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Public
February 22 2017
Michel Haesendonckx SAP SE
Path to digital financeIntroducing S4HANA Finance
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they should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions
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Digitization
Not just something up in the air
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What does digitalization mean for businesses
Speed
Transparency
Business innovation
Direct engagement
Automation
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Businesshellip
What do they expect from finance
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What does business expect from finance
Instant
insight to
action
ldquoI donrsquot care about how they operate Of
course it should be cost-effective
But I do need the right figuresrdquo
Need to go beyond looking in the rearview mirror
simulate predict
CFO as the architect for
new business models
Need the right information for instant business decisions
Active support and
participation in
strategic decisions
Ensure our organization
complies with regulations
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Digitization
What does this mean for your finance department
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CFOrsquos New RealityBecoming a Live Business in a Digital World
Increasing complexity
of external conditions
Pressure to support
global growth
initiatives
Requirement to reduce
the cost of financeAccelerated adoption of
technology innovations
Digital work style
enabled by networks
and mobility
Explosion of Big Data
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Providing opportunities to reimagine finance
Reimagine
Strategy
Reimagine
efficiency and
compliance
Reimagine
Business
performance
Easily architect
new business
models
Deliver instant insight
into the hands of
the business
Approach automated
ldquolights outrdquo finance
process
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Digital finance in summary
Automated continuous processes
to eliminate manual processes and
media breaks
Full transparency of all information
accessible to everyone anywhere
in the moment
Machine learning for smart
automation and cognitive insights
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Technology is driving the finance transformation
In Memory
UX
Robotics amp Machine Learning
Cloud
Networks
Predictive
Transforming Finance
Organizations
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Letrsquos
take a look
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Finance as the key source of data Is this the case at your company
Question
Futuristic Not really
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SAP S4HANA Supports Live Business
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Accounting amp Financial Close
Treasury Management
Financial Operations
Governance Risk amp Compliance
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Single source of truth for instant insight
Common Platform
One platform for prediction
analytics and transactions
Removal of data silos
Real time analysis
Single source
One universal journal for
financial and managerial
accounting
Automatically reconciled
On the fly aggregation
Across landscapes
Centralized instance for
heterogeneous landscape
Centralized processes
Real time replication
SAP HANA
Single source of truth
Operations Business
planning
Business
intelligence
SAP S4HANA Finance
Powered by
SAP HANA
instant data
replication
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Intuitive user experience ndash macro to detailed view
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Intuitive and enriched user experience for higher user productivity
Search across and
within apps to get
immediate answersRole based with one
common role definition
News and feeds to
enhance collaborationDynamic charts to
provide high-level
real-time overview
SAP Jam social software
platform integrated to
provide instant feedback
on notifications and group
activity
Color coding to alert user
for any overdue new or
immediate actions
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On-the-fly analysis ndash personalized and role based
SAP BusinessObjects Analysis
edition for Microsoft Office
SAP BusinessObjects Lumira
SAP Business Explorer
SAP BusinessObjects
Design Studio
SAP Digital Boardroom
Chief financial officer
Financial close manager
Cash manager
Receivables manager
Payables manager
Finance for managers
Real estate manager
General ledger accountant
Accounts receivable accountant
Accounts payable accountant
Collections specialist
Dispute specialist
Management accounting
Cash Manager
Business
Intelligence
Renewed
Managerial Roles
Renewed
Transactional Roles
In progress
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On-the-fly analysis ndash digital boardroom
Total
transparencySimplified
boardroom processes
Instant
data-driven insights
Real-time view of complete
company situation
Comprehensive view on key
figures across divisions
Instantly access accurate information
to address ad-hoc questions
Improve decision-making with analysis
of alternatives and implications
Reduce preparation time and
offline discussion topics
Focused collaboration to leverage
expert knowledge
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Digital and robotic process automation
Finance
Accurate
digital data
Identify hidden
patterns in knowledge
intensive processes
and then executes
processing
Machine Learning
Help run repetitive
rule-bases monotone
tasks
Robotics Process
Automationwith specific
process knowledge
enable rule-based
automation
Engines
Accurate
digital data
Reduces
reconciliations and
enables higher
degree of end to
end automated
processing
S4HANA Finance
ndash the digital core
Foundation for
digital automation
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S4HANA
Value scenarios across the entire finance value chain
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Real-time customer and product profitability
Profitability characteristics at line-
item level in real time over time
Root cause analysis and traceback
based on single source of truth
All-in cost transparency for
cross charging process
improvements and pricing
Self service comparison of
performance by customer product
groups or other dimensions
(including flexible hierarchies)
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA
Transactions Simulation Prediction
Primary Costing
SAP S4HANA
Controlling
Advanced
(amp Full)
Costing
Aggregation and Analysis of granular data for Profitability Reporting
Analysis
Time
Co
sts
Re
ve
nu
es
New dimensions
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Our Guiding Principlesto analyzing customer and product profitability
Acceleration of
ProcessesInstant Insight
Single Source
of Truth
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From Guiding principles to functional capabilities
Profitability Analysis
in Universal Journal
Enhanced capabilities of
Account based(to allow for PA on Universal J)
New (real-time)
reporting capabilities(integration with BOhellip)
Move towards continous
accounting
Attributed profitability
segments
Event-based revenue
recognition (1)
Realignment
Resource related
Intercompany Process
Enhancements (2)
(2) Available in public cloud and on premise through activation of business function FINS_CO_ICO_PROC_ENH_101
(1) For project-based services sales projects
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Benefits
bull One line item table with full detail
for all applications - for instant
insight amp easy extensibility
bull Data stored only once no more
reconciliation needed - by design
bull Reduction of memory footprint
through elimination of redundancy
bull Fast multi-dimensional reporting
without replicating data to business
warehouse (BW)
bull If a warehouse is in place anyway
only one single extractor needed
bull Secondary cost elements are now
GL accounts
Universal Journal
Ledger Company
Account
Cost
Element
Balancing
Profit
Center
Amount
1
Amount
2
Amount
3
Fixed
Asset
Coding
Block
Market
SegmentMaterial
Customer
Fields hellip
General Ledger
Ledger Company AccountProfit
Center
Amount
1
Amount
2
Amount
3hellip
Profitability
Operating
Concern
Market
Segmenthellip
Management Accounting
Controlling
Area
Cost
Element
Amount
1
Amount
2
Coding
Blockhellip
Asset Accounting
CompanyFixed
Assethellip
Material Ledger
Company Material hellip
Profitability Analysis in Universal JournalSingle Source of Truth
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Accelerated period-end closeInstant Insight
Settlements amp
Assessments
Within Period Period Close Within Period Period Close
Settlements amp
AssessmentsReportingReporting
Account Assignment
Cost Center
Internal Order
Sales Order
Project
Derivation Steps
Derivation of profitability
characteristics based on configuration
Automated derivation of profitability
characteristics
Real-time Profitability
Enriched income statement
item with more characteristics
Income statement items get a
so-called attributed profitability
segment which is used for
reporting
Available in S4HANA Cloud and S4HANA Finance planned for S4HANA OP
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Business Use Cases for Attributed Profitability SegmentsExamples
Example 2
Drilldown on your unbilled
revenue (WIP) in your
balance sheet and find out
more about related projects
and products
Example 1
Analyze your travel expenses by
customer and by product as they
occur - without waiting for the
closing process and settlements
to happen
Profitability characteristics are derived immediately at the point in time of each ldquoprimaryrdquo document
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Project-based services with real-time revenue and cost recognitionfor single-level projects
Revenue Recognition process now reflected in Universal Journal ndash
the single source of truth for all Financial data
bull No separate storage for Revenue Recognition data anymore
bull No reconciliation efforts
Business Benefits Event-Based Revenue Recognition supports the
matching principle without batch jobs at period-end close
bull Costs and revenues always match
bull Profitability reporting always up to date
Process Benefits Event-based posting provides direct link between
the original posting and the Revenue Recognition posting
bull Soft close supported by eliminating settlement and results analysis as
period close steps
bull Linkage simplifies auditing
bull Linkage allows drill-down from Revenue Recognition posting (eg WIP)
to the original posting
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Reporting capabilities
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Steer the business on an operational and strategic level
through continuous information flow
Continuous end-to-end automation improving efficiency data
integrity and visibility into finance processes
Monitor in real-time the progress quality and financial results
of the closing cycle to avoid bottlenecks and address
business concerns
Get closer to the business and make better strategic
decisions thanks to real-time insight
Enabling strategic finance with a modern system delivering
instant insight to the entire business anywhere available on-
premise and in the cloud
Vision Continuous Accounting
Real-time
Insight
Efficiency
and speed
Quality
and governance
Rob Kugel from Ventura Research wrote a blog that initially coined the phrase
httpsblogventanaresearchcom20151030continuous-accounting-enables-a-strategic-finance-department
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What are the advantages of a Continuous Close capability
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
elimination of tasks
real-time execution
automation
acceleration
Continuous closing eg
real-time profitability
insights before period end
closing
ldquoPredicted Actualsrdquo are
derived to enable analysis
of results at period end
during the period
partially Lab preview
Lab preview
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SAP Solution offering One consistent and integrated R2R-platform
Single Source
of Truth in the
Universal
Journal ndash all
value flows in
one place
Integrated
Compliance
with Statutory
Reporting for
SAP S4HANA
Special support
for IFRS 9 15
16 and BEPS
Comprehensive
automation
Fast Close with
SAP Financial
Closing cockpit
Soft Close and
Predicted Close
initiatives
Automation of
intercompany
processing and
streamlined
reconciliation
Real-time
Consolidation
for more
transparency
and speed in
group reporting
Integrated
Disclosure
Management
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
Bringing Higher Quality Speed Efficiency and Insight by automating the statutory and management
reporting for increasingly complex accounting closing and disclosure demands
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Screenshot example Fiori for SAP S4HANA Screenshot example for SAP S4HANA Cloud
SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Roadmap
Muster
Muster
Muster
Muster
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SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Finance (aka ldquoSimple
Financerdquo) SAP Smart Business
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Real-Time Consolidation
building blocks
SAP ERP
SAP R3
Non-SAP
BPC
Integration
Currency
Translation
ModellingEliminations
Group
Reporting
Validation
Intercompany
Flexible
Upload
BPC Consolidation
BPC Planning
BPC Modelling
SAP S4HANA ON PREMISE SAP BusinessObjects
Planning and Consolidation
ACDOCA Master Data ACDOCCExten BW
Consolidation preparation RTC Enhancements
SAP S4HANA 1610
Existing functionalities
Consolidation Enhancements
Central Finance
ControllingAccounting
Disclosure Management
Validations
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA Platform amp S4HANA
(Single source of truth)
Responsiveness to changing business environment
Links operational decision with
strategic goals
Monitor execution in real time
Trigger mitigation actions
Dynamic Planning and Analysis
Integrated budgeting amp forecasting
Embedded planning with real-time access to
transactional data
Built-in predictive and simulation capabilities
Integrated budgeting embedded in closed loop performance management
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SAP BO Planning amp
Consolidation
(Optimized for S4HANA
or stand-alone)
SAP BO Cloud
Core solution components
Additional solution components
SAP S4HANA
Transactions Planning Prediction Monitor
Flexible modeling
and simulation
End-user and
process driven
Enabling
closed-loop
performance
management
Real-time transactional data access
ndash no replication
Immediate update of plans and
forecasts
Full integration of different planning
models
Planning at any level of detail and
aggregation on the fly
Embedded predictive algorithms
and simulation capabilities
SAP IBP
SAP
Real Spend
Industry
specific
planning
solutions
Dynamic planning and analysis ndash How SAP supports
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SAP RealSpend
Introducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables line managers to maximizing budget
utilization
by
proactively manage spending
in real-time
for all current and future activities
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Real-time plan to actual cash cycle
Easily consolidate global bank balances and cash
positions from data from SAP as well as non-SAP
systems
Monitor critical KPIs and have real-time overview and
response to cash requirements
Centralized bank account management including
overdraft limit and bank risk analysis management and
workflow support
Simplify and automate cash analysis and liquidity
management reducing banking fees and borrowing
costs
Improved control and compliance through integrated
signatures with change history and workflows
Treasury Management
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Bank counter-party risk management
ldquoImproving Cash
Management is a priority for
a vast majority of finance
professionalsldquo
Source Next-Generation Needs for Cash Management CFO Research2015
Manage all bank account data and signatory in one
central repository
Automate the data exchange for account opening
maintenance and closure requests through workflow and
integrating payment approval processes
Improve control and compliance through integrated
signatures with BCM payment approval change history
and workflows
Gain insight with bank account master data reports and
bank statement monitoring
Ease of operation with structured processes to open and
close bank accounts bank to bank or third party
transfers as well as cash concentration
Treasury Management
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Real-time receivables and payables management
Credit Collections Dispute
Receivables Manager
Data-driven process control
for team management
Sales Team
Senior
Executives
Cash Collection Team
Cross-system automation
of collections processes to
deliver superior customer
service
Analytics and workflow
align sales AR and
executives to reduce DSO
Optimized for global
business services
deployment
Automate collaboration
with external expertise
Sta
ndard
Re
ce
iva
ble
s
Mobile analytics and
insight to avoid credit
blocks and reduce DSO
Redesigned processes
Automation and
workflow
Rating ExpertsRating Agency Credit Bureau
Update scores as
conditions change
Monitor customers
automatically
Customers
Viewdownload invoices
Send remittance
Make payments
Cloud for Credit
Integration
Cloud for
Customer
payments
Financial Operations
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Credit agency
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by the customer during the implementation project
Significant implementation effort per interfaces (= per agency)
Interfaces are XML based
XI PI is required
SAP Credit ManagementIntegration of Credit Risk Agencies in the Past
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Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by an HCP app
Maintenance of interfaces to credit agencies done by SAP
Bulk of the data of external credit reports remains in HCP app
Targeted data fields (like external rating foundation date of a companyhellip) is transferred to SAP Credit Management to
enable scoring based on external and internal data
Credit controller can access detailed data on HCP app with one click from SAP Credit Management screen
Integration of Credit Risk Agencies with
SAP S4HANA Finance Cloud for credit integration
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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SAP Clea - Cash Application
PAYMENTS INVOICES
bull Every Account Receivable (AR) team member handles a set of customer accounts differently
bull Every historical AR clearing from all the AR team becomes an important asset for Machine learning
bull For payments that cannot be automatically cleared AR team member can see a list of invoices with the
suggested ratings
Customer
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SAP Solution StrategyNon-disruptive automation through SAP HANA CLOUD PLATFORM
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
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Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
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What about simulating a
change in my org model
For example in view of MampA (or other)
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SAP Financial Statement InsightsIntroducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables finance professionals to reveal hidden
trends and leverage unused potential from
financial information
By
performing personalized ad-hoc analysis
simulating organizational models
based on all relevant financial information
available in S4HANA
in real-time
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The SAP Hybrid Cloud ArchitectureDelivering innovation while keeping a stable Core
Futuristic Not reallyhellip Many organization are already there
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Customer success with SAP S4HANA Finance
Growing today with technology for
tomorrow
Turk Telcom wanted to transition from multiple
ledgers to an integrated business with one
software environment and speed up mergers
and acquisitions
Shorter closing period by up to 2 days
Greater clarity and visibility into financial
data
More flexibility in business operations
Simpler processes eliminating
unnecessary workload
Improve expense management
processes with SAP Fraud
management on SAP HANA
Vodafone wanted to automate and become
best in class for TampE claims audit Looking to
extrapolate to other audit systems
100 of claims now automatically
revieiwed before only 10 of employee
claims reviewed through manual process
Now able to investigate different types of
abuse while still saving costs
Increasing Revenue 100 with SAP
S4HANA Finance
Memebox wanted to create a secure
foundation for global business expansion
while improving the accuracy of inventory and
increasing insight into logistic information
100 increase in revenue sing the launch
of SAP S4HANA Finance
30 shorter delivery lead time to
customers
50 increase in sales productivity with on-
the-go data access
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Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
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The information in this presentation is confidential and proprietary to SAP and may not be disclosed without the permission of SAP This
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All forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from
expectations Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements which speak only as of their dates and
they should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions
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Digitization
Not just something up in the air
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What does digitalization mean for businesses
Speed
Transparency
Business innovation
Direct engagement
Automation
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Businesshellip
What do they expect from finance
6Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What does business expect from finance
Instant
insight to
action
ldquoI donrsquot care about how they operate Of
course it should be cost-effective
But I do need the right figuresrdquo
Need to go beyond looking in the rearview mirror
simulate predict
CFO as the architect for
new business models
Need the right information for instant business decisions
Active support and
participation in
strategic decisions
Ensure our organization
complies with regulations
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Digitization
What does this mean for your finance department
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CFOrsquos New RealityBecoming a Live Business in a Digital World
Increasing complexity
of external conditions
Pressure to support
global growth
initiatives
Requirement to reduce
the cost of financeAccelerated adoption of
technology innovations
Digital work style
enabled by networks
and mobility
Explosion of Big Data
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Providing opportunities to reimagine finance
Reimagine
Strategy
Reimagine
efficiency and
compliance
Reimagine
Business
performance
Easily architect
new business
models
Deliver instant insight
into the hands of
the business
Approach automated
ldquolights outrdquo finance
process
10Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Digital finance in summary
Automated continuous processes
to eliminate manual processes and
media breaks
Full transparency of all information
accessible to everyone anywhere
in the moment
Machine learning for smart
automation and cognitive insights
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Technology is driving the finance transformation
In Memory
UX
Robotics amp Machine Learning
Cloud
Networks
Predictive
Transforming Finance
Organizations
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Letrsquos
take a look
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Finance as the key source of data Is this the case at your company
Question
Futuristic Not really
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SAP S4HANA Supports Live Business
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Accounting amp Financial Close
Treasury Management
Financial Operations
Governance Risk amp Compliance
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Single source of truth for instant insight
Common Platform
One platform for prediction
analytics and transactions
Removal of data silos
Real time analysis
Single source
One universal journal for
financial and managerial
accounting
Automatically reconciled
On the fly aggregation
Across landscapes
Centralized instance for
heterogeneous landscape
Centralized processes
Real time replication
SAP HANA
Single source of truth
Operations Business
planning
Business
intelligence
SAP S4HANA Finance
Powered by
SAP HANA
instant data
replication
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Intuitive user experience ndash macro to detailed view
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Intuitive and enriched user experience for higher user productivity
Search across and
within apps to get
immediate answersRole based with one
common role definition
News and feeds to
enhance collaborationDynamic charts to
provide high-level
real-time overview
SAP Jam social software
platform integrated to
provide instant feedback
on notifications and group
activity
Color coding to alert user
for any overdue new or
immediate actions
20Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
On-the-fly analysis ndash personalized and role based
SAP BusinessObjects Analysis
edition for Microsoft Office
SAP BusinessObjects Lumira
SAP Business Explorer
SAP BusinessObjects
Design Studio
SAP Digital Boardroom
Chief financial officer
Financial close manager
Cash manager
Receivables manager
Payables manager
Finance for managers
Real estate manager
General ledger accountant
Accounts receivable accountant
Accounts payable accountant
Collections specialist
Dispute specialist
Management accounting
Cash Manager
Business
Intelligence
Renewed
Managerial Roles
Renewed
Transactional Roles
In progress
21Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
On-the-fly analysis ndash digital boardroom
Total
transparencySimplified
boardroom processes
Instant
data-driven insights
Real-time view of complete
company situation
Comprehensive view on key
figures across divisions
Instantly access accurate information
to address ad-hoc questions
Improve decision-making with analysis
of alternatives and implications
Reduce preparation time and
offline discussion topics
Focused collaboration to leverage
expert knowledge
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Digital and robotic process automation
Finance
Accurate
digital data
Identify hidden
patterns in knowledge
intensive processes
and then executes
processing
Machine Learning
Help run repetitive
rule-bases monotone
tasks
Robotics Process
Automationwith specific
process knowledge
enable rule-based
automation
Engines
Accurate
digital data
Reduces
reconciliations and
enables higher
degree of end to
end automated
processing
S4HANA Finance
ndash the digital core
Foundation for
digital automation
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S4HANA
Value scenarios across the entire finance value chain
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
26Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time customer and product profitability
Profitability characteristics at line-
item level in real time over time
Root cause analysis and traceback
based on single source of truth
All-in cost transparency for
cross charging process
improvements and pricing
Self service comparison of
performance by customer product
groups or other dimensions
(including flexible hierarchies)
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA
Transactions Simulation Prediction
Primary Costing
SAP S4HANA
Controlling
Advanced
(amp Full)
Costing
Aggregation and Analysis of granular data for Profitability Reporting
Analysis
Time
Co
sts
Re
ve
nu
es
New dimensions
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Our Guiding Principlesto analyzing customer and product profitability
Acceleration of
ProcessesInstant Insight
Single Source
of Truth
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From Guiding principles to functional capabilities
Profitability Analysis
in Universal Journal
Enhanced capabilities of
Account based(to allow for PA on Universal J)
New (real-time)
reporting capabilities(integration with BOhellip)
Move towards continous
accounting
Attributed profitability
segments
Event-based revenue
recognition (1)
Realignment
Resource related
Intercompany Process
Enhancements (2)
(2) Available in public cloud and on premise through activation of business function FINS_CO_ICO_PROC_ENH_101
(1) For project-based services sales projects
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Benefits
bull One line item table with full detail
for all applications - for instant
insight amp easy extensibility
bull Data stored only once no more
reconciliation needed - by design
bull Reduction of memory footprint
through elimination of redundancy
bull Fast multi-dimensional reporting
without replicating data to business
warehouse (BW)
bull If a warehouse is in place anyway
only one single extractor needed
bull Secondary cost elements are now
GL accounts
Universal Journal
Ledger Company
Account
Cost
Element
Balancing
Profit
Center
Amount
1
Amount
2
Amount
3
Fixed
Asset
Coding
Block
Market
SegmentMaterial
Customer
Fields hellip
General Ledger
Ledger Company AccountProfit
Center
Amount
1
Amount
2
Amount
3hellip
Profitability
Operating
Concern
Market
Segmenthellip
Management Accounting
Controlling
Area
Cost
Element
Amount
1
Amount
2
Coding
Blockhellip
Asset Accounting
CompanyFixed
Assethellip
Material Ledger
Company Material hellip
Profitability Analysis in Universal JournalSingle Source of Truth
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Accelerated period-end closeInstant Insight
Settlements amp
Assessments
Within Period Period Close Within Period Period Close
Settlements amp
AssessmentsReportingReporting
Account Assignment
Cost Center
Internal Order
Sales Order
Project
Derivation Steps
Derivation of profitability
characteristics based on configuration
Automated derivation of profitability
characteristics
Real-time Profitability
Enriched income statement
item with more characteristics
Income statement items get a
so-called attributed profitability
segment which is used for
reporting
Available in S4HANA Cloud and S4HANA Finance planned for S4HANA OP
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Business Use Cases for Attributed Profitability SegmentsExamples
Example 2
Drilldown on your unbilled
revenue (WIP) in your
balance sheet and find out
more about related projects
and products
Example 1
Analyze your travel expenses by
customer and by product as they
occur - without waiting for the
closing process and settlements
to happen
Profitability characteristics are derived immediately at the point in time of each ldquoprimaryrdquo document
32Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Project-based services with real-time revenue and cost recognitionfor single-level projects
Revenue Recognition process now reflected in Universal Journal ndash
the single source of truth for all Financial data
bull No separate storage for Revenue Recognition data anymore
bull No reconciliation efforts
Business Benefits Event-Based Revenue Recognition supports the
matching principle without batch jobs at period-end close
bull Costs and revenues always match
bull Profitability reporting always up to date
Process Benefits Event-based posting provides direct link between
the original posting and the Revenue Recognition posting
bull Soft close supported by eliminating settlement and results analysis as
period close steps
bull Linkage simplifies auditing
bull Linkage allows drill-down from Revenue Recognition posting (eg WIP)
to the original posting
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Reporting capabilities
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
35Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Steer the business on an operational and strategic level
through continuous information flow
Continuous end-to-end automation improving efficiency data
integrity and visibility into finance processes
Monitor in real-time the progress quality and financial results
of the closing cycle to avoid bottlenecks and address
business concerns
Get closer to the business and make better strategic
decisions thanks to real-time insight
Enabling strategic finance with a modern system delivering
instant insight to the entire business anywhere available on-
premise and in the cloud
Vision Continuous Accounting
Real-time
