An industry that produces billions of dollars annually, Advertising and Media depends on technology for all facets of its business. Sapphire has clients in every sector of the industry including, but not limited to, direct mail houses, creative agencies, PR agencies, print & publishers, AV specialists, leaflet distributors, photographic agencies, interactive and digital media and telemarketing organizations. Marketing and advertising industry organizations have come to Sapphire for cutting edge financial accounting software applications for many years.
These applications, used in conjunction with Sapphires' extensive knowledge of the advertising and media industry, are advantageous and do the following things for our clients.
Manage all regulatory reporting requirements including IFRS and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.
Automate cost allocations and activity based costing functionality.
Give global operations support that includes complete multi-currency and multi-lingual features.
Undertake in-depth financial and performance analysis against multiple KPI's so that strategy can be planned effectively and business units receive the support they need.
Report through lines of business, contracts, bookings, jobs and clients.
Regulate and simplify expense and timesheet management - be this for permanent, freelance or temporary personnel.
Streamline and manage the purchasing process throughout all departments and business units taking economies of scale, spend control and process compliance into consideration.
Electronically retain and administer contract and license agreements, quotations, invoices, statements and purchase orders.
Undertake contingency and 'What-if' scenario planning on the basis of latest business information.
Reconcile client and job requirements, billing and fee structures, account management teams and contract/license agreements, all of which may change continually.
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