Patent ID: 8719076

Claim:
A finance diagnostic system for providing advice regarding an organization run by a financial officer of a company, the finance diagnostic system comprising: a processor; a memory electrically connected to said processor, wherein said memory comprises a database having a plurality of diagnostic questions stored therein, said plurality of diagnostic questions regard said organization run by said financial officer; and a visual display electrically connected to said processor, wherein said processor prepares an advice screen to be shown on said visual display, said advice screen displaying 1) a response to one of said plurality of diagnostic questions, 2) a benchmark that represents a predetermined level of practice corresponding to said one of said plurality of diagnostic questions, and 3) a score that is generated by comparing said response to said benchmark and represents how close said organization is to said benchmark, said response, benchmark and score are displayed simultaneously so that advice on how to achieve a desired level of practice is rendered by such simultaneous display; wherein the visual display further comprises a text box configured to accept an improvement suggestion comprising the advice on how to achieve the desired level of practice while simultaneously displaying the response, the benchmark and the score.