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Presentations Online Access . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Evaluations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Earn CPE Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Whova Event App . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Hotel Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Schedule Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Sponsors & Exhibitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Keynote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Plenary Sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Conference Schedule by Day. . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

2019 Tracks and Sessions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

2019 Speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Core Team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Dear Attendees,

Welcome to SAP® Controlling 2019 Conference in beautiful San Diego!

The 2019 conference offers many opportunities to build your knowledge ofSAP Controlling and evolve your SAP FI/CO skills. Given SAP's focus on SAPS/4HANA and the importance of finance and controlling to SAP's future,you'll find plenty of SAP S/4HANA material on the conference program. Butas you can tell from our schedule, we are always careful to balance the futurewith practical tips that you can use on your project now. The conference alsooffers many opportunities to maintain and expand your core ERP skills withpresentations from SAP experts.

Networking is an often-overlooked aspect of building your skill base. Need totroubleshoot a problem? The SAP Controlling Community is a useful resourcefor increasing your knowledge and making connections—take advantage!

Please spend time with our sponsors and exhibitors. Their support makes ourevent possible. You’ll find their products and solutions both valuable and inter-esting.

We welcome your feedback. Please feel free to talk to any of our staff and letus know what we did well, and what we can do better for you at future SAPControlling Community events.

Enjoy the conference!

Sincerely,

John Jordan

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3.Download presentations individually or by track.

Evaluations:Your feedback is important to us. Please revieweach session with the Whova event app. Down-load Whova from the app store on your mobile de-vice. Choose SAP Controlling 2019 from thelisted events. Click on Agenda at the bottom ofyour screen and click the session you'd like toRate.

In your conference bag you'll find an overall con-ference evaluation form. Fill it out and return it tothe registration desk for the chance to win an SAPPress book. Winners will be drawn during the de-brief session Wed 5:40pm-6:00pm. You must bepresent to receive a book.

Conference WiFi:

Winshuttle is the Controlling 2019 ConferenceWiFi sponsor. Stop by the registration desk for in-structions on how to connect to the conference WiFiin the meeting space.

Controlling 2019 has secured complimentary guestroom internet. You can sign in using your last nameand room number.

Earn CPE:

Let us know if you’d like to earnCPE credits at the registrationdesk. We'll hand you a CPE cred-its envelop. Inside you'll find aCPE credits tracking sheet. Please note the ses-sions you attend on the tracking sheet and add yourname and email address. You will also find a sign-in/sign-out sheet at the back of each breakoutroom. Make sure you sign in and out for each ses-sion. You are required to evaluate each session tobe awarded CPE credits. You can do this in ourWhova event app. Find the session you are attend-ing in the app and click on it. Then press Rate lo-cated to the right side of the middle menu and

answer the questions there. At the end of the confer-ence, please write your name and email addresson your CPE credits envelope and return it at theregistration desk.

Participants can earn a maximum of 19.5 Com-puter Science group-live credits. Credits will beawarded to you based on your number of hours ofactual, documented classroom time (one credit per50-minute hour). The number of credits available byday are:

Monday, October. 7: 4.8 CPE creditsTuesday, October 8: 7.2 CPE creditsWednesday, October 9: 7.5 CPE creditsThursday, October 10: CPE credits not available

Event App

Connect with your peersduring the conferenceusing the event appWhova. DownloadWhova from the app storeon your mobile deviceand choose SAP Controlling 2019 from the listedevents. There are many ways to network within theapp: post a picture with your favorite speaker ordiscuss a session with your peers. Please rate eachsession you attend with the event app.

Community Awards:

SAP Controlling Community Awards recognize indi-viduals who have made outstanding contributions tothe SAP Controlling community. Awards are announcedduring the keynote on Tuesday, 8:30 am - 9:30 am.

CONFERENCE INFORMATION HOTEL MAP

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Legend for floor plan map:

Bel Aire Foyer: RegistrationBel Aire & Fairbanks Foyers: Breaks / Breakfasts / ExhibitorsCatalina Ballroom (4th Floor): Lunch Day 1 & 2Garden Terrace: Welcome Reception (hotel grounds)

Pre-Conference Breakout Rooms: Fairbanks A, B, & CKeynote: Bel Aire BallroomDay 1 Breakout Rooms: Bel Aire Ballroom, Fairbanks A, B & CDay 2 Breakout Rooms: Bel Aire Ballroom, Fairbanks A, B & CPost-Conference Breakout Room: Fairbanks A

2018 Controlling Community Award winner MarjorieWright (left) with 2019 Controlling Conference ProducerKameliya Doncheva.

CONTROLLING 2019 CONFERENCE OVERVIEW SCHEDULE

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Monday, October 7

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Registration Open

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pre-conference Sessions

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM Pre-conference Sessions

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Refreshment Break

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Pre-Conference Networking Session

Tuesday, October 8


7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Networking Breakfast

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM Keynote

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM Plenary Session 1

10:45 AM - 11:15 AM Refreshment Break

11:15 AM - 12:15 PM Breakout Sessions

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM Breakout Sessions




5:45 PM - 7:00 PM Welcome Reception

Wednesday, October 9


8:00 AM - 8:30 AM Networking Breakfast

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM Plenary Session 2

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Breakout Sessions


11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Breakout Sessions

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM Networking Sessions




5:40 PM - 6:00 PM Conference Debrief

Thursday, October 10

8:30 AM - 10:30 AM Post-Conference Sessions


11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Post-Conference Sessions

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KEYNOTE PRESENTATION

PLENARY PRESENTATIONS

Barbara Rojas is senior leader at Discovery Chan-nel, focused on collaboration and alignment between Finance and IT stakeholders to define, architect, and deploy solutions within corporate financial systems. She has a long running record ofsuccess in large-scale cross functional governanceand program management bringing together thepeople, process and technology, and improvingimplementation efficiency over the course of projectlife cycles.

Barbara has spent the last few years leading Discovery’s financial solutions M&A integration efforts and champions the company’s landscape vision and roadmap.

Keynote Presentation:IT and Business Alignment in SAP ControllingWhen Discovery formed a finance-based team responsible for SAP engagement and training, notonly was IT freed up to focus on core work, the success of implementations skyrocketed. Find outwhy Discovery decided the voice of implementation needed to come from Finance and how theybrought together a tight, multi-disciplined team to manage the systems landscape and the change,now including the ever-changing world of cloud tools. Understand the careful balance of comple-mentary skills required to build your own implementation team.

We'll cover:

• How Finance can own and manage its own SAP destiny

• How to manage and govern moves to the cloud

• How Finance can run its own change management

Barbara Rojas

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Plenary II Presentation: Product Costing in SAP S/4HANA

Janet Salmon

What You'll Learn:

Recent changes to product costing with SAP S/4HANA, SAP Material Ledger, Actual Costing, Cost ObjectControlling and the new fields. We will explore the road to real time reporting and discuss overhead accounting, WIP, variances, transfer pricing and group costing.

Leave this session knowing the:

• Truth behind the myths—what’s really in SAP S/4HANA?

• Roadmap—which direction is SAP heading?

• Restrictions in Public Cloud vs On Premise.

Janet Salmon

Janet Salmon is the Chief Product Owner for Management Accounting at SAP SE.Janet is known to many SAP Financials professionals for her writings on Controllingand related subjects in SAP Financials Expert. She is the author of Controlling withSAP – Practical Guide, Accelerated Financial Closing with SAP, and SAP HANA for ERP Financials 2nd Edi-tion. Janet has overseen many SAP Controlling functionality product developments both as a Product and So-lution Manager. Most recently she spearheaded changes to the user interfaces within Controlling and datatransfer from Controlling to SAP HANA.

Plenary I Presentation:Controlling and the Universal Journal

Janet Salmon

In this session we'll look at the impact of bringingformer Controlling applications into the UniversalJournal in SAP S/4HANA. We'll discuss how tobuild a steering model to manage your business(multidimensional reporting) and what it means foryour reporting processes (Report Writer vs SAPFiori). We will also help you understand how this in-fluences your planning processes (Planning Layoutsvs SAP or BPC), commitments and statistical

postings (Predictive Accounting); and what it meansfor work in process, target costs and variance.

In this dynamic session we'll bring the focus on:

• Which new reports are available?

• Which reports are running via compatibilityviews?

• Which reports don’t exist in S/4HANA?

