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Rachel Fielding

Digital programmes editor

Accountancy Age

Rachel is responsible for sourcing content across Accountancy Age’s digital programmes portfolio, including web seminars, podcasts and Accountancy Age TV. She joined Accountancy Age in 2004 as features editor. Prior to that she was management editor across publisher VNU’s technology trade titles including Computing, Computer Reseller News, IT Week and Computer Active, and an editor on Computing specializing in careers and management issues.

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11 March 2009
Listen Now Podcast
Funding IT in the current economic climate
Justifying investments in technology is tough at the best of times, but in a recession IT rollouts are under even more scrutiny. In this session we ask where technology budgets should be focused, how to establish the return on investment of technology projects and, just as importantly, how to sell those investments to the rest of the board
Rachel Fielding(Host) - Digital programmes editor, Accountancy Age
Andy Sharples - Director, IBM
Dr Sharm Manwani - Associate Professor of Information Management, Henley Business School
Paul Venables - Group Finance Director, Hays plc
Paul Druckman - Former ICAEW president & co founder and chairman of business think tank, M Institute
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15 April 2009
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Measuring technology ROI
With budgets under ever increasing scrutiny, being able to justify any IT investments has never been more important. But where should you start when it comes to proving your IT infrastructure's worth? What are the metrics to consider and are there tools out there to help you measure the value technology adds to the business?
Rachel Fielding(Host) - Digital programmes editor, Accountancy Age
Paul Sparkes - Product Director, IRIS
Dan Hooper - Director, Piccadilly Group
Kirstin Gillon - Technical Manager, IT Faculty, ICAEW
Stuart George - Finance Director, Audio Partnership Plc
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27 May 2009
Listen Now Podcast
Using shared services to cut costs and improve business processes
In the current economic climate the spotlight is on finance and other business support functions to drive efficiencies and cost savings. Shared services centres are seen by many as a way to strip costs out of core business functions. But is it just about low-cost labour or can shared service centres drive a broader agenda that can improve the bottom line?
Rachel Fielding(Host) - Digital programmes editor, Accountancy Age
Niamh O'Brien - Shared Services Advisor, IBM Global Business Services
Tony Virdi - Board Director, National Outsourcing Association
Chris Tiernan - Managing Director, Grosvenor Consultancy Services
Angela Cha - Partner, Pinsent Masons
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07 October 2009
Listen Now Podcast
How to cut IT costs and maintain IT efficiency?
IT budgets are hard to justify at the best of times, but in a recession proving the value of technology investments is essential. How can companies gauge the potential for IT cost cutting within the business and reduce the overheads of their IT infrastructure without compromising on IT efficiency? This seminar will look at strategies for identifying and implementing technology savings without affe... [read more]
Rachel Fielding(Host) - Digital programmes editor, Accountancy Age
David Elton - IT and Change Management Specialist, PA Consulting Group
Paul Sparkes - Product Director, IRIS
Kirstin Gillon - Technical Manager, IT Faculty, ICAEW
Jerry Norton - Managing Director, Financial Services, Logica
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21 October 2009
Listen Now Podcast
Should businesses care about their credit scores?
With access to credit tighter than ever before, how important is your credit rating to securing the best deals from banks and suppliers? This web seminar will shed light on what determines a business's credit rating, and what businesses can do to improve it while also addressing how other methods are increasingly being used to gauge the financial viability of a business. We’ll be offering advice... [read more]
Rachel Fielding(Host) - Digital programmes editor, Accountancy Age
Steve Manwaring - Director, MCR
Philip King - Chief Executive, Institute of Credit Management
Martin Williams - Managing Director, Graydon UK Ltd
Brenden de Matos-Ala - Senior Consultant, Ineum Consulting
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28 October 2009
Listen Now Podcast
Adaptive management processes - why companies are re-thinking planning, budgeting & forecasting
How many financial people enjoyed the 2009 budgeting and forecasting processes? And how many companies felt the figures they forecasted a year earlier came anywhere close to the reality that ensued? With the world in turmoil, the days of the annual budget could be due a rethink. The question is, how can you make forecasting fast and flexible enough to meet your ever-changing business needs?
Rachel Fielding(Host) - Digital programmes editor, Accountancy Age
Stephen Brook - Manager, IBM Cognos Innovation Center for Performance Management
Richard Simpson - Chief Operating Officer, FD Solutions
Fritz Roemer - Senior Director, Hackett Group
Steve Morlidge - Director, Satori Partners
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25 November 2009
Listen Now Podcast
The end of spreadsheet jockeys? How knowledge sharing is key to unlocking the secrets of an integrated, sophisticated finance team
How many spreadsheet jockeys does your business employ? Finance departments continue to devote almost 60% of their time to gathering data as opposed to analysing it, according to a recent report from PricewaterhouseCoopers. But why are organisations continuing to waste specialist finance resources and skills, what are the business drivers to knowledge sharing, the key objections and should busines... [read more]
Rachel Fielding(Host) - Digital programmes editor, Accountancy Age
Glen Westlake - CEO, IT Performs
Peter Simons - Technical Specialist, CIMA
Nick Jarman - Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Dr Devendra Kodwani - Lecturer in Finance, The Open University Business School
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