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Who is AMVESCAP?
One of the largest independent investment management groups
Strives to deliver outstanding retail (mutual fund) and institutional products and services
$380+ billion in Assets Under Management
50+ offices worldwide
Growth through mergers and acquisitions
Entrepreneurial and autonomous culture
Who We Are / Were
Mark Clark► During implementations, was the Controller for our AIM
division in Houston
Greg Keith► Corporate-level IT project manager
Original Oracle Applications Environment
1997-98 – AIM first implements 10.7 SC (AP, GL, FA, CM, PO, Projects)
1999 – INVESCO US offices implement within the same instance and adds AR
2000 – AIM implements Inventory and Order Entry for Sales Literature Warehouse
2000 – AMVESCAP purchases Trimark and merges their existing 10.7 environment into our instance
Problems Faced
By 2002, AMVESCAP faced:
Looming Oracle de-support of 10.7
Finance groups outside of North America that were on 14 separate GL systems
Consolidation and reconciliation that was problematic given tight reporting timelines
Intercompany transactions that were difficult to process – manually intensive
The Solution
Sun32.exe.lnk
GLOBAL
LOCAL
After
GL
AP
AR
FixedAssets
Inter -Co
CashMgmt
Purchasing
Local technology decommissioned
GLOBAL
LOCAL
Before
iExp
Utilized Bearing Point for PM and 11i Expertise
Coordinated with AMVESCAP’s Houston-based application development and support team
No additional modules were implementedUtilized Bearing Point for PM and 11i Expertise
Pulled regional Finance staff full-time onto the project team (5 people from UK and Dublin)
Implemented base modules from the North American implementation plus iExpenses module
Dual Projects
North America
Global
Project Progressions
Initiation CoA Design
North American Upgrade
Dublin Pilot UK Rollout
Continental Europe
Asia Pacific
Locations North America
► Houston► Atlanta► Toronto► Denver► Louisville► New York► Boston► Dallas
Global► London► Henley-on-Thames► Dublin► Hong Kong► Frankfurt► Brussels► Melbourne► Paris► Tokyo► Milan► Teipei► Singapore
Chart of Accounts Design
For AMVESCAP, the key to a successful implementation was the design of a single Chart of Accounts structure.
We needed a structure that was:► As simple as possible► Flexible► Supportive of a variety of Statutory and Management
reporting requirements► Providing a framework for future reporting needs
AMVESCAP Chart of Accounts
EntityEntity Dept/CCDept/CC NaturalAccountNaturalAccount
SubAccount
SubAccount
Inter-company
Inter-company
44 66 44 55 44
Fund/ProductFund/
Product
66
ChannelChannel
44
MiscMisc
66
AMVESCAPAMVESCAP AMVESCAP(Ranges)
AMVESCAP(Ranges) AMVESCAPAMVESCAP LocalLocal AMVESCAPAMVESCAP LocalLocal AMVESCAP
(Ranges)AMVESCAP
(Ranges) LocalLocal
Ownership
YesYes NoNo YesYes NoNo Yes,For I’co Tx
Yes,For I’co Tx NoNo NoNo NoNo
Required
Expected and Realized Benefits
Enabled financial reporting from Oracle rather than another reporting tool
Enabled implementation of the Global Intercompany System to clear intercompany transactions
Enabled an efficient Shared Services environment – Accounts Payable, Payroll, etc.
Enabled relationship reporting across business units – vendors, customers, etc.
Single CoA structure reduced required IT maintenance
Unanticipated Benefits
Consolidation of business locations was accomplished much easier
Served as the common reference tool for implementation of Sarbanes 404 under COSO approach
IT Shared Services Environment Application Development and Support
► 1 Manager plus 6 Developers, including 4 with 5+ years of Oracle Financials experience
Dedicated Database Administration Support
Network and Telecommunications Support
Houston Data Center 24x7 Support