Insight
Efficiency
and speed
Quality
and governance
Rob Kugel from Ventura Research wrote a blog that initially coined the phrase
httpsblogventanaresearchcom20151030continuous-accounting-enables-a-strategic-finance-department
36Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What are the advantages of a Continuous Close capability
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
elimination of tasks
real-time execution
automation
acceleration
Continuous closing eg
real-time profitability
insights before period end
closing
ldquoPredicted Actualsrdquo are
derived to enable analysis
of results at period end
during the period
partially Lab preview
Lab preview
37Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Solution offering One consistent and integrated R2R-platform
Single Source
of Truth in the
Universal
Journal ndash all
value flows in
one place
Integrated
Compliance
with Statutory
Reporting for
SAP S4HANA
Special support
for IFRS 9 15
16 and BEPS
Comprehensive
automation
Fast Close with
SAP Financial
Closing cockpit
Soft Close and
Predicted Close
initiatives
Automation of
intercompany
processing and
streamlined
reconciliation
Real-time
Consolidation
for more
transparency
and speed in
group reporting
Integrated
Disclosure
Management
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
Bringing Higher Quality Speed Efficiency and Insight by automating the statutory and management
reporting for increasingly complex accounting closing and disclosure demands
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Screenshot example Fiori for SAP S4HANA Screenshot example for SAP S4HANA Cloud
SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Roadmap
Muster
Muster
Muster
Muster
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SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Finance (aka ldquoSimple
Financerdquo) SAP Smart Business
40Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-Time Consolidation
building blocks
SAP ERP
SAP R3
Non-SAP
BPC
Integration
Currency
Translation
ModellingEliminations
Group
Reporting
Validation
Intercompany
Flexible
Upload
BPC Consolidation
BPC Planning
BPC Modelling
SAP S4HANA ON PREMISE SAP BusinessObjects
Planning and Consolidation
ACDOCA Master Data ACDOCCExten BW
Consolidation preparation RTC Enhancements
SAP S4HANA 1610
Existing functionalities
Consolidation Enhancements
Central Finance
ControllingAccounting
Disclosure Management
Validations
41Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
42Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA Platform amp S4HANA
(Single source of truth)
Responsiveness to changing business environment
Links operational decision with
strategic goals
Monitor execution in real time
Trigger mitigation actions
Dynamic Planning and Analysis
Integrated budgeting amp forecasting
Embedded planning with real-time access to
transactional data
Built-in predictive and simulation capabilities
Integrated budgeting embedded in closed loop performance management
43Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP BO Planning amp
Consolidation
(Optimized for S4HANA
or stand-alone)
SAP BO Cloud
Core solution components
Additional solution components
SAP S4HANA
Transactions Planning Prediction Monitor
Flexible modeling
and simulation
End-user and
process driven
Enabling
closed-loop
performance
management
Real-time transactional data access
ndash no replication
Immediate update of plans and
forecasts
Full integration of different planning
models
Planning at any level of detail and
aggregation on the fly
Embedded predictive algorithms
and simulation capabilities
SAP IBP
SAP
Real Spend
Industry
specific
planning
solutions
Dynamic planning and analysis ndash How SAP supports
44Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP RealSpend
Introducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables line managers to maximizing budget
utilization
by
proactively manage spending
in real-time
for all current and future activities
45Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
46Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time plan to actual cash cycle
Easily consolidate global bank balances and cash
positions from data from SAP as well as non-SAP
systems
Monitor critical KPIs and have real-time overview and
response to cash requirements
Centralized bank account management including
overdraft limit and bank risk analysis management and
workflow support
Simplify and automate cash analysis and liquidity
management reducing banking fees and borrowing
costs
Improved control and compliance through integrated
signatures with change history and workflows
Treasury Management
47Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Bank counter-party risk management
ldquoImproving Cash
Management is a priority for
a vast majority of finance
professionalsldquo
Source Next-Generation Needs for Cash Management CFO Research2015
Manage all bank account data and signatory in one
central repository
Automate the data exchange for account opening
maintenance and closure requests through workflow and
integrating payment approval processes
Improve control and compliance through integrated
signatures with BCM payment approval change history
and workflows
Gain insight with bank account master data reports and
bank statement monitoring
Ease of operation with structured processes to open and
close bank accounts bank to bank or third party
transfers as well as cash concentration
Treasury Management
48Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
49Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time receivables and payables management
Credit Collections Dispute
Receivables Manager
Data-driven process control
for team management
Sales Team
Senior
Executives
Cash Collection Team
Cross-system automation
of collections processes to
deliver superior customer
service
Analytics and workflow
align sales AR and
executives to reduce DSO
Optimized for global
business services
deployment
Automate collaboration
with external expertise
Sta
ndard
Re
ce
iva
ble
s
Mobile analytics and
insight to avoid credit
blocks and reduce DSO
Redesigned processes
Automation and
workflow
Rating ExpertsRating Agency Credit Bureau
Update scores as
conditions change
Monitor customers
automatically
Customers
Viewdownload invoices
Send remittance
Make payments
Cloud for Credit
Integration
Cloud for
Customer
payments
Financial Operations
50Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Credit agency
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by the customer during the implementation project
Significant implementation effort per interfaces (= per agency)
Interfaces are XML based
XI PI is required
SAP Credit ManagementIntegration of Credit Risk Agencies in the Past
51Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by an HCP app
Maintenance of interfaces to credit agencies done by SAP
Bulk of the data of external credit reports remains in HCP app
Targeted data fields (like external rating foundation date of a companyhellip) is transferred to SAP Credit Management to
enable scoring based on external and internal data
Credit controller can access detailed data on HCP app with one click from SAP Credit Management screen
Integration of Credit Risk Agencies with
SAP S4HANA Finance Cloud for credit integration
52Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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SAP Clea - Cash Application
PAYMENTS INVOICES
bull Every Account Receivable (AR) team member handles a set of customer accounts differently
bull Every historical AR clearing from all the AR team becomes an important asset for Machine learning
bull For payments that cannot be automatically cleared AR team member can see a list of invoices with the
suggested ratings
Customer
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SAP Solution StrategyNon-disruptive automation through SAP HANA CLOUD PLATFORM
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
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Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
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What about simulating a
change in my org model
For example in view of MampA (or other)
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SAP Financial Statement InsightsIntroducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables finance professionals to reveal hidden
trends and leverage unused potential from
financial information
By
performing personalized ad-hoc analysis
simulating organizational models
based on all relevant financial information
available in S4HANA
in real-time
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The SAP Hybrid Cloud ArchitectureDelivering innovation while keeping a stable Core
Futuristic Not reallyhellip Many organization are already there
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Customer success with SAP S4HANA Finance
Growing today with technology for
tomorrow
Turk Telcom wanted to transition from multiple
ledgers to an integrated business with one
software environment and speed up mergers
and acquisitions
Shorter closing period by up to 2 days
Greater clarity and visibility into financial
data
More flexibility in business operations
Simpler processes eliminating
unnecessary workload
Improve expense management
processes with SAP Fraud
management on SAP HANA
Vodafone wanted to automate and become
best in class for TampE claims audit Looking to
extrapolate to other audit systems
100 of claims now automatically
revieiwed before only 10 of employee
claims reviewed through manual process
Now able to investigate different types of
abuse while still saving costs
Increasing Revenue 100 with SAP
S4HANA Finance
Memebox wanted to create a secure
foundation for global business expansion
while improving the accuracy of inventory and
increasing insight into logistic information
100 increase in revenue sing the launch
of SAP S4HANA Finance
30 shorter delivery lead time to
customers
50 increase in sales productivity with on-
the-go data access
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Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
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Digitization
Not just something up in the air
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What does digitalization mean for businesses
Speed
Transparency
Business innovation
Direct engagement
Automation
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Businesshellip
What do they expect from finance
6Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What does business expect from finance
Instant
insight to
action
ldquoI donrsquot care about how they operate Of
course it should be cost-effective
But I do need the right figuresrdquo
Need to go beyond looking in the rearview mirror
simulate predict
CFO as the architect for
new business models
Need the right information for instant business decisions
Active support and
participation in
strategic decisions
Ensure our organization
complies with regulations
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Digitization
What does this mean for your finance department
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CFOrsquos New RealityBecoming a Live Business in a Digital World
Increasing complexity
of external conditions
Pressure to support
global growth
initiatives
Requirement to reduce
the cost of financeAccelerated adoption of
technology innovations
Digital work style
enabled by networks
and mobility
Explosion of Big Data
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Providing opportunities to reimagine finance
Reimagine
Strategy
Reimagine
efficiency and
compliance
Reimagine
Business
performance
Easily architect
new business
models
Deliver instant insight
into the hands of
the business
Approach automated
ldquolights outrdquo finance
process
10Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Digital finance in summary
Automated continuous processes
to eliminate manual processes and
media breaks
Full transparency of all information
accessible to everyone anywhere
in the moment
Machine learning for smart
automation and cognitive insights
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Technology is driving the finance transformation
In Memory
UX
Robotics amp Machine Learning
Cloud
Networks
Predictive
Transforming Finance
Organizations
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Letrsquos
take a look
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Finance as the key source of data Is this the case at your company
Question
Futuristic Not really
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SAP S4HANA Supports Live Business
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Accounting amp Financial Close
Treasury Management
Financial Operations
Governance Risk amp Compliance
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Single source of truth for instant insight
Common Platform
One platform for prediction
analytics and transactions
Removal of data silos
Real time analysis
Single source
One universal journal for
financial and managerial
accounting
Automatically reconciled
On the fly aggregation
Across landscapes
Centralized instance for
heterogeneous landscape
Centralized processes
Real time replication
SAP HANA
Single source of truth
Operations Business
planning
Business
intelligence
SAP S4HANA Finance
Powered by
SAP HANA
instant data
replication
18Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Intuitive user experience ndash macro to detailed view
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Intuitive and enriched user experience for higher user productivity
Search across and
within apps to get
immediate answersRole based with one
common role definition
News and feeds to
enhance collaborationDynamic charts to
provide high-level
real-time overview
SAP Jam social software
platform integrated to
provide instant feedback
on notifications and group
activity
Color coding to alert user
for any overdue new or
immediate actions
20Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
On-the-fly analysis ndash personalized and role based
SAP BusinessObjects Analysis
edition for Microsoft Office
SAP BusinessObjects Lumira
SAP Business Explorer
SAP BusinessObjects
Design Studio
SAP Digital Boardroom
Chief financial officer
Financial close manager
Cash manager
Receivables manager
Payables manager
Finance for managers
Real estate manager
General ledger accountant
Accounts receivable accountant
Accounts payable accountant
Collections specialist
Dispute specialist
Management accounting
Cash Manager
Business
Intelligence
Renewed
Managerial Roles
Renewed
Transactional Roles
In progress
21Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
On-the-fly analysis ndash digital boardroom
Total
transparencySimplified
boardroom processes
Instant
data-driven insights
Real-time view of complete
company situation
Comprehensive view on key
figures across divisions
Instantly access accurate information
to address ad-hoc questions
Improve decision-making with analysis
of alternatives and implications
Reduce preparation time and
offline discussion topics
Focused collaboration to leverage
expert knowledge
22Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Digital and robotic process automation
Finance
Accurate
digital data
Identify hidden
patterns in knowledge
intensive processes
and then executes
processing
Machine Learning
Help run repetitive
rule-bases monotone
tasks
Robotics Process
Automationwith specific
process knowledge
enable rule-based
automation
Engines
Accurate
digital data
Reduces
reconciliations and
enables higher
degree of end to
end automated
processing
S4HANA Finance
ndash the digital core
Foundation for
digital automation
23Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
S4HANA
Value scenarios across the entire finance value chain
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
25Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
26Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time customer and product profitability
Profitability characteristics at line-
item level in real time over time
Root cause analysis and traceback
based on single source of truth
All-in cost transparency for
cross charging process
improvements and pricing
Self service comparison of
performance by customer product
groups or other dimensions
(including flexible hierarchies)
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA
Transactions Simulation Prediction
Primary Costing
SAP S4HANA
Controlling
Advanced
(amp Full)
Costing
Aggregation and Analysis of granular data for Profitability Reporting
Analysis
Time
Co
sts
Re
ve
nu
es
New dimensions
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Our Guiding Principlesto analyzing customer and product profitability
Acceleration of
ProcessesInstant Insight
Single Source
of Truth
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From Guiding principles to functional capabilities
Profitability Analysis
in Universal Journal
Enhanced capabilities of
Account based(to allow for PA on Universal J)
New (real-time)
reporting capabilities(integration with BOhellip)
Move towards continous
accounting
Attributed profitability
segments
Event-based revenue
recognition (1)
Realignment
Resource related
Intercompany Process
Enhancements (2)
(2) Available in public cloud and on premise through activation of business function FINS_CO_ICO_PROC_ENH_101
(1) For project-based services sales projects
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Benefits
bull One line item table with full detail
for all applications - for instant
insight amp easy extensibility
bull Data stored only once no more
reconciliation needed - by design
bull Reduction of memory footprint
through elimination of redundancy
bull Fast multi-dimensional reporting
without replicating data to business
warehouse (BW)
bull If a warehouse is in place anyway
only one single extractor needed
bull Secondary cost elements are now
GL accounts
Universal Journal
Ledger Company
Account
Cost
Element
Balancing
Profit
Center
Amount
1
Amount
2
Amount
3
Fixed
Asset
Coding
Block
Market
SegmentMaterial
Customer
Fields hellip
General Ledger
Ledger Company AccountProfit
Center
Amount
1
Amount
2
Amount
3hellip
Profitability
Operating
Concern
Market
Segmenthellip
Management Accounting
Controlling
Area
Cost
Element
Amount
1
Amount
2
Coding
Blockhellip
Asset Accounting
CompanyFixed
Assethellip
Material Ledger
Company Material hellip
Profitability Analysis in Universal JournalSingle Source of Truth
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Accelerated period-end closeInstant Insight
Settlements amp
Assessments
Within Period Period Close Within Period Period Close
Settlements amp
AssessmentsReportingReporting
Account Assignment
Cost Center
Internal Order
Sales Order
Project
Derivation Steps
Derivation of profitability
characteristics based on configuration
Automated derivation of profitability
characteristics
Real-time Profitability
Enriched income statement
item with more characteristics
Income statement items get a
so-called attributed profitability
segment which is used for
reporting
Available in S4HANA Cloud and S4HANA Finance planned for S4HANA OP
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Business Use Cases for Attributed Profitability SegmentsExamples
Example 2
Drilldown on your unbilled
revenue (WIP) in your
balance sheet and find out
more about related projects
and products
Example 1
Analyze your travel expenses by
customer and by product as they
occur - without waiting for the
closing process and settlements
to happen
Profitability characteristics are derived immediately at the point in time of each ldquoprimaryrdquo document
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Project-based services with real-time revenue and cost recognitionfor single-level projects
Revenue Recognition process now reflected in Universal Journal ndash
the single source of truth for all Financial data
bull No separate storage for Revenue Recognition data anymore
bull No reconciliation efforts
Business Benefits Event-Based Revenue Recognition supports the
matching principle without batch jobs at period-end close
bull Costs and revenues always match
bull Profitability reporting always up to date
Process Benefits Event-based posting provides direct link between
the original posting and the Revenue Recognition posting
bull Soft close supported by eliminating settlement and results analysis as
period close steps
bull Linkage simplifies auditing
bull Linkage allows drill-down from Revenue Recognition posting (eg WIP)
to the original posting
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Reporting capabilities
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
35Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Steer the business on an operational and strategic level
through continuous information flow
Continuous end-to-end automation improving efficiency data
integrity and visibility into finance processes
Monitor in real-time the progress quality and financial results
of the closing cycle to avoid bottlenecks and address
business concerns
Get closer to the business and make better strategic
decisions thanks to real-time insight
Enabling strategic finance with a modern system delivering
instant insight to the entire business anywhere available on-
premise and in the cloud
Vision Continuous Accounting
Real-time
Insight
Efficiency
and speed
Quality
and governance
Rob Kugel from Ventura Research wrote a blog that initially coined the phrase
httpsblogventanaresearchcom20151030continuous-accounting-enables-a-strategic-finance-department
36Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What are the advantages of a Continuous Close capability
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
elimination of tasks
real-time execution
automation
acceleration
Continuous closing eg
real-time profitability
insights before period end
closing
ldquoPredicted Actualsrdquo are
derived to enable analysis
of results at period end
during the period
partially Lab preview
Lab preview
37Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Solution offering One consistent and integrated R2R-platform
Single Source
of Truth in the
Universal
Journal ndash all
value flows in
one place
Integrated
Compliance
with Statutory
Reporting for
SAP S4HANA
Special support
for IFRS 9 15
16 and BEPS
Comprehensive
automation
Fast Close with
SAP Financial
Closing cockpit
Soft Close and
Predicted Close
initiatives
Automation of
intercompany
processing and
streamlined
reconciliation
Real-time
Consolidation
for more
transparency
and speed in
group reporting
Integrated
Disclosure
Management
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
Bringing Higher Quality Speed Efficiency and Insight by automating the statutory and management
reporting for increasingly complex accounting closing and disclosure demands
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Screenshot example Fiori for SAP S4HANA Screenshot example for SAP S4HANA Cloud
SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Roadmap
Muster
Muster
Muster
Muster
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SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Finance (aka ldquoSimple
Financerdquo) SAP Smart Business
40Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-Time Consolidation
building blocks
SAP ERP
SAP R3
Non-SAP
BPC
Integration
Currency
Translation
ModellingEliminations
Group
Reporting
Validation
Intercompany
Flexible
Upload
BPC Consolidation
BPC Planning
BPC Modelling
SAP S4HANA ON PREMISE SAP BusinessObjects
Planning and Consolidation
ACDOCA Master Data ACDOCCExten BW
Consolidation preparation RTC Enhancements
SAP S4HANA 1610
Existing functionalities
Consolidation Enhancements
Central Finance
ControllingAccounting
Disclosure Management
Validations
41Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
42Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA Platform amp S4HANA
(Single source of truth)
Responsiveness to changing business environment
Links operational decision with
strategic goals
Monitor execution in real time
Trigger mitigation actions
Dynamic Planning and Analysis
Integrated budgeting amp forecasting
Embedded planning with real-time access to
transactional data
Built-in predictive and simulation capabilities
Integrated budgeting embedded in closed loop performance management
43Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP BO Planning amp
Consolidation
(Optimized for S4HANA
or stand-alone)
SAP BO Cloud
Core solution components
Additional solution components
SAP S4HANA
Transactions Planning Prediction Monitor
Flexible modeling
and simulation
End-user and
process driven
Enabling
closed-loop
performance
management
Real-time transactional data access
ndash no replication
Immediate update of plans and
forecasts
Full integration of different planning
models
Planning at any level of detail and
aggregation on the fly
Embedded predictive algorithms
and simulation capabilities
SAP IBP
SAP
Real Spend
Industry
specific
planning
solutions
Dynamic planning and analysis ndash How SAP supports
44Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP RealSpend
Introducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables line managers to maximizing budget
utilization
by
proactively manage spending
in real-time
for all current and future activities
45Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
46Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time plan to actual cash cycle
Easily consolidate global bank balances and cash
positions from data from SAP as well as non-SAP
systems
Monitor critical KPIs and have real-time overview and
response to cash requirements
Centralized bank account management including
overdraft limit and bank risk analysis management and
workflow support
Simplify and automate cash analysis and liquidity
management reducing banking fees and borrowing
costs
Improved control and compliance through integrated
signatures with change history and workflows
Treasury Management
47Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Bank counter-party risk management
ldquoImproving Cash
Management is a priority for
a vast majority of finance
professionalsldquo
Source Next-Generation Needs for Cash Management CFO Research2015
Manage all bank account data and signatory in one
central repository
Automate the data exchange for account opening
maintenance and closure requests through workflow and
integrating payment approval processes
Improve control and compliance through integrated
signatures with BCM payment approval change history
and workflows
Gain insight with bank account master data reports and
bank statement monitoring
Ease of operation with structured processes to open and
close bank accounts bank to bank or third party
transfers as well as cash concentration
Treasury Management
48Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Real-time receivables and payables management
Credit Collections Dispute
Receivables Manager
Data-driven process control
for team management
Sales Team
Senior
Executives
Cash Collection Team
Cross-system automation
of collections processes to
deliver superior customer
service
Analytics and workflow
align sales AR and
executives to reduce DSO
Optimized for global
business services
deployment
Automate collaboration
with external expertise
Sta
ndard
Re
ce
iva
ble
s
Mobile analytics and
insight to avoid credit
blocks and reduce DSO
Redesigned processes
Automation and
workflow
Rating ExpertsRating Agency Credit Bureau
Update scores as
conditions change
Monitor customers
automatically
Customers
Viewdownload invoices
Send remittance
Make payments
Cloud for Credit
Integration
Cloud for
Customer
payments
Financial Operations
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Credit agency
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by the customer during the implementation project
Significant implementation effort per interfaces (= per agency)
Interfaces are XML based
XI PI is required
SAP Credit ManagementIntegration of Credit Risk Agencies in the Past
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Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by an HCP app
Maintenance of interfaces to credit agencies done by SAP
Bulk of the data of external credit reports remains in HCP app
Targeted data fields (like external rating foundation date of a companyhellip) is transferred to SAP Credit Management to
enable scoring based on external and internal data
Credit controller can access detailed data on HCP app with one click from SAP Credit Management screen
Integration of Credit Risk Agencies with
SAP S4HANA Finance Cloud for credit integration
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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SAP Clea - Cash Application
PAYMENTS INVOICES
bull Every Account Receivable (AR) team member handles a set of customer accounts differently
bull Every historical AR clearing from all the AR team becomes an important asset for Machine learning
bull For payments that cannot be automatically cleared AR team member can see a list of invoices with the
suggested ratings
Customer
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SAP Solution StrategyNon-disruptive automation through SAP HANA CLOUD PLATFORM
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
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Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
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What about simulating a
change in my org model
For example in view of MampA (or other)
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SAP Financial Statement InsightsIntroducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables finance professionals to reveal hidden
trends and leverage unused potential from
financial information
By
performing personalized ad-hoc analysis
simulating organizational models
based on all relevant financial information
available in S4HANA
in real-time
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The SAP Hybrid Cloud ArchitectureDelivering innovation while keeping a stable Core
Futuristic Not reallyhellip Many organization are already there
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Customer success with SAP S4HANA Finance
Growing today with technology for
tomorrow
Turk Telcom wanted to transition from multiple
ledgers to an integrated business with one
software environment and speed up mergers
and acquisitions
Shorter closing period by up to 2 days
Greater clarity and visibility into financial
data
More flexibility in business operations
Simpler processes eliminating
unnecessary workload
Improve expense management
processes with SAP Fraud
management on SAP HANA
Vodafone wanted to automate and become
best in class for TampE claims audit Looking to
extrapolate to other audit systems
100 of claims now automatically
revieiwed before only 10 of employee
claims reviewed through manual process
Now able to investigate different types of
abuse while still saving costs
Increasing Revenue 100 with SAP
S4HANA Finance
Memebox wanted to create a secure
foundation for global business expansion
while improving the accuracy of inventory and
increasing insight into logistic information
100 increase in revenue sing the launch
of SAP S4HANA Finance
30 shorter delivery lead time to
customers
50 increase in sales productivity with on-
the-go data access
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Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
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What does digitalization mean for businesses
Speed
Transparency
Business innovation
Direct engagement
Automation
5Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Businesshellip
What do they expect from finance
6Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What does business expect from finance
Instant
insight to
action
ldquoI donrsquot care about how they operate Of
course it should be cost-effective
But I do need the right figuresrdquo
Need to go beyond looking in the rearview mirror
simulate predict
CFO as the architect for
new business models
Need the right information for instant business decisions
Active support and
participation in
strategic decisions
Ensure our organization
complies with regulations
7Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Digitization
What does this mean for your finance department
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CFOrsquos New RealityBecoming a Live Business in a Digital World
Increasing complexity
of external conditions
Pressure to support
global growth
initiatives
Requirement to reduce
the cost of financeAccelerated adoption of
technology innovations
Digital work style
enabled by networks
and mobility
Explosion of Big Data
9Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Providing opportunities to reimagine finance
Reimagine
Strategy
Reimagine
efficiency and
compliance
Reimagine
Business
performance
Easily architect
new business
models
Deliver instant insight
