Enterprise and corporate performance management
Aligning strategy, execution and performance management across the business
Enterprise performance management (EPM) solutions, also referred to as corporate performance management (CPM), include platforms that leverage relevant financial and operational data to guide organizational planning, the financial close process, consolidation and analytics. Companies can implement powerful EPM tools incrementally to elevate any or all these key functions, enhancing decision-making, automating manual tasks and streamlining business cycles (e.g., annual budgeting, rolling forecasting and period-end close).
Modern EPM and CPM platforms replace fragmented spreadsheets and disconnected tools with a centralized, finance‑grade system of record. In addition to traditional financial planning, consolidation and close activities, they typically feature functions including:
- Sales performance management
- Supply chain planning
- Strategic workforce planning
- “Other” planning, resulting in integrated business models to align siloed teams
Together, these solutions provide several valuable benefits for organizations, including:
RSM’s experienced team delivers comprehensive EPM and CPM solutions to align your planning, forecasting, reporting, consolidation and close capabilities for better, more informed decision-making.
Elevate your EPM environment with RSM
RSM advisors combine deep knowledge across finance, operations and information technology to help align EPM and CPM technology with your strategic and operational goals. We provide end-to-end guidance, from strategy and design through implementation, adoption and ongoing optimization.
Our finance and performance management experience enables our team to understand how to leverage EPM technology to deliver solutions that address your complex issues, including:
Planning
- Annual, long-range and strategic budgeting
- Periodic or rolling (re)forecasting
- Integrated business planning across divisions, resulting in financial projections flowing between profit and loss (P&L), balance sheet and cash flow components
- Scenario modeling
Financial consolidation
- Multi-ERP data aggregation
- Intercompany eliminations
- Expense allocations
- Currency conversion
- GAAP, IFRS and statutory adjustments
Financial close
- Close calendars and period-end checklists
- Account reconciliation enhancements, complete with automated transaction matching and certification rules
- Workflow and reviewer/approval roles
Reporting and analysis
- Financial statement preparation
- Management reporting and dashboards
- AI-enabled insights, including natural language querying
- Generative content creation, e.g., narrative reporting, management discussion and analysis
EPM and CPM solutions
RSM designs and delivers EPM/CPM solutions that work in practice—not just in theory. Our team supports your organization across the full EPM/CPM lifecycle:
RSM delivers EPM implementations across planning, consolidation, close and reporting using proven methods tailored to your specific scope and priorities. Your implementation benefits from our proven methodologies, innovative technologies and broad-based business knowledge. Our comprehensive approach includes:
- Initiation and planning
- Business processes and system design
- Development
- Refining and testing
- Training and deployment
Frequently asked questions (FAQs)
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