• Different options for planning going forward

• Public Cloud vs On Premise – what are the restrictions?

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Pre-Conf. Day - Monday, Oct. 7 Room Speaker(s) Track Session Title

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Conference Registration Open Bel Aire Foyer

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pre-conference Session Fairbanks A Marjorie Wright Pre-conference Introduction to SAP Controlling: Cost Objects

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pre-conference Session Fairbanks B Paul Ovigele Pre-conference Deep-dive Into the Universal Journal

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Break

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM Pre-conference Session Fairbanks A Marjorie Wright Pre-conference Introduction to Controlling in S/4HANA

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM Pre-conference Session Fairbanks B Tom King Pre-conference Overview of SAP Product Costing Planning

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Refreshment Break Bel Aire Foyer

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Pre-conference Session Bel Aire Ballroom Pre-conference Speed Networking

Day 1 - Tuesday, Oct. 8 Room Speaker(s) Track Session Title


7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Networking Breakfast Bel Aire Foyer

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM Keynote Bel Aire Ballroom Barbara Rojas Plenary Sessions IT and Business Alignment in SAP Controlling

9:30 AM - 9:45 AM Break

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM Plenary Session Bel Aire Ballroom Janet Salmon Plenary Sessions Controlling and the Universal Journal

10:45 AM - 11:15 AM Refreshment Break Bel Aire Foyer

11:15 AM - 12:15 PM Breakout Session Bel Aire Ballroom Paul Ovigele SAP Material Ledger & SAP S/4HANA Preparing for S/4HANA – Converting to SAP Material Ledger

11:15 AM - 12:15 PM Breakout Session Fairbanks A Kent Bettisworth SAP Reporting & SAP Planning SAP Leonardo + Robotic Process Automation and Audit

11:15 AM - 12:15 PM Breakout Session Fairbanks B Manthan Peshne SAP Product Costing SAP PLC Helps You Improve Profitability & Accelerate Time to Market

11:15 AM - 12:15 PM Breakout Session Fairbanks C Adrian Rochovski Sponsored Session Creating a Cost-Focused Culture

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch Catalina Ballroom

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM Breakout Session Bel Aire Ballroom Birgit Starmanns SAP Product Costing Create a Standard for Configurable Materials for Variance Analysis

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM Breakout Session Fairbanks A Ashish Sampat SAP Controlling Configuration Changes in Controlling with S/4HANA

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM Breakout Session Fairbanks B Scott Cairncross SAP Reporting & SAP Planning How to Access Real-Time Data From SAP Analytics Cloud in Your SAP BPC Embedded Application

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM Breakout Session Fairbanks C Richard Gray and Christian Bieber Sponsored Session Transforming the Finance Function - From Cost Center to Value-Adding Strategic Differentiator

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM Break

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Breakout Session Bel Aire Ballroom Ross Christoph SAP Customer Case Studies Product Costing at Eli Lilly and Company

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Breakout Session Fairbanks A Marjorie Wright and Rogerio Faleiros SAP Material Ledger & SAP S/4HANA Benefits and Impacts of Using SAP Material Ledger

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Breakout Session Fairbanks B Johannes Le Roux SAP Reporting & SAP Planning Report Writer Using the ACDOCT Table

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Breakout Session Fairbanks C Tom King SAP Controlling How Templates Enable SAP Activity Based Costing


4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Breakout Session Bel Aire Ballroom Paul Ovigele SAP Controlling Steps and Considerations for Year-End Closing

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Breakout Session Fairbanks A John Pringle SAP Customer Case Studies Complex Overhead Allocation Using Template Allocation

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Breakout Session Fairbanks B Birgit Starmanns SAP Product Costing Finance/GRC Apps using Machine Learning in SAP Cloud Platform

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

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(Continued...) Day 1 - Tuesday, Oct. 8 Room Speaker(s) Track Session Title

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Breakout Session Fairbanks Tanya Duncan SAP Product Costing Management Accounting in S/4HANA 1809

5:45 PM - 7:00 PM Welcome Reception Garden Terrace

Day 2 - Wednesday, Oct. 9 Room Speaker(s) Track Session Title


8:00 AM - 8:30 AM Networking Breakfast Bel Aire Foyer

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM Plenary Session Bel Aire Ballroom Janet Salmon Plenary Sessions Product Costing in SAP S/4HANA

9:45 AM - 10:00 AM Break

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Breakout Session Bel Aire Ballroom Birgit Starmanns SAP Reporting & SAP Planning Financial Entries in Make-to-Stock Manufacturing - SAP S/4HANA

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Breakout Session Fairbanks A John Pringle SAP Material Ledger & SAP S/4HANA New Data Loading Tools for SAP S/4HANA

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Breakout Session Fairbanks B Aileen Tynan SAP Customer Case Studies Great-West Financial SAP BPC on HANA Journey

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Breakout Session Fairbanks C Vanessa Kutasi Sponsored Session Case Study: How IDEXX Uses Winshuttle to Improve Pricing and Finance Master Data Automation


11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Breakout Session Bel Aire Ballroom Ajith Krishnakumar SAP Material Ledger & SAP S/4HANA SAP S/4HANA and SLT – a Central Finance Success Story driver to ...

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Breakout Session Fairbanks A Anurag Barua SAP Material Ledger & SAP S/4HANA How to Build a Business Case for S/4HANA

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Breakout Session Fairbanks B Terri Marquis SAP Product Costing Tips and Tricks to Resolve Costing Run Errors in CK40N

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Breakout Session Fairbanks C Adrian Rochovski and Stacey Adams Sponsored Session Finance Leaders Roundtable

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch Catalina Ballroom

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM Breakout Session Bel Aire Ballroom Tom King Expert-led networking Product Costing-- Planning and Analysis

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM Breakout Session Fairbanks A Scott Cairncross Expert-led networking SAP Analytics Cloud

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM Breakout Session Fairbanks B Barbara Rojas Expert-led networking Change Management: Need to Have or Nice to Have?

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM Breakout Session Fairbanks C Kent Bettisworth Expert-led networking 1 year later--Revenue Recognition and Lease Accounting Observations

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM Break

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Breakout Session Bel Aire Ballroom Rogerio Faleiros SAP Material Ledger & SAP S/4HANA Change Cost Component Structure with Material Ledger Active

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Breakout Session Fairbanks A Scott Cairncross SAP Reporting & SAP Planning Tips for Building Your Story in SAP Analytics Cloud for Planning

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Breakout Session Fairbanks B Raju Chintalapudi SAP Material Ledger & SAP S/4HANA Customer Material Level Profitability With S/4HANA Finance ABCOPA

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Breakout Session Fairbanks C Sydnie McConnell SAP Customer Case Studies Revenue Recognition for Multiple ERP at Woodward

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM Refreshment Break Bel Aire Foyer

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Breakout Session Bel Aire Ballroom Anurag Barua SAP Material Ledger & SAP S/4HANA S/4HANA Implementations: Best Practices and Lessons Learned

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Breakout Session Fairbanks A Johannes Le Roux SAP Controlling Product Costing, Transfer Pricing and Material Ledger in S/4HANA

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Breakout Session Fairbanks B William Blakefield SAP Material Ledger & SAP S/4HANA SAP HANA Analytics for Finance and Controlling (FICO)

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Breakout Session Fairbanks C Tom Martin and Michael Cate SAP Controlling Capital Budget Control--Using an Old Product in a New Way!

5:45 PM - 6:00 PM Conference Debrief Fairbanks A

Post-Conf. Day - Thurs., Oct. 10 Room Speaker(s) Track Session Title

8:30 AM - 10:30 AM Post-conference Session Fairbanks A Post-conference Session Workshop


11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Post-conference Session Fairbanks A Post-conference Session Workshop

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We'll explain the processes which use acost estimate to define the standard priceof material, including creating the cost esti-mate, marking, and releasing. We'll pres-ent the concepts of the costing variant andvaluation variant to show how you deter-mine the source of costs in the cost esti-mate. We will explore the uses of alternatecosting variants and valuation variants soyou can use the cost estimate to make bet-ter decisions. Finally, we'll discuss errormanagement and troubleshooting.

• Understand the different ways you canuse cost estimates

• Discover how costing variants and valua-tion variants dictate the purpose of acost estimate and the source of the costs

• Discuss how you include the variouscomponents of cost (material, manufac-turing, overhead) in the cost estimate

• Learn how you can use costing variantsto provide useful “what if” information

Speed Networking

Monday, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Bel Aire Ballroom

Kick off the conference right and join us forthis interactive speed networking session.Don't forget your business cards!