into the hands of
the business
Approach automated
ldquolights outrdquo finance
process
10Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Digital finance in summary
Automated continuous processes
to eliminate manual processes and
media breaks
Full transparency of all information
accessible to everyone anywhere
in the moment
Machine learning for smart
automation and cognitive insights
11Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Technology is driving the finance transformation
In Memory
UX
Robotics amp Machine Learning
Cloud
Networks
Predictive
Transforming Finance
Organizations
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Letrsquos
take a look
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Finance as the key source of data Is this the case at your company
Question
Futuristic Not really
16Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP S4HANA Supports Live Business
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Accounting amp Financial Close
Treasury Management
Financial Operations
Governance Risk amp Compliance
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Single source of truth for instant insight
Common Platform
One platform for prediction
analytics and transactions
Removal of data silos
Real time analysis
Single source
One universal journal for
financial and managerial
accounting
Automatically reconciled
On the fly aggregation
Across landscapes
Centralized instance for
heterogeneous landscape
Centralized processes
Real time replication
SAP HANA
Single source of truth
Operations Business
planning
Business
intelligence
SAP S4HANA Finance
Powered by
SAP HANA
instant data
replication
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Intuitive user experience ndash macro to detailed view
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Intuitive and enriched user experience for higher user productivity
Search across and
within apps to get
immediate answersRole based with one
common role definition
News and feeds to
enhance collaborationDynamic charts to
provide high-level
real-time overview
SAP Jam social software
platform integrated to
provide instant feedback
on notifications and group
activity
Color coding to alert user
for any overdue new or
immediate actions
20Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
On-the-fly analysis ndash personalized and role based
SAP BusinessObjects Analysis
edition for Microsoft Office
SAP BusinessObjects Lumira
SAP Business Explorer
SAP BusinessObjects
Design Studio
SAP Digital Boardroom
Chief financial officer
Financial close manager
Cash manager
Receivables manager
Payables manager
Finance for managers
Real estate manager
General ledger accountant
Accounts receivable accountant
Accounts payable accountant
Collections specialist
Dispute specialist
Management accounting
Cash Manager
Business
Intelligence
Renewed
Managerial Roles
Renewed
Transactional Roles
In progress
21Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
On-the-fly analysis ndash digital boardroom
Total
transparencySimplified
boardroom processes
Instant
data-driven insights
Real-time view of complete
company situation
Comprehensive view on key
figures across divisions
Instantly access accurate information
to address ad-hoc questions
Improve decision-making with analysis
of alternatives and implications
Reduce preparation time and
offline discussion topics
Focused collaboration to leverage
expert knowledge
22Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Digital and robotic process automation
Finance
Accurate
digital data
Identify hidden
patterns in knowledge
intensive processes
and then executes
processing
Machine Learning
Help run repetitive
rule-bases monotone
tasks
Robotics Process
Automationwith specific
process knowledge
enable rule-based
automation
Engines
Accurate
digital data
Reduces
reconciliations and
enables higher
degree of end to
end automated
processing
S4HANA Finance
ndash the digital core
Foundation for
digital automation
23Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
S4HANA
Value scenarios across the entire finance value chain
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
25Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Real-time customer and product profitability
Profitability characteristics at line-
item level in real time over time
Root cause analysis and traceback
based on single source of truth
All-in cost transparency for
cross charging process
improvements and pricing
Self service comparison of
performance by customer product
groups or other dimensions
(including flexible hierarchies)
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA
Transactions Simulation Prediction
Primary Costing
SAP S4HANA
Controlling
Advanced
(amp Full)
Costing
Aggregation and Analysis of granular data for Profitability Reporting
Analysis
Time
Co
sts
Re
ve
nu
es
New dimensions
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Our Guiding Principlesto analyzing customer and product profitability
Acceleration of
ProcessesInstant Insight
Single Source
of Truth
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From Guiding principles to functional capabilities
Profitability Analysis
in Universal Journal
Enhanced capabilities of
Account based(to allow for PA on Universal J)
New (real-time)
reporting capabilities(integration with BOhellip)
Move towards continous
accounting
Attributed profitability
segments
Event-based revenue
recognition (1)
Realignment
Resource related
Intercompany Process
Enhancements (2)
(2) Available in public cloud and on premise through activation of business function FINS_CO_ICO_PROC_ENH_101
(1) For project-based services sales projects
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Benefits
bull One line item table with full detail
for all applications - for instant
insight amp easy extensibility
bull Data stored only once no more
reconciliation needed - by design
bull Reduction of memory footprint
through elimination of redundancy
bull Fast multi-dimensional reporting
without replicating data to business
warehouse (BW)
bull If a warehouse is in place anyway
only one single extractor needed
bull Secondary cost elements are now
GL accounts
Universal Journal
Ledger Company
Account
Cost
Element
Balancing
Profit
Center
Amount
1
Amount
2
Amount
3
Fixed
Asset
Coding
Block
Market
SegmentMaterial
Customer
Fields hellip
General Ledger
Ledger Company AccountProfit
Center
Amount
1
Amount
2
Amount
3hellip
Profitability
Operating
Concern
Market
Segmenthellip
Management Accounting
Controlling
Area
Cost
Element
Amount
1
Amount
2
Coding
Blockhellip
Asset Accounting
CompanyFixed
Assethellip
Material Ledger
Company Material hellip
Profitability Analysis in Universal JournalSingle Source of Truth
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Accelerated period-end closeInstant Insight
Settlements amp
Assessments
Within Period Period Close Within Period Period Close
Settlements amp
AssessmentsReportingReporting
Account Assignment
Cost Center
Internal Order
Sales Order
Project
Derivation Steps
Derivation of profitability
characteristics based on configuration
Automated derivation of profitability
characteristics
Real-time Profitability
Enriched income statement
item with more characteristics
Income statement items get a
so-called attributed profitability
segment which is used for
reporting
Available in S4HANA Cloud and S4HANA Finance planned for S4HANA OP
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Business Use Cases for Attributed Profitability SegmentsExamples
Example 2
Drilldown on your unbilled
revenue (WIP) in your
balance sheet and find out
more about related projects
and products
Example 1
Analyze your travel expenses by
customer and by product as they
occur - without waiting for the
closing process and settlements
to happen
Profitability characteristics are derived immediately at the point in time of each ldquoprimaryrdquo document
32Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Project-based services with real-time revenue and cost recognitionfor single-level projects
Revenue Recognition process now reflected in Universal Journal ndash
the single source of truth for all Financial data
bull No separate storage for Revenue Recognition data anymore
bull No reconciliation efforts
Business Benefits Event-Based Revenue Recognition supports the
matching principle without batch jobs at period-end close
bull Costs and revenues always match
bull Profitability reporting always up to date
Process Benefits Event-based posting provides direct link between
the original posting and the Revenue Recognition posting
bull Soft close supported by eliminating settlement and results analysis as
period close steps
bull Linkage simplifies auditing
bull Linkage allows drill-down from Revenue Recognition posting (eg WIP)
to the original posting
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Reporting capabilities
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
35Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Steer the business on an operational and strategic level
through continuous information flow
Continuous end-to-end automation improving efficiency data
integrity and visibility into finance processes
Monitor in real-time the progress quality and financial results
of the closing cycle to avoid bottlenecks and address
business concerns
Get closer to the business and make better strategic
decisions thanks to real-time insight
Enabling strategic finance with a modern system delivering
instant insight to the entire business anywhere available on-
premise and in the cloud
Vision Continuous Accounting
Real-time
Insight
Efficiency
and speed
Quality
and governance
Rob Kugel from Ventura Research wrote a blog that initially coined the phrase
httpsblogventanaresearchcom20151030continuous-accounting-enables-a-strategic-finance-department
36Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What are the advantages of a Continuous Close capability
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
elimination of tasks
real-time execution
automation
acceleration
Continuous closing eg
real-time profitability
insights before period end
closing
ldquoPredicted Actualsrdquo are
derived to enable analysis
of results at period end
during the period
partially Lab preview
Lab preview
37Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Solution offering One consistent and integrated R2R-platform
Single Source
of Truth in the
Universal
Journal ndash all
value flows in
one place
Integrated
Compliance
with Statutory
Reporting for
SAP S4HANA
Special support
for IFRS 9 15
16 and BEPS
Comprehensive
automation
Fast Close with
SAP Financial
Closing cockpit
Soft Close and
Predicted Close
initiatives
Automation of
intercompany
processing and
streamlined
reconciliation
Real-time
Consolidation
for more
transparency
and speed in
group reporting
Integrated
Disclosure
Management
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
Bringing Higher Quality Speed Efficiency and Insight by automating the statutory and management
reporting for increasingly complex accounting closing and disclosure demands
38Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Screenshot example Fiori for SAP S4HANA Screenshot example for SAP S4HANA Cloud
SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Roadmap
Muster
Muster
Muster
Muster
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SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Finance (aka ldquoSimple
Financerdquo) SAP Smart Business
40Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-Time Consolidation
building blocks
SAP ERP
SAP R3
Non-SAP
BPC
Integration
Currency
Translation
ModellingEliminations
Group
Reporting
Validation
Intercompany
Flexible
Upload
BPC Consolidation
BPC Planning
BPC Modelling
SAP S4HANA ON PREMISE SAP BusinessObjects
Planning and Consolidation
ACDOCA Master Data ACDOCCExten BW
Consolidation preparation RTC Enhancements
SAP S4HANA 1610
Existing functionalities
Consolidation Enhancements
Central Finance
ControllingAccounting
Disclosure Management
Validations
41Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
42Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA Platform amp S4HANA
(Single source of truth)
Responsiveness to changing business environment
Links operational decision with
strategic goals
Monitor execution in real time
Trigger mitigation actions
Dynamic Planning and Analysis
Integrated budgeting amp forecasting
Embedded planning with real-time access to
transactional data
Built-in predictive and simulation capabilities
Integrated budgeting embedded in closed loop performance management
43Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP BO Planning amp
Consolidation
(Optimized for S4HANA
or stand-alone)
SAP BO Cloud
Core solution components
Additional solution components
SAP S4HANA
Transactions Planning Prediction Monitor
Flexible modeling
and simulation
End-user and
process driven
Enabling
closed-loop
performance
management
Real-time transactional data access
ndash no replication
Immediate update of plans and
forecasts
Full integration of different planning
models
Planning at any level of detail and
aggregation on the fly
Embedded predictive algorithms
and simulation capabilities
SAP IBP
SAP
Real Spend
Industry
specific
planning
solutions
Dynamic planning and analysis ndash How SAP supports
44Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP RealSpend
Introducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables line managers to maximizing budget
utilization
by
proactively manage spending
in real-time
for all current and future activities
45Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Real-time plan to actual cash cycle
Easily consolidate global bank balances and cash
positions from data from SAP as well as non-SAP
systems
Monitor critical KPIs and have real-time overview and
response to cash requirements
Centralized bank account management including
overdraft limit and bank risk analysis management and
workflow support
Simplify and automate cash analysis and liquidity
management reducing banking fees and borrowing
costs
Improved control and compliance through integrated
signatures with change history and workflows
Treasury Management
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Bank counter-party risk management
ldquoImproving Cash
Management is a priority for
a vast majority of finance
professionalsldquo
Source Next-Generation Needs for Cash Management CFO Research2015
Manage all bank account data and signatory in one
central repository
Automate the data exchange for account opening
maintenance and closure requests through workflow and
integrating payment approval processes
Improve control and compliance through integrated
signatures with BCM payment approval change history
and workflows
Gain insight with bank account master data reports and
bank statement monitoring
Ease of operation with structured processes to open and
close bank accounts bank to bank or third party
transfers as well as cash concentration
Treasury Management
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Real-time receivables and payables management
Credit Collections Dispute
Receivables Manager
Data-driven process control
for team management
Sales Team
Senior
Executives
Cash Collection Team
Cross-system automation
of collections processes to
deliver superior customer
service
Analytics and workflow
align sales AR and
executives to reduce DSO
Optimized for global
business services
deployment
Automate collaboration
with external expertise
Sta
ndard
Re
ce
iva
ble
s
Mobile analytics and
insight to avoid credit
blocks and reduce DSO
Redesigned processes
Automation and
workflow
Rating ExpertsRating Agency Credit Bureau
Update scores as
conditions change
Monitor customers
automatically
Customers
Viewdownload invoices
Send remittance
Make payments
Cloud for Credit
Integration
Cloud for
Customer
payments
Financial Operations
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Credit agency
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by the customer during the implementation project
Significant implementation effort per interfaces (= per agency)
Interfaces are XML based
XI PI is required
SAP Credit ManagementIntegration of Credit Risk Agencies in the Past
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Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by an HCP app
Maintenance of interfaces to credit agencies done by SAP
Bulk of the data of external credit reports remains in HCP app
Targeted data fields (like external rating foundation date of a companyhellip) is transferred to SAP Credit Management to
enable scoring based on external and internal data
Credit controller can access detailed data on HCP app with one click from SAP Credit Management screen
Integration of Credit Risk Agencies with
SAP S4HANA Finance Cloud for credit integration
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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SAP Clea - Cash Application
PAYMENTS INVOICES
bull Every Account Receivable (AR) team member handles a set of customer accounts differently
bull Every historical AR clearing from all the AR team becomes an important asset for Machine learning
bull For payments that cannot be automatically cleared AR team member can see a list of invoices with the
suggested ratings
Customer
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SAP Solution StrategyNon-disruptive automation through SAP HANA CLOUD PLATFORM
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
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Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
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What about simulating a
change in my org model
For example in view of MampA (or other)
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SAP Financial Statement InsightsIntroducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables finance professionals to reveal hidden
trends and leverage unused potential from
financial information
By
performing personalized ad-hoc analysis
simulating organizational models
based on all relevant financial information
available in S4HANA
in real-time
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The SAP Hybrid Cloud ArchitectureDelivering innovation while keeping a stable Core
Futuristic Not reallyhellip Many organization are already there
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Customer success with SAP S4HANA Finance
Growing today with technology for
tomorrow
Turk Telcom wanted to transition from multiple
ledgers to an integrated business with one
software environment and speed up mergers
and acquisitions
Shorter closing period by up to 2 days
Greater clarity and visibility into financial
data
More flexibility in business operations
Simpler processes eliminating
unnecessary workload
Improve expense management
processes with SAP Fraud
management on SAP HANA
Vodafone wanted to automate and become
best in class for TampE claims audit Looking to
extrapolate to other audit systems
100 of claims now automatically
revieiwed before only 10 of employee
claims reviewed through manual process
Now able to investigate different types of
abuse while still saving costs
Increasing Revenue 100 with SAP
S4HANA Finance
Memebox wanted to create a secure
foundation for global business expansion
while improving the accuracy of inventory and
increasing insight into logistic information
100 increase in revenue sing the launch
of SAP S4HANA Finance
30 shorter delivery lead time to
customers
50 increase in sales productivity with on-
the-go data access
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Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
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In particular SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation or to develop or release
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Businesshellip
What do they expect from finance
6Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What does business expect from finance
Instant
insight to
action
ldquoI donrsquot care about how they operate Of
course it should be cost-effective
But I do need the right figuresrdquo
Need to go beyond looking in the rearview mirror
simulate predict
CFO as the architect for
new business models
Need the right information for instant business decisions
Active support and
participation in
strategic decisions
Ensure our organization
complies with regulations
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Digitization
What does this mean for your finance department
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CFOrsquos New RealityBecoming a Live Business in a Digital World
Increasing complexity
of external conditions
Pressure to support
global growth
initiatives
Requirement to reduce
the cost of financeAccelerated adoption of
technology innovations
Digital work style
enabled by networks
and mobility
Explosion of Big Data
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Providing opportunities to reimagine finance
Reimagine
Strategy
Reimagine
efficiency and
compliance
Reimagine
Business
performance
Easily architect
new business
models
Deliver instant insight
into the hands of
the business
Approach automated
ldquolights outrdquo finance
process
10Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Digital finance in summary
Automated continuous processes
to eliminate manual processes and
media breaks
Full transparency of all information
accessible to everyone anywhere
in the moment
Machine learning for smart
automation and cognitive insights
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Technology is driving the finance transformation
In Memory
UX
Robotics amp Machine Learning
Cloud
Networks
Predictive
Transforming Finance
Organizations
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Letrsquos
take a look
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Finance as the key source of data Is this the case at your company
Question
Futuristic Not really
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SAP S4HANA Supports Live Business
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Accounting amp Financial Close
Treasury Management
Financial Operations
Governance Risk amp Compliance
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Single source of truth for instant insight
Common Platform
One platform for prediction
analytics and transactions
Removal of data silos
Real time analysis
Single source
One universal journal for
financial and managerial
accounting
Automatically reconciled
On the fly aggregation
Across landscapes
Centralized instance for
heterogeneous landscape
Centralized processes
Real time replication
SAP HANA
Single source of truth
Operations Business
planning
Business
intelligence
SAP S4HANA Finance
Powered by
SAP HANA
instant data
replication
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Intuitive user experience ndash macro to detailed view
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Intuitive and enriched user experience for higher user productivity
Search across and
within apps to get
immediate answersRole based with one
common role definition
News and feeds to
enhance collaborationDynamic charts to
provide high-level
real-time overview
SAP Jam social software
platform integrated to
provide instant feedback
on notifications and group
activity
Color coding to alert user
for any overdue new or
immediate actions
20Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
On-the-fly analysis ndash personalized and role based
SAP BusinessObjects Analysis
edition for Microsoft Office
SAP BusinessObjects Lumira
SAP Business Explorer
SAP BusinessObjects
Design Studio
SAP Digital Boardroom
Chief financial officer
Financial close manager
Cash manager
Receivables manager
Payables manager
Finance for managers
Real estate manager
General ledger accountant
Accounts receivable accountant
Accounts payable accountant
Collections specialist
Dispute specialist
Management accounting
Cash Manager
Business
Intelligence
Renewed
Managerial Roles
Renewed
Transactional Roles
In progress
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On-the-fly analysis ndash digital boardroom
Total
transparencySimplified
boardroom processes
Instant
data-driven insights
Real-time view of complete
company situation
Comprehensive view on key
figures across divisions
Instantly access accurate information
to address ad-hoc questions
Improve decision-making with analysis
of alternatives and implications
Reduce preparation time and
offline discussion topics
Focused collaboration to leverage
expert knowledge
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Digital and robotic process automation
Finance
Accurate
digital data
Identify hidden
patterns in knowledge
intensive processes
and then executes
processing
Machine Learning
Help run repetitive
rule-bases monotone
tasks
Robotics Process
Automationwith specific
process knowledge
enable rule-based
automation
Engines
Accurate
digital data
Reduces
reconciliations and
enables higher
degree of end to
end automated
processing
S4HANA Finance
ndash the digital core
Foundation for
digital automation
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S4HANA
Value scenarios across the entire finance value chain
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
25Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Real-time customer and product profitability
Profitability characteristics at line-
item level in real time over time
Root cause analysis and traceback
based on single source of truth
All-in cost transparency for
cross charging process
improvements and pricing
Self service comparison of
performance by customer product
groups or other dimensions
(including flexible hierarchies)
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA
Transactions Simulation Prediction
Primary Costing
SAP S4HANA
Controlling
Advanced
(amp Full)
Costing
Aggregation and Analysis of granular data for Profitability Reporting
Analysis
Time
Co
sts
Re
ve
nu
es
New dimensions
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Our Guiding Principlesto analyzing customer and product profitability
Acceleration of
ProcessesInstant Insight
Single Source
of Truth
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From Guiding principles to functional capabilities
Profitability Analysis
in Universal Journal
Enhanced capabilities of
Account based(to allow for PA on Universal J)
New (real-time)
reporting capabilities(integration with BOhellip)
Move towards continous
accounting
Attributed profitability
segments
Event-based revenue
recognition (1)
Realignment
Resource related
Intercompany Process
Enhancements (2)
(2) Available in public cloud and on premise through activation of business function FINS_CO_ICO_PROC_ENH_101
(1) For project-based services sales projects
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Benefits
bull One line item table with full detail
for all applications - for instant
insight amp easy extensibility
bull Data stored only once no more
reconciliation needed - by design
bull Reduction of memory footprint
through elimination of redundancy
bull Fast multi-dimensional reporting
without replicating data to business
warehouse (BW)
bull If a warehouse is in place anyway
only one single extractor needed
bull Secondary cost elements are now
GL accounts
Universal Journal
Ledger Company
Account
Cost
Element
Balancing
Profit
Center
Amount
1
Amount
2
Amount
3
Fixed
Asset
Coding
Block
Market
SegmentMaterial
Customer
Fields hellip
General Ledger
Ledger Company AccountProfit
Center
Amount
1
Amount
2
Amount
3hellip
Profitability
Operating
Concern
Market
Segmenthellip
Management Accounting
Controlling
Area
Cost
Element
Amount
1
Amount
2
Coding
Blockhellip
Asset Accounting
CompanyFixed
Assethellip
Material Ledger
Company Material hellip
Profitability Analysis in Universal JournalSingle Source of Truth
30Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Accelerated period-end closeInstant Insight
Settlements amp
Assessments
Within Period Period Close Within Period Period Close
Settlements amp
AssessmentsReportingReporting
Account Assignment
Cost Center
Internal Order
Sales Order
Project
Derivation Steps
Derivation of profitability
characteristics based on configuration
Automated derivation of profitability
characteristics
Real-time Profitability
Enriched income statement
item with more characteristics
Income statement items get a
so-called attributed profitability
segment which is used for
reporting
Available in S4HANA Cloud and S4HANA Finance planned for S4HANA OP
31Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Business Use Cases for Attributed Profitability SegmentsExamples
Example 2
Drilldown on your unbilled
revenue (WIP) in your
balance sheet and find out
more about related projects
and products
Example 1
Analyze your travel expenses by
customer and by product as they
occur - without waiting for the
closing process and settlements
to happen
Profitability characteristics are derived immediately at the point in time of each ldquoprimaryrdquo document
32Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Project-based services with real-time revenue and cost recognitionfor single-level projects
Revenue Recognition process now reflected in Universal Journal ndash
the single source of truth for all Financial data
bull No separate storage for Revenue Recognition data anymore
bull No reconciliation efforts
Business Benefits Event-Based Revenue Recognition supports the
matching principle without batch jobs at period-end close
bull Costs and revenues always match
bull Profitability reporting always up to date
Process Benefits Event-based posting provides direct link between
the original posting and the Revenue Recognition posting
bull Soft close supported by eliminating settlement and results analysis as
period close steps
bull Linkage simplifies auditing
bull Linkage allows drill-down from Revenue Recognition posting (eg WIP)
to the original posting
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Reporting capabilities
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Steer the business on an operational and strategic level
through continuous information flow
Continuous end-to-end automation improving efficiency data
integrity and visibility into finance processes
Monitor in real-time the progress quality and financial results
of the closing cycle to avoid bottlenecks and address
business concerns
Get closer to the business and make better strategic
decisions thanks to real-time insight
Enabling strategic finance with a modern system delivering
instant insight to the entire business anywhere available on-
premise and in the cloud
Vision Continuous Accounting
Real-time
Insight
Efficiency
and speed
Quality
and governance
Rob Kugel from Ventura Research wrote a blog that initially coined the phrase
httpsblogventanaresearchcom20151030continuous-accounting-enables-a-strategic-finance-department
36Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What are the advantages of a Continuous Close capability
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
elimination of tasks
real-time execution
automation
acceleration
Continuous closing eg
real-time profitability
insights before period end
closing
ldquoPredicted Actualsrdquo are
derived to enable analysis
of results at period end
during the period
partially Lab preview
Lab preview
37Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Solution offering One consistent and integrated R2R-platform
Single Source
of Truth in the
Universal
Journal ndash all
value flows in
one place
Integrated
Compliance
with Statutory
Reporting for
SAP S4HANA
Special support
for IFRS 9 15
16 and BEPS
Comprehensive
automation
Fast Close with
SAP Financial
Closing cockpit
Soft Close and
Predicted Close
initiatives
Automation of
intercompany
processing and
streamlined
reconciliation
Real-time
Consolidation
for more
transparency
and speed in
group reporting
Integrated
Disclosure
Management
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
Bringing Higher Quality Speed Efficiency and Insight by automating the statutory and management
reporting for increasingly complex accounting closing and disclosure demands
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Screenshot example Fiori for SAP S4HANA Screenshot example for SAP S4HANA Cloud
SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Roadmap
Muster
Muster
Muster
Muster
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SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Finance (aka ldquoSimple
Financerdquo) SAP Smart Business
40Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-Time Consolidation
building blocks
SAP ERP
SAP R3
Non-SAP
BPC
Integration
Currency
Translation
ModellingEliminations
Group
Reporting
Validation
Intercompany
Flexible
Upload
BPC Consolidation
BPC Planning
BPC Modelling
SAP S4HANA ON PREMISE SAP BusinessObjects
Planning and Consolidation
ACDOCA Master Data ACDOCCExten BW
Consolidation preparation RTC Enhancements
SAP S4HANA 1610
Existing functionalities
