Why IBM Business Analytics for financial performance and strategy management
Better business outcomes naturally lead to stronger financial performance. To achieve these outcomes, organizations need to develop and manage multiple, interconnected business strategies. The IBM Business Analytics software portfolio provides the actionable business insights that inform and guide such strategies, as well as technologies to support timely and accurate communication of financial results.
Key elements
- Performance reporting, customized and delivered interactively through scorecards and dashboards
- Planning, analysis and forecasting tools, including the use of "what-if" scenarios and other predictive analytics (PDF, 644KB) capabilities
- Profitability modeling and optimization techniques
- Efficient close, consolidation and reporting processes
- Effective governance, risk and compliance processes
- Integrated risk management
What we offer
IBM Cognos Financial Performance Management
Drive profit and growth, with IBM Cognos solutions, which can free the office of finance from the burden of spreadsheet-based processes with powerful capabilities to meet the complex needs of any finance organization.
IBM Cognos FSR
IBM Cognos FSR helps the Office of Finance improve the timeliness and quality of financial management processes and reporting. This solution facilitates audits, extends ERP transactional controls and improves financial risk management.
IBM OpenPages 6.0
IBM OpenPages, an IBM Company, the leading provider of integrated risk management, enables companies to derive insight from GRC information, enabling organizations to align risk and performance management objectives in order to achieve better business outcomes.
Innovation Center for Business Analytics
The Innovation Center for Business Analytics (US) brings together experts in finance, performance management, and technology to share their experience in enterprise planning (US), financial analytics (US), financial management (US), strategy management (US) and business intelligence (US).


