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ORACLE HYPERION FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

Oracle Hyperion Financial Management is a financial consolidation

and reporting application built with advanced Web technology, but used and maintained by the finance team. It provides financial managers the ability to rapidly close and report financial results, meet global regulatory requirements, reduce the cost of compliance and deliver confidence in the numbers.
Meet Todays Stringent Reporting Regulations Many finance executives face the daunting task of consolidating their companys financial and operating results using spreadsheets that are difficult to maintain and audit. Some are encumbered with custom reporting solutions that dont scale or address global requirements, while others are dependent on general ledger-based approaches that cant pull data from numerous transactional systems without significant IT support. What is needed is a single version of the truthone view of financial and operational results integrated from multiple systemswithout delays. With Oracle Hyperion Financial Managementone of Oracles enterprise performance management applicationsyou can improve your closing and reporting process and reduce internal control risks. Financial managers move from the role of scorekeeper to one of business partnerdelivering financial analysis that supports strategic and operational management decisions. With purpose-built features, Oracle Hyperion Financial Management is the cornerstone of sustainable compliance frameworks and helps businesses comply with stringent reporting regulations. Unlike solutions that depend on particular transaction systems or all-in-one applications that focus unsuccessfully on many different business processes, Oracle Hyperion Financial Management provides enterprise-class functionality and depth in consolidation and reporting. In addition, the module is used and maintained by finance professionalsunlike data warehouse and other enterprise reporting solutions that usually require IT customization and support. Improve Close Cycle Times Oracle Hyperion Financial Management can reduce consolidation and reporting cycles by days or weeks. By minimizing the need to enter, check, and double-check actual results, the finance team can spend more time on forward-looking activities. Oracle Hyperion Financial Management is now integrated with the new Oracle Hyperion Financial Close Management application to take you to new levels of efficiency and automation.

analysis tools
Robust data integration

KEY BENEFITS
Reduce consolidation, close,

and reporting cycles by days or weeks and deliver timely results internally and externally
Cut compliance costs and

deliver a single version of the truth through the Web to improve internal and external transparency
Maintain a 10K/Q to general

ledger audit trail, providing confidence in the numbers

key performance and operational metrics easily

profitability and cash flow by company, product, brand, and customer segment
Realize new benefits quickly

with packaged financial intelligence functionality that integrates with existing IT investments
Add capabilities from a

comprehensive suite of enterprise performance management applications as needs and budgets dictate

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Reduce the Cost of Compliance Oracle Hyperion Financial Management delivers one version of the truth through the Web, thereby improving your internal and external transparency. Now, you can reduce and replace manual control procedures with automated and preventative controls that ultimately reduce your processing and auditing costs. Oracle Hyperion Financial Management is now integrated with the new Oracle Hyperion Disclosure Management application for streamlined creation of regulatory reports including embedded XBRL. Gain In-Depth Operational Insights Easily With Oracle Hyperion Financial Management you can combine financial and nonfinancial results for insight into performance metrics. You can locate new profitability sources at company, product, brand, and customer levels. Reduce Control Risk with Complete Audit Trails and Other Controls Oracle Hyperion Financial Management reduces control risk with complete audit trails, workflows, internal review and certifications, controls, and validations so you can be confident in your numbers. Intercompany balances are matched and eliminated, foreign currency is properly calculated in accordance with GAAP, cash flow statements are automatically produced, and minority interests are properly accounted for. Also, with expanded text handling and document attachment capabilities, Oracle Hyperion Financial Management acts as an electronic binder for all your financial-close related documents. Intercompany Transaction Matching Module Oracle Hyperion Financial Management includes a purpose built intercompany transaction matching module. The module provides an efficient way to identify, reconcile and report on intercompany account differences at a transaction, or invoice level. You can capture, match, and resolve intercompany differences across currencies. End users can enter comments and reason codes to help in the resolution process. Identify and Report on New Sources of Profitability and Cash Flow The Smart Dimensions feature lets you identify and report on new sources of profitability and cash flow at all levelscorporate, cost center, product, brand, customer, and channel. Perform Versatile Scenario Management Oracle Hyperion Financial Management offers you flexible what-if scenario management so you can dynamically consolidate and report on all financial budgets, forecasts, and plans. Then, as assumptions and facts change, you can easily and quickly produce new statements and views of results. Powerful, Easy-to-Use Reporting and Analysis Tools Oracle Hyperion Financial Management includes a powerful production report