Consolidation Enhancements
Central Finance
ControllingAccounting
Disclosure Management
Validations
41Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
42Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA Platform amp S4HANA
(Single source of truth)
Responsiveness to changing business environment
Links operational decision with
strategic goals
Monitor execution in real time
Trigger mitigation actions
Dynamic Planning and Analysis
Integrated budgeting amp forecasting
Embedded planning with real-time access to
transactional data
Built-in predictive and simulation capabilities
Integrated budgeting embedded in closed loop performance management
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SAP BO Planning amp
Consolidation
(Optimized for S4HANA
or stand-alone)
SAP BO Cloud
Core solution components
Additional solution components
SAP S4HANA
Transactions Planning Prediction Monitor
Flexible modeling
and simulation
End-user and
process driven
Enabling
closed-loop
performance
management
Real-time transactional data access
ndash no replication
Immediate update of plans and
forecasts
Full integration of different planning
models
Planning at any level of detail and
aggregation on the fly
Embedded predictive algorithms
and simulation capabilities
SAP IBP
SAP
Real Spend
Industry
specific
planning
solutions
Dynamic planning and analysis ndash How SAP supports
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SAP RealSpend
Introducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables line managers to maximizing budget
utilization
by
proactively manage spending
in real-time
for all current and future activities
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Real-time plan to actual cash cycle
Easily consolidate global bank balances and cash
positions from data from SAP as well as non-SAP
systems
Monitor critical KPIs and have real-time overview and
response to cash requirements
Centralized bank account management including
overdraft limit and bank risk analysis management and
workflow support
Simplify and automate cash analysis and liquidity
management reducing banking fees and borrowing
costs
Improved control and compliance through integrated
signatures with change history and workflows
Treasury Management
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Bank counter-party risk management
ldquoImproving Cash
Management is a priority for
a vast majority of finance
professionalsldquo
Source Next-Generation Needs for Cash Management CFO Research2015
Manage all bank account data and signatory in one
central repository
Automate the data exchange for account opening
maintenance and closure requests through workflow and
integrating payment approval processes
Improve control and compliance through integrated
signatures with BCM payment approval change history
and workflows
Gain insight with bank account master data reports and
bank statement monitoring
Ease of operation with structured processes to open and
close bank accounts bank to bank or third party
transfers as well as cash concentration
Treasury Management
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Real-time receivables and payables management
Credit Collections Dispute
Receivables Manager
Data-driven process control
for team management
Sales Team
Senior
Executives
Cash Collection Team
Cross-system automation
of collections processes to
deliver superior customer
service
Analytics and workflow
align sales AR and
executives to reduce DSO
Optimized for global
business services
deployment
Automate collaboration
with external expertise
Sta
ndard
Re
ce
iva
ble
s
Mobile analytics and
insight to avoid credit
blocks and reduce DSO
Redesigned processes
Automation and
workflow
Rating ExpertsRating Agency Credit Bureau
Update scores as
conditions change
Monitor customers
automatically
Customers
Viewdownload invoices
Send remittance
Make payments
Cloud for Credit
Integration
Cloud for
Customer
payments
Financial Operations
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Credit agency
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by the customer during the implementation project
Significant implementation effort per interfaces (= per agency)
Interfaces are XML based
XI PI is required
SAP Credit ManagementIntegration of Credit Risk Agencies in the Past
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Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by an HCP app
Maintenance of interfaces to credit agencies done by SAP
Bulk of the data of external credit reports remains in HCP app
Targeted data fields (like external rating foundation date of a companyhellip) is transferred to SAP Credit Management to
enable scoring based on external and internal data
Credit controller can access detailed data on HCP app with one click from SAP Credit Management screen
Integration of Credit Risk Agencies with
SAP S4HANA Finance Cloud for credit integration
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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SAP Clea - Cash Application
PAYMENTS INVOICES
bull Every Account Receivable (AR) team member handles a set of customer accounts differently
bull Every historical AR clearing from all the AR team becomes an important asset for Machine learning
bull For payments that cannot be automatically cleared AR team member can see a list of invoices with the
suggested ratings
Customer
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SAP Solution StrategyNon-disruptive automation through SAP HANA CLOUD PLATFORM
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
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Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
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What about simulating a
change in my org model
For example in view of MampA (or other)
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SAP Financial Statement InsightsIntroducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables finance professionals to reveal hidden
trends and leverage unused potential from
financial information
By
performing personalized ad-hoc analysis
simulating organizational models
based on all relevant financial information
available in S4HANA
in real-time
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The SAP Hybrid Cloud ArchitectureDelivering innovation while keeping a stable Core
Futuristic Not reallyhellip Many organization are already there
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Customer success with SAP S4HANA Finance
Growing today with technology for
tomorrow
Turk Telcom wanted to transition from multiple
ledgers to an integrated business with one
software environment and speed up mergers
and acquisitions
Shorter closing period by up to 2 days
Greater clarity and visibility into financial
data
More flexibility in business operations
Simpler processes eliminating
unnecessary workload
Improve expense management
processes with SAP Fraud
management on SAP HANA
Vodafone wanted to automate and become
best in class for TampE claims audit Looking to
extrapolate to other audit systems
100 of claims now automatically
revieiwed before only 10 of employee
claims reviewed through manual process
Now able to investigate different types of
abuse while still saving costs
Increasing Revenue 100 with SAP
S4HANA Finance
Memebox wanted to create a secure
foundation for global business expansion
while improving the accuracy of inventory and
increasing insight into logistic information
100 increase in revenue sing the launch
of SAP S4HANA Finance
30 shorter delivery lead time to
customers
50 increase in sales productivity with on-
the-go data access
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Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
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What does business expect from finance
Instant
insight to
action
ldquoI donrsquot care about how they operate Of
course it should be cost-effective
But I do need the right figuresrdquo
Need to go beyond looking in the rearview mirror
simulate predict
CFO as the architect for
new business models
Need the right information for instant business decisions
Active support and
participation in
strategic decisions
Ensure our organization
complies with regulations
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Digitization
What does this mean for your finance department
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CFOrsquos New RealityBecoming a Live Business in a Digital World
Increasing complexity
of external conditions
Pressure to support
global growth
initiatives
Requirement to reduce
the cost of financeAccelerated adoption of
technology innovations
Digital work style
enabled by networks
and mobility
Explosion of Big Data
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Providing opportunities to reimagine finance
Reimagine
Strategy
Reimagine
efficiency and
compliance
Reimagine
Business
performance
Easily architect
new business
models
Deliver instant insight
into the hands of
the business
Approach automated
ldquolights outrdquo finance
process
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Digital finance in summary
Automated continuous processes
to eliminate manual processes and
media breaks
Full transparency of all information
accessible to everyone anywhere
in the moment
Machine learning for smart
automation and cognitive insights
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Technology is driving the finance transformation
In Memory
UX
Robotics amp Machine Learning
Cloud
Networks
Predictive
Transforming Finance
Organizations
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Letrsquos
take a look
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Finance as the key source of data Is this the case at your company
Question
Futuristic Not really
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SAP S4HANA Supports Live Business
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Accounting amp Financial Close
Treasury Management
Financial Operations
Governance Risk amp Compliance
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Single source of truth for instant insight
Common Platform
One platform for prediction
analytics and transactions
Removal of data silos
Real time analysis
Single source
One universal journal for
financial and managerial
accounting
Automatically reconciled
On the fly aggregation
Across landscapes
Centralized instance for
heterogeneous landscape
Centralized processes
Real time replication
SAP HANA
Single source of truth
Operations Business
planning
Business
intelligence
SAP S4HANA Finance
Powered by
SAP HANA
instant data
replication
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Intuitive user experience ndash macro to detailed view
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Intuitive and enriched user experience for higher user productivity
Search across and
within apps to get
immediate answersRole based with one
common role definition
News and feeds to
enhance collaborationDynamic charts to
provide high-level
real-time overview
SAP Jam social software
platform integrated to
provide instant feedback
on notifications and group
activity
Color coding to alert user
for any overdue new or
immediate actions
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On-the-fly analysis ndash personalized and role based
SAP BusinessObjects Analysis
edition for Microsoft Office
SAP BusinessObjects Lumira
SAP Business Explorer
SAP BusinessObjects
Design Studio
SAP Digital Boardroom
Chief financial officer
Financial close manager
Cash manager
Receivables manager
Payables manager
Finance for managers
Real estate manager
General ledger accountant
Accounts receivable accountant
Accounts payable accountant
Collections specialist
Dispute specialist
Management accounting
Cash Manager
Business
Intelligence
Renewed
Managerial Roles
Renewed
Transactional Roles
In progress
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On-the-fly analysis ndash digital boardroom
Total
transparencySimplified
boardroom processes
Instant
data-driven insights
Real-time view of complete
company situation
Comprehensive view on key
figures across divisions
Instantly access accurate information
to address ad-hoc questions
Improve decision-making with analysis
of alternatives and implications
Reduce preparation time and
offline discussion topics
Focused collaboration to leverage
expert knowledge
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Digital and robotic process automation
Finance
Accurate
digital data
Identify hidden
patterns in knowledge
intensive processes
and then executes
processing
Machine Learning
Help run repetitive
rule-bases monotone
tasks
Robotics Process
Automationwith specific
process knowledge
enable rule-based
automation
Engines
Accurate
digital data
Reduces
reconciliations and
enables higher
degree of end to
end automated
processing
S4HANA Finance
ndash the digital core
Foundation for
digital automation
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S4HANA
Value scenarios across the entire finance value chain
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Real-time customer and product profitability
Profitability characteristics at line-
item level in real time over time
Root cause analysis and traceback
based on single source of truth
All-in cost transparency for
cross charging process
improvements and pricing
Self service comparison of
performance by customer product
groups or other dimensions
(including flexible hierarchies)
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA
Transactions Simulation Prediction
Primary Costing
SAP S4HANA
Controlling
Advanced
(amp Full)
Costing
Aggregation and Analysis of granular data for Profitability Reporting
Analysis
Time
Co
sts
Re
ve
nu
es
New dimensions
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Our Guiding Principlesto analyzing customer and product profitability
Acceleration of
ProcessesInstant Insight
Single Source
of Truth
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From Guiding principles to functional capabilities
Profitability Analysis
in Universal Journal
Enhanced capabilities of
Account based(to allow for PA on Universal J)
New (real-time)
reporting capabilities(integration with BOhellip)
Move towards continous
accounting
Attributed profitability
segments
Event-based revenue
recognition (1)
Realignment
Resource related
Intercompany Process
Enhancements (2)
(2) Available in public cloud and on premise through activation of business function FINS_CO_ICO_PROC_ENH_101
(1) For project-based services sales projects
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Benefits
bull One line item table with full detail
for all applications - for instant
insight amp easy extensibility
bull Data stored only once no more
reconciliation needed - by design
bull Reduction of memory footprint
through elimination of redundancy
bull Fast multi-dimensional reporting
without replicating data to business
warehouse (BW)
bull If a warehouse is in place anyway
only one single extractor needed
bull Secondary cost elements are now
GL accounts
Universal Journal
Ledger Company
Account
Cost
Element
Balancing
Profit
Center
Amount
1
Amount
2
Amount
3
Fixed
Asset
Coding
Block
Market
SegmentMaterial
Customer
Fields hellip
General Ledger
Ledger Company AccountProfit
Center
Amount
1
Amount
2
Amount
3hellip
Profitability
Operating
Concern
Market
Segmenthellip
Management Accounting
Controlling
Area
Cost
Element
Amount
1
Amount
2
Coding
Blockhellip
Asset Accounting
CompanyFixed
Assethellip
Material Ledger
Company Material hellip
Profitability Analysis in Universal JournalSingle Source of Truth
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Accelerated period-end closeInstant Insight
Settlements amp
Assessments
Within Period Period Close Within Period Period Close
Settlements amp
AssessmentsReportingReporting
Account Assignment
Cost Center
Internal Order
Sales Order
Project
Derivation Steps
Derivation of profitability
characteristics based on configuration
Automated derivation of profitability
characteristics
Real-time Profitability
Enriched income statement
item with more characteristics
Income statement items get a
so-called attributed profitability
segment which is used for
reporting
Available in S4HANA Cloud and S4HANA Finance planned for S4HANA OP
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Business Use Cases for Attributed Profitability SegmentsExamples
Example 2
Drilldown on your unbilled
revenue (WIP) in your
balance sheet and find out
more about related projects
and products
Example 1
Analyze your travel expenses by
customer and by product as they
occur - without waiting for the
closing process and settlements
to happen
Profitability characteristics are derived immediately at the point in time of each ldquoprimaryrdquo document
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Project-based services with real-time revenue and cost recognitionfor single-level projects
Revenue Recognition process now reflected in Universal Journal ndash
the single source of truth for all Financial data
bull No separate storage for Revenue Recognition data anymore
bull No reconciliation efforts
Business Benefits Event-Based Revenue Recognition supports the
matching principle without batch jobs at period-end close
bull Costs and revenues always match
bull Profitability reporting always up to date
Process Benefits Event-based posting provides direct link between
the original posting and the Revenue Recognition posting
bull Soft close supported by eliminating settlement and results analysis as
period close steps
bull Linkage simplifies auditing
bull Linkage allows drill-down from Revenue Recognition posting (eg WIP)
to the original posting
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Reporting capabilities
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Steer the business on an operational and strategic level
through continuous information flow
Continuous end-to-end automation improving efficiency data
integrity and visibility into finance processes
Monitor in real-time the progress quality and financial results
of the closing cycle to avoid bottlenecks and address
business concerns
Get closer to the business and make better strategic
decisions thanks to real-time insight
Enabling strategic finance with a modern system delivering
instant insight to the entire business anywhere available on-
premise and in the cloud
Vision Continuous Accounting
Real-time
Insight
Efficiency
and speed
Quality
and governance
Rob Kugel from Ventura Research wrote a blog that initially coined the phrase
httpsblogventanaresearchcom20151030continuous-accounting-enables-a-strategic-finance-department
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What are the advantages of a Continuous Close capability
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
elimination of tasks
real-time execution
automation
acceleration
Continuous closing eg
real-time profitability
insights before period end
closing
ldquoPredicted Actualsrdquo are
derived to enable analysis
of results at period end
during the period
partially Lab preview
Lab preview
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SAP Solution offering One consistent and integrated R2R-platform
Single Source
of Truth in the
Universal
Journal ndash all
value flows in
one place
Integrated
Compliance
with Statutory
Reporting for
SAP S4HANA
Special support
for IFRS 9 15
16 and BEPS
Comprehensive
automation
Fast Close with
SAP Financial
Closing cockpit
Soft Close and
Predicted Close
initiatives
Automation of
intercompany
processing and
streamlined
reconciliation
Real-time
Consolidation
for more
transparency
and speed in
group reporting
Integrated
Disclosure
Management
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
Bringing Higher Quality Speed Efficiency and Insight by automating the statutory and management
reporting for increasingly complex accounting closing and disclosure demands
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Screenshot example Fiori for SAP S4HANA Screenshot example for SAP S4HANA Cloud
SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Roadmap
Muster
Muster
Muster
Muster
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SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Finance (aka ldquoSimple
Financerdquo) SAP Smart Business
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Real-Time Consolidation
building blocks
SAP ERP
SAP R3
Non-SAP
BPC
Integration
Currency
Translation
ModellingEliminations
Group
Reporting
Validation
Intercompany
Flexible
Upload
BPC Consolidation
BPC Planning
BPC Modelling
SAP S4HANA ON PREMISE SAP BusinessObjects
Planning and Consolidation
ACDOCA Master Data ACDOCCExten BW
Consolidation preparation RTC Enhancements
SAP S4HANA 1610
Existing functionalities
Consolidation Enhancements
Central Finance
ControllingAccounting
Disclosure Management
Validations
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA Platform amp S4HANA
(Single source of truth)
Responsiveness to changing business environment
Links operational decision with
strategic goals
Monitor execution in real time
Trigger mitigation actions
Dynamic Planning and Analysis
Integrated budgeting amp forecasting
Embedded planning with real-time access to
transactional data
Built-in predictive and simulation capabilities
Integrated budgeting embedded in closed loop performance management
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SAP BO Planning amp
Consolidation
(Optimized for S4HANA
or stand-alone)
SAP BO Cloud
Core solution components
Additional solution components
SAP S4HANA
Transactions Planning Prediction Monitor
Flexible modeling
and simulation
End-user and
process driven
Enabling
closed-loop
performance
management
Real-time transactional data access
ndash no replication
Immediate update of plans and
forecasts
Full integration of different planning
models
Planning at any level of detail and
aggregation on the fly
Embedded predictive algorithms
and simulation capabilities
SAP IBP
SAP
Real Spend
Industry
specific
planning
solutions
Dynamic planning and analysis ndash How SAP supports
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SAP RealSpend
Introducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables line managers to maximizing budget
utilization
by
proactively manage spending
in real-time
for all current and future activities
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Real-time plan to actual cash cycle
Easily consolidate global bank balances and cash
positions from data from SAP as well as non-SAP
systems
Monitor critical KPIs and have real-time overview and
response to cash requirements
Centralized bank account management including
overdraft limit and bank risk analysis management and
workflow support
Simplify and automate cash analysis and liquidity
management reducing banking fees and borrowing
costs
Improved control and compliance through integrated
signatures with change history and workflows
Treasury Management
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Bank counter-party risk management
ldquoImproving Cash
Management is a priority for
a vast majority of finance
professionalsldquo
Source Next-Generation Needs for Cash Management CFO Research2015
Manage all bank account data and signatory in one
central repository
Automate the data exchange for account opening
maintenance and closure requests through workflow and
integrating payment approval processes
Improve control and compliance through integrated
signatures with BCM payment approval change history
and workflows
Gain insight with bank account master data reports and
bank statement monitoring
Ease of operation with structured processes to open and
close bank accounts bank to bank or third party
transfers as well as cash concentration
Treasury Management
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Real-time receivables and payables management
Credit Collections Dispute
Receivables Manager
Data-driven process control
for team management
Sales Team
Senior
Executives
Cash Collection Team
Cross-system automation
of collections processes to
deliver superior customer
service
Analytics and workflow
align sales AR and
executives to reduce DSO
Optimized for global
business services
deployment
Automate collaboration
with external expertise
Sta
ndard
Re
ce
iva
ble
s
Mobile analytics and
insight to avoid credit
blocks and reduce DSO
Redesigned processes
Automation and
workflow
Rating ExpertsRating Agency Credit Bureau
Update scores as
conditions change
Monitor customers
automatically
Customers
Viewdownload invoices
Send remittance
Make payments
Cloud for Credit
Integration
Cloud for
Customer
payments
Financial Operations
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Credit agency
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by the customer during the implementation project
Significant implementation effort per interfaces (= per agency)
Interfaces are XML based
XI PI is required
SAP Credit ManagementIntegration of Credit Risk Agencies in the Past
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Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by an HCP app
Maintenance of interfaces to credit agencies done by SAP
Bulk of the data of external credit reports remains in HCP app
Targeted data fields (like external rating foundation date of a companyhellip) is transferred to SAP Credit Management to
enable scoring based on external and internal data
Credit controller can access detailed data on HCP app with one click from SAP Credit Management screen
Integration of Credit Risk Agencies with
SAP S4HANA Finance Cloud for credit integration
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
53Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Clea - Cash Application
PAYMENTS INVOICES
bull Every Account Receivable (AR) team member handles a set of customer accounts differently
bull Every historical AR clearing from all the AR team becomes an important asset for Machine learning
bull For payments that cannot be automatically cleared AR team member can see a list of invoices with the
suggested ratings
Customer
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SAP Solution StrategyNon-disruptive automation through SAP HANA CLOUD PLATFORM
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
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Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
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What about simulating a
change in my org model
For example in view of MampA (or other)
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SAP Financial Statement InsightsIntroducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables finance professionals to reveal hidden
trends and leverage unused potential from
financial information
By
performing personalized ad-hoc analysis
simulating organizational models
based on all relevant financial information
available in S4HANA
in real-time
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The SAP Hybrid Cloud ArchitectureDelivering innovation while keeping a stable Core
Futuristic Not reallyhellip Many organization are already there
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Customer success with SAP S4HANA Finance
Growing today with technology for
tomorrow
Turk Telcom wanted to transition from multiple
ledgers to an integrated business with one
software environment and speed up mergers
and acquisitions
Shorter closing period by up to 2 days
Greater clarity and visibility into financial
data
More flexibility in business operations
Simpler processes eliminating
unnecessary workload
Improve expense management
processes with SAP Fraud
management on SAP HANA
Vodafone wanted to automate and become
best in class for TampE claims audit Looking to
extrapolate to other audit systems
100 of claims now automatically
revieiwed before only 10 of employee
claims reviewed through manual process
Now able to investigate different types of
abuse while still saving costs
Increasing Revenue 100 with SAP
S4HANA Finance
Memebox wanted to create a secure
foundation for global business expansion
while improving the accuracy of inventory and
increasing insight into logistic information
100 increase in revenue sing the launch
of SAP S4HANA Finance
30 shorter delivery lead time to
customers
50 increase in sales productivity with on-
the-go data access
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Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
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Digitization
What does this mean for your finance department
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CFOrsquos New RealityBecoming a Live Business in a Digital World
Increasing complexity
of external conditions
Pressure to support
global growth
initiatives
Requirement to reduce
the cost of financeAccelerated adoption of
technology innovations
Digital work style
enabled by networks
and mobility
Explosion of Big Data
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Providing opportunities to reimagine finance
Reimagine
Strategy
Reimagine
efficiency and
compliance
Reimagine
Business
performance
Easily architect
new business
models
Deliver instant insight
into the hands of
the business
Approach automated
ldquolights outrdquo finance
process
10Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Digital finance in summary
Automated continuous processes
to eliminate manual processes and
media breaks
Full transparency of all information
accessible to everyone anywhere
in the moment
Machine learning for smart
automation and cognitive insights
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Technology is driving the finance transformation
In Memory
UX
Robotics amp Machine Learning
Cloud
Networks
Predictive
Transforming Finance
Organizations
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Letrsquos
take a look
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Finance as the key source of data Is this the case at your company
Question
Futuristic Not really
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SAP S4HANA Supports Live Business
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Accounting amp Financial Close
Treasury Management
Financial Operations
Governance Risk amp Compliance
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Single source of truth for instant insight
Common Platform
One platform for prediction
analytics and transactions
Removal of data silos
Real time analysis
Single source
One universal journal for
financial and managerial
accounting
Automatically reconciled
On the fly aggregation
Across landscapes
Centralized instance for
heterogeneous landscape
Centralized processes
Real time replication
SAP HANA
Single source of truth
Operations Business
planning
Business
intelligence
SAP S4HANA Finance
Powered by
SAP HANA
instant data
replication
18Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Intuitive user experience ndash macro to detailed view
19Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Intuitive and enriched user experience for higher user productivity
Search across and
within apps to get
immediate answersRole based with one
common role definition
News and feeds to
enhance collaborationDynamic charts to
provide high-level
real-time overview
SAP Jam social software
platform integrated to
provide instant feedback
on notifications and group
activity
Color coding to alert user
for any overdue new or
immediate actions
20Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
On-the-fly analysis ndash personalized and role based
SAP BusinessObjects Analysis
edition for Microsoft Office
SAP BusinessObjects Lumira
SAP Business Explorer
SAP BusinessObjects
Design Studio
SAP Digital Boardroom
Chief financial officer
Financial close manager
Cash manager
Receivables manager
Payables manager
Finance for managers
Real estate manager
General ledger accountant
Accounts receivable accountant
Accounts payable accountant
Collections specialist
Dispute specialist
Management accounting
Cash Manager
Business
Intelligence
Renewed
Managerial Roles
Renewed
Transactional Roles
In progress
21Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
On-the-fly analysis ndash digital boardroom
Total
transparencySimplified
boardroom processes
Instant
data-driven insights
Real-time view of complete
company situation
Comprehensive view on key
figures across divisions
Instantly access accurate information
to address ad-hoc questions
Improve decision-making with analysis
of alternatives and implications
Reduce preparation time and
offline discussion topics
Focused collaboration to leverage
expert knowledge
22Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Digital and robotic process automation
Finance
Accurate
digital data
Identify hidden
patterns in knowledge
intensive processes
and then executes
processing
Machine Learning
Help run repetitive
rule-bases monotone
tasks
Robotics Process
Automationwith specific
process knowledge
enable rule-based
automation
Engines
Accurate
digital data
Reduces
reconciliations and
