Analytics Across the Enterprise: How IBM Realizes Business Value from Big Data and Analytics

4. Anticipating the Financial Future

“Our success is going to depend at the end of the day on how we continuously transform and change our skills. Only then, when we transform our skills and expertise from basic gathering and reporting data to really providing predictive analytics and business insight, can we deliver on our trusted business advisor role.”

—James Kavanaugh, Vice President and Controller, IBM Corporation

Perspective: Big Data and Analytics Increase Value of Finance Team

Historically, finance organizations have been expected to report business performance in an accurate, structured, timely way, from quarterly earnings to annual reports. Now forecasting is becoming a more important part of the finance “DNA,” and analytics skills ...