GIBS Big Data and analytics for finance
Big data and Analytics for Strategic Finance Function - adding value and mitigating risks
How can businesses and finance practitioners unlock opportunities in big data? How do you leverage on business intelligence for effective financial planning, cost and risk management as well as fraud prevention? What is the impact of predictive, prescriptive analytics on the finance function, operations, supply chain and your business' bottom line? Can analytics add value to the tax function? Attend this financial analytics conference dedicated to CFOs, FDs, finance professionals, analysts and business intelligence practitioners.
This conference is endorsed by Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA).
Agenda includes:
How big financial data is driving the smart beta investment philosophy
Analytics and transforming the finance function - moving from hindsight to insight and on to foresight
Strategic dialogue - Financial analytics as game changer
Fighting financial crime and fraud with data analytics
Fraud and risk analytics in insurance - building predictive models to enhance fraud prevention
Defining, implementing BICC and metrics for measurement of progress
Business analytic competencies, tools and techniques to unlock business intelligence and gain predictive insights
Enabling finance to leverage on business intelligence and predictive analytic tools to drive strategy across organisation
Supply chain analytics - reducing costs, improving inventory management and increasing profits
Data analytics - adding value to the tax function
Topics will be reconfirmed
Speakers confirmed thus far:
Suren Govender
MD
Accenture Analytics and Digital
Pieter Vorster
Head: Big Data and analytics
Barclays Africa
Mark Cleeve-Edwards
Executive: marketing
Barloworld Logistics
CIMA (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants)
Daryl Blakeway
Tax performance advisory leader
EY South Africa
Chris Muller
Faculty
GIBS
SBV Services
Hugo van Zyl
Chief operating officer
SAICB (South African Insurance Crime Bureau)
Elize Jensen
GTSS Data Services - head business intelligence
Standard Bank
Megan Pydigadu
Group chief financial officer
Mix Telematics
Darryl Thwaits
CIO
Tiger Brands
Morne Bosch-Serfontein
Executive head - Business Intelligence Competence Centre
Vodacom
Time: 08:25 - 16:05
Venue: GIBS campus, Johannesburg
More info:
26 Melville, Road, Illovo, Sandton