enables higher
degree of end to
end automated
processing
S4HANA Finance
ndash the digital core
Foundation for
digital automation
23Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
S4HANA
Value scenarios across the entire finance value chain
24Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
25Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
26Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time customer and product profitability
Profitability characteristics at line-
item level in real time over time
Root cause analysis and traceback
based on single source of truth
All-in cost transparency for
cross charging process
improvements and pricing
Self service comparison of
performance by customer product
groups or other dimensions
(including flexible hierarchies)
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA
Transactions Simulation Prediction
Primary Costing
SAP S4HANA
Controlling
Advanced
(amp Full)
Costing
Aggregation and Analysis of granular data for Profitability Reporting
Analysis
Time
Co
sts
Re
ve
nu
es
New dimensions
27Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Our Guiding Principlesto analyzing customer and product profitability
Acceleration of
ProcessesInstant Insight
Single Source
of Truth
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From Guiding principles to functional capabilities
Profitability Analysis
in Universal Journal
Enhanced capabilities of
Account based(to allow for PA on Universal J)
New (real-time)
reporting capabilities(integration with BOhellip)
Move towards continous
accounting
Attributed profitability
segments
Event-based revenue
recognition (1)
Realignment
Resource related
Intercompany Process
Enhancements (2)
(2) Available in public cloud and on premise through activation of business function FINS_CO_ICO_PROC_ENH_101
(1) For project-based services sales projects
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Benefits
bull One line item table with full detail
for all applications - for instant
insight amp easy extensibility
bull Data stored only once no more
reconciliation needed - by design
bull Reduction of memory footprint
through elimination of redundancy
bull Fast multi-dimensional reporting
without replicating data to business
warehouse (BW)
bull If a warehouse is in place anyway
only one single extractor needed
bull Secondary cost elements are now
GL accounts
Universal Journal
Ledger Company
Account
Cost
Element
Balancing
Profit
Center
Amount
1
Amount
2
Amount
3
Fixed
Asset
Coding
Block
Market
SegmentMaterial
Customer
Fields hellip
General Ledger
Ledger Company AccountProfit
Center
Amount
1
Amount
2
Amount
3hellip
Profitability
Operating
Concern
Market
Segmenthellip
Management Accounting
Controlling
Area
Cost
Element
Amount
1
Amount
2
Coding
Blockhellip
Asset Accounting
CompanyFixed
Assethellip
Material Ledger
Company Material hellip
Profitability Analysis in Universal JournalSingle Source of Truth
30Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Accelerated period-end closeInstant Insight
Settlements amp
Assessments
Within Period Period Close Within Period Period Close
Settlements amp
AssessmentsReportingReporting
Account Assignment
Cost Center
Internal Order
Sales Order
Project
Derivation Steps
Derivation of profitability
characteristics based on configuration
Automated derivation of profitability
characteristics
Real-time Profitability
Enriched income statement
item with more characteristics
Income statement items get a
so-called attributed profitability
segment which is used for
reporting
Available in S4HANA Cloud and S4HANA Finance planned for S4HANA OP
31Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Business Use Cases for Attributed Profitability SegmentsExamples
Example 2
Drilldown on your unbilled
revenue (WIP) in your
balance sheet and find out
more about related projects
and products
Example 1
Analyze your travel expenses by
customer and by product as they
occur - without waiting for the
closing process and settlements
to happen
Profitability characteristics are derived immediately at the point in time of each ldquoprimaryrdquo document
32Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Project-based services with real-time revenue and cost recognitionfor single-level projects
Revenue Recognition process now reflected in Universal Journal ndash
the single source of truth for all Financial data
bull No separate storage for Revenue Recognition data anymore
bull No reconciliation efforts
Business Benefits Event-Based Revenue Recognition supports the
matching principle without batch jobs at period-end close
bull Costs and revenues always match
bull Profitability reporting always up to date
Process Benefits Event-based posting provides direct link between
the original posting and the Revenue Recognition posting
bull Soft close supported by eliminating settlement and results analysis as
period close steps
bull Linkage simplifies auditing
bull Linkage allows drill-down from Revenue Recognition posting (eg WIP)
to the original posting
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Reporting capabilities
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Steer the business on an operational and strategic level
through continuous information flow
Continuous end-to-end automation improving efficiency data
integrity and visibility into finance processes
Monitor in real-time the progress quality and financial results
of the closing cycle to avoid bottlenecks and address
business concerns
Get closer to the business and make better strategic
decisions thanks to real-time insight
Enabling strategic finance with a modern system delivering
instant insight to the entire business anywhere available on-
premise and in the cloud
Vision Continuous Accounting
Real-time
Insight
Efficiency
and speed
Quality
and governance
Rob Kugel from Ventura Research wrote a blog that initially coined the phrase
httpsblogventanaresearchcom20151030continuous-accounting-enables-a-strategic-finance-department
36Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What are the advantages of a Continuous Close capability
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
elimination of tasks
real-time execution
automation
acceleration
Continuous closing eg
real-time profitability
insights before period end
closing
ldquoPredicted Actualsrdquo are
derived to enable analysis
of results at period end
during the period
partially Lab preview
Lab preview
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SAP Solution offering One consistent and integrated R2R-platform
Single Source
of Truth in the
Universal
Journal ndash all
value flows in
one place
Integrated
Compliance
with Statutory
Reporting for
SAP S4HANA
Special support
for IFRS 9 15
16 and BEPS
Comprehensive
automation
Fast Close with
SAP Financial
Closing cockpit
Soft Close and
Predicted Close
initiatives
Automation of
intercompany
processing and
streamlined
reconciliation
Real-time
Consolidation
for more
transparency
and speed in
group reporting
Integrated
Disclosure
Management
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
Bringing Higher Quality Speed Efficiency and Insight by automating the statutory and management
reporting for increasingly complex accounting closing and disclosure demands
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Screenshot example Fiori for SAP S4HANA Screenshot example for SAP S4HANA Cloud
SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Roadmap
Muster
Muster
Muster
Muster
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SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Finance (aka ldquoSimple
Financerdquo) SAP Smart Business
40Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-Time Consolidation
building blocks
SAP ERP
SAP R3
Non-SAP
BPC
Integration
Currency
Translation
ModellingEliminations
Group
Reporting
Validation
Intercompany
Flexible
Upload
BPC Consolidation
BPC Planning
BPC Modelling
SAP S4HANA ON PREMISE SAP BusinessObjects
Planning and Consolidation
ACDOCA Master Data ACDOCCExten BW
Consolidation preparation RTC Enhancements
SAP S4HANA 1610
Existing functionalities
Consolidation Enhancements
Central Finance
ControllingAccounting
Disclosure Management
Validations
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA Platform amp S4HANA
(Single source of truth)
Responsiveness to changing business environment
Links operational decision with
strategic goals
Monitor execution in real time
Trigger mitigation actions
Dynamic Planning and Analysis
Integrated budgeting amp forecasting
Embedded planning with real-time access to
transactional data
Built-in predictive and simulation capabilities
Integrated budgeting embedded in closed loop performance management
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SAP BO Planning amp
Consolidation
(Optimized for S4HANA
or stand-alone)
SAP BO Cloud
Core solution components
Additional solution components
SAP S4HANA
Transactions Planning Prediction Monitor
Flexible modeling
and simulation
End-user and
process driven
Enabling
closed-loop
performance
management
Real-time transactional data access
ndash no replication
Immediate update of plans and
forecasts
Full integration of different planning
models
Planning at any level of detail and
aggregation on the fly
Embedded predictive algorithms
and simulation capabilities
SAP IBP
SAP
Real Spend
Industry
specific
planning
solutions
Dynamic planning and analysis ndash How SAP supports
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SAP RealSpend
Introducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables line managers to maximizing budget
utilization
by
proactively manage spending
in real-time
for all current and future activities
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Real-time plan to actual cash cycle
Easily consolidate global bank balances and cash
positions from data from SAP as well as non-SAP
systems
Monitor critical KPIs and have real-time overview and
response to cash requirements
Centralized bank account management including
overdraft limit and bank risk analysis management and
workflow support
Simplify and automate cash analysis and liquidity
management reducing banking fees and borrowing
costs
Improved control and compliance through integrated
signatures with change history and workflows
Treasury Management
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Bank counter-party risk management
ldquoImproving Cash
Management is a priority for
a vast majority of finance
professionalsldquo
Source Next-Generation Needs for Cash Management CFO Research2015
Manage all bank account data and signatory in one
central repository
Automate the data exchange for account opening
maintenance and closure requests through workflow and
integrating payment approval processes
Improve control and compliance through integrated
signatures with BCM payment approval change history
and workflows
Gain insight with bank account master data reports and
bank statement monitoring
Ease of operation with structured processes to open and
close bank accounts bank to bank or third party
transfers as well as cash concentration
Treasury Management
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Real-time receivables and payables management
Credit Collections Dispute
Receivables Manager
Data-driven process control
for team management
Sales Team
Senior
Executives
Cash Collection Team
Cross-system automation
of collections processes to
deliver superior customer
service
Analytics and workflow
align sales AR and
executives to reduce DSO
Optimized for global
business services
deployment
Automate collaboration
with external expertise
Sta
ndard
Re
ce
iva
ble
s
Mobile analytics and
insight to avoid credit
blocks and reduce DSO
Redesigned processes
Automation and
workflow
Rating ExpertsRating Agency Credit Bureau
Update scores as
conditions change
Monitor customers
automatically
Customers
Viewdownload invoices
Send remittance
Make payments
Cloud for Credit
Integration
Cloud for
Customer
payments
Financial Operations
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Credit agency
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by the customer during the implementation project
Significant implementation effort per interfaces (= per agency)
Interfaces are XML based
XI PI is required
SAP Credit ManagementIntegration of Credit Risk Agencies in the Past
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Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by an HCP app
Maintenance of interfaces to credit agencies done by SAP
Bulk of the data of external credit reports remains in HCP app
Targeted data fields (like external rating foundation date of a companyhellip) is transferred to SAP Credit Management to
enable scoring based on external and internal data
Credit controller can access detailed data on HCP app with one click from SAP Credit Management screen
Integration of Credit Risk Agencies with
SAP S4HANA Finance Cloud for credit integration
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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SAP Clea - Cash Application
PAYMENTS INVOICES
bull Every Account Receivable (AR) team member handles a set of customer accounts differently
bull Every historical AR clearing from all the AR team becomes an important asset for Machine learning
bull For payments that cannot be automatically cleared AR team member can see a list of invoices with the
suggested ratings
Customer
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SAP Solution StrategyNon-disruptive automation through SAP HANA CLOUD PLATFORM
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
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Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
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What about simulating a
change in my org model
For example in view of MampA (or other)
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SAP Financial Statement InsightsIntroducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables finance professionals to reveal hidden
trends and leverage unused potential from
financial information
By
performing personalized ad-hoc analysis
simulating organizational models
based on all relevant financial information
available in S4HANA
in real-time
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The SAP Hybrid Cloud ArchitectureDelivering innovation while keeping a stable Core
Futuristic Not reallyhellip Many organization are already there
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Customer success with SAP S4HANA Finance
Growing today with technology for
tomorrow
Turk Telcom wanted to transition from multiple
ledgers to an integrated business with one
software environment and speed up mergers
and acquisitions
Shorter closing period by up to 2 days
Greater clarity and visibility into financial
data
More flexibility in business operations
Simpler processes eliminating
unnecessary workload
Improve expense management
processes with SAP Fraud
management on SAP HANA
Vodafone wanted to automate and become
best in class for TampE claims audit Looking to
extrapolate to other audit systems
100 of claims now automatically
revieiwed before only 10 of employee
claims reviewed through manual process
Now able to investigate different types of
abuse while still saving costs
Increasing Revenue 100 with SAP
S4HANA Finance
Memebox wanted to create a secure
foundation for global business expansion
while improving the accuracy of inventory and
increasing insight into logistic information
100 increase in revenue sing the launch
of SAP S4HANA Finance
30 shorter delivery lead time to
customers
50 increase in sales productivity with on-
the-go data access
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Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
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These materials are provided by SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company for informational purposes only without representation or warranty of any kind and SAP or its affiliated
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CFOrsquos New RealityBecoming a Live Business in a Digital World
Increasing complexity
of external conditions
Pressure to support
global growth
initiatives
Requirement to reduce
the cost of financeAccelerated adoption of
technology innovations
Digital work style
enabled by networks
and mobility
Explosion of Big Data
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Providing opportunities to reimagine finance
Reimagine
Strategy
Reimagine
efficiency and
compliance
Reimagine
Business
performance
Easily architect
new business
models
Deliver instant insight
into the hands of
the business
Approach automated
ldquolights outrdquo finance
process
10Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Digital finance in summary
Automated continuous processes
to eliminate manual processes and
media breaks
Full transparency of all information
accessible to everyone anywhere
in the moment
Machine learning for smart
automation and cognitive insights
11Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Technology is driving the finance transformation
In Memory
UX
Robotics amp Machine Learning
Cloud
Networks
Predictive
Transforming Finance
Organizations
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Letrsquos
take a look
13Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
14Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Finance as the key source of data Is this the case at your company
Question
Futuristic Not really
16Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP S4HANA Supports Live Business
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Accounting amp Financial Close
Treasury Management
Financial Operations
Governance Risk amp Compliance
17Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Single source of truth for instant insight
Common Platform
One platform for prediction
analytics and transactions
Removal of data silos
Real time analysis
Single source
One universal journal for
financial and managerial
accounting
Automatically reconciled
On the fly aggregation
Across landscapes
Centralized instance for
heterogeneous landscape
Centralized processes
Real time replication
SAP HANA
Single source of truth
Operations Business
planning
Business
intelligence
SAP S4HANA Finance
Powered by
SAP HANA
instant data
replication
18Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Intuitive user experience ndash macro to detailed view
19Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Intuitive and enriched user experience for higher user productivity
Search across and
within apps to get
immediate answersRole based with one
common role definition
News and feeds to
enhance collaborationDynamic charts to
provide high-level
real-time overview
SAP Jam social software
platform integrated to
provide instant feedback
on notifications and group
activity
Color coding to alert user
for any overdue new or
immediate actions
20Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
On-the-fly analysis ndash personalized and role based
SAP BusinessObjects Analysis
edition for Microsoft Office
SAP BusinessObjects Lumira
SAP Business Explorer
SAP BusinessObjects
Design Studio
SAP Digital Boardroom
Chief financial officer
Financial close manager
Cash manager
Receivables manager
Payables manager
Finance for managers
Real estate manager
General ledger accountant
Accounts receivable accountant
Accounts payable accountant
Collections specialist
Dispute specialist
Management accounting
Cash Manager
Business
Intelligence
Renewed
Managerial Roles
Renewed
Transactional Roles
In progress
21Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
On-the-fly analysis ndash digital boardroom
Total
transparencySimplified
boardroom processes
Instant
data-driven insights
Real-time view of complete
company situation
Comprehensive view on key
figures across divisions
Instantly access accurate information
to address ad-hoc questions
Improve decision-making with analysis
of alternatives and implications
Reduce preparation time and
offline discussion topics
Focused collaboration to leverage
expert knowledge
22Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Digital and robotic process automation
Finance
Accurate
digital data
Identify hidden
patterns in knowledge
intensive processes
and then executes
processing
Machine Learning
Help run repetitive
rule-bases monotone
tasks
Robotics Process
Automationwith specific
process knowledge
enable rule-based
automation
Engines
Accurate
digital data
Reduces
reconciliations and
enables higher
degree of end to
end automated
processing
S4HANA Finance
ndash the digital core
Foundation for
digital automation
23Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
S4HANA
Value scenarios across the entire finance value chain
24Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
25Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
26Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time customer and product profitability
Profitability characteristics at line-
item level in real time over time
Root cause analysis and traceback
based on single source of truth
All-in cost transparency for
cross charging process
improvements and pricing
Self service comparison of
performance by customer product
groups or other dimensions
(including flexible hierarchies)
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA
Transactions Simulation Prediction
Primary Costing
SAP S4HANA
Controlling
Advanced
(amp Full)
Costing
Aggregation and Analysis of granular data for Profitability Reporting
Analysis
Time
Co
sts
Re
ve
nu
es
New dimensions
27Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Our Guiding Principlesto analyzing customer and product profitability
Acceleration of
ProcessesInstant Insight
Single Source
of Truth
28Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
From Guiding principles to functional capabilities
Profitability Analysis
in Universal Journal
Enhanced capabilities of
Account based(to allow for PA on Universal J)
New (real-time)
reporting capabilities(integration with BOhellip)
Move towards continous
accounting
Attributed profitability
segments
Event-based revenue
recognition (1)
Realignment
Resource related
Intercompany Process
Enhancements (2)
(2) Available in public cloud and on premise through activation of business function FINS_CO_ICO_PROC_ENH_101
(1) For project-based services sales projects
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Benefits
bull One line item table with full detail
for all applications - for instant
insight amp easy extensibility
bull Data stored only once no more
reconciliation needed - by design
bull Reduction of memory footprint
through elimination of redundancy
bull Fast multi-dimensional reporting
without replicating data to business
warehouse (BW)
bull If a warehouse is in place anyway
only one single extractor needed
bull Secondary cost elements are now
GL accounts
Universal Journal
Ledger Company
Account
Cost
Element
Balancing
Profit
Center
Amount
1
Amount
2
Amount
3
Fixed
Asset
Coding
Block
Market
SegmentMaterial
Customer
Fields hellip
General Ledger
Ledger Company AccountProfit
Center
Amount
1
Amount
2
Amount
3hellip
Profitability
Operating
Concern
Market
Segmenthellip
Management Accounting
Controlling
Area
Cost
Element
Amount
1
Amount
2
Coding
Blockhellip
Asset Accounting
CompanyFixed
Assethellip
Material Ledger
Company Material hellip
Profitability Analysis in Universal JournalSingle Source of Truth
30Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Accelerated period-end closeInstant Insight
Settlements amp
Assessments
Within Period Period Close Within Period Period Close
Settlements amp
AssessmentsReportingReporting
Account Assignment
Cost Center
Internal Order
Sales Order
Project
Derivation Steps
Derivation of profitability
characteristics based on configuration
Automated derivation of profitability
characteristics
Real-time Profitability
Enriched income statement
item with more characteristics
Income statement items get a
so-called attributed profitability
segment which is used for
reporting
Available in S4HANA Cloud and S4HANA Finance planned for S4HANA OP
31Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Business Use Cases for Attributed Profitability SegmentsExamples
Example 2
Drilldown on your unbilled
revenue (WIP) in your
balance sheet and find out
more about related projects
and products
Example 1
Analyze your travel expenses by
customer and by product as they
occur - without waiting for the
closing process and settlements
to happen
Profitability characteristics are derived immediately at the point in time of each ldquoprimaryrdquo document
32Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Project-based services with real-time revenue and cost recognitionfor single-level projects
Revenue Recognition process now reflected in Universal Journal ndash
the single source of truth for all Financial data
bull No separate storage for Revenue Recognition data anymore
bull No reconciliation efforts
Business Benefits Event-Based Revenue Recognition supports the
matching principle without batch jobs at period-end close
bull Costs and revenues always match
bull Profitability reporting always up to date
Process Benefits Event-based posting provides direct link between
the original posting and the Revenue Recognition posting
bull Soft close supported by eliminating settlement and results analysis as
period close steps
bull Linkage simplifies auditing
bull Linkage allows drill-down from Revenue Recognition posting (eg WIP)
to the original posting
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Reporting capabilities
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Steer the business on an operational and strategic level
through continuous information flow
Continuous end-to-end automation improving efficiency data
integrity and visibility into finance processes
Monitor in real-time the progress quality and financial results
of the closing cycle to avoid bottlenecks and address
business concerns
Get closer to the business and make better strategic
decisions thanks to real-time insight
Enabling strategic finance with a modern system delivering
instant insight to the entire business anywhere available on-
premise and in the cloud
Vision Continuous Accounting
Real-time
Insight
Efficiency
and speed
Quality
and governance
Rob Kugel from Ventura Research wrote a blog that initially coined the phrase
httpsblogventanaresearchcom20151030continuous-accounting-enables-a-strategic-finance-department
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What are the advantages of a Continuous Close capability
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
elimination of tasks
real-time execution
automation
acceleration
Continuous closing eg
real-time profitability
insights before period end
closing
ldquoPredicted Actualsrdquo are
derived to enable analysis
of results at period end
during the period
partially Lab preview
Lab preview
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SAP Solution offering One consistent and integrated R2R-platform
Single Source
of Truth in the
Universal
Journal ndash all
value flows in
one place
Integrated
Compliance
with Statutory
Reporting for
SAP S4HANA
Special support
for IFRS 9 15
16 and BEPS
Comprehensive
automation
Fast Close with
SAP Financial
Closing cockpit
Soft Close and
Predicted Close
initiatives
Automation of
intercompany
processing and
streamlined
reconciliation
Real-time
Consolidation
for more
transparency
and speed in
group reporting
Integrated
Disclosure
Management
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
Bringing Higher Quality Speed Efficiency and Insight by automating the statutory and management
reporting for increasingly complex accounting closing and disclosure demands
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Screenshot example Fiori for SAP S4HANA Screenshot example for SAP S4HANA Cloud
SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Roadmap
Muster
Muster
Muster
Muster
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SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Finance (aka ldquoSimple
Financerdquo) SAP Smart Business
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Real-Time Consolidation
building blocks
SAP ERP
SAP R3
Non-SAP
BPC
Integration
Currency
Translation
ModellingEliminations
Group
Reporting
Validation
Intercompany
Flexible
Upload
BPC Consolidation
BPC Planning
BPC Modelling
SAP S4HANA ON PREMISE SAP BusinessObjects
Planning and Consolidation
ACDOCA Master Data ACDOCCExten BW
Consolidation preparation RTC Enhancements
SAP S4HANA 1610
Existing functionalities
Consolidation Enhancements
Central Finance
ControllingAccounting
Disclosure Management
Validations
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA Platform amp S4HANA
(Single source of truth)
Responsiveness to changing business environment
Links operational decision with
strategic goals
Monitor execution in real time
Trigger mitigation actions
Dynamic Planning and Analysis
Integrated budgeting amp forecasting
Embedded planning with real-time access to
transactional data
Built-in predictive and simulation capabilities
Integrated budgeting embedded in closed loop performance management
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SAP BO Planning amp
Consolidation
(Optimized for S4HANA
or stand-alone)
SAP BO Cloud
Core solution components
Additional solution components
SAP S4HANA
Transactions Planning Prediction Monitor
Flexible modeling
and simulation
End-user and
process driven
Enabling
closed-loop
performance
management
Real-time transactional data access
ndash no replication
Immediate update of plans and
forecasts
Full integration of different planning
models
Planning at any level of detail and
aggregation on the fly
Embedded predictive algorithms
and simulation capabilities
SAP IBP
SAP
Real Spend
Industry
specific
planning
solutions
Dynamic planning and analysis ndash How SAP supports
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SAP RealSpend
Introducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables line managers to maximizing budget
utilization
by
proactively manage spending
in real-time
for all current and future activities
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Real-time plan to actual cash cycle
Easily consolidate global bank balances and cash
positions from data from SAP as well as non-SAP
systems
Monitor critical KPIs and have real-time overview and
response to cash requirements
Centralized bank account management including
overdraft limit and bank risk analysis management and
workflow support
Simplify and automate cash analysis and liquidity
management reducing banking fees and borrowing
costs
Improved control and compliance through integrated
signatures with change history and workflows
Treasury Management
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Bank counter-party risk management
ldquoImproving Cash
Management is a priority for
a vast majority of finance
professionalsldquo
Source Next-Generation Needs for Cash Management CFO Research2015
Manage all bank account data and signatory in one
central repository
Automate the data exchange for account opening
maintenance and closure requests through workflow and
integrating payment approval processes
Improve control and compliance through integrated
signatures with BCM payment approval change history
and workflows
Gain insight with bank account master data reports and
bank statement monitoring
Ease of operation with structured processes to open and
close bank accounts bank to bank or third party
transfers as well as cash concentration
Treasury Management
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Real-time receivables and payables management
Credit Collections Dispute
Receivables Manager
Data-driven process control
for team management
Sales Team
Senior
Executives
Cash Collection Team
Cross-system automation
of collections processes to
deliver superior customer
service
Analytics and workflow
align sales AR and
executives to reduce DSO
Optimized for global
business services
deployment
Automate collaboration
with external expertise
Sta
ndard
Re
ce
iva
ble
s
Mobile analytics and
insight to avoid credit
blocks and reduce DSO
Redesigned processes
Automation and
workflow
Rating ExpertsRating Agency Credit Bureau
Update scores as
conditions change
Monitor customers
automatically
Customers
Viewdownload invoices
Send remittance
Make payments
Cloud for Credit
Integration
Cloud for
Customer
payments
Financial Operations
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Credit agency
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by the customer during the implementation project
Significant implementation effort per interfaces (= per agency)
Interfaces are XML based
XI PI is required
SAP Credit ManagementIntegration of Credit Risk Agencies in the Past
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Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by an HCP app
Maintenance of interfaces to credit agencies done by SAP
