Making budgeting, forecasting and analytics easy in the Cloud.

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1 Create a single source of truth and improve collaboration. Shorten your budgeting and forecasting cycle times. Reduce or eliminate errorprone manual processes. Empower users with automated reporting and easy-to-use analytics. Track, manage and analyse impact and outcomes. Reforecast and make budget adjustments quickly and easily. Streamline and automate annual and monthly reporting. Bring plans to life with intuitive reporting, analysis and dashboards. Integrate and consolidate data from on-premise or cloud systems. Work with data using your preferred user interface, including Excel. Making budgeting, forecasting and analytics easy in the Cloud. In the face of increasing competition, higher education providers are under pressure to deliver superior student experiences and think strategically and innovatively about future directions, all while making tight budgets go further. Essentially, delivering more for less. The good news is, digital transformation in the sector is giving higher education finance teams access to world-class, low-cost, industry-specific Cloud solutions that transform planning, budgeting and analytics, enabling them to drive benefits across their organisations. and Oracle s highly scalable and cost-effective Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service (PBCS) are at the forefront of this digital revolution in the higher education sector. Oracle PBCS is the world s leading planning, budgeting, forecasting and analytics solution, with functionality that has the potential to transform how everyone in your organisation uses financial data. Combine this market-leading technology with our experience as the Asia Pacific s most experienced higher education service provider, and you get our customisable, easily deployable Oracle PBCS Accelerate Templates. What you also get is a seamless transition from manual processes to an integrated Cloud application that s simpler and more cost effective than ever. 1

2 Oracle Excellence Awards the Year - Business Analytics Cloud - Global the Year - Business Analytics Cloud - APAC the Year - EPM Cloud, APAC Our detailed knowledge of the higher education sector, our functional and technical IP, built up over many years, and our trusted partner relationship with Oracle have put us in a unique position to provide a suite of solutions designed specifically for the education industry. Our Higher Education Accelerate Template for Oracle PBCS is designed with you, for you, enabling your organisation to take an integrated approach to key tasks, such as student load modelling, budgeting and forecasting, student analysis, activity-based costing, research funding and performance improvement. In short, we make it easier for you and your finance team to become invaluable strategic partners, actively supporting and improving organisation-wide outcomes and decision-making. The benefits of the cloud Best practice built in from day one Scale to suit your business No IT or infrastructure costs Low-cost subscription model Automatic updates and upgrades Secure Australian data centre Finance leaders in the Education Sector are driving a more strategic agenda internally, but outdated, spreadsheet-based processes limit their access to accurate, timely information. Our Accelerate Templates put the power in their hands, so they can drive their own digital finance transformation. MARK SIMPSON, GENERAL MANAGER - ANALYTICS, DXC RED ROCK 2

3 Thanks to Oracle Planning and Budgeting, it now takes less than a day to consolidate budget submissions, compared to previously, when it took at least a week of collating data from spreadsheets. PATRICIA ALNER, QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (QUT) Built for higher education, configured for you While every education organisation is unique, our Higher Education Accelerate Template is ready to go. This out of the box solution gives you immediate access to PBCS s powerful functionality, but is also ready to configure to meet your specific requirements. BALANCE SHEET, CASH FLOW AND INCOME STATEMENT Automate your financial statements with the ability to drill into detail. UNIT COSTING AND PROFITABILITY Model your cost drivers to deliver insights into profitability for units and courses. PRE-BUILT ANALYTICS Gain insights into student and social media engagement to maximise student retention and experience. HIGHER EDUCATION Accelerate Templates for Oracle PBCS WORKFORCE PLANNING Budget, monitor and develop long-term strategies for your most important assets and biggest costs. STUDENT LOAD MODELLING Load data and assumptions such as EFTSL by unit / course, campus, funding type; fee structure, attrition rate, CGS funding band and offer-to -acceptance ratio. CAP EX PLANNING Plan projects from conception, through approvals, to execution in one integrated application. RESEARCH BUDGETING Track grants from approval phase to execution with detailed expenditure tracking and reforecasting options to maximise research project performance. 3

4 Free templates that make the best better As the world s leading PBCS implementation experts, our free Higher Education Accelerate Template puts PBCS s game-changing EPM and BI functionality at your fingertips as quickly and cost effectively as possible. Streamlined deployment. Integrate and consolidate data from on-premise or cloud systems. Cost effective. Packaged solutions to minimise implementation and ongoing costs. Optimised design. With pre-built structures, calculations, logic and reports. Optimised integration. Pre-defined data integration and security models. Extensive support. Detailed documentation and tailored support and maintenance packages. Fast adoption. Built-in starter kits, online help and tutorials get users up and running, fast. Customisable. Extend functionality to optimise any facet of planning and management. 1. EVALUATE 2. CONFIRM 3. CONFIGURE Demonstrate, discuss and define how our Accelerate templates will benefit your organisation. Detailed GAP analysis with your team to map your requirements to our Accelerate templates. The Oracle Cloud Accelerate base solution is configured to match your requirements. 4. INTEGRATE 5. EXTEND 6. COMPLETE Data and metadata integration from source systems is configured. Functionality extensions you defined during the process are configured to complete the build. Testing, training, knowledge transfer and documentation is delivered and you re ready to go! Note: All fixed scope options include: Scenario Management, Rolling Forecasts, Security, Training, Support, Project Management, and the ability to extend applications with additional modules, as standard. 4

5 Our clients The Red Rock team came to the project full of great ideas, first-class skills and a commitment to get the job done. We continue to work closely with Red Rock and rely on their advice and guidance to keep us on the right track. NICK BELLAMY, NAVITAS LIMITED Thanks to Oracle Planning and Budgeting, it now takes less than a day to consolidate budget submissions, compared to previously, when it took at least a week of collating data from spreadsheets. PATRICIA ALNER, QUT Australia and New Zealand s largest Oracle partner practice 20+ years delivering Oracle solutions Small start-ups to tier-one enterprises Proven methodology and governance Unrivalled Oracle Cloud EPM, BI and analytics expertise About is the largest independent provider of Oracle consulting and managed services in Australia and New Zealand. provides dynamic technology leadership in delivering Oracle solutions in both cloud, on-premise and hybrid environments. offers a full continuum of services around Oracle s integrated suite of applications, platform services, and engineered Systems. As part of DXC, Red Rock offers speed and agility with thought leadership and global scale. This allows us to design and deliver innovative market-leading solutions that enable clients to transform their businesses and the broader market. Oracle has globally recognised s expertise and skills by accrediting us as an Oracle Platinum Partner, Oracle Cloud Select Partner and Cloud Managed Service Provider. Harness the full breadth and depth of PBCS s planning, budgeting and forecasting functionality, and make the transition to Oracle Cloud as swift and cost effective as possible. redrockenquiries@dxc.com for more information. Oracle and Java are registered trademarks of Oracle and/or its affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners. About DXC Technology DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC) is the world s leading independent, end-to-end IT services company, helping clients harness the power of innovation to thrive on change. Created by the merger of CSC and the Enterprise Services business of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, DXC Technology serves nearly 6,000 private and public sector clients across 70 countries. The company s technology independence, global talent and extensive partner alliance combine to deliver powerful next-generation IT services and solutions. DXC Technology is recognised among the best corporate citizens globally. For more information, visit DXC Technology Company. All rights reserved. 5