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Oracle Financial Analytics is a module within Oracle Business Intelligence Applications that provides deep insights into all aspects of financial management for companies. It includes 6 dashboards, 36 dashboard pages, 255 reports, and 488 metrics covering key areas like general ledger, payables, receivables, projects, and profitability. The tool integrates with common ERP systems and provides financial insights in an easy to understand format for users like CFOs, controllers, and accounting managers to analyze financial performance and make strategic decisions.

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Oracle Financial Analytics is a module within Oracle Business Intelligence Applications that provides deep insights into all aspects of financial management for companies. It includes 6 dashboards, 36 dashboard pages, 255 reports, and 488 metrics covering key areas like general ledger, payables, receivables, projects, and profitability. The tool integrates with common ERP systems and provides financial insights in an easy to understand format for users like CFOs, controllers, and accounting managers to analyze financial performance and make strategic decisions.

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Oracle Financial Analytics Overview

JANUARY 3, 2013 2 COMMENTS

What is Oracle Financial Analytics?


Oracle Financial Analytics is a module of Oracle Business Intelligence Applications, and falls into the grouping of ERP
analytics modules. Other Analytics modules under the ERP umbrella include Human Resources, Procurement &
Spend, Supply Chain & Order Management, Projects, Asset Management, and Manufacturing. And Analytics modules
under the CRM umbrella include Sales, Marketing, Loyalty, Service, Contact Center, and Price.
Oracle Financial Analytics provides companies with deep insight into all aspects of financial control and
management. It provides a multitude of summary and detail views, and many metrics, of information relating to
revenues, expenses, assets, liabilities and shareholder equity. A full spectrum of reports and metrics covers GL, AR,
AP, and more, providing key information required to determine the financial state of the company and what
actions/decisions may be required.
Why use Oracle Financial Analytics?
In additon to the above benefits, Financial Analytics integrates with Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS), Peoplesoft, JD
Edwards, and SAP, which allows companies to implement the technology, filled with years of research and best
practices, quickly and with a LOT less risk.
What is Oracle Financial Analytics comprised of?
By listing some of the content of the BI module, without going into too much detail, you will be able to get a sense for
the type of information and see the vast amount of content included.

6 Dashboards

General Ledger: provides information about the key areas of required for financial management including balance
sheet, cash flow, liquidity, expenses, working capital and liquidity.
Payables: provides information about how effectively and efficiently the company is meeting its payment obligations.
Receivables: provides information about effectively and efficiently the company is collecting payment from sales.
Projects: provides financial information about projects.
Profitability: provides imformation for the key areas for profitability including margins by customer and product, profit
and loss statements, revenues, and the various Return-On metrics such as ROA, ROI, ROE.
US Federal Financial Performance: provides information about budgets and payments

36 dashboard pages broken out by dashboard below:

General Ledger: Overview, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow, Budget vs Actual, Asset Usage, Liquidity, Financial Structure,
GL Balance, Trial Balance
Payables: Overview, AP Balance, Payments Due, Effectiveness, Payment Performance, Supplier Report, Invoice
Details, All AP Transactions
Receivables: Overview, AR Balance, Payments Due, Effectiveness, Payment Performance, Customer Report,
Invoice Details, All AR Transactions
Projects: Project Invoices
Profitability: Overview, P&L, Margins, Revenue, Products, Customers

US Federal Financial Performance: Budget Summary, Budget Details, Budget Spending, Payables

255 Reports A small sampling of the reports include:

Cash Flow Summary


Monthly & Quarterly Cash Flow
Net Working Capital Summary
Operating Cycle and Cash Cycle
Monthly & Quarterly Balance Sheet
Budget vs Actual Current & YTD Operating Expenses
Top 10 Categories by Expense Variance -and- Top 10 Cost Centers by Expense Variance
Payables Turnover -and- Receivables Turnover
Cash Ratio
Days Cash in Hand
Quick Ratio -and- Current Ratio
Debt Coverage
Debt to Asset -and- Debt to Equity
GL Account Balance -and- Trial Balance

488 Metrics A small sampling of the metrics include:

Receivables
AR Balance: DSO Closing Group Amt Credit Limit Used % Total AR Overdue Amt
AR Aging: AR Aging 1-30 Amt AR Due 1-30 Amt AR Overdue 1-30 Amt
Payment Performance: AR Payment Days AR Weighted Days Times Paid Before Due
AR Transactions: AR Avg Invoice Amt AR Credit Memo Amt
Payables
AP Balance: DPO Closing Group Amt Total AP Overdue Amt Overdue Amt to Total %
AP Aging: AP Aging 1-30 Amt AP Due 1-30 Amt AP Overdue 1-30 Amt
Payment Performance: AP Payment Days AP Weighted Days Times Paid Before Due
AP Transactions: AP Avg Invoice Amt AP Avg Payment Amt
General Ledger
Balance Sheet: Cash Accounts Receivable Debt to Equity Ratio Current Ratio
Asset Turnover: AR Turnover AP Turnover Inventory Turnover Cash Cycle Fixed Assets Turnover
Cash Flow: Operating Cash Flow Investing Cash Flow Financing Cash Flow Net Cash Flow
Profitability
Profitability Returns: Return on Equity Return on Assets Return on Capital
Margins: Gross Margin % Operating Margin % EBT Margin % Net Income Margin %
Product Profitability: Revenue Product Gross Profit Product Operating Profit
Customer Profitability: Revenue Customer Gross Margin
Who will use and benefit from Financial Analytics?
CFOs, Controllers, Accounting Managers, Finance Analysts, Department Heads, Payables and Receivables
Managers, Payables & Receivables Analysts, Project Managers, Project Accountants, and much more.

Where can I find more information?


More information about Oracle Financial Analytics can be found here:
http://www.oracle.com/us/solutions/business-analytics/analytic-applications/business-role/financialanalytics/overview/index.html
And more information about Oracle Business Intelligence in general can be found here:
http://www.oracle.com/us/solutions/business-analytics/overview/index.html

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