Bulk of the data of external credit reports remains in HCP app
Targeted data fields (like external rating foundation date of a companyhellip) is transferred to SAP Credit Management to
enable scoring based on external and internal data
Credit controller can access detailed data on HCP app with one click from SAP Credit Management screen
Integration of Credit Risk Agencies with
SAP S4HANA Finance Cloud for credit integration
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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SAP Clea - Cash Application
PAYMENTS INVOICES
bull Every Account Receivable (AR) team member handles a set of customer accounts differently
bull Every historical AR clearing from all the AR team becomes an important asset for Machine learning
bull For payments that cannot be automatically cleared AR team member can see a list of invoices with the
suggested ratings
Customer
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SAP Solution StrategyNon-disruptive automation through SAP HANA CLOUD PLATFORM
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
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Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
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What about simulating a
change in my org model
For example in view of MampA (or other)
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SAP Financial Statement InsightsIntroducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables finance professionals to reveal hidden
trends and leverage unused potential from
financial information
By
performing personalized ad-hoc analysis
simulating organizational models
based on all relevant financial information
available in S4HANA
in real-time
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The SAP Hybrid Cloud ArchitectureDelivering innovation while keeping a stable Core
Futuristic Not reallyhellip Many organization are already there
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Customer success with SAP S4HANA Finance
Growing today with technology for
tomorrow
Turk Telcom wanted to transition from multiple
ledgers to an integrated business with one
software environment and speed up mergers
and acquisitions
Shorter closing period by up to 2 days
Greater clarity and visibility into financial
data
More flexibility in business operations
Simpler processes eliminating
unnecessary workload
Improve expense management
processes with SAP Fraud
management on SAP HANA
Vodafone wanted to automate and become
best in class for TampE claims audit Looking to
extrapolate to other audit systems
100 of claims now automatically
revieiwed before only 10 of employee
claims reviewed through manual process
Now able to investigate different types of
abuse while still saving costs
Increasing Revenue 100 with SAP
S4HANA Finance
Memebox wanted to create a secure
foundation for global business expansion
while improving the accuracy of inventory and
increasing insight into logistic information
100 increase in revenue sing the launch
of SAP S4HANA Finance
30 shorter delivery lead time to
customers
50 increase in sales productivity with on-
the-go data access
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Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
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Providing opportunities to reimagine finance
Reimagine
Strategy
Reimagine
efficiency and
compliance
Reimagine
Business
performance
Easily architect
new business
models
Deliver instant insight
into the hands of
the business
Approach automated
ldquolights outrdquo finance
process
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Digital finance in summary
Automated continuous processes
to eliminate manual processes and
media breaks
Full transparency of all information
accessible to everyone anywhere
in the moment
Machine learning for smart
automation and cognitive insights
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Technology is driving the finance transformation
In Memory
UX
Robotics amp Machine Learning
Cloud
Networks
Predictive
Transforming Finance
Organizations
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Letrsquos
take a look
13Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
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Finance as the key source of data Is this the case at your company
Question
Futuristic Not really
16Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP S4HANA Supports Live Business
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Accounting amp Financial Close
Treasury Management
Financial Operations
Governance Risk amp Compliance
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Single source of truth for instant insight
Common Platform
One platform for prediction
analytics and transactions
Removal of data silos
Real time analysis
Single source
One universal journal for
financial and managerial
accounting
Automatically reconciled
On the fly aggregation
Across landscapes
Centralized instance for
heterogeneous landscape
Centralized processes
Real time replication
SAP HANA
Single source of truth
Operations Business
planning
Business
intelligence
SAP S4HANA Finance
Powered by
SAP HANA
instant data
replication
18Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Intuitive user experience ndash macro to detailed view
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Intuitive and enriched user experience for higher user productivity
Search across and
within apps to get
immediate answersRole based with one
common role definition
News and feeds to
enhance collaborationDynamic charts to
provide high-level
real-time overview
SAP Jam social software
platform integrated to
provide instant feedback
on notifications and group
activity
Color coding to alert user
for any overdue new or
immediate actions
20Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
On-the-fly analysis ndash personalized and role based
SAP BusinessObjects Analysis
edition for Microsoft Office
SAP BusinessObjects Lumira
SAP Business Explorer
SAP BusinessObjects
Design Studio
SAP Digital Boardroom
Chief financial officer
Financial close manager
Cash manager
Receivables manager
Payables manager
Finance for managers
Real estate manager
General ledger accountant
Accounts receivable accountant
Accounts payable accountant
Collections specialist
Dispute specialist
Management accounting
Cash Manager
Business
Intelligence
Renewed
Managerial Roles
Renewed
Transactional Roles
In progress
21Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
On-the-fly analysis ndash digital boardroom
Total
transparencySimplified
boardroom processes
Instant
data-driven insights
Real-time view of complete
company situation
Comprehensive view on key
figures across divisions
Instantly access accurate information
to address ad-hoc questions
Improve decision-making with analysis
of alternatives and implications
Reduce preparation time and
offline discussion topics
Focused collaboration to leverage
expert knowledge
22Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Digital and robotic process automation
Finance
Accurate
digital data
Identify hidden
patterns in knowledge
intensive processes
and then executes
processing
Machine Learning
Help run repetitive
rule-bases monotone
tasks
Robotics Process
Automationwith specific
process knowledge
enable rule-based
automation
Engines
Accurate
digital data
Reduces
reconciliations and
enables higher
degree of end to
end automated
processing
S4HANA Finance
ndash the digital core
Foundation for
digital automation
23Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
S4HANA
Value scenarios across the entire finance value chain
24Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
25Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
26Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time customer and product profitability
Profitability characteristics at line-
item level in real time over time
Root cause analysis and traceback
based on single source of truth
All-in cost transparency for
cross charging process
improvements and pricing
Self service comparison of
performance by customer product
groups or other dimensions
(including flexible hierarchies)
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA
Transactions Simulation Prediction
Primary Costing
SAP S4HANA
Controlling
Advanced
(amp Full)
Costing
Aggregation and Analysis of granular data for Profitability Reporting
Analysis
Time
Co
sts
Re
ve
nu
es
New dimensions
27Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Our Guiding Principlesto analyzing customer and product profitability
Acceleration of
ProcessesInstant Insight
Single Source
of Truth
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From Guiding principles to functional capabilities
Profitability Analysis
in Universal Journal
Enhanced capabilities of
Account based(to allow for PA on Universal J)
New (real-time)
reporting capabilities(integration with BOhellip)
Move towards continous
accounting
Attributed profitability
segments
Event-based revenue
recognition (1)
Realignment
Resource related
Intercompany Process
Enhancements (2)
(2) Available in public cloud and on premise through activation of business function FINS_CO_ICO_PROC_ENH_101
(1) For project-based services sales projects
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Benefits
bull One line item table with full detail
for all applications - for instant
insight amp easy extensibility
bull Data stored only once no more
reconciliation needed - by design
bull Reduction of memory footprint
through elimination of redundancy
bull Fast multi-dimensional reporting
without replicating data to business
warehouse (BW)
bull If a warehouse is in place anyway
only one single extractor needed
bull Secondary cost elements are now
GL accounts
Universal Journal
Ledger Company
Account
Cost
Element
Balancing
Profit
Center
Amount
1
Amount
2
Amount
3
Fixed
Asset
Coding
Block
Market
SegmentMaterial
Customer
Fields hellip
General Ledger
Ledger Company AccountProfit
Center
Amount
1
Amount
2
Amount
3hellip
Profitability
Operating
Concern
Market
Segmenthellip
Management Accounting
Controlling
Area
Cost
Element
Amount
1
Amount
2
Coding
Blockhellip
Asset Accounting
CompanyFixed
Assethellip
Material Ledger
Company Material hellip
Profitability Analysis in Universal JournalSingle Source of Truth
30Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Accelerated period-end closeInstant Insight
Settlements amp
Assessments
Within Period Period Close Within Period Period Close
Settlements amp
AssessmentsReportingReporting
Account Assignment
Cost Center
Internal Order
Sales Order
Project
Derivation Steps
Derivation of profitability
characteristics based on configuration
Automated derivation of profitability
characteristics
Real-time Profitability
Enriched income statement
item with more characteristics
Income statement items get a
so-called attributed profitability
segment which is used for
reporting
Available in S4HANA Cloud and S4HANA Finance planned for S4HANA OP
31Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Business Use Cases for Attributed Profitability SegmentsExamples
Example 2
Drilldown on your unbilled
revenue (WIP) in your
balance sheet and find out
more about related projects
and products
Example 1
Analyze your travel expenses by
customer and by product as they
occur - without waiting for the
closing process and settlements
to happen
Profitability characteristics are derived immediately at the point in time of each ldquoprimaryrdquo document
32Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Project-based services with real-time revenue and cost recognitionfor single-level projects
Revenue Recognition process now reflected in Universal Journal ndash
the single source of truth for all Financial data
bull No separate storage for Revenue Recognition data anymore
bull No reconciliation efforts
Business Benefits Event-Based Revenue Recognition supports the
matching principle without batch jobs at period-end close
bull Costs and revenues always match
bull Profitability reporting always up to date
Process Benefits Event-based posting provides direct link between
the original posting and the Revenue Recognition posting
bull Soft close supported by eliminating settlement and results analysis as
period close steps
bull Linkage simplifies auditing
bull Linkage allows drill-down from Revenue Recognition posting (eg WIP)
to the original posting
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Reporting capabilities
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Steer the business on an operational and strategic level
through continuous information flow
Continuous end-to-end automation improving efficiency data
integrity and visibility into finance processes
Monitor in real-time the progress quality and financial results
of the closing cycle to avoid bottlenecks and address
business concerns
Get closer to the business and make better strategic
decisions thanks to real-time insight
Enabling strategic finance with a modern system delivering
instant insight to the entire business anywhere available on-
premise and in the cloud
Vision Continuous Accounting
Real-time
Insight
Efficiency
and speed
Quality
and governance
Rob Kugel from Ventura Research wrote a blog that initially coined the phrase
httpsblogventanaresearchcom20151030continuous-accounting-enables-a-strategic-finance-department
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What are the advantages of a Continuous Close capability
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
elimination of tasks
real-time execution
automation
acceleration
Continuous closing eg
real-time profitability
insights before period end
closing
ldquoPredicted Actualsrdquo are
derived to enable analysis
of results at period end
during the period
partially Lab preview
Lab preview
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SAP Solution offering One consistent and integrated R2R-platform
Single Source
of Truth in the
Universal
Journal ndash all
value flows in
one place
Integrated
Compliance
with Statutory
Reporting for
SAP S4HANA
Special support
for IFRS 9 15
16 and BEPS
Comprehensive
automation
Fast Close with
SAP Financial
Closing cockpit
Soft Close and
Predicted Close
initiatives
Automation of
intercompany
processing and
streamlined
reconciliation
Real-time
Consolidation
for more
transparency
and speed in
group reporting
Integrated
Disclosure
Management
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
Bringing Higher Quality Speed Efficiency and Insight by automating the statutory and management
reporting for increasingly complex accounting closing and disclosure demands
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Screenshot example Fiori for SAP S4HANA Screenshot example for SAP S4HANA Cloud
SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Roadmap
Muster
Muster
Muster
Muster
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SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Finance (aka ldquoSimple
Financerdquo) SAP Smart Business
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Real-Time Consolidation
building blocks
SAP ERP
SAP R3
Non-SAP
BPC
Integration
Currency
Translation
ModellingEliminations
Group
Reporting
Validation
Intercompany
Flexible
Upload
BPC Consolidation
BPC Planning
BPC Modelling
SAP S4HANA ON PREMISE SAP BusinessObjects
Planning and Consolidation
ACDOCA Master Data ACDOCCExten BW
Consolidation preparation RTC Enhancements
SAP S4HANA 1610
Existing functionalities
Consolidation Enhancements
Central Finance
ControllingAccounting
Disclosure Management
Validations
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA Platform amp S4HANA
(Single source of truth)
Responsiveness to changing business environment
Links operational decision with
strategic goals
Monitor execution in real time
Trigger mitigation actions
Dynamic Planning and Analysis
Integrated budgeting amp forecasting
Embedded planning with real-time access to
transactional data
Built-in predictive and simulation capabilities
Integrated budgeting embedded in closed loop performance management
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SAP BO Planning amp
Consolidation
(Optimized for S4HANA
or stand-alone)
SAP BO Cloud
Core solution components
Additional solution components
SAP S4HANA
Transactions Planning Prediction Monitor
Flexible modeling
and simulation
End-user and
process driven
Enabling
closed-loop
performance
management
Real-time transactional data access
ndash no replication
Immediate update of plans and
forecasts
Full integration of different planning
models
Planning at any level of detail and
aggregation on the fly
Embedded predictive algorithms
and simulation capabilities
SAP IBP
SAP
Real Spend
Industry
specific
planning
solutions
Dynamic planning and analysis ndash How SAP supports
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SAP RealSpend
Introducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables line managers to maximizing budget
utilization
by
proactively manage spending
in real-time
for all current and future activities
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Real-time plan to actual cash cycle
Easily consolidate global bank balances and cash
positions from data from SAP as well as non-SAP
systems
Monitor critical KPIs and have real-time overview and
response to cash requirements
Centralized bank account management including
overdraft limit and bank risk analysis management and
workflow support
Simplify and automate cash analysis and liquidity
management reducing banking fees and borrowing
costs
Improved control and compliance through integrated
signatures with change history and workflows
Treasury Management
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Bank counter-party risk management
ldquoImproving Cash
Management is a priority for
a vast majority of finance
professionalsldquo
Source Next-Generation Needs for Cash Management CFO Research2015
Manage all bank account data and signatory in one
central repository
Automate the data exchange for account opening
maintenance and closure requests through workflow and
integrating payment approval processes
Improve control and compliance through integrated
signatures with BCM payment approval change history
and workflows
Gain insight with bank account master data reports and
bank statement monitoring
Ease of operation with structured processes to open and
close bank accounts bank to bank or third party
transfers as well as cash concentration
Treasury Management
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Real-time receivables and payables management
Credit Collections Dispute
Receivables Manager
Data-driven process control
for team management
Sales Team
Senior
Executives
Cash Collection Team
Cross-system automation
of collections processes to
deliver superior customer
service
Analytics and workflow
align sales AR and
executives to reduce DSO
Optimized for global
business services
deployment
Automate collaboration
with external expertise
Sta
ndard
Re
ce
iva
ble
s
Mobile analytics and
insight to avoid credit
blocks and reduce DSO
Redesigned processes
Automation and
workflow
Rating ExpertsRating Agency Credit Bureau
Update scores as
conditions change
Monitor customers
automatically
Customers
Viewdownload invoices
Send remittance
Make payments
Cloud for Credit
Integration
Cloud for
Customer
payments
Financial Operations
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Credit agency
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by the customer during the implementation project
Significant implementation effort per interfaces (= per agency)
Interfaces are XML based
XI PI is required
SAP Credit ManagementIntegration of Credit Risk Agencies in the Past
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Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by an HCP app
Maintenance of interfaces to credit agencies done by SAP
Bulk of the data of external credit reports remains in HCP app
Targeted data fields (like external rating foundation date of a companyhellip) is transferred to SAP Credit Management to
enable scoring based on external and internal data
Credit controller can access detailed data on HCP app with one click from SAP Credit Management screen
Integration of Credit Risk Agencies with
SAP S4HANA Finance Cloud for credit integration
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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SAP Clea - Cash Application
PAYMENTS INVOICES
bull Every Account Receivable (AR) team member handles a set of customer accounts differently
bull Every historical AR clearing from all the AR team becomes an important asset for Machine learning
bull For payments that cannot be automatically cleared AR team member can see a list of invoices with the
suggested ratings
Customer
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SAP Solution StrategyNon-disruptive automation through SAP HANA CLOUD PLATFORM
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
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Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
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What about simulating a
change in my org model
For example in view of MampA (or other)
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SAP Financial Statement InsightsIntroducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables finance professionals to reveal hidden
trends and leverage unused potential from
financial information
By
performing personalized ad-hoc analysis
simulating organizational models
based on all relevant financial information
available in S4HANA
in real-time
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The SAP Hybrid Cloud ArchitectureDelivering innovation while keeping a stable Core
Futuristic Not reallyhellip Many organization are already there
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Customer success with SAP S4HANA Finance
Growing today with technology for
tomorrow
Turk Telcom wanted to transition from multiple
ledgers to an integrated business with one
software environment and speed up mergers
and acquisitions
Shorter closing period by up to 2 days
Greater clarity and visibility into financial
data
More flexibility in business operations
Simpler processes eliminating
unnecessary workload
Improve expense management
processes with SAP Fraud
management on SAP HANA
Vodafone wanted to automate and become
best in class for TampE claims audit Looking to
extrapolate to other audit systems
100 of claims now automatically
revieiwed before only 10 of employee
claims reviewed through manual process
Now able to investigate different types of
abuse while still saving costs
Increasing Revenue 100 with SAP
S4HANA Finance
Memebox wanted to create a secure
foundation for global business expansion
while improving the accuracy of inventory and
increasing insight into logistic information
100 increase in revenue sing the launch
of SAP S4HANA Finance
30 shorter delivery lead time to
customers
50 increase in sales productivity with on-
the-go data access
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Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
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Digital finance in summary
Automated continuous processes
to eliminate manual processes and
media breaks
Full transparency of all information
accessible to everyone anywhere
in the moment
Machine learning for smart
automation and cognitive insights
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Technology is driving the finance transformation
In Memory
UX
Robotics amp Machine Learning
Cloud
Networks
Predictive
Transforming Finance
Organizations
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Letrsquos
take a look
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Finance as the key source of data Is this the case at your company
Question
Futuristic Not really
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SAP S4HANA Supports Live Business
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Accounting amp Financial Close
Treasury Management
Financial Operations
Governance Risk amp Compliance
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Single source of truth for instant insight
Common Platform
One platform for prediction
analytics and transactions
Removal of data silos
Real time analysis
Single source
One universal journal for
financial and managerial
accounting
Automatically reconciled
On the fly aggregation
Across landscapes
Centralized instance for
heterogeneous landscape
Centralized processes
Real time replication
SAP HANA
Single source of truth
Operations Business
planning
Business
intelligence
SAP S4HANA Finance
Powered by
SAP HANA
instant data
replication
18Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Intuitive user experience ndash macro to detailed view
19Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Intuitive and enriched user experience for higher user productivity
Search across and
within apps to get
immediate answersRole based with one
common role definition
News and feeds to
enhance collaborationDynamic charts to
provide high-level
real-time overview
SAP Jam social software
platform integrated to
provide instant feedback
on notifications and group
activity
Color coding to alert user
for any overdue new or
immediate actions
20Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
On-the-fly analysis ndash personalized and role based
SAP BusinessObjects Analysis
edition for Microsoft Office
SAP BusinessObjects Lumira
SAP Business Explorer
SAP BusinessObjects
Design Studio
SAP Digital Boardroom
Chief financial officer
Financial close manager
Cash manager
Receivables manager
Payables manager
Finance for managers
Real estate manager
General ledger accountant
Accounts receivable accountant
Accounts payable accountant
Collections specialist
Dispute specialist
Management accounting
Cash Manager
Business
Intelligence
Renewed
Managerial Roles
Renewed
Transactional Roles
In progress
21Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
On-the-fly analysis ndash digital boardroom
Total
transparencySimplified
boardroom processes
Instant
data-driven insights
Real-time view of complete
company situation
Comprehensive view on key
figures across divisions
Instantly access accurate information
to address ad-hoc questions
Improve decision-making with analysis
of alternatives and implications
Reduce preparation time and
offline discussion topics
Focused collaboration to leverage
expert knowledge
22Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Digital and robotic process automation
Finance
Accurate
digital data
Identify hidden
patterns in knowledge
intensive processes
and then executes
processing
Machine Learning
Help run repetitive
rule-bases monotone
tasks
Robotics Process
Automationwith specific
process knowledge
enable rule-based
automation
Engines
Accurate
digital data
Reduces
reconciliations and
enables higher
degree of end to
end automated
processing
S4HANA Finance
ndash the digital core
Foundation for
digital automation
23Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
S4HANA
Value scenarios across the entire finance value chain
24Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
25Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
26Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time customer and product profitability
Profitability characteristics at line-
item level in real time over time
Root cause analysis and traceback
based on single source of truth
All-in cost transparency for
cross charging process
improvements and pricing
Self service comparison of
performance by customer product
groups or other dimensions
(including flexible hierarchies)
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA
Transactions Simulation Prediction
Primary Costing
SAP S4HANA
Controlling
Advanced
(amp Full)
Costing
Aggregation and Analysis of granular data for Profitability Reporting
Analysis
Time
Co
sts
Re
ve
nu
es
New dimensions
27Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Our Guiding Principlesto analyzing customer and product profitability
Acceleration of
ProcessesInstant Insight
Single Source
of Truth
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From Guiding principles to functional capabilities
Profitability Analysis
in Universal Journal
Enhanced capabilities of
Account based(to allow for PA on Universal J)
New (real-time)
reporting capabilities(integration with BOhellip)
Move towards continous
accounting
Attributed profitability
segments
Event-based revenue
recognition (1)
Realignment
Resource related
Intercompany Process
Enhancements (2)
(2) Available in public cloud and on premise through activation of business function FINS_CO_ICO_PROC_ENH_101
(1) For project-based services sales projects
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Benefits
bull One line item table with full detail
for all applications - for instant
insight amp easy extensibility
bull Data stored only once no more
reconciliation needed - by design
bull Reduction of memory footprint
through elimination of redundancy
bull Fast multi-dimensional reporting
without replicating data to business
warehouse (BW)
bull If a warehouse is in place anyway
only one single extractor needed
bull Secondary cost elements are now
GL accounts
Universal Journal
Ledger Company
Account
Cost
Element
Balancing
Profit
Center
Amount
1
Amount
2
Amount
3
Fixed
Asset
Coding
Block
Market
SegmentMaterial
Customer
Fields hellip
General Ledger
Ledger Company AccountProfit
Center
Amount
1
Amount
2
Amount
3hellip
Profitability
Operating
Concern
Market
Segmenthellip
Management Accounting
Controlling
Area
Cost
Element
Amount
1
Amount
2
Coding
Blockhellip
Asset Accounting
CompanyFixed
Assethellip
Material Ledger
Company Material hellip
Profitability Analysis in Universal JournalSingle Source of Truth
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Accelerated period-end closeInstant Insight
Settlements amp
Assessments
Within Period Period Close Within Period Period Close
Settlements amp
AssessmentsReportingReporting
Account Assignment
Cost Center
Internal Order
Sales Order
Project
Derivation Steps
Derivation of profitability
characteristics based on configuration
Automated derivation of profitability
characteristics
Real-time Profitability
Enriched income statement
item with more characteristics
Income statement items get a
so-called attributed profitability
segment which is used for
reporting
Available in S4HANA Cloud and S4HANA Finance planned for S4HANA OP
31Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Business Use Cases for Attributed Profitability SegmentsExamples
Example 2
Drilldown on your unbilled
revenue (WIP) in your
balance sheet and find out
more about related projects
and products
Example 1
Analyze your travel expenses by
customer and by product as they
occur - without waiting for the
closing process and settlements
to happen
Profitability characteristics are derived immediately at the point in time of each ldquoprimaryrdquo document
32Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Project-based services with real-time revenue and cost recognitionfor single-level projects
Revenue Recognition process now reflected in Universal Journal ndash
the single source of truth for all Financial data
bull No separate storage for Revenue Recognition data anymore
bull No reconciliation efforts
Business Benefits Event-Based Revenue Recognition supports the
matching principle without batch jobs at period-end close
bull Costs and revenues always match
bull Profitability reporting always up to date
Process Benefits Event-based posting provides direct link between
the original posting and the Revenue Recognition posting
bull Soft close supported by eliminating settlement and results analysis as
period close steps
bull Linkage simplifies auditing
bull Linkage allows drill-down from Revenue Recognition posting (eg WIP)
to the original posting
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Reporting capabilities
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Steer the business on an operational and strategic level
through continuous information flow
Continuous end-to-end automation improving efficiency data
integrity and visibility into finance processes
Monitor in real-time the progress quality and financial results
of the closing cycle to avoid bottlenecks and address
business concerns
Get closer to the business and make better strategic
decisions thanks to real-time insight
Enabling strategic finance with a modern system delivering
instant insight to the entire business anywhere available on-
premise and in the cloud
Vision Continuous Accounting
Real-time
Insight
Efficiency
and speed
Quality
and governance
Rob Kugel from Ventura Research wrote a blog that initially coined the phrase
httpsblogventanaresearchcom20151030continuous-accounting-enables-a-strategic-finance-department
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What are the advantages of a Continuous Close capability
