group

2021 was a milestone year for Global Business Services (GBS) with most enterprises reporting the model exceeded expectations for global business services solutions and delivery. GBS provided the needed strength and agility to seamlessly supply value without disruption from the pandemic.