3. “Challenges and Opportunities-The role of accountancy and finance professionals
to bridge the gap between the IT department and the stakeholders”
ABOUT ME
Dinesh O Bareja
Microsoft MVP, CISA, CISM, ITIL, ISMS, Cert ERM, Cert IPR
• COO – Open Security Alliance & IndiaWatch
• Principal Advisor – Pyramid Cyber Security & Forensic Pvt Ltd
• Co-Founder – Indian Honeynet Project
• Ex Cyber Surveillance Advisor – CDRC (Jharkhand Police – Special Branch)
Policy Development;
Cyber Insurance;
Forensic & Incident Investigation &
Response;
Enterprise Security Architecture;
Assessment, Audit & Optimization;
Governance, Risk Management;
4. “Challenges and Opportunities-The role of accountancy and finance professionals
to bridge the gap between the IT department and the stakeholders”
This is what you do….
My
Understanding
This is what you do….
•Handle Finance
•Accounting
•Budgets
•Cash Flow
•Internal Audit
•Management / Board Guidance
•Etc etc
5. “Challenges and Opportunities-The role of accountancy and finance professionals
to bridge the gap between the IT department and the stakeholders”
This is what “they” do….
My
Understanding
This is what “they” do….
•Computing resources
•Troubleshooting
•Support
•Automation
•Evaluate & Enable Technology
•Continuity / DR… etc.
6. “Challenges and Opportunities-The role of accountancy and finance professionals
to bridge the gap between the IT department and the stakeholders”
7. “Challenges and Opportunities-The role of accountancy and finance professionals
to bridge the gap between the IT department and the stakeholders”
•One deals with valuable information the other
manages it (financial/otherwise)
•Both are critical for the entire organization
•Cost reduction through efficiency and
oversight
•One needs strong internal control the other
needs to keep an eye on internal controls
•Both have “need to know” based access
policies
8. “Challenges and Opportunities-The role of accountancy and finance professionals
to bridge the gap between the IT department and the stakeholders”
9. “Challenges and Opportunities-The role of accountancy and finance professionals
to bridge the gap between the IT department and the stakeholders”
IT ka Jungle
10. “Challenges and Opportunities-The role of accountancy and finance professionals
to bridge the gap between the IT department and the stakeholders”
Psychology 1-2-3-4
11. “Challenges and Opportunities-The role of accountancy and finance professionals
to bridge the gap between the IT department and the stakeholders”
Professional Issues
•Difference of opinion
•Loss / Lack of
Respect
•Ego Issues
•Expectations
•Unrealistic
Aspirations
•Superseded
•Ambition
Personal Issues
•Incompatibility
•Body talk (looks,
hygiene)
•Envy
•Disgruntled
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12. “Challenges and Opportunities-The role of accountancy and finance professionals
to bridge the gap between the IT department and the stakeholders”
•Non availability of timely support
•Do not allow installation of my favorite
software
•Restrict internet usage
•Ban personal devices
•No third party apps
•Shortcomings in applications provided by IT
•Etc…2
13. “Challenges and Opportunities-The role of accountancy and finance professionals
to bridge the gap between the IT department and the stakeholders”
•Negotiation
•Arbitration
•Settlement
•Transfer / Avoid Risk
•Education
•Face Facts
•Fight
•Expert Opinion
•Go With The Flow
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14. “Challenges and Opportunities-The role of accountancy and finance professionals
to bridge the gap between the IT department and the stakeholders”
•Dispute resolution
•Arbitration
•Negotiation
•Mentoring
•Empathy
•Sympathy
•Guidance
•Education
•Budget Fundamentals
•ROI / UOI
Bookkeeping4
15. “Challenges and Opportunities-The role of accountancy and finance professionals
to bridge the gap between the IT department and the stakeholders”
End Psychology 1-2-3-4
16. “Challenges and Opportunities-The role of accountancy and finance professionals
to bridge the gap between the IT department and the stakeholders”
17. “Challenges and Opportunities-The role of accountancy and finance professionals
to bridge the gap between the IT department and the stakeholders”
• Computer slow
• Too many pop-ups
• Websites take forever to
load
• Email did not reach (or
go)
• Can’t open attachment
• Application not starting
• System takes forever to
start
• Printer doesn’t print
• Can’t install “my s/w”
• Where are my files
• Network not reachable
• Intranet is down
• Instant Messaging
banned
• No Social Media!
