Improvement of Organization and Provision of Maintenance of the Processes of Transformation of Financial Statements on Oil and Gas Company

Student: Mironova Polina

Supervisor: Nina Korovkina

Educational Programme: Business Informatics (Master)

Year of Graduation: 2016

Abstract This study is dedicated to the survey of organization and maintenance of the processes of transformation of financial statements on oil and gas company. Based on the knowledge of the processes of transformation of financial statements and of enterprise architecture modelling methodologies, as well as of the methods for IT projects economic efficiency assessment, an improved model of organization and maintenance of the processes of transformation of financial statements in accordance with the specifics of the company is proposed. The structure is organized as follows: in the introduction the relevance of the research is highlighted, specifying the aim and tasks that must be performed. In the first chapter the description of the processes of transformation of financial statements in the current architecture of transformation system of financial statements is provided, with bottlenecks of the processes defined, target architecture requirements for the transformation system of financial statements are set; this trend is also complemented by the description of the principal methodologies of enterprise architecture modelling, followed by an adaptation of the methodology used for enterprise architecture development. In the second chapter the main aspects of current and target architecture development for the transformation system of financial statements are embraced. In the third chapter the economic benefits from the implementation of the target architecture on the basis of selected methods are assessed; in addition, key features of maintenance of the processes of transformation of financial statements are reported, followed by the recommendation prepared. In conclusion, the main ideas of the work are compiled. Key terms: transformation system of financial statements, international financial reporting standards (IFRS), enterprise architecture, TOGAF methodology, total cost of ownership

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