SAP S/4HANA & SAP MATERIAL LEDGER

Preparing for S/4HANA – Con-verting to SAP Material Ledger

Paul OvigeleTuesday, 11:15 AM – 12:15 PMBel Aire Ballroom

There are many benefits from implementingMaterial Ledger, such as better accuracy ofCost Reporting, more granularity of Cost ofSales, ability to view inventory in multiplecurrencies and valuation views, and so on.This is one of the reasons that a lot of SAPcustomers are using Material Ledger andwhy it is now required in S/4HANA. How-ever, there are still a lot of companies that

are nervous about transitioning to MaterialLedger because of the potential workloadof converting the data from their current ta-bles to the Material Ledger tables.

Attend this session to learn:

• How to prepare your system for a Mater-ial Ledger conversion

• What questions you need to ask whenconsidering which Material Ledger func-tionality will be beneficial to your organi-zation

• What criteria you can use to determinewhether to convert to Material Ledgerbefore or after an S/4HANA conversion

• Typical mistakes that occur with a Mate-rial Ledger implementation

• What is the recommended point in timein the month/year to convert to MaterialLedger?

Benefits and Impacts of Using SAPMaterial Ledger

Marjorie Wright and Rogerio FaleirosTuesday, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PMFairbanks A

SAP Material Ledger is a very populartopic since S/4HANA made it mandatory.A lot of companies don't use it yet or evenhave no wish to due to its reputation ofbeing complicated and not transparent.This session will break the ice and explainthe benefits of Material Ledger, whatchanges in your balance sheet and P&L, aswell as what transparency you get byworking with it.

• Learn what changes in the BalanceSheet and P&L when using MaterialLedger

• Explore all available reports

• Find out which activation options youhave

• Discover the myths and facts about Material Ledger

New Data Loading Tools for SAPS/4HANA

John Pringle Wednesday, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AMFairbanks A

This session provides an overview of thenew SAP data load tools for S/4HANAand lessons learned from severalS/4HANA projects. You'll learn how touse the data load tool LTMC, how to cre-ate migration projects, how to downloadstandard data templates, and the steps in-volved in loading data into S/4HANA.We'll also examine the LTMOM tool whichallows you to modify existing templates orcreate your own. We'll discuss the limita-tions of the tools and what we can still dowith LSMW.

• Discover what LTMC is and how it works

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PRE-CONFERENCE SESSIONS

Introduction to SAP Controlling:Cost Objects

Marjorie WrightMonday, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Fairbanks A

In this 2-hour pre-conference session we'llprovide an overview of the cost object ofeach CO component, from Cost CenterAccounting to Profitability Analysis, andhow these integrate within Controlling. Thissession is a good fit for those who need togain more basic knowledge on the topic.

• Learn about cost objects by CO compo-nent

• Find out the difference of Real versus Sta-tistical cost objects

• Understand cost object integration withinControlling

Deep Dive into the Universal Journal

Paul OvigeleMonday, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Fairbanks B

By now, everyone has heard about the Uni-versal Journal. It is a revolutionary changeof the table structures in the Financials mod-ules. Although the conceptual understand-ing is widely spread, how about thepractical aspects? How can you get better,more integrated Realtime reports acrossvarious modules such as Financial Account-ing, Controlling, Material Ledger, Profitabil-ity Analysis, and others?

Attend this session to learn:

• How the Universal Journal replaces previ-ous FI/CO reporting

• What reporting options you have withthe Universal Journal table ACDOCA

• The new functionalities of S/4HANAthat can be viewed in the Universal Journal

• The Multidimensional Capabilities of theUniversal Journal

Introduction to Controlling inS/4HANA

Marjorie WrightMonday, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM Fairbanks A

In this 2-hour pre-conference session we ‘llprovide an overview of changes to expectin Controlling master data and businessprocesses with S/4HANA. This session isgreat for those new to Controlling inS/4HANA and need to learn how to“walk before they run”.

• Analyze the meaning of the UniversalJournal and its importance

• Understand how cost elements are beingintegrated with general ledger accounts

• Find out if you really need to use SAPMaterial Ledger

• Learn if cost-based CO-PA is obsolete

Overview of SAP Product Costing Planning

Tom KingMonday, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PMFairbanks B

This pre-conference session will focus oncost estimates with quantity structure associ-ated with Product Cost Planning (CO-PCP).

2019 TRACKS AND SESSIONS

Tracks & Sessions

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CS/4HANA Implementations: BestPractices and Lessons Learned

Anurag Barua Anurag Barua Wednesday, 4:30 PM – 5:30 PMWednesday, 4:30 PM – 5:30 PMBel Aire BallroomBel Aire Ballroom

Learn best practices and mistakes to avoidin implementing S/4HANA in your organi-zation. You will learn with a high-level tran-sition roadmap as well as the variousS/4HANA application and hosting options(i.e. on-premise or public cloud/multi-tenantor private cloud/single tenant or privatemanaged cloud). You will be introduced totwo successful S/4HANA case studies.

• Get acquainted with the application andhosting options for S/4HANA

• Learn best practices and mistakes toavoid when you implement S/4HANA

• Get familiar with a high-level roadmapthat can serve as a framework of refer-ence for your transition to S/4HANA

• Get a glimpse of how two companieshave successfully implementedS/4HANA

SAP HANA Analytics for Financeand Controlling (FICO)

Bill BlakefieldWednesday, 4:30 PM- 5:30 PMFairbanks B

Explore SAP HANA Analytics for FICOwith a focus on SAP Analytics Cloud Digi-tal Boardrooms and SAP S/4HANA Em-bedded Analytics. The session will includean overview of standard SAP AnalyticsFICO solutions/content, highlighting pur-pose, architecture, and business value.Throughout, the central theme will be thatFICO Analytics are significantly improved

because of SAP S/4HANA.

• Step through two live demos: SAP Ana-lytics Cloud Digital Boardroom and SAPS/4HANA Embedded Analytics

• Understand how standard content canimprove business processes and jump-start Analytics in your organization

Walk away with a clear understanding ofSAP S/4HANA Analytics.

SAP Reporting & SAP Planning

SAP Leonardo + Robotic ProcessAutomation and Audit

Kent BettisworthTuesday, 11:15 AM – 12: 15 AMFairbanks A

SAP is rapidly incorporating Robotic ProcessAutomation (RPA). SAP unifies Leonardo de-vice technology with smart software bots todeliver productivity gains for your company.Should your audit committee care about thequickening pace of technology change? Absolutely! In fact, in May 2019 the PublicCompany Accounting Oversight Board(PCAOB) shared their observations on effortsto improve audit quality including commentson the use of emerging technology and cybersecurity risks.

Join us to:

• Understand SAP RPA vision and impacton business processes

• Assimilate PCAOB comments on 2018audit results, technology, and cyber risks

• Comprehend suggestions for your auditcommittee

How to Access Real-Time Datafrom SAP Analytics Cloud in YourSAP BPC Embedded Application

Scott CairncrossTuesday, 1:45 PM – 2:45 AMFairbanks B

Learn how you can use SAP AnalyticsCloud and SAP BPC Embedded for real-time access to financial planning data. Byattending, you will learn how to create LiveConnections to BPC Embedded models inSAP Analytics Cloud and how this capabil-ity can be leveraged within a Central Fi-nance landscape via BPC Optimized forS/4HANA. This session will provide atten-dees with an up-close look at SAP AnalyticsCloud and SAP BPC and how the two canbe integrated for an end-to-end planningsolution.

Report Writer Using the ACDOCT Table

Johannes Le RouxTuesday, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PMFairbanks B

Johannes has worked on multipleS/4HANA projects and together with theanalytics teams he has provided real-stan-dard SAP reporting when there isn’t a BWenvironment or to just provide real time flex-ibility. He shares his experience exploringreports in S/4HANA, creating ReportPainter reports using Universal Journal tablein S/4HANA.