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
elimination of tasks
real-time execution
automation
acceleration
Continuous closing eg
real-time profitability
insights before period end
closing
ldquoPredicted Actualsrdquo are
derived to enable analysis
of results at period end
during the period
partially Lab preview
Lab preview
37Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Solution offering One consistent and integrated R2R-platform
Single Source
of Truth in the
Universal
Journal ndash all
value flows in
one place
Integrated
Compliance
with Statutory
Reporting for
SAP S4HANA
Special support
for IFRS 9 15
16 and BEPS
Comprehensive
automation
Fast Close with
SAP Financial
Closing cockpit
Soft Close and
Predicted Close
initiatives
Automation of
intercompany
processing and
streamlined
reconciliation
Real-time
Consolidation
for more
transparency
and speed in
group reporting
Integrated
Disclosure
Management
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
Bringing Higher Quality Speed Efficiency and Insight by automating the statutory and management
reporting for increasingly complex accounting closing and disclosure demands
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Screenshot example Fiori for SAP S4HANA Screenshot example for SAP S4HANA Cloud
SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Roadmap
Muster
Muster
Muster
Muster
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SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Finance (aka ldquoSimple
Financerdquo) SAP Smart Business
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Real-Time Consolidation
building blocks
SAP ERP
SAP R3
Non-SAP
BPC
Integration
Currency
Translation
ModellingEliminations
Group
Reporting
Validation
Intercompany
Flexible
Upload
BPC Consolidation
BPC Planning
BPC Modelling
SAP S4HANA ON PREMISE SAP BusinessObjects
Planning and Consolidation
ACDOCA Master Data ACDOCCExten BW
Consolidation preparation RTC Enhancements
SAP S4HANA 1610
Existing functionalities
Consolidation Enhancements
Central Finance
ControllingAccounting
Disclosure Management
Validations
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
42Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA Platform amp S4HANA
(Single source of truth)
Responsiveness to changing business environment
Links operational decision with
strategic goals
Monitor execution in real time
Trigger mitigation actions
Dynamic Planning and Analysis
Integrated budgeting amp forecasting
Embedded planning with real-time access to
transactional data
Built-in predictive and simulation capabilities
Integrated budgeting embedded in closed loop performance management
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SAP BO Planning amp
Consolidation
(Optimized for S4HANA
or stand-alone)
SAP BO Cloud
Core solution components
Additional solution components
SAP S4HANA
Transactions Planning Prediction Monitor
Flexible modeling
and simulation
End-user and
process driven
Enabling
closed-loop
performance
management
Real-time transactional data access
ndash no replication
Immediate update of plans and
forecasts
Full integration of different planning
models
Planning at any level of detail and
aggregation on the fly
Embedded predictive algorithms
and simulation capabilities
SAP IBP
SAP
Real Spend
Industry
specific
planning
solutions
Dynamic planning and analysis ndash How SAP supports
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SAP RealSpend
Introducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables line managers to maximizing budget
utilization
by
proactively manage spending
in real-time
for all current and future activities
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
46Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time plan to actual cash cycle
Easily consolidate global bank balances and cash
positions from data from SAP as well as non-SAP
systems
Monitor critical KPIs and have real-time overview and
response to cash requirements
Centralized bank account management including
overdraft limit and bank risk analysis management and
workflow support
Simplify and automate cash analysis and liquidity
management reducing banking fees and borrowing
costs
Improved control and compliance through integrated
signatures with change history and workflows
Treasury Management
47Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Bank counter-party risk management
ldquoImproving Cash
Management is a priority for
a vast majority of finance
professionalsldquo
Source Next-Generation Needs for Cash Management CFO Research2015
Manage all bank account data and signatory in one
central repository
Automate the data exchange for account opening
maintenance and closure requests through workflow and
integrating payment approval processes
Improve control and compliance through integrated
signatures with BCM payment approval change history
and workflows
Gain insight with bank account master data reports and
bank statement monitoring
Ease of operation with structured processes to open and
close bank accounts bank to bank or third party
transfers as well as cash concentration
Treasury Management
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Real-time receivables and payables management
Credit Collections Dispute
Receivables Manager
Data-driven process control
for team management
Sales Team
Senior
Executives
Cash Collection Team
Cross-system automation
of collections processes to
deliver superior customer
service
Analytics and workflow
align sales AR and
executives to reduce DSO
Optimized for global
business services
deployment
Automate collaboration
with external expertise
Sta
ndard
Re
ce
iva
ble
s
Mobile analytics and
insight to avoid credit
blocks and reduce DSO
Redesigned processes
Automation and
workflow
Rating ExpertsRating Agency Credit Bureau
Update scores as
conditions change
Monitor customers
automatically
Customers
Viewdownload invoices
Send remittance
Make payments
Cloud for Credit
Integration
Cloud for
Customer
payments
Financial Operations
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Credit agency
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by the customer during the implementation project
Significant implementation effort per interfaces (= per agency)
Interfaces are XML based
XI PI is required
SAP Credit ManagementIntegration of Credit Risk Agencies in the Past
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Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by an HCP app
Maintenance of interfaces to credit agencies done by SAP
Bulk of the data of external credit reports remains in HCP app
Targeted data fields (like external rating foundation date of a companyhellip) is transferred to SAP Credit Management to
enable scoring based on external and internal data
Credit controller can access detailed data on HCP app with one click from SAP Credit Management screen
Integration of Credit Risk Agencies with
SAP S4HANA Finance Cloud for credit integration
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
53Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Clea - Cash Application
PAYMENTS INVOICES
bull Every Account Receivable (AR) team member handles a set of customer accounts differently
bull Every historical AR clearing from all the AR team becomes an important asset for Machine learning
bull For payments that cannot be automatically cleared AR team member can see a list of invoices with the
suggested ratings
Customer
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SAP Solution StrategyNon-disruptive automation through SAP HANA CLOUD PLATFORM
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
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Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
58Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What about simulating a
change in my org model
For example in view of MampA (or other)
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SAP Financial Statement InsightsIntroducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables finance professionals to reveal hidden
trends and leverage unused potential from
financial information
By
performing personalized ad-hoc analysis
simulating organizational models
based on all relevant financial information
available in S4HANA
in real-time
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The SAP Hybrid Cloud ArchitectureDelivering innovation while keeping a stable Core
Futuristic Not reallyhellip Many organization are already there
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Customer success with SAP S4HANA Finance
Growing today with technology for
tomorrow
Turk Telcom wanted to transition from multiple
ledgers to an integrated business with one
software environment and speed up mergers
and acquisitions
Shorter closing period by up to 2 days
Greater clarity and visibility into financial
data
More flexibility in business operations
Simpler processes eliminating
unnecessary workload
Improve expense management
processes with SAP Fraud
management on SAP HANA
Vodafone wanted to automate and become
best in class for TampE claims audit Looking to
extrapolate to other audit systems
100 of claims now automatically
revieiwed before only 10 of employee
claims reviewed through manual process
Now able to investigate different types of
abuse while still saving costs
Increasing Revenue 100 with SAP
S4HANA Finance
Memebox wanted to create a secure
foundation for global business expansion
while improving the accuracy of inventory and
increasing insight into logistic information
100 increase in revenue sing the launch
of SAP S4HANA Finance
30 shorter delivery lead time to
customers
50 increase in sales productivity with on-
the-go data access
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Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
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Technology is driving the finance transformation
In Memory
UX
Robotics amp Machine Learning
Cloud
Networks
Predictive
Transforming Finance
Organizations
12Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Letrsquos
take a look
13Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
14Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Finance as the key source of data Is this the case at your company
Question
Futuristic Not really
16Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP S4HANA Supports Live Business
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Accounting amp Financial Close
Treasury Management
Financial Operations
Governance Risk amp Compliance
17Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Single source of truth for instant insight
Common Platform
One platform for prediction
analytics and transactions
Removal of data silos
Real time analysis
Single source
One universal journal for
financial and managerial
accounting
Automatically reconciled
On the fly aggregation
Across landscapes
Centralized instance for
heterogeneous landscape
Centralized processes
Real time replication
SAP HANA
Single source of truth
Operations Business
planning
Business
intelligence
SAP S4HANA Finance
Powered by
SAP HANA
instant data
replication
18Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Intuitive user experience ndash macro to detailed view
19Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Intuitive and enriched user experience for higher user productivity
Search across and
within apps to get
immediate answersRole based with one
common role definition
News and feeds to
enhance collaborationDynamic charts to
provide high-level
real-time overview
SAP Jam social software
platform integrated to
provide instant feedback
on notifications and group
activity
Color coding to alert user
for any overdue new or
immediate actions
20Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
On-the-fly analysis ndash personalized and role based
SAP BusinessObjects Analysis
edition for Microsoft Office
SAP BusinessObjects Lumira
SAP Business Explorer
SAP BusinessObjects
Design Studio
SAP Digital Boardroom
Chief financial officer
Financial close manager
Cash manager
Receivables manager
Payables manager
Finance for managers
Real estate manager
General ledger accountant
Accounts receivable accountant
Accounts payable accountant
Collections specialist
Dispute specialist
Management accounting
Cash Manager
Business
Intelligence
Renewed
Managerial Roles
Renewed
Transactional Roles
In progress
21Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
On-the-fly analysis ndash digital boardroom
Total
transparencySimplified
boardroom processes
Instant
data-driven insights
Real-time view of complete
company situation
Comprehensive view on key
figures across divisions
Instantly access accurate information
to address ad-hoc questions
Improve decision-making with analysis
of alternatives and implications
Reduce preparation time and
offline discussion topics
Focused collaboration to leverage
expert knowledge
22Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Digital and robotic process automation
Finance
Accurate
digital data
Identify hidden
patterns in knowledge
intensive processes
and then executes
processing
Machine Learning
Help run repetitive
rule-bases monotone
tasks
Robotics Process
Automationwith specific
process knowledge
enable rule-based
automation
Engines
Accurate
digital data
Reduces
reconciliations and
enables higher
degree of end to
end automated
processing
S4HANA Finance
ndash the digital core
Foundation for
digital automation
23Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
S4HANA
Value scenarios across the entire finance value chain
24Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
25Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
26Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time customer and product profitability
Profitability characteristics at line-
item level in real time over time
Root cause analysis and traceback
based on single source of truth
All-in cost transparency for
cross charging process
improvements and pricing
Self service comparison of
performance by customer product
groups or other dimensions
(including flexible hierarchies)
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA
Transactions Simulation Prediction
Primary Costing
SAP S4HANA
Controlling
Advanced
(amp Full)
Costing
Aggregation and Analysis of granular data for Profitability Reporting
Analysis
Time
Co
sts
Re
ve
nu
es
New dimensions
27Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Our Guiding Principlesto analyzing customer and product profitability
Acceleration of
ProcessesInstant Insight
Single Source
of Truth
28Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
From Guiding principles to functional capabilities
Profitability Analysis
in Universal Journal
Enhanced capabilities of
Account based(to allow for PA on Universal J)
New (real-time)
reporting capabilities(integration with BOhellip)
Move towards continous
accounting
Attributed profitability
segments
Event-based revenue
recognition (1)
Realignment
Resource related
Intercompany Process
Enhancements (2)
(2) Available in public cloud and on premise through activation of business function FINS_CO_ICO_PROC_ENH_101
(1) For project-based services sales projects
29Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Benefits
bull One line item table with full detail
for all applications - for instant
insight amp easy extensibility
bull Data stored only once no more
reconciliation needed - by design
bull Reduction of memory footprint
through elimination of redundancy
bull Fast multi-dimensional reporting
without replicating data to business
warehouse (BW)
bull If a warehouse is in place anyway
only one single extractor needed
bull Secondary cost elements are now
GL accounts
Universal Journal
Ledger Company
Account
Cost
Element
Balancing
Profit
Center
Amount
1
Amount
2
Amount
3
Fixed
Asset
Coding
Block
Market
SegmentMaterial
Customer
Fields hellip
General Ledger
Ledger Company AccountProfit
Center
Amount
1
Amount
2
Amount
3hellip
Profitability
Operating
Concern
Market
Segmenthellip
Management Accounting
Controlling
Area
Cost
Element
Amount
1
Amount
2
Coding
Blockhellip
Asset Accounting
CompanyFixed
Assethellip
Material Ledger
Company Material hellip
Profitability Analysis in Universal JournalSingle Source of Truth
30Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Accelerated period-end closeInstant Insight
Settlements amp
Assessments
Within Period Period Close Within Period Period Close
Settlements amp
AssessmentsReportingReporting
Account Assignment
Cost Center
Internal Order
Sales Order
Project
Derivation Steps
Derivation of profitability
characteristics based on configuration
Automated derivation of profitability
characteristics
Real-time Profitability
Enriched income statement
item with more characteristics
Income statement items get a
so-called attributed profitability
segment which is used for
reporting
Available in S4HANA Cloud and S4HANA Finance planned for S4HANA OP
31Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Business Use Cases for Attributed Profitability SegmentsExamples
Example 2
Drilldown on your unbilled
revenue (WIP) in your
balance sheet and find out
more about related projects
and products
Example 1
Analyze your travel expenses by
customer and by product as they
occur - without waiting for the
closing process and settlements
to happen
Profitability characteristics are derived immediately at the point in time of each ldquoprimaryrdquo document
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Project-based services with real-time revenue and cost recognitionfor single-level projects
Revenue Recognition process now reflected in Universal Journal ndash
the single source of truth for all Financial data
bull No separate storage for Revenue Recognition data anymore
bull No reconciliation efforts
Business Benefits Event-Based Revenue Recognition supports the
matching principle without batch jobs at period-end close
bull Costs and revenues always match
bull Profitability reporting always up to date
Process Benefits Event-based posting provides direct link between
the original posting and the Revenue Recognition posting
bull Soft close supported by eliminating settlement and results analysis as
period close steps
bull Linkage simplifies auditing
bull Linkage allows drill-down from Revenue Recognition posting (eg WIP)
to the original posting
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Reporting capabilities
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Steer the business on an operational and strategic level
through continuous information flow
Continuous end-to-end automation improving efficiency data
integrity and visibility into finance processes
Monitor in real-time the progress quality and financial results
of the closing cycle to avoid bottlenecks and address
business concerns
Get closer to the business and make better strategic
decisions thanks to real-time insight
Enabling strategic finance with a modern system delivering
instant insight to the entire business anywhere available on-
premise and in the cloud
Vision Continuous Accounting
Real-time
Insight
Efficiency
and speed
Quality
and governance
Rob Kugel from Ventura Research wrote a blog that initially coined the phrase
httpsblogventanaresearchcom20151030continuous-accounting-enables-a-strategic-finance-department
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What are the advantages of a Continuous Close capability
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
elimination of tasks
real-time execution
automation
acceleration
Continuous closing eg
real-time profitability
insights before period end
closing
ldquoPredicted Actualsrdquo are
derived to enable analysis
of results at period end
during the period
partially Lab preview
Lab preview
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SAP Solution offering One consistent and integrated R2R-platform
Single Source
of Truth in the
Universal
Journal ndash all
value flows in
one place
Integrated
Compliance
with Statutory
Reporting for
SAP S4HANA
Special support
for IFRS 9 15
16 and BEPS
Comprehensive
automation
Fast Close with
SAP Financial
Closing cockpit
Soft Close and
Predicted Close
initiatives
Automation of
intercompany
processing and
streamlined
reconciliation
Real-time
Consolidation
for more
transparency
and speed in
group reporting
Integrated
Disclosure
Management
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
Bringing Higher Quality Speed Efficiency and Insight by automating the statutory and management
reporting for increasingly complex accounting closing and disclosure demands
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Screenshot example Fiori for SAP S4HANA Screenshot example for SAP S4HANA Cloud
SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Roadmap
Muster
Muster
Muster
Muster
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SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Finance (aka ldquoSimple
Financerdquo) SAP Smart Business
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Real-Time Consolidation
building blocks
SAP ERP
SAP R3
Non-SAP
BPC
Integration
Currency
Translation
ModellingEliminations
Group
Reporting
Validation
Intercompany
Flexible
Upload
BPC Consolidation
BPC Planning
BPC Modelling
SAP S4HANA ON PREMISE SAP BusinessObjects
Planning and Consolidation
ACDOCA Master Data ACDOCCExten BW
Consolidation preparation RTC Enhancements
SAP S4HANA 1610
Existing functionalities
Consolidation Enhancements
Central Finance
ControllingAccounting
Disclosure Management
Validations
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA Platform amp S4HANA
(Single source of truth)
Responsiveness to changing business environment
Links operational decision with
strategic goals
Monitor execution in real time
Trigger mitigation actions
Dynamic Planning and Analysis
Integrated budgeting amp forecasting
Embedded planning with real-time access to
transactional data
Built-in predictive and simulation capabilities
Integrated budgeting embedded in closed loop performance management
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SAP BO Planning amp
Consolidation
(Optimized for S4HANA
or stand-alone)
SAP BO Cloud
Core solution components
Additional solution components
SAP S4HANA
Transactions Planning Prediction Monitor
Flexible modeling
and simulation
End-user and
process driven
Enabling
closed-loop
performance
management
Real-time transactional data access
ndash no replication
Immediate update of plans and
forecasts
Full integration of different planning
models
Planning at any level of detail and
aggregation on the fly
Embedded predictive algorithms
and simulation capabilities
SAP IBP
SAP
Real Spend
Industry
specific
planning
solutions
Dynamic planning and analysis ndash How SAP supports
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SAP RealSpend
Introducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables line managers to maximizing budget
utilization
by
proactively manage spending
in real-time
for all current and future activities
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Real-time plan to actual cash cycle
Easily consolidate global bank balances and cash
positions from data from SAP as well as non-SAP
systems
Monitor critical KPIs and have real-time overview and
response to cash requirements
Centralized bank account management including
overdraft limit and bank risk analysis management and
workflow support
Simplify and automate cash analysis and liquidity
management reducing banking fees and borrowing
costs
Improved control and compliance through integrated
signatures with change history and workflows
Treasury Management
47Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Bank counter-party risk management
ldquoImproving Cash
Management is a priority for
a vast majority of finance
professionalsldquo
Source Next-Generation Needs for Cash Management CFO Research2015
Manage all bank account data and signatory in one
central repository
Automate the data exchange for account opening
maintenance and closure requests through workflow and
integrating payment approval processes
Improve control and compliance through integrated
signatures with BCM payment approval change history
and workflows
Gain insight with bank account master data reports and
bank statement monitoring
Ease of operation with structured processes to open and
close bank accounts bank to bank or third party
transfers as well as cash concentration
Treasury Management
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Real-time receivables and payables management
Credit Collections Dispute
Receivables Manager
Data-driven process control
for team management
Sales Team
Senior
Executives
Cash Collection Team
Cross-system automation
of collections processes to
deliver superior customer
service
Analytics and workflow
align sales AR and
executives to reduce DSO
Optimized for global
business services
deployment
Automate collaboration
with external expertise
Sta
ndard
Re
ce
iva
ble
s
Mobile analytics and
insight to avoid credit
blocks and reduce DSO
Redesigned processes
Automation and
workflow
Rating ExpertsRating Agency Credit Bureau
Update scores as
conditions change
Monitor customers
automatically
Customers
Viewdownload invoices
Send remittance
Make payments
Cloud for Credit
Integration
Cloud for
Customer
payments
Financial Operations
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Credit agency
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by the customer during the implementation project
Significant implementation effort per interfaces (= per agency)
Interfaces are XML based
XI PI is required
SAP Credit ManagementIntegration of Credit Risk Agencies in the Past
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Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by an HCP app
Maintenance of interfaces to credit agencies done by SAP
Bulk of the data of external credit reports remains in HCP app
Targeted data fields (like external rating foundation date of a companyhellip) is transferred to SAP Credit Management to
enable scoring based on external and internal data
Credit controller can access detailed data on HCP app with one click from SAP Credit Management screen
Integration of Credit Risk Agencies with
SAP S4HANA Finance Cloud for credit integration
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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SAP Clea - Cash Application
PAYMENTS INVOICES
bull Every Account Receivable (AR) team member handles a set of customer accounts differently
bull Every historical AR clearing from all the AR team becomes an important asset for Machine learning
bull For payments that cannot be automatically cleared AR team member can see a list of invoices with the
suggested ratings
Customer
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SAP Solution StrategyNon-disruptive automation through SAP HANA CLOUD PLATFORM
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
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Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
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What about simulating a
change in my org model
For example in view of MampA (or other)
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SAP Financial Statement InsightsIntroducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables finance professionals to reveal hidden
trends and leverage unused potential from
financial information
By
performing personalized ad-hoc analysis
simulating organizational models
based on all relevant financial information
available in S4HANA
in real-time
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The SAP Hybrid Cloud ArchitectureDelivering innovation while keeping a stable Core
Futuristic Not reallyhellip Many organization are already there
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Customer success with SAP S4HANA Finance
Growing today with technology for
tomorrow
Turk Telcom wanted to transition from multiple
ledgers to an integrated business with one
software environment and speed up mergers
and acquisitions
Shorter closing period by up to 2 days
Greater clarity and visibility into financial
data
More flexibility in business operations
Simpler processes eliminating
unnecessary workload
Improve expense management
processes with SAP Fraud
management on SAP HANA
Vodafone wanted to automate and become
best in class for TampE claims audit Looking to
extrapolate to other audit systems
100 of claims now automatically
revieiwed before only 10 of employee
claims reviewed through manual process
Now able to investigate different types of
abuse while still saving costs
Increasing Revenue 100 with SAP
S4HANA Finance
Memebox wanted to create a secure
foundation for global business expansion
while improving the accuracy of inventory and
increasing insight into logistic information
100 increase in revenue sing the launch
of SAP S4HANA Finance
30 shorter delivery lead time to
customers
50 increase in sales productivity with on-
the-go data access
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Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
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Letrsquos
take a look
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Finance as the key source of data Is this the case at your company
Question
Futuristic Not really
16Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP S4HANA Supports Live Business
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Accounting amp Financial Close
Treasury Management
Financial Operations
Governance Risk amp Compliance
17Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Single source of truth for instant insight
Common Platform
One platform for prediction
analytics and transactions
Removal of data silos
Real time analysis
Single source
One universal journal for
financial and managerial
accounting
Automatically reconciled
On the fly aggregation
Across landscapes
Centralized instance for
heterogeneous landscape
Centralized processes
Real time replication
SAP HANA
Single source of truth
Operations Business
planning
Business
intelligence
SAP S4HANA Finance
Powered by
SAP HANA
instant data
replication
18Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Intuitive user experience ndash macro to detailed view
19Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Intuitive and enriched user experience for higher user productivity
Search across and
within apps to get
immediate answersRole based with one
common role definition
News and feeds to
enhance collaborationDynamic charts to
provide high-level
real-time overview
SAP Jam social software
platform integrated to
provide instant feedback
on notifications and group
activity
Color coding to alert user
for any overdue new or
immediate actions
20Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
On-the-fly analysis ndash personalized and role based
SAP BusinessObjects Analysis
edition for Microsoft Office
SAP BusinessObjects Lumira
SAP Business Explorer
SAP BusinessObjects
Design Studio
SAP Digital Boardroom
Chief financial officer
Financial close manager
Cash manager
Receivables manager
Payables manager
Finance for managers
Real estate manager
General ledger accountant
Accounts receivable accountant
Accounts payable accountant
Collections specialist
Dispute specialist
Management accounting
Cash Manager
Business
Intelligence
Renewed
Managerial Roles
Renewed
Transactional Roles
In progress
21Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
On-the-fly analysis ndash digital boardroom
Total
transparencySimplified
boardroom processes
Instant
data-driven insights
Real-time view of complete
company situation
Comprehensive view on key
figures across divisions
Instantly access accurate information
to address ad-hoc questions
Improve decision-making with analysis
of alternatives and implications
Reduce preparation time and
offline discussion topics
Focused collaboration to leverage
expert knowledge
22Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Digital and robotic process automation
Finance
Accurate
digital data
Identify hidden
patterns in knowledge
intensive processes
and then executes
processing
Machine Learning
Help run repetitive
rule-bases monotone
tasks
Robotics Process
Automationwith specific
process knowledge
enable rule-based
automation
Engines
Accurate
digital data
Reduces
reconciliations and
enables higher
degree of end to
end automated
processing
S4HANA Finance
ndash the digital core
Foundation for
digital automation
23Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
S4HANA
Value scenarios across the entire finance value chain
24Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
25Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
26Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time customer and product profitability
Profitability characteristics at line-
item level in real time over time
Root cause analysis and traceback
based on single source of truth
All-in cost transparency for
cross charging process
improvements and pricing
Self service comparison of
