Tech Directions

Tax and finance functions face challenges such as talent shortages, legislative change, and technological transformation. How can they better position themselves to meet these challenges while adding greater value to the organization?

Susannah Streeter welcomes Myles Corson, EY Global Finance Leader, Dave Helmer, EY Global Tax and Finance Operate Leader, and Lyn Bird, VP, Cross Industry at Microsoft to discuss how technology is enabling modern finance and tax transformations.

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The evolution of data and analytics has accelerated dramatically in recent years, leading organizations to arrive at a critical point of inflection. Companies must now reimagine their IT functions, democratize both data and code, and ingest large volumes of third-party data if they are to keep pace with the competition and deliver the truly customer-focused transformation demanded by consumers and employees alike. Leaders from EY and Microsoft discuss how this can be achieved and what success looks like in the new era of data and analytics.

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While more companies than ever value corporate integrity, the EY 2022 Global Integrity Report reveals that the pandemic has made it even harder for businesses to uphold the highest standards.

In this latest episode of the EY Microsoft Tech Directions podcast Meribeth Banaschik, EY’s Europe West Innovation Leader and Todd Marlin, EY’s Global Forensic and Integrity Services Technology Innovation Leader join forces with Alan Gibson, Director, Legal and Compliance Innovation at Microsoft to discuss how data-driven technologies can help organizations monitor and manage legal and compliance risk in real time.

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In today’s digital world, businesses are thinking differently about innovation, leveraging connectivity to create products that are traceable, sustainable and updateable throughout their life cycles. This latest Tech Directions podcast takes a closer look at how businesses are harnessing connected and sustainable products to revolutionise their supply chains, unlock data to create new growth opportunities, and meet increased customer demands and expectations.

EY refers to the global organization, and may refer to one or more of the member firms of Ernst & Young Global Limited, each of which is a separate legal entity. Ernst & Young Global Limited, a UK company limited by guarantee, does not provide services to clients. The views of third parties set out in this publication are not necessarily the views of the global EY organization or its member firms. Moreover, they should be seen in the context of the time they were made.

Organizations experienced a dramatic spike in cybersecurity risk triggered by the pandemic, largely due to a wholesale switch to remote working. Joram Borenstein, General Manager of Security Sales Strategy & GTM at Microsoft and Kris Lovejoy, EY Global Consulting Cybersecurity Leader, discuss why this increased scrutiny could herald a strategic turning point for the industry.

EY refers to the global organization, and may refer to one or more of the member firms of Ernst & Young Global Limited, each of which is a separate legal entity. Ernst & Young Global Limited, a UK company limited by guarantee, does not provide services to clients. The views of third parties set out in this publication are not necessarily the views of the global EY organization or its member firms. Moreover, they should be seen in the context of the time they were made.

The pandemic triggered a global remote-working experiment that changed employees’ work expectations forever. Seth Patton, General Manager, Microsoft 365 & Microsoft Viva, Product Marketing and Cheryl Dewar, leader of EY’s ‘Modern Workforce’ Tech Consulting Team discuss how organizations are adopting hybrid platforms which ensure employees learn, collaborate and remain productive wherever they are.

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Organizations will soon be spending $1trn annually on cloud services, according to the IDC. In this podcast Rick Claus, Microsoft Cloud Advocate Team Lead and Tim Rehac, who leads EY’s Cloud Strategy team in the Americas discuss the importance of committing to a definitive company-wide cloud strategy to fast-track success.

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Microsoft’s cloud-based PowerApps service promises to revolutionise the building of apps as it moves us away from complex coding to a low-to-no-code environment. Ryan Cunningham, Product Lead for PowerApps at Microsoft and Kristie Reid, Microsoft Business Applications Lead, EY Americas discuss the rise of the corporate citizen developer in this episode of the EY and Microsoft Tech Directions podcast.

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Artificial Intelligence is now employed in every sector and every business function, but a return on investment is far from guaranteed. In the latest episode of the EY Microsoft Tech Directions Podcast, Stela Solar, Microsoft’s Global Head of AI Solutions and Hugh Burgin, EY’s Data and AI Leader for the Americas, discuss why scale, speed and C-suite sponsorship are critical to success.

EY refers to the global organization, and may refer to one or more of the member firms of Ernst & Young Global Limited, each of which is a separate legal entity. Ernst & Young Global Limited, a UK company limited by guarantee, does not provide services to clients. The views of third parties set out in this publication are not necessarily the views of the global EY organization or its member firms. Moreover, they should be seen in the context of the time they were made.