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• Understand if this data load tool re-places LSMW

• Learn how to build and extract data loadtemplates

• Determine if this is the right tool to use forany size implementation

SAP S/4HANA and SLT – a CentralFinance Success Story

Ajith KrishnakumarWednesday, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PMBel Aire Ballroom

Discover how a wine industry leader inte-grated multiple non-SAP system with SAPS/4HANA to realize benefits of a modernERP platform. Learn how SLT capabilitiescombined with CFIN & AIF fulfilled uniquescenarios, real-time replication, advancedreconciliation & robust financial reporting.This session will cover the industry use-case, unique complexities and alternate op-tions that lead to selecting SLT as the toolfor integration with non-SAP legacy systems.

Attend this session to:

• Learn how the CFIN-SLT approach of-fered flexibility for real-time replication offinancial data from multiple data sources

• Understand how the architecture wasleveraged for easy customizations andbusiness rule mappings

How to Build a Business Case forS/4HANA

Anurag BaruaWednesday, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PMFairbanks A

Writing an S/4HANA business case isboth a science and an art. In this session,attendees will become familiar with the keycomponents of a business case, includingthe use of metrics to quantify benefits, tools,templates and accelerators SAP provides tohelp in the process. Attendees will learnfrom Anurag’s experience from advisingmultiple companies on authoringS/4HANA business cases and implemen-tation. Attendees will walk away with asolid understanding of the what and howaspects of a business case.

Join us at this session to learn:

• The most important components includ-ing the key drivers for a solid businesscase

• Tools and templates to simplify and ac-celerate your efforts

• Best practices based on the presenter’sdirect experience

• Lessons learned directly from the field

Change Cost Component Structurewith Material Ledger Active

Rogerio Faleiros Wednesday, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PMBel Aire Ballroom

Changing the cost component structure(CCS) is a challenge for companies whenSAP Material Ledger is active. There is arisk of losing data in the process. It is com-

mon for companies to request a change inthe CCS so they can adapt the costingview to their new business needs. In thissession you will learn the correct way ofgoing through this process without causingany data loss and errors.

• Learn how to change the CCS in the livesystem without losing data

• Understand how to define a new CCS

• Learn the requirements for the change

• Discuss a Cutover plan

Customer Material Level Prof-itability With S/4HANA FinanceABCOPA

Raju ChintalapudiWednesday, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PMFairbanks B

S/4HANA leverages Account BasedCOPA for customer Insights. We will walkthrough transitioning from costing based toaccount based COPA, best practices to de-sign ABCOPA, challenges and approachesto achieve full P&L by customer and mate-rial straight out of S/4 live.

• Learn what framework to use to realizeCustomer Material Level Income Statement

• Discover what new features/functionali-ties exist in ABCOPA

• Understand how to migrate from CB-COPA to ABCOPA

• Learn best practices to execute this imple-mentation

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How Templates Enable SAP ActivityBased Costing

Tom KingTuesday, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PMFairbanks C

Activity Based Costing (ABC) is a methodof assigning overhead costs based on ac-tivities or cost drivers. Drivers are definedas either individual events such as machinesetup or as a duration. Standard methodsof cost allocation using overhead costingsheets or standard activity allocations can-not accurately represent the costs associ-ated with the drivers. SAP developed thebusiness process cost object to be used toaggregate costs from multiple sources torepresent cost drivers. Templates are cre-ated to provide accurate calculations forthe assignment of driver costs using bothbusiness processes and activity types. Thissession will demonstrate an ABC costingscenario to show how you plan and postactivity-based costs to help you determine ifABC is the right approach for you.

In this session you will learn:

• Why templates are an important part ofan ABC implementation

• How cost drivers are represented

• How overhead is allocated using templates

Steps and Considerations forYear-End Closing

Paul OvigeleTuesday, 4:30 PM – 5:30 PMBel Aire Ballroom

There are several steps that need to be car-

ried out to ensure that you have a smoothYear-End closing. Most companies have astandard set of procedures to completethese tasks. However, it is important toknow that you have a comprehensive list ofprocedures that cover all the relevant mod-ules that are set up in your system. Also,since some of these tasks happen onlyonce a year, it is sometimes easy to forgetwhat steps to carry out and how theyshould be done.

Attend this session to learn more about thefollowing:

• Typical Steps that should be carried outduring the Year-End Closing process

• Which of these steps should occur be-fore others?

• Other modules outside FI/CO that areimpacted by the Year-End Closingprocess

• Issues that could crop up with the YearEnd Closing and how to address them

• Some changes that occur with Year EndClosing, when you are on S/4HANA

Product Costing, Transfer Pricingand Material Ledger in S/4HANA

Johannes Le RouxWednesday, 4:30 PM – 5:30 PMFairbanks A

Management reporting and profitabilityrely on an integrated business model thatallows you to analyze the strength and sen-sitivity of the relationships between opti-

mization, the business processes, and de-sign an integrated systems architecture thatsupports the information flow at criticalpoints.

Attend this session to learn how SAP inte-grates across the globe:

• Product Costing with and without markup- Transfer Pricing

• Cost component split in S/4HANA

• Manufacturing variances

• Actual costing and variance impact

• Profitably and impact on COGS

Capital Budget Control—Using anOld Product in a New Way!

Michael Cate and Tom MartinWednesday, 4:30 PM – 5:30 PMFairbanks C

In this session, learn how to control yourcapital budget approval and trackingprocess using a legacy SAP module withnew web front-end. You’re probably famil-iar with Project System (PS), but have youheard of Investment Management (IM)? Ex-isting modules combined with workflow ap-provals and modern user interface (UI) cansupercharge the efficiency/effectiveness ofyour capital approvals process.

Join us to:

• Understand the SAP options for capital ap-provals and how to choose the best fit foryour requirements

• Become aware of a legacy SAP modulethat everyone owns

• Learn how to apply to any capital ap-provals process

SAP Product Costing

SAP PLC Helps You Improve Profit-ability & Accelerate Time to Market

Manthan PeshneTuesday, 11:15 AM – 12:15 PMFairbanks B

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Join us at this session to:

• Learn how to set-up a new library to sup-port ACDOCT

• Understand how to create financial re-ports from ACDOCT table such as bal-ance sheets, drilldown report andCO-PA margin report

• Discover the benefits of using ReportPainter and cost savings

Leave this session with lessons learned frompractical examples and all your questionsanswered.

Financial Entries in Make-to-StockManufacturing - SAP S/4HANA

Birgit StarmannsWednesday, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AMBel Aire Ballroom

Product costing (CO-PC) within SAPS/4HANA Finance highlights the inte-grated nature of the SAP ERP environmentby bringing together information from manydifferent application areas including Salesand Distribution (SD), Materials Manage-ment (MM), Production Planning (PP), costaccounting (CO), and the General Ledger(FI). Using a make-to-stock (MTS) manufac-turing scenario as an example, discoverhow each step in a manufacturing processis reflected in both the SAP General Ledgerand for each controlling object. Learn howthe month-end process facilitates the recon-ciliation between financial and manage-ment accounting, to ensure compliancewith legal requirements for inventory valuation.

We will cover:

• The controlling objects that are used fora make-to-stock manufacturing process,including sales order items, productionorders, and cost-based ProfitabilityAnalysis CO-PA

• Accounting entries made automaticallythroughout the period for a make-to-orderscenario

• How the period-end processes ensurelegal compliance with additional ac-counting postings

• Technical differences in CO-PC due tothe Universal Journal in SAP S/4HANAFinance

Leave this session with a good understand-ing of the changes in CO-PC with SAPS/4HANA Finance

Tips for Building Your Story inSAP Analytics Cloud for Planning

Scott CairncrossWednesday, 3:00 PM- 4:00 PMFairbanks A

Create a story that makes your data cometo life! This session will arm you with tipsand leading practices for building a storyfor manual input of plan data in SAP Ana-lytics Cloud. Learn how to design layoutinput forms for maintainability, as well ashow to set up cross calculations, page fil-ters and structure dimension hierarchies.


• Take an up-close look at SAP AnalyticsCloud

• Learn about the SAP’s latest planning solution

• Discover how it can be used to effec-tively visualize and communicate data ina more compelling way

• Learn from demo examples.

SAP Controlling

Configuration Changes in Control-ling with S/4HANA

Ashish SampatTuesday, 1:45 PM – 2:45 PMFairbanks A

Ashish Sampat, our 2017 ControllingCommunity award recipient, will share im-portant design and configuration changesin Controlling with S/4HANA. Topics wewill discuss include: Cost Element inte-grated with G/L Account, Account BasedProfitability Analysis and SAP MaterialLedger with S/4HANA, Cost of GoodsSold by cost component, and productionvariances by category.

