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Produce a report, comparing the financial performance of your employers organisation to another comparable organisation of your choice. Please choose the parameters of what you define as your organisation as appropriate. This could be your service, department, business unit, division, or the wider organisation as a whole for example. The expectation is that the financial data will be publicly available in annual reports, accounts, financial statements or similar.Critically evaluate how big data analytics is impacting the financial management of your employers organisation. Identify one further current technological development discussed in the module, to then critically evaluate how this is also impacting the financial management of your employers organisation. Briefly describe a potential change project within your employers organisation, this could be anything from a new product/service/marker to an internal improvement activity. Create a phased profile of costs and expected benefits. Then conduct an investment analysis of the project showing the payback period, net present value and internal rate of return. Consider the intangible benefits and how these might be financially modelled to improve the investment case. Use these calculations to make an evaluation of the potential change project.Maximum word count: 3,000 wordsThe word count includes everything in the main body of the assessment (including in text citations and references). The word count excludes numerical data in tables, figures, diagrams, footnotes, reference list and appendices. ALL other printed words ARE included in the word count.You MUST underpin your analysis and evaluation of the key issues with appropriate and wide ranging academic research and ensure this is referenced using the AU Harvard System (s) Learning Outcomes: After completing the module, you should be able to: 1. Critically evaluate a range of technologies in the accounting and financial arena 2. Design and evaluate solutions to contemporary accounting and financial management challenges 3. Assess the accounting and financial management challenges impacting the contemporary business environment 4. Assess the importance of Big Data analysis in modern financial environments 5. Graduate Attribute: Digitally literate to show confident and critical use of information and digital technologies across a range of professional, personal and academic contexts. (This may include but is not limited to computer literacy, digital information, digital media, digital communication, and collaboration competencies.
