About this series

This is a five-part benchmarking series designed for CFOs of large, multinational organizations who are assessing steps to simplify finance operations in the wake of recent compliance activities and regulatory changes.

As a participant, you can choose to complete all five sequential questionnaires to gain a complete assessment of the finance function, or complete only the phases that are relevant to your current needs. For each phase, you will receive a custom benchmark report that compares your company's performance to the benchmark group.

See our fact sheet to gain a view of all five sequential phases. (pdf, 56 KB)

Who should participate

Specifically, the program is designed for large or mid-sized companies, with CFOs who:

• Run complex finance functions
• Are actively seeking to harmonize and integrate systems, processes, and people
• Strive to create strategic value beyond funding the enterprise and reporting unimpeachable financial results
• Want to know how they rank against other top multi-national peers

How it works

A benchmarking questionnaire has been prepared for each phase in the series.  The questionnaires ask standard questions about finance operations. To participate, you will:

1. Register below. You must register online to complete a benchmarking questionnaire. Registration instructions are included below with each questionnaire. 
   
   
2. Complete a benchmarking questionnaire. Each questionnaire may take 4-6 total hours to complete.  In some cases, you may need to gather data from multiple sources in order to complete the questionnaire. 
   
   
3. Submit your questionnaire for review. Once you have completed the questionnaire, you can submit your data to be included in the benchmark group.  PricewaterhouseCoopers may contact you to verify the data you have submitted.
   
   
4. Receive a custom benchmark report. You must submit a questionnaire to receive a report. The report charts the performance of your company relative to the benchmark group.

Start benchmarking

The tables below describe each phase of the series, what each phase measures, how to participate in each phase, and what you receive.

Phase IV	Purchase-to-pay , Hire-to-retire , and Systems and tools
What this phase measures	This phase examines 98 performances measures related to the finance aspects of the Purchase-to-pay, Hire-to-retire and systems and tools processes, including: Purchasing Accounts payable Travel and entertainment accounting Payroll Benefits administration
Registration	Registration provides you with a user name and password to conduct online benchmarking.  If you have already registered for any phase in this series, you do not need to register again. Register now and begin the phase IV benchmarking questionnaire.
Sample output and profile	For participating, you receive a custom benchmark report comparing your company 's performance to the benchmark group. PwC finance effectiveness benchmarking report phase IV (pdf, 393 KB)
Participation deadline	Global Best Practices is continuing to accept responses for Phase IV.
Receive your results from PwC	Results will be delivered as soon as we have acquired sufficient quality data for the benchmark group.

Learn more about the first three phases.

Phase I: Overall finance function

Phase II: Performance management

Phase III: Order-to-Cash

Contacts

Direct all inquiries to PricewaterhouseCooper's Global Best Practices research team:

Helpline
Toll free U.S. +1 800 223 0535
International +1 813 351 6469
e-mail: help@globalbestpractices.com