Baselining is a Must Before Embarking on a Finance and Accounting Outsourcing Program

Most companies never really measure the service levels of their internal finance and accounting function

. For example,

most companies will not know the turnaround time associated with their processes, simply because their enterprise

resource planning software is not capable of measuring the same. So when the CFOs of these companies consider

outsourcing the finance and accounting function, it becomes challenging for them to define what the service levels should

be. Defining what delight is' becomes difficult.

Companies could consider setting standards before outsourcing the finance and accounting function, and make it

imperative for the service provider to improve from this baseline to the defined standards. In other words, it would be

the beginning of walking down the path of further improved processes, compared to what the internal team was

delivering. To my mind, this will also lead to the business case for finance and accounting outsourcing to be achieved

faster.

The other is that companies should ask the providers to constantly benchmark their processes to the best in the

industry. Since the provider works for multiple clients across different industry segments, it should have industry

benchmark data, which the company can benchmark itself against. This will again help the finance directors internally

demonstrate benefits of finance and accounting outsourcing.

Baselining is a Must Before Embarking on a Finance and Accounting Outsourcing Program

By: WNS Global Services

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