Financial Analysis & Reporting
Stratum financial performance management capabilities helps both financial and operational executives better align strategy with operational performance by delivering financial insight that’s based on a “holistic” view of the business …
- Drives a consensus-based budgeting and planning process
- Fosters improved management of budgets and expenses
- Provides a truer picture of bottom-line profitability by factoring in customer- and product-specific costs
- Identifies areas for increasing profitability / eliminating high-cost, non-value-add activities
Download the Stratum Financial Analysis & Performance Management BrochureAP / AR Management
- AP Aging
- AP History
- AR Aging
- AR History
AP / AR Management
In addition to GL-related analyses, Stratum includes pre-built measures and reports for assessing performance related to your Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable.
- View AP aging and trends
- Analyze your AP payment history
- See trends related to AR aging
- Monitor your AR collections history
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If you're looking to gain more knowledge about the meaning of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), the value they can offer to your business, how to plan and collaborate around them and so much more, download our recently published guide to KPIs.
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