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EPM & Hyperion What Is Intercompany Elimination? Intercompany elimination in Oracle EPM is the automated removal of transactions and balances between group entities, such as intercompany sales, loans, interest,… Business Cross-Functional What Is an Intercompany Transaction? An intercompany transaction is a transaction between two entities in the same corporate group, such as sales of goods, management fees, shared… Business Cross-Functional What Is Internal Controls? Internal controls are the policies, procedures, system configurations and oversight activities an enterprise uses to ensure reliable financial reporting, safeguard assets, prevent… Business Consultancy What Is Issue and Risk Escalation? Issue and risk escalation is the defined process for raising problems and threats that exceed a programme team's authority to the right… Business EPM & Hyperion What Is a Journal Adjustment? A journal adjustment in Oracle EPM is a manual entry posted in the EPM application, such as FCCS, to adjust consolidated or… Business Cross-Functional What Is a Journal Entry? A journal entry is the basic record of double-entry accounting that debits and credits one or more accounts by equal amounts to… Business Consultancy What Is Knowledge Transfer? Knowledge transfer is the structured process of moving system, process, configuration and integration knowledge from an implementation team into the client's permanent… Business Consultancy What Is Lessons Learned? Lessons learned is the structured capture, analysis and reuse of what worked and what did not during a programme, turning project experience… Business EPM & Hyperion What Is Long-Range Planning? Long-range planning in Oracle EPM is multi-year financial projection, typically three to ten years, that links strategic initiatives and high-level drivers to… Business Business Intelligence What Is Looker? Looker is Google Cloud's enterprise BI platform built around LookML, a version-controlled, code-based semantic modelling language that defines metrics and business logic… Business Cross-Functional What Is Management Accounts? Management accounts are periodic internal financial reports, usually monthly, prepared for executives, boards and business unit heads, combining the profit and loss… Business Business Intelligence What Is Master Data Management (MDM)? Master data management (MDM) is the discipline and supporting technology for creating and maintaining one governed, authoritative version of core business entities… Business EPM & Hyperion What Is Migration from Hyperion to Oracle Cloud EPM? Migration from Hyperion to Oracle Cloud EPM is the move of planning, consolidation and reporting from on-premises Hyperion applications such as Planning… Business Cross-Functional What Is Minority Interest? Minority interest, called non-controlling interest (NCI) under IFRS, is the share of a consolidated subsidiary's equity and profit that belongs to shareholders… Business Cross-Functional What Is Month-End Close? Month-end close is the recurring process of finalising an enterprise's accounting records for each calendar or fiscal month, covering cut-off, accruals, account… Business

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