In this session you will:

• Learn how cost elements are now part ofthe G/L account with S/4HANA Finance

• Discover how you resolve account-basedCO-PA ECC limitations in S/4HANA Finance

• Find out how SAP Material Ledger ismandatory with S/4HANA Finance

• Explore how you map cost componentsto G/L accounts in S/4HANA Finance

• Learn how you can post production vari-ances to G/L accounts in S/4HANA Finance


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COGS split, WIP, production variance,and production cost analysis will be cov-ered and demonstrated with reporting out-comes. Lastly, Fiori apps that offer newanalytical capabilities on production costand material valuation/prices will bedemonstrated.

• Perform an overview of costing run enhance-ments including recurrence functionality

• Explore COGS split by standard or ac-tual cost component split

• Understand WIP, production variance,and production cost analysis enhance-ments

• Learn about new Fiori apps for materialvaluation, material price analysis, andproduction cost analysis

Tips and Tricks to Resolve CostingRun Errors in CK40N

Terri MarquisWednesday, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PMFairbanks B

Learn how the CK40N costing run works,and how to resolve common error messages.

Join your fellow attendees to:

• Understand the purpose of each costingrun step

• Find out what causes remaining materials

• Learn how to leverage costing levels forerror resolution

• Receive tips for tracking down the rootcause of common error messages

SAP Customer Case Studies

Product Costing at Eli Lilly andCompany

Ross ChristophTuesday, 3:00 PM- 4:00 PMBel Aire Ballroom

In this session we'll review Lilly’s approachfor SAP product costing. We'll discuss the

overall process including timing and com-pany organizations involved, configuration,program enhancements for the costing logic,the costing run, reporting, and other tools.

Join this session to:

• Explore the design for including materi-als, labor, and overhead costs into thestandard cost of manufactured materials

• Discover Lilly’s approach for inter-com-pany and intra-company costing

• Understand the use of SAP configurationand tools to create an efficient and effec-tive product costing process for a largeinternational company

• Review data stored in SAP that you canutilize to create useful cost reporting

Complex Overhead AllocationUsing Template Allocation

John PringleTuesday, 4:30 PM- 5:30 PMFairbanks A

Two different clients in two different indus-tries, pet food manufacturing and lumbermilling, presented requirements for allocat-ing overhead to product cost that could notbe readily met with activity allocation on arouting or through costing sheets. This ses-sion will explain how the customer require-ments were met using templates. Thesession will illustrate what led to the deci-sion to use templates starting with the exist-ing customer excel models and how thesewere translated into SAP configuration andmaster data elements to support templateallocation. This session will demonstratehow templates are created and the configu-

ration and master data steps required tomake them usable for Product Costing andfor Cost Object Controlling. Finally, we willsee the results of the template allocationprocess in both standard cost estimatesand in production and process order costs.

Join this session to:

• Learn how templates offer a flexible toolto apply overhead to product cost andactual production

• Explore how templates allow you tomodel more complex overhead allocationsthan activity allocations or costing sheets

• Understand how you can use activationconditions in the template for more flexibility

Great-West Financial SAP BPC onHANA Journey

Aileen Tynan Wednesday, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AMFairbanks B

Follow Great-West Financial (GWF) SAPBPC on HANA journey. Review the drivingforce to move the budgeting process fromSAP CO to SAP BPC. Look at the BPCschedulers’ and how they automated busi-ness requirements and driver driven calcula-tions – including merit and benefits. Do awalkthrough of security roles, training andhow GWF distributes templates to theusers. Gain an understanding of BPC’s re-porting capabilities including creating man-ual templates and using the BPC databaseto better understand the intersection re-quired for reporting.

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Discover how Product Lifecycle Costing(PLC) helps customers improve product prof-itability. Using PLC customers predict andcalculate more accurately what a productshould cost even at early stages of productlifecycle.

You will also learn how to:

• Optimize cost and maximize revenue bycalculating and modeling cost scenarioswhen only partial master data available

• Increase revenue by winning more salesopportunities with efficient calculationprocesses and accurate estimates

• Simplify system landscape and reduceTCO through elimination of nonessentialcosting systems and data sources

• Utilize PLC for better decision makingthrough accurate calculations

Walk away with valuable knowledge onhow to use PLC to improve your productprofitability.

Create a Standard for ConfigurableMaterials for Variance Analysis

Birgit Starmanns Tuesday, 1:45 PM – 2:45 PMBel Aire Ballroom

Configurable materials, by definition, donot have a standard cost. To better under-stand manufacturing variances for config-urable products such as a computer or car,you can create a standard cost based onthe variant configuration options chosen ina sales order item. Learn which masterdata and configuration is required to cre-ate this temporary standard cost, and how

it affects variance analysis.


• Learn about the master data and settingsto create a standard cost for config-urable materials in a sales order item, in-cluding super-BOMs and super-routings

• See how variant configuration is lever-aged to ensure the correct componentsand operations are selected to create astandard cost

• Obtain an overview of the accountingentries for make-to-order and how it ismore accurate for configurable materialsthan just one standard

Take away from this session details of vari-ance analysis you can apply to config-urable materials and relevant GL accountpostings.

Finance/GRC Apps using MachineLearning in SAP Cloud Platform

Birgit Starmanns Tuesday, 4:30 PM – 5:30 PMFairbanks B

Whether you have an on-premise imple-mentation, or are already in the Cloud, theapps available through the SAP Cloud Plat-form (SCP) can be used in either deploy-ment scenario, as well as with SAP CentralFinance. Learn about these apps which in-corporate advanced machine learning toincrease efficiency as well as leverage pre-dictive analysis to accelerate the close andprovide managerial insights. Examples ofthe scenarios where SCP apps incorporatemachine learning include digital payments,credit management and customer pay-

ments; cash application; goods receipt/in-voice receipt reconciliation; real estate ca-pabilities for contract and lease expensemanagement; analytics for financial state-ments and for cost centers; and identity ac-cess governance for better control ofauthorizations.

• Learn about the deployment scenariosavailable for SCP applications for Financeand Risk audiences

• See the intuitive user interface for SCPapps that leverage SAP Fiori

• Understand how these apps leverage machine learning to assist Finance teamsto become a more strategic partner tothe business

• Find out how machine learning capabili-ties reduce errors and increase the per-formance of business KPIs for Controllers

Walk away with a better understanding ofthe applications available in the SAP CloudPlatform.

Management Accounting inS/4HANA 1809

Tanya DuncanTuesday, 4:30 PM – 5:30 PMFairbanks C

This presentation will focus on the keychanges to product costing configurationand business process in S/4HANA 1809.We'll cover an overview of product costingprocesses discussing cost planning, costingruns, and period end close steps/report-ing. The S/4HANA enhancements to cost-ing runs will be covered with practicalexamples. Configuration options for


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In this case study you will:

• Walk through the implementationprocess including design, businessprocesses, and hierarchy structures

• Explore GWF Excel templates and howwe utilize them to budget operating ex-penses at a summary and detail leveland headcount including existing em-ployees, new hires, transfers and termi-nations

• Dive into GWF’s allocations process andreporting to the lines of business

Leave this session with a list of GWF’s lessons learned.

Revenue Recognition for MultipleERP at Woodward

Sydnie McConnellWednesday, 3:00 PM- 4:00 PMFairbanks C

Woodward recently completed one of its

largest ever IT/Finance projects: an imple-mentation of SAP Revenue Accounting andReporting (RAR) for compliance with thenew revenue recognition guidelines (ASC606). We'll review Woodward’s systemlandscape and how it changed during theproject, including making performance im-provements and configuration changes inour core SAP system (aside from just theRAR changes). We’ll look at how Wood-ward managed and structured the projectteam, the process of choosing our consult-ing partner, the overall project timeline,and our training approach. We’ll also re-view lessons learned and challenges of theimplementation, and what will be covered

in the next phase of our revenue recogni-tion journey.

