Nasdaq is a global technology company that is relentlessly reimagining the markets of today. Not by chasing the possibilities of tomorrow. But by creating them.?
Committed to serving millions of investors and thousands of companies worldwide, Nasdaq leaders wanted to customize and automate how they manage their financial operations for smarter and faster results.?
¡°Innovation is in our DNA,¡± says Jim Judge, Nasdaq¡¯s financials manager. ¡°As we grow, we¡¯re always asking how we can improve our digital capabilities in areas such as finance to innovate and drive automation with the best tools available.¡±
Significant cost savings.
Nasdaq leaders believed they found the answer to that question with ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Extend, which enables users to develop, deploy, and manage apps for finance, IT, and human resource teams. Part of that decision was based on the successful results Nasdaq leaders had already seen using ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Financial Management and ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Human Capital Management.
Nasdaq followed ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ best practices to develop its initial ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Extend apps in the cost center and account operations to build a master data management (MDM) system. The apps mean finance users can stay within a centralized ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ system that serves as a single source of truth. They can now clearly see tasks without having to look further into the actual requests.?
Users can also ask for new master data or make updates with intuitive drop-down menus. Those menus load the correct data, eliminating guesswork for potentially complex interactions. Once the requests are submitted, they undergo an approval process. Any recommended changes do not go into effect until they¡¯re approved.
Create New Request - Requesting a New Organization Level
Requesting an Organizational move
Move Organization Level Request - collecting the details for the move organization request
Requesting a change in properties for a specific Cost Center
Changing the approver? for mass changes
Create New Request - Requesting a New Organization Level
Requesting an Organizational move
Move Organization Level Request - collecting the details for the move organization request
Requesting a change in properties for a specific Cost Center
Changing the approver? for mass changes
Cost Center App - Designed for finance users to manage cost center operational data while minimizing errors and guesswork. ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ acts as the single source of truth and auditability.
Jim Judge says the ease of deployment and adaptability of ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Extend allowed Nasdaq to retire a legacy application and realize savings.
²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Extend enabled us to retire our legacy application, which reduced our infrastructure cost. We can manage our finances more efficiently¡ªall within our unified ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ system.
Senior ERP Director, Financials
An uptick in productivity.
A feature within ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Extend, ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Orchestrate, has an intuitive drag-and-drop user interface that helps manage complex workflows, automate processes, and interoperate between ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ and third-party systems. This allows employees to seamlessly send data to Nasdaq¡¯s external systems, which serve as a repository of master data management.
Nasdaq¡¯s team has gotten so proficient at using ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Extend that its technical experts were able to build 7 apps in only 9 months. ¡°That¡¯s a lot of apps in a short time,¡± Judge says.
Dennis Darilag, ERP Director,? Finance at Nasdaq, says ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Extend has streamlined business functions, leading to higher user satisfaction.
Full audit capabilities.
Audits and financial reporting are time-consuming. The new ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Extend apps enable Nasdaq to centralize and simplify audit evidence collection for the impacted business processes to comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) requirements. SOX requires publicly traded companies doing business in the U.S. to establish financial reporting standards.
¡°Our users value the ease in submitting change requests with the ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Extend Cost Center app,¡± Judge says. ¡°And because those changes are fully audited, this helps streamline our compliance with SOX.¡±
As part of ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Extend, an approval process provides full audit capabilities of those who requested metadata, including what they requested and when, and who approved it.?
Data changes are also audited in real time, making it easier for Nasdaq to maintain governance requirements. The same login and security controls apply to the new apps Nasdaq builds, which keep sensitive data safe and pristine.
²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Extend is a powerful tool. It enhances the user experience and streamlines business processes that improve productivity.Senior ERP Director, Financials
Bullish on growth and innovation.
Nasdaq also plans to keep expanding the number of apps it¡¯s creating with ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Extend. The next phase includes the creation of additional apps in areas of HCM.?
¡°Our HR team is also evaluating ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Extend for different needs. We¡¯re looking at disparate applications throughout the company and different microservices to see if they are a good fit for the ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ system,¡± says Judge. ¡°If we¡¯re using ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ anyway, why not have those processes in there?¡±
Judge believes there¡¯s untapped potential in moving faster, saving additional revenue, and building new capabilities, which lets Nasdaq stay nimble. ¡°We¡¯re bullish on what we can accomplish with ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Extend.¡±
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