Hans Hasselgren

Head of Digital Operations, Cognizant Nordics & Benelux
PostNord uses machine learning and AI to improve invoice pre-coding

PostNord uses machine learning and AI to improve invoice pre-coding

As PostNord prepares its business for the future communication and logistics landscape, it decided to reengineer and transform its invoice process. The new touchless invoicing process, created together with Cognizant, contributes to PostNord’s focus on becoming a next-gen leader in communication, e-commerce distribution and logistics.

How to Turn F&A into a Business Value Function

How to Turn F&A into a Business Value Function

The rise of digital finance capabilities enables finance and accounting (F&A) data to be leveraged in new, valuable ways. Levers like smart analytics, intelligent automation, and experience design can realize real-time enhancement of company-wide operations and smoother execution of business strategies. Learn the essential steps to take and get examples from our clients’ F&A functions.

The New Imperatives for Finance Departments Post-Covid

The New Imperatives for Finance Departments Post-Covid

The coronavirus is pushing finance departments to address unprecedented levels of operational chaos and cash-flow uncertainty. This requires new ways of working and increased digitalization. Here’s how to get started.

ESP or SSCC? A Checklist to Determine Your Organization’s Delivery Model

ESP or SSCC? A Checklist to Determine Your Organization’s Delivery Model

Global shared service centers could either be an asset or a liability in the post-Covid era. As digital transformation is an imperative to survive, many organizations have now started questioning the rationale of their SSCC (shared service captive center) approach. The ongoing cost of operating it may be increasingly burdensome, perhaps even unrealistic.

Covid-19: Keeping People Healthy & Business Running

Covid-19: Keeping People Healthy & Business Running

How well an organization weathers the effects of the Covid-19 outbreak will depend a great deal on how effectively it cares for its employees. Business continuity planning and execution should pivot around helping employees with high-quality information about the virus, effective preventive measures, and how the business intends to operate during uncertain times.

The right tools and the right data result in better budget management

The right tools and the right data result in better budget management

CFO need-to-know in a digital world:

At this time of year, many CFOs are putting the finishing touches to the budget for the next financial year. This often involves a lot of work. And it is even more difficult if they don't have the right tools, nor are able to provide the business with the right tools for planning, control and follow-up.

5 factors that show how digitalised your organisation is

5 factors that show how digitalised your organisation is

CFO need-to-know in a digital world:

Digitalisation affects all organisations, in all industry sectors, in several different ways. These days everyone realises that rapid change is necessary in order to be able to make maximum use of all new opportunities that are on offer. The question is how prepared your organisation is and where you should embark on the process of change?

6 tough questions for the New Year

6 tough questions for the New Year

Every New Year's Eve, we promise ourselves and our immediate circle of people how to become better persons. In your role as CFO you can also help make your organization better. To do that you have to ask yourself a number of tough questions.

Ways in which the CFO can drive business development, Part 1

Ways in which the CFO can drive business development, Part 1

As the CFO you possess information that nobody ever asks for, and if they do, it is difficult to give a quick answer. But the CFO sits on a gold mine that is seldom utilised: data, the very key to an ever more important role for the finance department.

Ways in which the CFO can drive business performance, part 2

Ways in which the CFO can drive business performance, part 2

CFO need-to-know in a digital world:

How can the finance department use analysis to promote and drive business development? It is all about utilising the goldmine that is data in a smarter way. Key performance indicators play a decisive role in realising analysis that creates more value.