• Understand what to consider when im-plementing a single tool across multipleERP systems

• Discover when and why to engage otherparts of the organization on a financeproject

• Gain tips on defining Performance Obli-gation (POB) types

• Learn how to find and solve hidden errors

Expert-Led Networking

Product Costing — Planning and Analysis

Tom KingWednesday, 1:45 PM – 2:45 PMBel Aire Ballroom

This session is designed to confront yourburning questions about how to get themost out of the product costing moduleCO-PC-PCP. We will first identify two orthree main topics to cover and then spend10 to 15 minutes covering each topic.Some topics to consider include Using CostComponent Views, Raw Material Costing,Overhead Allocation, Group and ProfitCenter Valuation, Getting the Most Out ofthe Costing Variant, and Product CostAnalysis Tools. As these are suggestionsonly, the group may come up with differentareas to discuss during the session. Con-nect with other Controlling professionals aswe cover different solutions to the issuespresented. Come prepared to share yourquestions and knowledge!

SAP Cloud Analytics

Scott CairncrossWednesday, 1:45 PM – 2:45 PMFairbanks A

Attend this interactive networking sessionand learn how to get started on your Intelli-gent Enterprise journey using SAP AnalyticsCloud (SAC). This discussion-based sessionwill address three SAC topic areas which

will be selected based on feedback fromthe audience. Potential topics include: Howto get started with an SAC project, tips forcreating dynamic and visual stories, com-mon data integration challenges and more.Come prepared to share your own experi-ences, questions, and knowledge withother Controlling professionals.

Change Management: Need toHave or Nice to Have?

Barbara RojasWednesday, 1:45 PM – 2:45 PMFairbanks B

Managing organizational change involvesunderstanding and addressing the humancomponent of program lifecycles. We allknow that proactive teamwork between Fi-nance and IT is critical for the success ofany ERP implementation. In this discussion,you will be able to share with the audiencethe challenges you experience within yourorganization and look for solutions to-gether. Possible topics include:

• Securing buy-in from sponsors

• Estimating efforts over an engagement

• Planning for key activities during the proj-ect life cycle

1 year later—Revenue Recogni-tion and Lease Accounting Obser-vations

Kent BettisworthWednesday, 1:45 PM – 2:45 PMFairbanks C


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In this session, together we will share ob-servations regarding Revenue Recogni-tion…one year after public companiesadopted the new standard and imple-mented new software solutions. Topicscould include: How are SAP’s Revenue andReporting (RAR) and Lease Accounting (RE-FX) solutions performing and what’s theroadmap look like? What is the FASB andthe SEC saying about the financial state-ment changes? What is the investor’s per-spective? How are private companiescoping with implementation? So, bringyour perspective and your comments, andget ready to rumble!

Sponsored Sessions

Creating a Cost-Focused Culture

Adrian RochovskiTuesday, 11:15 AM – 12:15 PMFairbanks C

Manufacturers all have one thing in com-mon – the need for an effective productcosting process that delivers accurate andactionable results. Best-in-class financeteams are catapulting costing and costtransparency to the front of the list of strate-gic initiatives to transform their leaders’ability to make decisions. Topics include:

• What is a strong costing culture andhow do companies benefit?

• Establishing costing as a competitive ad-vantage to identifying opportunities andenabling strategies

• Getting started on the path to better cost-ing by defining the rules, tools, and datainvolved

Transforming the Finance Function—From Cost Center to Value-Adding Strategic Differentiator

Richard Gray and Christian BieberTuesday, 1:45 PM – 2:45 PMFairbanks C

All too often, corporate finance is relegatedto a backward-looking non-strategic func-tion, a necessary cost center that is focusedon transactional aspects and reporting.We will demonstrate using real-world ex-amples how MAHLE can evolve their fi-nance function into a strategicdifferentiator; one that is a partner for man-agement, insight-focused, forward-looking,and supports true value creation. To do sorequires disrupting the status quo, streamlin-ing processes, making data accessible,and shortening cycle times in order tomake finance more transparent, more re-sponsive, while also shifting the focus fromreporting to analysis, insight, and action.Richard from MAHLE and Christian fromKERN will illustrate how to get measurableresults to the bottom line.

Case Study: How IDEXX UsesWinshuttle to Improve Pricing andFinance Master Data Automation

Vanessa KutasiWednesday, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AMFairbanks C

IDEXX, the world leader in veterinary diag-nostics, needed a pushbutton solution tomake the pricing implementation processsignificantly easier and faster. In this ses-sion, you’ll learn how IDEXX:

• Moved from a manual data-entryprocess that was draining their employ-ees and keeping them from updatingmaterial and pricing data in a timelymanner

• Identified the key results needed to growand empower employees

• Selected and implemented a solution thatautomated their SAP S/4HANAprocesses to reach their goals

• Realized better than expected results in-

cluding time and money savings, em-ployee engagement and empowerment,and improved data governance

Finance Leaders Roundtable

Stacey Adams and Adrian RochovskiWednesday, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PMFairbanks C

With 93% of organizations currently en-gaged in, or planning programs, to im-prove the quality of their cost information,it’s no surprise that finance leaders arekeenly focused on the effects of productcosts on their overall performance. Thisdiscussion session will cover 2019 trendsthat modern finance teams are facing, in-cluding:

• Finance as a strategic business partner

• Shifting global markets and tariff implica-tions

• Digital transformation in the finance function

Post-Conference Sessions

Participant-Driven Deep Dive &Workshop Day

The content of this unique post-conferenceday will be entirely decided by you. Partici-pants will have the opportunity to select thetopics covered and drive the discussion.The topic list for the day is up to partici-pants, we will have a variety of experts onsite to help with discussions and whiteboard sessions.

Each room will be equipped with a projec-tor, whiteboards, etc. Bring your toughestquestions and learn from your peers. Feelfree to bring your own laptops so that youcan log into your SAP systems and sharestrategies and solutions with our group.

Scott Cairncross is a partner and co-founder atTruQua and a recognized thought leader in thearea of enterprise software focused on SAP analyticand ERP solutions. He has 16+ years of SAP experi-ence and is passionate about helping customersachieve a high ROI from their enterprise solutions.

Scott focuses on FP&A, Financial Consolidation, An-alytics, and Cloud Development with the latest tech-nologies such as SAP S/4HANA and SAP AnalyticsCloud. He is a frequent speaker on topics from over-all strategy to implementation know-how at ASUG/Sapphire, SAPinsider, and at ASUG chapters.

Anurag Barua is a digital & business transformationarchitect currently with SAP America. He has spentthe last 21 years in the SAP eco-system leading andadvising nearly 40 customers globally. His SAPcompetencies include FI and CO, FP&A with SAPBPC, logistics & supply chain management, SAP

BW, SAP Business objects, data management &governance; SAP Fiori and GRC. Anurag speaks atSAP conferences, has written 4 SAP books andover a 100 white papers. He holds an MBA in Finance. Contact Anurag [email protected].

Christian Bieber, Managing Partner at Kern AGGermany and CEO for KERN Americas. KERN, aninnovative company with 20+ years’ experience inSAP with focus on planning and reporting processes.Christian is a well-known SAP Consultant and

Speaker as well as a passionate controller. He im-plemented several planning solutions for many com-panies around the globe. He has a profound SAPknowledge covering all relevant fields.

Kent Bettisworth has over thirty years of experienceimplementing and managing information systems.Kent has consulted for many Fortune 1000 corpora-tions across all industries since 1993. He and histeam of associates are well-regarded for their busi-ness and technical expertise in SAP revenue recog-

nition, Lease Accounting, Project System, Fixed As-sets, and Investment Management solutions. Kenthas 15+ years of leadership with Americas SAPUser Group (ASUG). Find more information atwww.bettisworthassociates.com.

NETWORKING 2019 SPEAKERS

Anurag Barua

Christian Bieber

Kent Bettisworth

Scott Cairncross

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Bill Blakefield is a Specialist Master with Deloitteand is an SAP Finance, Business Intelligence, andS/4HANA analytics specialist. He has designedand directed Finance and BI implementation proj-ects. His experience includes developing Self-Ser-

vice reporting programs and enabling data in HANA.He has participated in SAP mergers, implementa-tions, and upgrades. Bill holds a Bachelors degreein Economics, an MBA and is an active CPA in theState of Maryland.

Bill Blakefield

Stacey Adams is the Director of Marketing for 3CSoftware, a leading provider of product cost andprofitability solutions. As head of marketing, she’sworked actively for the past 15+ years to informand educate finance leaders on topics and trendsrelevant to costing, finance, profitability, analytics,

and technology. Stacey also leads the SaaS prod-uct team at 3C Software, charged with bringing ro-bust, cloud-based product costing capabilities tosmall and midsized companies. Stacey holds anMBA from UNC Chapel Hill and a BS in MaterialsScience and Engineering from Cornell University.

