australian benchmark initiative
Finance benchmarks and better practice
Australian Benchmark Initiative (ABI)
The Australian Benchmark Initiative has been established to build a set of Finance benchmarks and facilitate the sharing of Finance better practice between Australian companies.
Publication of 2011 benchmark study!
After a fantastic response from some of Australia's leading companies, the results are now in for:
Purchase to Pay
Payroll
Receivables
The responses have provided interesting trends and insights into the way Australian companies are performing, and where their future strategies lie.
The publication of the 2011 benchmark studies will happen over lunch on Friday, 17 February 2012. To register, or to find out more, click here.
Purchasing benchmark studies
Benchmark studies will be provided at no cost to all organisations that participated in the study. For organisations that did not participate, but would like to have access to the results, they can purchase the studies of their choice if they click here.
ABI unConferences
"at an ABI unConference, no one talks at you, we talk with you"
An unConference is a participant driven meeting that replaces the traditional "death by PowerPoint" conference by providing facilitated, interactive sessions, in which the collective intelligence of the participants is harnessed to support rapid learning through shared experience.
ABI plans to hold a series of half day unConferences in 2012. To learn more about ABI unConferences click here.
Our sponsors
The Australian Benchmark Initiative is proudly sponsored by:
optim2 is a management consultancy focused solely on assessing and improving clients' Financial processes, operating models and structures. optim2 areas of expertise include:
> Finance assessment and transformation
> Finance process improvement and re-design
> Finance Shared Services
> Performance measurement of Finance
optim2 has built an enviable client list, with a large number of ASX listed, multinational and private enterprise references.
For further information contact us at 02 8071 4150 or at:
- The 2011 study has now closed, and the results are being compiled. We have had a great response and look forward to sharing on 17 February!
- The Australian Benchmark Initiative was successfully launched on Friday, 16 September. Registrations are now open!
- Australian Financial Review acknowledge the initiative: http://bit.ly/pjlteL
- 2011 benchmark study launch set for Friday, 16 September!