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Cross-Functional

Cross-Functional terminology defined for finance and technology leaders across Egypt and the GCC.

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Cross-Functional What Is Disaster Recovery (Finance Systems)? Disaster recovery (finance systems) is the architecture and tested plan for restoring ERP, EPM and related finance applications and data after outages,… Technical Cross-Functional What Is Discounted Cash Flow (DCF)? Discounted cash flow (DCF) valuation estimates the value of a business or asset by projecting future free cash flows, discounting them at… Business Cross-Functional What Is Dividend Policy? Dividend policy is a company's approach to distributing profits to shareholders, covering payout ratio, timing, form and stability of dividends and the… Business Cross-Functional What Is Due Diligence? Due diligence is the structured investigation of a business before an acquisition, investment or major transaction, verifying financial information, quality of earnings,… Business Cross-Functional What Is Earnings Per Share (EPS)? Earnings per share (EPS) is profit attributable to ordinary shareholders divided by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding, with diluted… Business Cross-Functional What Is ERP Implementation Architecture? ERP implementation architecture is the technical blueprint for deploying an ERP, covering environments, enterprise structures, data migration, integrations, security, customisation policy and… Technical Cross-Functional What Is ETL vs ELT in Finance? ETL vs ELT in finance compares two integration patterns for financial data: ETL transforms data before loading it into the target, while… Technical Cross-Functional What Is a Finance Technology Roadmap? A finance technology roadmap is the multi-year plan that sequences finance technology investments from the current system landscape to a target architecture,… Technical Cross-Functional What Is a Financial Data Model? A financial data model is the structured definition of financial entities, attributes, hierarchies, relationships and business rules, such as accounts, entities, periods,… Technical Cross-Functional What Is Financial Modelling? Financial modelling is the construction of a structured, formula-driven representation of a business's operations and finances, linking drivers to income statement, balance… Business Cross-Functional What Is Foreign Exchange Risk? Foreign exchange risk is the potential for currency movements to affect a company's results and value, through transaction risk on foreign currency… Business Cross-Functional What Is Goodwill? Goodwill is the intangible asset recognised in a business combination when the consideration transferred exceeds the fair value of identifiable net assets… Business Cross-Functional What Is Hedging? Hedging is the use of financial instruments such as forwards, options, swaps or commodity contracts, or natural offsets, to reduce the impact… Business Cross-Functional What Is Impairment? Impairment is the reduction of an asset's carrying amount to its recoverable amount, the higher of fair value less costs of disposal… Business Cross-Functional What Is the Interest Coverage Ratio? The interest coverage ratio, or times interest earned, divides EBIT by interest expense to show how many times operating earnings cover interest… Business

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