Stacey AdamsYou have many ways to connect with your fellowControlling 2019 conference attendees. Getting connected is easy:

Pre-Conference NetworkingPre-Conference Speed NetworkingMonday, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PMBel Aire Ballroom

Expert-Led Networking SessionsProduct Costing—Planning and AnalysisWednesday, 1:45 PM – 2:45 PMTom KingBel Aire Ballroom

SAP Analytics CloudWednesday, 1:45 PM – 2:45 PMScott CairncrossFairbanks A

Change Management: Need to Have orNice to Have?Wednesday, 1:45 PM – 2:45 PMBarbara RojasFairbanks B

1year later — Revenue Recognition andLease Accounting ObservationsWednesday, 1:45 PM – 2:45 PMKent BettisworthFairbanks C

Industry and Topic Area Networking This networking opportunity will allow you to collab-orate with SAP Controlling professionals in your in-dustry on subjects that you want to learn more about.

Industry Networking During Lunch Tuesday, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM

Tables will be organized by the following industries:

• Chemicals• Consumer Products• Food & Beverage

• Industrial Machinery & Components• Manufacturing• Public Sector/Utilities• Medical Device/Pharma

Topic Area Networking During Lunch Wednesday, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM

Tables will be organized by the following topics:

• Activity-Based Costing• SAP Reporting & SAP Planning• Group Cost Profitability• SAP Product Costing• Profitability Analysis• AP S/4HANA & SAP Material Ledger

Welcome ReceptionTuesday, 5:45 PM – 7:00 PMGarden Terrace

Get to know fellow conference attendees in a re-laxed setting with an amazing water view. Compli-mentary appetizers and refreshments will be served.

Post-Conference NetworkingNetworking doesn't end when the conference does.Keep in touch with your fellow conference atten-dees after Controlling 2019 via Blog, Twitter,LinkedIn, and Facebook.

www.erpcorp.com/sap-controlling-blogwww.twitter.com/erpcorpwww.linkedin.com/groups/SAP-Controlling-Com-munity-4048107www.facebook.com/erpcorp

Get Involved with your SAP Controlling Community

There are many ways to participate in your thrivingSAP Controlling Community, such as:

• Join the SAP Controlling Community on LinkedIn

• Write a blog post for the ControllingCommunity Blog

• Present a case study or session at a future SAP Controlling Community event

We are happy to help new authors write blog postsand new speakers develop a stellar session. EmailJohn Jordan for more information at: [email protected]

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Johannes Le Roux is an SAP solution architect, withexperience in SAP S/4HANA Financials and BPC.He is a global supply chain financials expert and isone of the founders of Infogility. He is the practiceleader for Supply Chain Finance and has over

30 years of experience on SAP rollouts throughoutNorth America, Europe, Asia and Africa. Johannesholds a BS in Accounting and National diploma inEngineering.

Tom Martin has over 20 years of experience inSAP, focused on Enterprise Portfolio and ProjectManagement solutions. Over his career Tom hasdesigned and implemented 10 capital project ac-counting systems in SAP Project System, Investment

Management, Portfolio and Project Managementand Plant Maintenance. He has worked in four con-tinents for some of the largest and smallest corpora-tions in a diverse range of industries.

2019 SPEAKERS

Johannes Le Roux

Tom Martin

Tom King

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Vanessa Kutasi is the main Winshuttle FoundationAdmin. She takes care of everything from gainingusers, creating scripts/queries/forms/workflows totraining. She is very passionate about her job.Vanessa is also a leader for the local New England

WUG chapter. Her main focus right now is materialmaster data. She has been with IDEXX 22 yearsnow in various roles from production to support towhat she likes to call behind the scenes.

Vanessa Kutasi

Ajith Krishnakumar is an accomplished technologyconsultant specializing in SAP with over 10 years ofSAP project experience covering multiple industries.He has been part of several large-scale financetransformation projects involving SAP S/4HANA.

He has developed and delivered complex land-scapes involving both cloud and on-premise tech-nologies and has a passion for enabling clients torealize maximum benefits from process automation.

Ajith Krishnakumar

Tom King recently retired from Milliken and Com-pany, a leading manufacturer of specialty textiles,floor covering, and chemicals based in Spartan-burg, South Carolina with global manufacturing fa-cilities, where he was a Senior Business Analyst.He has more than 30 years of experience at Mil-liken in manufacturing and product costing. From2007 until retirement in late 2018, Tom was the

lead CO analyst on the SAP FI/CO team involvedwith the SAP implementation worldwide. He haswritten three books about the SAP Controlling mod-ule: Practical Guide to SAP® CO Templates, SAP®

S/4HANA Product Cost Planning Configurationand Master Data, and SAP® S/4HANA ProductCost Planning – Costing with Quantity Structure.

Theresa Marquis is a principal education consultantfor SAP, where she focuses on the Controlling andProject System components. She has contributed tomultiple SAP certification exams and facilitated thecorresponding updates to SAP Education training

books. As an education consultant, she works withcompanies to perform learning needs analysis todesign tailored training plans for their employees.Terri hosts the Learning Room page for Project Sys-tem certifications.

Theresa Marquis

Michael Cate is a veteran business and technologyconsultant specializing in SAP Enterprise Portfolioand Project Management applications andprocesses. With over 22 years of experience inSAP implementations for global multinationals and

regional SMBs, his focus is on business transforma-tion for capital expenditures and commercial proj-ect processes. Additionally, he has a deepunderstanding of logistics integration and the under-lying financial processes.

Raju Chintalapudi is senior manager of IT at DoleInternational, one of the world’s largest fruit process-ing businesses. He manages the application plat-forms for all financial processes for SAP and non-SAP.He also manages the technology platform for Plan-ning, Business Analytics, Data Warehousing and

Business Intelligence. He has over 20 years of ex-perience business consulting and implementing SAPsolutions for business transformations. He led andmanaged one of the earliest and highly successfulS/4 HANA migrations.

Ross Christoph is responsible for the processes andsolutions for product costing at Eli Lilly and Com-pany on a global basis. Eli Lilly has manufacturingplants in 13 countries and products in 125 coun-tries. Ross has been with Eli Lilly since 1999 andimplemented SAP for product costing and other CO

functionality in many plants and countries. Previ-ously Ross worked at other manufacturing compa-nies focusing on internal accounting and financialroles since 1979 until becoming involved with SAPprojects since 1992. Ross is a Certified Manage-ment Accountant since 1981.

Michael Cate

Raju Chintalapudi

Ross Christoph

Tanya DuncanTanya Duncan is a manager in the SAP practice ofDeloitte Consulting delivering Finance transforma-tion projects for consumer products, high tech, andlife sciences clients. She previously worked for

Owens Corning. Tanya authored Practical Guide toCO-PC (Product Cost Controlling) (2014) and TheEssential SAP Career Guide - Hitting the GroundRunning (2016).

Rogerio Faleiros is an independent SAP controllingconsultant implementing controlling solutions in thefood processing, chemical, construction andagribusiness industries since 2005. Rogerio workswith IFRS and integration with CO-PC minimizingthe impact of changes in SAP in the United States,

Brazil, and Germany. Rogerio has an MBA in ITand provides training for new consultants in Brazil.Rogerio is the author of Configuring Controlling inSAP ERP and Introducing the Material Ledger inSAP S/4HANA (2018). You can reach Rogerio at:[email protected] or LinkedIn.

Rogerio Faleiros

Richard Gray works at MAHLE Engine ComponentsUSA, Inc. in Morristown Tennessee. He has 23years of experience with MAHLE in the Controllingfield and is currently the Manager and Head ofCost Accounting. This is also paired with 5 years ofexperience in the electronics industry. He has

worked through 3 implementations directly and as-sisted on numerous others. He was the lead for SAPCO for the first R/3 location in North America forMAHLE. His plant and team have been using Allevo for 4 years.

Richard Gray

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Ashish Sampat is a finance and costing professionalwith over two decades of SAP consulting experienceand now works as an independent SAP FI/CO con-sultant. He provides solutions in SAP Controlling in-cluding product costing, Material Ledger, and costcenter accounting to clients in consumer packed

goods, life sciences, and industrial sectors. Ashishlives in Chicago with his wife and two kids. Ashish isauthor of First Steps in SAP Controlling (CO) and Ex-pert Tips to Unleash the Full Potential of SAP Control-ling. He is the recipient of 2017 ControllingCommunity Award.

