Buyers guide.Business Financial Management Visa, the world's leading payment brand and largest payment system, offers trusted, reliable solutions to meet the commercial payment needs of businesses and government agencies. Visa solutions offer comprehensive transaction data and robust reporting tools to help businesses reduce overall costs and improve cash flow for better management of their payment processes. For more information, visit www.visa.com/commercial. Contact your Visa Commercial card issuer for more information. Business Performance Management (BPM (Business Process Management) A structured approach that models an enterprise's human and machine tasks and the interactions between them as processes. BPM software provides users with a dashboard interface that offers a high-level view of the operation that typically ) Longview Solutions Longview is a Canadian software company with products for performance management including planning, consolidation, forecasting, budgeting, reporting and tax provisioning. In September of 2006 Longview acquired UK based Runservicenet in an effort to move towards an SOA architecture. makes best-of-breed finance software that many of the world's most respected companies use to drive performance with speed, visibility, and financial integrity. Our technology platform supports the diverse needs of the CFO See Chief Financial Officer. with business processes including Management Reporting, Planning, Budgeting, Forecasting, Consolidation, Strategic Tax and Finance-related enterprise Learning, Compliance and Knowledge Management. Longview's technology platform is a single solution that provides one central repository for financial and non-financial data, enterprise-wide. It is easily managed from a single point of maintenance, regardless of the number of users or global geographic span of the user community. A tremendous depth of functionality is provided in a solution with outstanding performance and scalability. www.longview.com Susan Trouteaud | strouteaud@longview.com 610.325.3295 | 610.325.8851Fax Post-Retirement Benefits NEBCO is a leading national wholesale broker and third party administrator of group benefit solutions for organizations of all sizes and industries. Since its inception in 1991, NEBCO has established itself as a leader in the group retiree medical arena at a time when record numbers of Americans are reaching retirement age. Additionally, NEBCO offers pharmacy benefit management A Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) is a third party administrator of prescription drug programs. They are primarily responsible for processing and paying prescription drug claims. , affinity group A special interest group. This is a marketing term for a group of people with similar interests. programs and prescription drug prescription drug Prescription medication Pharmacology An FDA-approved drug which must, by federal law or regulation, be dispensed only pursuant to a prescription–eg, finished dose form and active ingredients subject to the provisos of the Federal Food, Drug, plans. NEBCO's seasoned professionals understand the complexities of group insurance, and leverage their experience to develop and market a full range of health and life insurance programs. NEBCO recognizes that knowledge alone isn't enough. Its professionals back their expertise with an ardent (Ardent Software, Inc., Westboro, MA) A database vendor formed in 1998 as the merger of VMARK Software, Unidata and O2 Technology. Its products included the UniVerse and UniData databases and DataStage data warehouse utility. advocacy for their clients. While their business is group benefits, their customers get individual attention. www.nebenefit.com Chris Gill | chris.gill@amwins.com 704.943.2006 | 704.943.9000 Fax Project and Interim Financial Professionals Robert Half Management Resources is the world's largest provider of senior-level accounting and finance professionals on a project and interim basis. We have the intellectual capital and experience to help you cost-effectively meet your project objectives. Our extensive network of skilled consultants has expertise in high-demand projects ranging from Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, tax initiatives, business process improvement and systems integration to crisis and transitional management and mergers/acquisitions. On an interim basis we can assist you with experienced CFOs, Controllers, Senior Financial Analysts, Internal Auditors Internal auditor An employee of a company who analyzes the company's accounting records to that the company is following and complying with all regulations. and more. We have local relationships as well as international resources that allow us to find precisely the right individual for your engagement. Our account executives are experienced former financial professionals with significant industry knowledge to ensure a complete understanding of your requirements. www.roberthalfmr.com Paul C. McDonald | Paul.mcdonald@rhmr.com 888.400.7474 Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance/Internal Audit Whether complying with regulatory guidelines guidelines, n.pl a set of standards, criteria, or specifications to be used or followed in the performance of certain tasks. such as Sarbanes-Oxley, selecting new systems, managing vendors or maintaining secure information technology, managing risk has become increasingly complex and the expectations of a company's governance and control environment have never been greater. Grant Thornton's Business Advisory Services advisory services advisory services provided to the public, in their capacity as owners and managers of animals, are an important part of veterinary science. They may be provided by government bureaux, by commercial companies who deal in pharmaceuticals or animals or animal professionals help clients strengthen and improve the effectiveness of their governance, risk management and information technology processes to improve their financial, operational and strategic performance. Founded in 1924, Grant Thornton LLP  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . is a leading global accounting, tax and business advisory firm serving the needs of public and private clients through 50 offices in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , and through 392 offices in 84 countries through Grant Thornton International. www.GrantThornton.com Greg Pitzer | Greg.Pitzer@gt.com 213.688.1757 | 213.624.3026Fax Paisley Paisley (pāz`lē), town (1991 pop. 84,330), Renfrewshire, W Scotland, on the White Cart Water, a stream. It has a thriving textile industry and is an extremely large producer of thread. Consulting is the leading business accountability software provider focused on integrated solutions for compliance, corporate assurance, internal auditing and risk management. The company's key products include Risk Navigator[TM], CARD[R]map, Focus Control Assurance Software[TM] and AutoAudit[R] automation software. Risk Navigator is a comprehensive risk management software solution. From Sarbanes-Oxley documentation and testing to assessing operational risks and controls, it puts everyone--auditors, risk management group, SOX (1) (Schema for Object-oriented XML) An XML schema developed by Veo Systems and Muzino Communications, which was submitted to the W3C. SOX is based on DTD, but adds data typing and reuse mechanisms. team and senior management--on the same page. Focus is designed specifically for Sections 404 and 302 compliance. It documents all risks and controls, identifies gaps, tracks action plans and provides for management certification. AutoAudit is the ultimate tool for managing the audit department as a paperless work environment. It automates key aspects of the audit process, including risk assessment, scheduling, work papers Noun 1. work papers - a legal document giving information required for employment of certain people in certain countries work permit, working papers and reporting. To find out why more than 30 percent of the Fortune[R] 100 companies use Paisley Consulting solutions to meet their business accountability needs, call 320.286.5870 or email sales@paisley.com. www.paisleyconsulting.com Sam Kaye | sam.kaye@paisleyconsulting.com 320.286.5870 | 320.286.6196Fax Stock Plan Compliance/Administration E*TRADE FINANCIAL Corporate Services Activities that combine or consolidate certain enterprise-wide needed support services, provided based on specialized knowledge, best practices, and technology to serve internal (and sometimes external) customers and business partners. provides comprehensive stock plan administration and compliance solutions to reduce risk. Our solutions support activities ranging from calculating the cost of employee stock compensation, to processing employee transactions, to reporting insider activity. Whether you outsource administration to our Certified See certification. Equity Professionals or manage your stock plan in-house with our software and services, we support all your regulatory, record keeping, and reporting needs. Over 2,500 companies--including half the S & P 500 and one-third of the Fortune 1,000--rely on us to manage stock options, stock purchase, restricted stock and other benefits for 1.3 million employees in more than 100 countries. www.corpservices.etrade.com salesinfo@etrade.com 800.783.3388 | 916.859.4658Fax For more information or to submit a company writeup in a future issue of the buyers guide, please contact Brenda Newkirk at 973.765.1054 or bnewkirk@fei.org |
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