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writerOracle Hyperion Financial Reportingand a graphical dashboard tool Oracles Hyperion Web Analysis. Also included is Oracle Hyperion Smart View for Officea Microsoft Office interface. All these components are designed for use by the finance team as well as self-service access by line management. No IT management or programming expertise is needed. Features include the ability to embed information as Microsoft Smart Tags for seamless integration with the Microsoft Office tools.

The Oracle Hyperion Financial Management process control panel provides consolidation status at a glance as well as the ability to drill down on red flags such as unposted journals.

Financial Consolidation and Reporting Features Oracle Hyperion Financial Management provides intercompany eliminations, multicurrency translations, and minority interest calculations, delivering them quickly and cost-effectively out of the box. It also incorporates U.S.-GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles), IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards), and local statutory requirements to ensure report accuracy and compliance. Web-Based Architecture Gives Anywhere, Anytime Access The Web-based architecture of Oracle Hyperion Financial Management lets users input, consolidate, and access global financial information quickly, easily, and securely from any location using a standard browser. Relational data storage ensures that mission-critical data is available to users anywhere at any time. Deploy Easily and Integrates with Existing Investments The packaged functionality of Oracle Hyperion Financial Management reduces customization requirements so you can deploy it easily and benefit quickly. Designed to consolidate information from multiple, disparate sources, Oracle Hyperion Financial Management works with existing Oracle and non-Oracle

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RELATED PRODUCTS ORACLES PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS Oracles performance management applications comprise a modular suite of integrated applications that support a broad range of strategic and financial performance management processes to enable management excellence. Part of Oracles enterprise performance management system, these applications can be quickly deployed out of the box, extended with Oracles business intelligence product family, or tailored to meet your organization's specific needs.

transaction systems, data warehouses, and other sources. Implementing the module does not require changes to underlying transaction systems, so you can save further on integration costs and efforts. Oracle Hyperion Financial Management also includes Oracle Data Integrator as part of the package. This key component of Oracle Fusion Middleware provides a strong and reliable integration platform for your IT infrastructure. Alternatively, the powerful Oracle Hyperion Financial Data Quality Management is a popular option for an end-user focused integration process. By eliminating technical complexity through simple but powerful user interfaces, the Oracle Hyperion Financial Data Quality Management application shifts data management responsibility from the IT department to the finance team. This means the design, configuration, and maintenance of mapping rules and validations fall squarely within the domain of finance. This is a key factor in realizing successful financial management because the complexity of data relationships requires deep accounting and finance expertise during the financial close process. In the meantime, the IT department is relieved of supporting intricate interfaces more easily maintained by the finance community. Industry-standard tools and open application-programming interfaces can customize and extend the applications functionality. And in addition, its easier than ever to share data between Oracle Hyperion Financial Management and Oracle Essbase or data warehouses, by using the new Oracle Essbase Analytics Link for Hyperion Financial Management. Two Thousand Customers Agree As a market-leading application adopted by over 2,000 organizations, Oracle Hyperion Financial Management is used today by some of the worlds largest and most complex corporations. Each month, each quarter, and every year, customers rely on Oracle Hyperion Financial Management for high quality consolidation and reporting that passes audits and reduces their costs of compliance. Contact Us For more information about how your organization can leverage the power of Oracle Hyperion Financial Management, please visit oracle.com or call +1.800.ORACLE1 to speak to an Oracle representative.

RELATED PRODUCTS: Oracles performance management applications include the following products: Strategy Management Solutions Financial Close and Reporting Solutions Oracle Hyperion Financial Close Management Oracle Hyperion Disclosure Management Oracle Hyperion Financial Data Quality Management Oracle Hyperion Analytics Link for Oracle Hyperion Financial Management Oracle Hyperion Financial Reporting Hyperion Enterprise Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting Solutions Profitability and Cost Management Solutions Enterprise Dimension Management Solutions

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