Ashish Sampat

Birgit Starmanns is senior director in the Global Cen-ter of Excellence for Finance and Risk, focused ongo-to-market for new solutions, including SAPS/4HANA Finance, cloud solutions for Finance andsolutions based on SAP Leonardo technologies suchas machine learning. Birgit has over 27 years of ex-

perience in solution marketing and management.She was a principal at Price Waterhouse and holdsan MBA. Birgit is the author of articles for FinancialsExpert, Accelerated Financial Closing with SAP, SAPLabs guidebook Product Costing Scenarios MadeEasy, and presents at SAP events.

Birgit Starmanns

Aileen Tynan has been with Great-West Financial for27 years. She was on the original implementation ofSAP in 2003, focusing on CO and Fixed Assets.Her roles through the years include SR Manager Ac-counting Services, over seeing AP, FA, payroll andCorporate Expenses and then in the FP&A organiza-

tion, dealing mainly with Corporate Expense for in-ternal and external reporting. After implementingBPC in 2017 she is now the administrator for the sys-tems and is also the SAP support person for CO andlead for the SAP Delivery Value Stream.

Aileen Tynan

Marjorie Wright is the founder of Simply FI-CO, anSAP training consulting company. Marjorie is an ex-pert in SAP ERP and an education consultant in Fi-nancial and Management Accounting, and FinancialSupply Chain Management. With over 25 yearstraining and accounting experience, she conductstraining in classrooms and web based, or virtual,meeting rooms. Marjorie has held SAP cost account-

ing positions for companies like Bosch Rexroth. Re-cently, she was senior education consultant with SAPAmerica. She makes complex SAP processes andtechnical settings easy to understand by utilizing sim-ple terms and phrases and real-world business exam-ples. Marjorie is the author of Practical Guide to SAPCO Internal Orders (CO-OM).

Marjorie Wright

Janet Salmon is Chief Product Owner for Manage-ment Accounting at SAP AG. She is the author ofControlling with SAP ERP – business user guide,SAP S/4HANA Finance: the reference guide towhat's new, and First Steps in SAP S/4HANA

Finance. Janet has overseen SAP Controlling func-tionality product developments as both Product andSolution Manager. She spearheaded changes touser interfaces within Controlling and data transferfrom Controlling to SAP HANA.

Janet SalmonSydnie McConnell is the lead SAP business systemsanalyst for Finance at Woodward, a leading aero-space and industrial manufacturer. Sydnie has over15 years of experience with SAP Financials, bothas an end user and a systems analyst. Her primaryfocus is on SAP Controlling, particularly productcost controlling and profitability analysis. Sydnie

has worked on a variety of complex projects, includ-ing several global SAP ERP and BPC implementationsand integrating multiple ERP systems into a singleSAP general ledger. She is the author of two bookson SAP: SAP ERP User Guide – Tips to Increase Pro-ductivity and First Steps in SAP (2nd edition).

Paul Ovigele is the founder of ERPfixers. He hasworked as an ERP financials consultant since 1997in North America and Europe in Financial Account-ing and Controlling, and integrated areas in indus-tries such as consumer goods, chemicals, logistics,

pharmaceuticals, apparel and entertainment. Paulpresents at SAP financials conferences around theworld and is author of Material Ledger in SAPS4HANA (2019).

Sydnie McConnell

Paul Ovigele

Adrian Rochofski is the Solution Leader for 3C Soft-ware, a leading provider of cost and profitabilitysolutions. He is a hands-on, experienced Controller,as well as Product Costing expert and CxO advisor

with a passion for Lean process building. He hassuccessfully implemented budgeting, costing, andprofitability architectures at Fortune 500 companiesaround the globe.

Adrian Rochofski

John Pringle is the SAP FICO Competency GroupLead with Illumiti, an SAP Partner and SAP systemsintegration company based in Toronto. He is prod-uct owner for the SAP all-in-one Mining Solution.John has worked in SAP consulting for over 15 years.He has implemented SAP solutions in mining, auto-

motive, food processing, semi-conductor and indus-trial and building products. He implements SAPFICO, PS, MM, SD and PP, has an MBA, and is aCMA and CPA. John is the author of PracticalGuide to SAP Profit Center Accounting. ContactJohn at [email protected] or LinkedIn.

John Pringle

Manthan Peshne has 15 years of experience inSAP application space leading business transforma-tion initiatives and providing ERP solutions. He cur-rently leads SAP Product Lifecycle Costing (PLC)team in North America as GTM lead. He has

worked with many NA customers evaluating PLC,proposing solutions and architecture. He is a recog-nized PLM solution architect and helps architect in-novative solutions for customers.

Manthan Peshne

Barbara Rojas is senior leader at Discovery Chan-nel, focused on collaboration and alignment be-tween Finance and IT stakeholders to define,architect, and deploy solutions within corporate fi-nancial systems. She has a long running record ofsuccess in large-scale cross functional governanceand program management bringing together the

people, process and technology, and improving im-plementation efficiency over the course of projectlife cycles. Barbara has spent the last few yearsleading Discovery’s financial solutions M&A integra-tion efforts and champions the company’s land-scape vision and roadmap.

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John Jordan isfounder andprinciple consult-ant at ERP Corp,which providesexpert SAP train-ing and consult-ing services.John regularlyspeaks at conferences, publishes articles,and is the author of SAP PRESS bestsellers:

• Product Cost Controlling with SAP (3rdEdition) (2016)

• 100 Things You Should Know AboutControlling with SAP (2nd Edition)(2015)

• Production Variance Analysis in SAPControlling (2nd Edition) (2011)

He is considered one of the leading ex-perts in the SAP Controlling component byclients and peers. Contact John at:[email protected].

KameliyaDoncheva is theProducer of SAPControlling2019. Sheholds a BA de-gree in Logisticsand qualifica-tions in Market-ing and Web Design. Kameliya ispassionate about business developmentand startups and runs her own marketingconsulting company. In her free time, Kamvolunteers as a meal server in a homelessshelter, learns how to play the piano ordances tango. Contact Kam [email protected].

Mark Downs is asales professionalwith over 10years of experi-ence in B2Bsales and salesmanagement.Mark is based inTexas and has in-depth experience in business development,account management, lead generation, andmarketing. Mark is responsible for registrationsales for the Controlling Conference. ContactMark at [email protected] with anyquestions regarding registration or groupsales.

Kimo Lee is thefounder andowner of Azure-link, a creativeInternet technol-ogy firm locatedin Milford, NH.Azurelink pro-vides designconsulting for the Controlling conference,and printed collateral materials. Azurelinkservices include SEO and social mediamarketing consulting, web site design, de-velopment, managed scalable web host-ing, and more. Follow Kimo on Twitter:@azurelink or contact him at www.azure-link.com.

Jon Reed is anindependent an-alyst, SAP Men-tor Alumni andEnterprise Irregu-lar who blogsand video-castson enterprise

trends. He is a co-founder ofdiginomica.com. Launched in the spring of2013, diginomica provides original com-mentary focused on the digital enterprise.In his client work, Jon advises companieson enterprise go-to-market and use of multi-media and inbound marketing to breakaway from ineffective push marketing. Jonis a founding member of the HANA Distin-guished Engineers Council, a community-led organization focused on identifyingand developing HANA expertise to sup-port new projects. Jon is the publisher offive non-fiction books, including The Ulti-mate SAP User Guide. He is part of theERP Corp founding team for the Controllingconference series. Follow Jon on Twitter:@jonerp or contact him atwww.jonerp.com.

Deepak Wad-hwani has over20 years of ex-perience in soft-ware/wirelesstechnologies. Hehas worked withFortune 500companies in-cluding Intuit, ESRI, Qualcomm, Sprint, Veri-zon, Vodafone, Nortel, Microsoft and Oraclein over 60 countries. He is the founder ofPROS, a San Diego based Internet technol-ogy & marketing company. He has workedon many facets of eCommerce and InternetMarketing with leading brands such as Turbo-Tax, Best Buy, Century 21 Real Estate, Sta-ples, Nike, eHarmony, Adidas, Zappos(Amazon), Ticket Network and many more.His company PROS manages the technologyfor ERPCorp.com.

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