• Restricted Internet
• No budget for new
license
Common problems that can lead to bad
blood
18. “Challenges and Opportunities-The role of accountancy and finance professionals
to bridge the gap between the IT department and the stakeholders”
19. “Challenges and Opportunities-The role of accountancy and finance professionals
to bridge the gap between the IT department and the stakeholders”
•Budgeting
•Write a Report
•Ask Money for new People, Technology…
•Oh Not! Not Again…!
• Network
• Anything
20. “Challenges and Opportunities-The role of accountancy and finance professionals
to bridge the gap between the IT department and the stakeholders”
•Financial Sensibility
•Always on Fire
•Know it all Attitude (Technical Superiority)
•Inefficiency (ask for something and wait for a
lifetime)
•Every need is Urgent except ….
•UoI (Use of Investment)
•Maybe some more!
21. “Challenges and Opportunities-The role of accountancy and finance professionals
to bridge the gap between the IT department and the stakeholders”
The One Solution
Chop The IT Budget
22. “Challenges and Opportunities-The role of accountancy and finance professionals
to bridge the gap between the IT department and the stakeholders”
•Culture of Risk based approach
•Finance for the F&A Challenged
•Budgeting
•Forecasting
• Context of business
• Capacity Planning
•Periodic analysis to assess and address
challenges
•Ask IT team (techies are bad at
communication)
•Step up to understand technology
23. “Challenges and Opportunities-The role of accountancy and finance professionals
to bridge the gap between the IT department and the stakeholders”
•Efficiency and productivity from IT
investments
•You don’t need to be a techie to extract or
build value in IT move beyond debit, credit
•Ensure implementation of ITGC
•Data classification across the organization
•Ensure that IT capabilities are available &
leveraged
•IT to achieve organizational objectives
24. “Challenges and Opportunities-The role of accountancy and finance professionals
to bridge the gap between the IT department and the stakeholders”
• Assessment Prior to Purchase
• Needs, Efficiency, Productivity, Savings, Risks
• Plan for monitoring / audit and quantifiable reports
• Search within
• Set benchmarks and goals
• As-is / To-Be
• Approach, Methodology, Rollout plan, KPIs
• Post-Purchase
• Audit to ascertain UoI (level of success, issues, challenges,
weakness)
• RCA
• Remediation of weaknesses
• Institutionalization of successful processes
25. “Challenges and Opportunities-The role of accountancy and finance professionals
to bridge the gap between the IT department and the stakeholders”
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to bridge the gap between the IT department and the stakeholders”
• Understand working of technology, keep
abreast of new paradigms
• Participate with IT in review of helpdesk
statistics
• Support team expansion plans in proportion
to enterprise growth
• Push for automation with IT
• Assist in budget creation, management and
review
• Inclusiveness - Share management insight
and expectations
• Work with IT for management acceptance of
projects
• Purchase evaluation, selection, negotiation
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to bridge the gap between the IT department and the stakeholders”
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to bridge the gap between the IT department and the stakeholders”
THE BOTTOM LINE
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to bridge the gap between the IT department and the stakeholders”
30. “Challenges and Opportunities-The role of accountancy and finance professionals
to bridge the gap between the IT department and the stakeholders”
THE BOTTOM LINE
31. “Challenges and Opportunities-The role of accountancy and finance professionals
to bridge the gap between the IT department and the stakeholders”
THE BOTTOM LINE
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to bridge the gap between the IT department and the stakeholders”
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to bridge the gap between the IT department and the stakeholders”
ABOUT
ME
MY CONTACT
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and looks forward to the
excitement of the future..
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to bridge the gap between the IT department and the stakeholders”
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