Welcome to Shared Services & Outsourcing Africa 2012!

Shared Services and Outsourcing continues to gain favour as key solutions for companies looking to cut costs through the consolidation and standardisation of administrative and financial activities.

As discussions continue to permeate board room agendas across Africa, SSO Africa 2012 is gearing up to take you on a journey to provide the fundamental tools to further drive competitive advantage and sustainable growth to assist your company in achieving the next level of strategic value and business success through the shared services model.

Tailored for the robust and dynamic African market, SSO Africa will help you to:

• Drive competitive advantage and deliver the next level of strategic value through Centres of Excellence, data analytics and costing models
• Expand your scope to multi-functional shared services: Going beyond HR and breaking down silos across Finance, Legal and IT
• Demonstrate ROI and capture value in quantifiable terms through smarter measurement, benchmarking and performance reporting of KPIs
• Achieve a standardised, paperless environment and end-to-end automation through business process optimisation
• Boost technology results: Increase your self-service capabilities and really understand the arguments for and against the cloud
• Maintain momentum and drive sustainability as your centre matures: Use continuous improvement methodologies and hybrid sourcing models to drive operating costs down by a further 5-10%
• Go global and serve international customers and markets: Key considerations of South Africa as both an offshore location and regional hub.

Audience Breakdown

SSO Africa 2012 will bring together two key groups of attendees from the SS&O global community; both the local, domestic market and international organisations looking to explore South Africa as an offshored and/or outsourced destination.

At Shared Services & Outsourcing Africa 2012, you will meet and network with Africa’s most senior level decision makers in the shared services and sourcing space, including:

C-Suite Directors of HRSS Directors of Shared Services Directors of Finance IT Directors

Optimisation Managers Heads of Outsourcing Heads of Payroll SS Heads of Purchasing SS.

From the following key Industries:

Banking, Finance and Insurance Public Sector and Government Utilities Telecomms

Retail, Food & Beverage Mining and Manufacturing Oil and Gas.

Don’t miss this beneficial opportunity to attend Africa’s largest Shared Services event, which will assist in taking you to the next level of strategic value!

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