performance by customer product
groups or other dimensions
(including flexible hierarchies)
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA
Transactions Simulation Prediction
Primary Costing
SAP S4HANA
Controlling
Advanced
(amp Full)
Costing
Aggregation and Analysis of granular data for Profitability Reporting
Analysis
Time
Co
sts
Re
ve
nu
es
New dimensions
27Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Our Guiding Principlesto analyzing customer and product profitability
Acceleration of
ProcessesInstant Insight
Single Source
of Truth
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From Guiding principles to functional capabilities
Profitability Analysis
in Universal Journal
Enhanced capabilities of
Account based(to allow for PA on Universal J)
New (real-time)
reporting capabilities(integration with BOhellip)
Move towards continous
accounting
Attributed profitability
segments
Event-based revenue
recognition (1)
Realignment
Resource related
Intercompany Process
Enhancements (2)
(2) Available in public cloud and on premise through activation of business function FINS_CO_ICO_PROC_ENH_101
(1) For project-based services sales projects
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Benefits
bull One line item table with full detail
for all applications - for instant
insight amp easy extensibility
bull Data stored only once no more
reconciliation needed - by design
bull Reduction of memory footprint
through elimination of redundancy
bull Fast multi-dimensional reporting
without replicating data to business
warehouse (BW)
bull If a warehouse is in place anyway
only one single extractor needed
bull Secondary cost elements are now
GL accounts
Universal Journal
Ledger Company
Account
Cost
Element
Balancing
Profit
Center
Amount
1
Amount
2
Amount
3
Fixed
Asset
Coding
Block
Market
SegmentMaterial
Customer
Fields hellip
General Ledger
Ledger Company AccountProfit
Center
Amount
1
Amount
2
Amount
3hellip
Profitability
Operating
Concern
Market
Segmenthellip
Management Accounting
Controlling
Area
Cost
Element
Amount
1
Amount
2
Coding
Blockhellip
Asset Accounting
CompanyFixed
Assethellip
Material Ledger
Company Material hellip
Profitability Analysis in Universal JournalSingle Source of Truth
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Accelerated period-end closeInstant Insight
Settlements amp
Assessments
Within Period Period Close Within Period Period Close
Settlements amp
AssessmentsReportingReporting
Account Assignment
Cost Center
Internal Order
Sales Order
Project
Derivation Steps
Derivation of profitability
characteristics based on configuration
Automated derivation of profitability
characteristics
Real-time Profitability
Enriched income statement
item with more characteristics
Income statement items get a
so-called attributed profitability
segment which is used for
reporting
Available in S4HANA Cloud and S4HANA Finance planned for S4HANA OP
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Business Use Cases for Attributed Profitability SegmentsExamples
Example 2
Drilldown on your unbilled
revenue (WIP) in your
balance sheet and find out
more about related projects
and products
Example 1
Analyze your travel expenses by
customer and by product as they
occur - without waiting for the
closing process and settlements
to happen
Profitability characteristics are derived immediately at the point in time of each ldquoprimaryrdquo document
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Project-based services with real-time revenue and cost recognitionfor single-level projects
Revenue Recognition process now reflected in Universal Journal ndash
the single source of truth for all Financial data
bull No separate storage for Revenue Recognition data anymore
bull No reconciliation efforts
Business Benefits Event-Based Revenue Recognition supports the
matching principle without batch jobs at period-end close
bull Costs and revenues always match
bull Profitability reporting always up to date
Process Benefits Event-based posting provides direct link between
the original posting and the Revenue Recognition posting
bull Soft close supported by eliminating settlement and results analysis as
period close steps
bull Linkage simplifies auditing
bull Linkage allows drill-down from Revenue Recognition posting (eg WIP)
to the original posting
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Reporting capabilities
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Steer the business on an operational and strategic level
through continuous information flow
Continuous end-to-end automation improving efficiency data
integrity and visibility into finance processes
Monitor in real-time the progress quality and financial results
of the closing cycle to avoid bottlenecks and address
business concerns
Get closer to the business and make better strategic
decisions thanks to real-time insight
Enabling strategic finance with a modern system delivering
instant insight to the entire business anywhere available on-
premise and in the cloud
Vision Continuous Accounting
Real-time
Insight
Efficiency
and speed
Quality
and governance
Rob Kugel from Ventura Research wrote a blog that initially coined the phrase
httpsblogventanaresearchcom20151030continuous-accounting-enables-a-strategic-finance-department
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What are the advantages of a Continuous Close capability
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
elimination of tasks
real-time execution
automation
acceleration
Continuous closing eg
real-time profitability
insights before period end
closing
ldquoPredicted Actualsrdquo are
derived to enable analysis
of results at period end
during the period
partially Lab preview
Lab preview
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SAP Solution offering One consistent and integrated R2R-platform
Single Source
of Truth in the
Universal
Journal ndash all
value flows in
one place
Integrated
Compliance
with Statutory
Reporting for
SAP S4HANA
Special support
for IFRS 9 15
16 and BEPS
Comprehensive
automation
Fast Close with
SAP Financial
Closing cockpit
Soft Close and
Predicted Close
initiatives
Automation of
intercompany
processing and
streamlined
reconciliation
Real-time
Consolidation
for more
transparency
and speed in
group reporting
Integrated
Disclosure
Management
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
Bringing Higher Quality Speed Efficiency and Insight by automating the statutory and management
reporting for increasingly complex accounting closing and disclosure demands
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Screenshot example Fiori for SAP S4HANA Screenshot example for SAP S4HANA Cloud
SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Roadmap
Muster
Muster
Muster
Muster
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SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Finance (aka ldquoSimple
Financerdquo) SAP Smart Business
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Real-Time Consolidation
building blocks
SAP ERP
SAP R3
Non-SAP
BPC
Integration
Currency
Translation
ModellingEliminations
Group
Reporting
Validation
Intercompany
Flexible
Upload
BPC Consolidation
BPC Planning
BPC Modelling
SAP S4HANA ON PREMISE SAP BusinessObjects
Planning and Consolidation
ACDOCA Master Data ACDOCCExten BW
Consolidation preparation RTC Enhancements
SAP S4HANA 1610
Existing functionalities
Consolidation Enhancements
Central Finance
ControllingAccounting
Disclosure Management
Validations
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA Platform amp S4HANA
(Single source of truth)
Responsiveness to changing business environment
Links operational decision with
strategic goals
Monitor execution in real time
Trigger mitigation actions
Dynamic Planning and Analysis
Integrated budgeting amp forecasting
Embedded planning with real-time access to
transactional data
Built-in predictive and simulation capabilities
Integrated budgeting embedded in closed loop performance management
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SAP BO Planning amp
Consolidation
(Optimized for S4HANA
or stand-alone)
SAP BO Cloud
Core solution components
Additional solution components
SAP S4HANA
Transactions Planning Prediction Monitor
Flexible modeling
and simulation
End-user and
process driven
Enabling
closed-loop
performance
management
Real-time transactional data access
ndash no replication
Immediate update of plans and
forecasts
Full integration of different planning
models
Planning at any level of detail and
aggregation on the fly
Embedded predictive algorithms
and simulation capabilities
SAP IBP
SAP
Real Spend
Industry
specific
planning
solutions
Dynamic planning and analysis ndash How SAP supports
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SAP RealSpend
Introducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables line managers to maximizing budget
utilization
by
proactively manage spending
in real-time
for all current and future activities
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Real-time plan to actual cash cycle
Easily consolidate global bank balances and cash
positions from data from SAP as well as non-SAP
systems
Monitor critical KPIs and have real-time overview and
response to cash requirements
Centralized bank account management including
overdraft limit and bank risk analysis management and
workflow support
Simplify and automate cash analysis and liquidity
management reducing banking fees and borrowing
costs
Improved control and compliance through integrated
signatures with change history and workflows
Treasury Management
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Bank counter-party risk management
ldquoImproving Cash
Management is a priority for
a vast majority of finance
professionalsldquo
Source Next-Generation Needs for Cash Management CFO Research2015
Manage all bank account data and signatory in one
central repository
Automate the data exchange for account opening
maintenance and closure requests through workflow and
integrating payment approval processes
Improve control and compliance through integrated
signatures with BCM payment approval change history
and workflows
Gain insight with bank account master data reports and
bank statement monitoring
Ease of operation with structured processes to open and
close bank accounts bank to bank or third party
transfers as well as cash concentration
Treasury Management
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Real-time receivables and payables management
Credit Collections Dispute
Receivables Manager
Data-driven process control
for team management
Sales Team
Senior
Executives
Cash Collection Team
Cross-system automation
of collections processes to
deliver superior customer
service
Analytics and workflow
align sales AR and
executives to reduce DSO
Optimized for global
business services
deployment
Automate collaboration
with external expertise
Sta
ndard
Re
ce
iva
ble
s
Mobile analytics and
insight to avoid credit
blocks and reduce DSO
Redesigned processes
Automation and
workflow
Rating ExpertsRating Agency Credit Bureau
Update scores as
conditions change
Monitor customers
automatically
Customers
Viewdownload invoices
Send remittance
Make payments
Cloud for Credit
Integration
Cloud for
Customer
payments
Financial Operations
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Credit agency
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by the customer during the implementation project
Significant implementation effort per interfaces (= per agency)
Interfaces are XML based
XI PI is required
SAP Credit ManagementIntegration of Credit Risk Agencies in the Past
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Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by an HCP app
Maintenance of interfaces to credit agencies done by SAP
Bulk of the data of external credit reports remains in HCP app
Targeted data fields (like external rating foundation date of a companyhellip) is transferred to SAP Credit Management to
enable scoring based on external and internal data
Credit controller can access detailed data on HCP app with one click from SAP Credit Management screen
Integration of Credit Risk Agencies with
SAP S4HANA Finance Cloud for credit integration
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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SAP Clea - Cash Application
PAYMENTS INVOICES
bull Every Account Receivable (AR) team member handles a set of customer accounts differently
bull Every historical AR clearing from all the AR team becomes an important asset for Machine learning
bull For payments that cannot be automatically cleared AR team member can see a list of invoices with the
suggested ratings
Customer
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SAP Solution StrategyNon-disruptive automation through SAP HANA CLOUD PLATFORM
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
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Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
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What about simulating a
change in my org model
For example in view of MampA (or other)
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SAP Financial Statement InsightsIntroducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables finance professionals to reveal hidden
trends and leverage unused potential from
financial information
By
performing personalized ad-hoc analysis
simulating organizational models
based on all relevant financial information
available in S4HANA
in real-time
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The SAP Hybrid Cloud ArchitectureDelivering innovation while keeping a stable Core
Futuristic Not reallyhellip Many organization are already there
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Customer success with SAP S4HANA Finance
Growing today with technology for
tomorrow
Turk Telcom wanted to transition from multiple
ledgers to an integrated business with one
software environment and speed up mergers
and acquisitions
Shorter closing period by up to 2 days
Greater clarity and visibility into financial
data
More flexibility in business operations
Simpler processes eliminating
unnecessary workload
Improve expense management
processes with SAP Fraud
management on SAP HANA
Vodafone wanted to automate and become
best in class for TampE claims audit Looking to
extrapolate to other audit systems
100 of claims now automatically
revieiwed before only 10 of employee
claims reviewed through manual process
Now able to investigate different types of
abuse while still saving costs
Increasing Revenue 100 with SAP
S4HANA Finance
Memebox wanted to create a secure
foundation for global business expansion
while improving the accuracy of inventory and
increasing insight into logistic information
100 increase in revenue sing the launch
of SAP S4HANA Finance
30 shorter delivery lead time to
customers
50 increase in sales productivity with on-
the-go data access
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Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
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Finance as the key source of data Is this the case at your company
Question
Futuristic Not really
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SAP S4HANA Supports Live Business
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Accounting amp Financial Close
Treasury Management
Financial Operations
Governance Risk amp Compliance
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Single source of truth for instant insight
Common Platform
One platform for prediction
analytics and transactions
Removal of data silos
Real time analysis
Single source
One universal journal for
financial and managerial
accounting
Automatically reconciled
On the fly aggregation
Across landscapes
Centralized instance for
heterogeneous landscape
Centralized processes
Real time replication
SAP HANA
Single source of truth
Operations Business
planning
Business
intelligence
SAP S4HANA Finance
Powered by
SAP HANA
instant data
replication
18Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Intuitive user experience ndash macro to detailed view
19Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Intuitive and enriched user experience for higher user productivity
Search across and
within apps to get
immediate answersRole based with one
common role definition
News and feeds to
enhance collaborationDynamic charts to
provide high-level
real-time overview
SAP Jam social software
platform integrated to
provide instant feedback
on notifications and group
activity
Color coding to alert user
for any overdue new or
immediate actions
20Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
On-the-fly analysis ndash personalized and role based
SAP BusinessObjects Analysis
edition for Microsoft Office
SAP BusinessObjects Lumira
SAP Business Explorer
SAP BusinessObjects
Design Studio
SAP Digital Boardroom
Chief financial officer
Financial close manager
Cash manager
Receivables manager
Payables manager
Finance for managers
Real estate manager
General ledger accountant
Accounts receivable accountant
Accounts payable accountant
Collections specialist
Dispute specialist
Management accounting
Cash Manager
Business
Intelligence
Renewed
Managerial Roles
Renewed
Transactional Roles
In progress
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On-the-fly analysis ndash digital boardroom
Total
transparencySimplified
boardroom processes
Instant
data-driven insights
Real-time view of complete
company situation
Comprehensive view on key
figures across divisions
Instantly access accurate information
to address ad-hoc questions
Improve decision-making with analysis
of alternatives and implications
Reduce preparation time and
offline discussion topics
Focused collaboration to leverage
expert knowledge
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Digital and robotic process automation
Finance
Accurate
digital data
Identify hidden
patterns in knowledge
intensive processes
and then executes
processing
Machine Learning
Help run repetitive
rule-bases monotone
tasks
Robotics Process
Automationwith specific
process knowledge
enable rule-based
automation
Engines
Accurate
digital data
Reduces
reconciliations and
enables higher
degree of end to
end automated
processing
S4HANA Finance
ndash the digital core
Foundation for
digital automation
23Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
S4HANA
Value scenarios across the entire finance value chain
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
25Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
26Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time customer and product profitability
Profitability characteristics at line-
item level in real time over time
Root cause analysis and traceback
based on single source of truth
All-in cost transparency for
cross charging process
improvements and pricing
Self service comparison of
performance by customer product
groups or other dimensions
(including flexible hierarchies)
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA
Transactions Simulation Prediction
Primary Costing
SAP S4HANA
Controlling
Advanced
(amp Full)
Costing
Aggregation and Analysis of granular data for Profitability Reporting
Analysis
Time
Co
sts
Re
ve
nu
es
New dimensions
27Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Our Guiding Principlesto analyzing customer and product profitability
Acceleration of
ProcessesInstant Insight
Single Source
of Truth
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From Guiding principles to functional capabilities
Profitability Analysis
in Universal Journal
Enhanced capabilities of
Account based(to allow for PA on Universal J)
New (real-time)
reporting capabilities(integration with BOhellip)
Move towards continous
accounting
Attributed profitability
segments
Event-based revenue
recognition (1)
Realignment
Resource related
Intercompany Process
Enhancements (2)
(2) Available in public cloud and on premise through activation of business function FINS_CO_ICO_PROC_ENH_101
(1) For project-based services sales projects
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Benefits
bull One line item table with full detail
for all applications - for instant
insight amp easy extensibility
bull Data stored only once no more
reconciliation needed - by design
bull Reduction of memory footprint
through elimination of redundancy
bull Fast multi-dimensional reporting
without replicating data to business
warehouse (BW)
bull If a warehouse is in place anyway
only one single extractor needed
bull Secondary cost elements are now
GL accounts
Universal Journal
Ledger Company
Account
Cost
Element
Balancing
Profit
Center
Amount
1
Amount
2
Amount
3
Fixed
Asset
Coding
Block
Market
SegmentMaterial
Customer
Fields hellip
General Ledger
Ledger Company AccountProfit
Center
Amount
1
Amount
2
Amount
3hellip
Profitability
Operating
Concern
Market
Segmenthellip
Management Accounting
Controlling
Area
Cost
Element
Amount
1
Amount
2
Coding
Blockhellip
Asset Accounting
CompanyFixed
Assethellip
Material Ledger
Company Material hellip
Profitability Analysis in Universal JournalSingle Source of Truth
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Accelerated period-end closeInstant Insight
Settlements amp
Assessments
Within Period Period Close Within Period Period Close
Settlements amp
AssessmentsReportingReporting
Account Assignment
Cost Center
Internal Order
Sales Order
Project
Derivation Steps
Derivation of profitability
characteristics based on configuration
Automated derivation of profitability
characteristics
Real-time Profitability
Enriched income statement
item with more characteristics
Income statement items get a
so-called attributed profitability
segment which is used for
reporting
Available in S4HANA Cloud and S4HANA Finance planned for S4HANA OP
31Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Business Use Cases for Attributed Profitability SegmentsExamples
Example 2
Drilldown on your unbilled
revenue (WIP) in your
balance sheet and find out
more about related projects
and products
Example 1
Analyze your travel expenses by
customer and by product as they
occur - without waiting for the
closing process and settlements
to happen
Profitability characteristics are derived immediately at the point in time of each ldquoprimaryrdquo document
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Project-based services with real-time revenue and cost recognitionfor single-level projects
Revenue Recognition process now reflected in Universal Journal ndash
the single source of truth for all Financial data
bull No separate storage for Revenue Recognition data anymore
bull No reconciliation efforts
Business Benefits Event-Based Revenue Recognition supports the
matching principle without batch jobs at period-end close
bull Costs and revenues always match
bull Profitability reporting always up to date
Process Benefits Event-based posting provides direct link between
the original posting and the Revenue Recognition posting
bull Soft close supported by eliminating settlement and results analysis as
period close steps
bull Linkage simplifies auditing
bull Linkage allows drill-down from Revenue Recognition posting (eg WIP)
to the original posting
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Reporting capabilities
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Steer the business on an operational and strategic level
through continuous information flow
Continuous end-to-end automation improving efficiency data
integrity and visibility into finance processes
Monitor in real-time the progress quality and financial results
of the closing cycle to avoid bottlenecks and address
business concerns
Get closer to the business and make better strategic
decisions thanks to real-time insight
Enabling strategic finance with a modern system delivering
instant insight to the entire business anywhere available on-
premise and in the cloud
Vision Continuous Accounting
Real-time
Insight
Efficiency
and speed
Quality
and governance
Rob Kugel from Ventura Research wrote a blog that initially coined the phrase
httpsblogventanaresearchcom20151030continuous-accounting-enables-a-strategic-finance-department
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What are the advantages of a Continuous Close capability
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
elimination of tasks
real-time execution
automation
acceleration
Continuous closing eg
real-time profitability
insights before period end
closing
ldquoPredicted Actualsrdquo are
derived to enable analysis
of results at period end
during the period
partially Lab preview
Lab preview
37Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Solution offering One consistent and integrated R2R-platform
Single Source
of Truth in the
Universal
Journal ndash all
value flows in
one place
Integrated
Compliance
with Statutory
Reporting for
SAP S4HANA
Special support
for IFRS 9 15
16 and BEPS
Comprehensive
automation
Fast Close with
SAP Financial
Closing cockpit
Soft Close and
Predicted Close
initiatives
Automation of
intercompany
processing and
streamlined
reconciliation
Real-time
Consolidation
for more
transparency
and speed in
group reporting
Integrated
Disclosure
Management
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
Bringing Higher Quality Speed Efficiency and Insight by automating the statutory and management
reporting for increasingly complex accounting closing and disclosure demands
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Screenshot example Fiori for SAP S4HANA Screenshot example for SAP S4HANA Cloud
SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Roadmap
Muster
Muster
Muster
Muster
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SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Finance (aka ldquoSimple
Financerdquo) SAP Smart Business
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Real-Time Consolidation
building blocks
SAP ERP
SAP R3
Non-SAP
BPC
Integration
Currency
Translation
ModellingEliminations
Group
Reporting
Validation
Intercompany
Flexible
Upload
BPC Consolidation
BPC Planning
BPC Modelling
SAP S4HANA ON PREMISE SAP BusinessObjects
Planning and Consolidation
ACDOCA Master Data ACDOCCExten BW
Consolidation preparation RTC Enhancements
SAP S4HANA 1610
Existing functionalities
Consolidation Enhancements
Central Finance
ControllingAccounting
Disclosure Management
Validations
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA Platform amp S4HANA
(Single source of truth)
Responsiveness to changing business environment
Links operational decision with
strategic goals
Monitor execution in real time
Trigger mitigation actions
Dynamic Planning and Analysis
Integrated budgeting amp forecasting
Embedded planning with real-time access to
transactional data
Built-in predictive and simulation capabilities
Integrated budgeting embedded in closed loop performance management
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SAP BO Planning amp
Consolidation
(Optimized for S4HANA
or stand-alone)
SAP BO Cloud
Core solution components
Additional solution components
SAP S4HANA
Transactions Planning Prediction Monitor
Flexible modeling
and simulation
End-user and
process driven
Enabling
closed-loop
performance
management
Real-time transactional data access
ndash no replication
Immediate update of plans and
forecasts
Full integration of different planning
models
Planning at any level of detail and
aggregation on the fly
Embedded predictive algorithms
and simulation capabilities
SAP IBP
SAP
Real Spend
Industry
specific
planning
solutions
Dynamic planning and analysis ndash How SAP supports
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SAP RealSpend
Introducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables line managers to maximizing budget
utilization
by
proactively manage spending
in real-time
for all current and future activities
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
46Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time plan to actual cash cycle
Easily consolidate global bank balances and cash
positions from data from SAP as well as non-SAP
systems
Monitor critical KPIs and have real-time overview and
response to cash requirements
Centralized bank account management including
overdraft limit and bank risk analysis management and
workflow support
Simplify and automate cash analysis and liquidity
management reducing banking fees and borrowing
costs
Improved control and compliance through integrated
signatures with change history and workflows
Treasury Management
47Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Bank counter-party risk management
ldquoImproving Cash
Management is a priority for
a vast majority of finance
professionalsldquo
Source Next-Generation Needs for Cash Management CFO Research2015
Manage all bank account data and signatory in one
central repository
Automate the data exchange for account opening
maintenance and closure requests through workflow and
integrating payment approval processes
Improve control and compliance through integrated
signatures with BCM payment approval change history
and workflows
Gain insight with bank account master data reports and
bank statement monitoring
Ease of operation with structured processes to open and
close bank accounts bank to bank or third party
transfers as well as cash concentration
Treasury Management
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Real-time receivables and payables management
Credit Collections Dispute
Receivables Manager
Data-driven process control
for team management
Sales Team
Senior
Executives
Cash Collection Team
Cross-system automation
of collections processes to
deliver superior customer
service
Analytics and workflow
align sales AR and
executives to reduce DSO
Optimized for global
business services
deployment
Automate collaboration
with external expertise
Sta
ndard
Re
ce
iva
ble
s
Mobile analytics and
insight to avoid credit
blocks and reduce DSO
Redesigned processes
Automation and
workflow
Rating ExpertsRating Agency Credit Bureau
Update scores as
conditions change
Monitor customers
automatically
Customers
Viewdownload invoices
Send remittance
Make payments
Cloud for Credit
Integration
Cloud for
Customer
payments
Financial Operations
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Credit agency
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by the customer during the implementation project
Significant implementation effort per interfaces (= per agency)
Interfaces are XML based
XI PI is required
SAP Credit ManagementIntegration of Credit Risk Agencies in the Past
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Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by an HCP app
Maintenance of interfaces to credit agencies done by SAP
Bulk of the data of external credit reports remains in HCP app
Targeted data fields (like external rating foundation date of a companyhellip) is transferred to SAP Credit Management to
enable scoring based on external and internal data
Credit controller can access detailed data on HCP app with one click from SAP Credit Management screen
Integration of Credit Risk Agencies with
SAP S4HANA Finance Cloud for credit integration
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
53Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Clea - Cash Application
PAYMENTS INVOICES
bull Every Account Receivable (AR) team member handles a set of customer accounts differently
bull Every historical AR clearing from all the AR team becomes an important asset for Machine learning
bull For payments that cannot be automatically cleared AR team member can see a list of invoices with the
suggested ratings
Customer
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SAP Solution StrategyNon-disruptive automation through SAP HANA CLOUD PLATFORM
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
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Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
58Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What about simulating a
change in my org model
For example in view of MampA (or other)
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SAP Financial Statement InsightsIntroducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables finance professionals to reveal hidden
trends and leverage unused potential from
financial information
By
performing personalized ad-hoc analysis
simulating organizational models
based on all relevant financial information
available in S4HANA
in real-time
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The SAP Hybrid Cloud ArchitectureDelivering innovation while keeping a stable Core
Futuristic Not reallyhellip Many organization are already there
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Customer success with SAP S4HANA Finance
Growing today with technology for
tomorrow
Turk Telcom wanted to transition from multiple
ledgers to an integrated business with one
software environment and speed up mergers
and acquisitions
Shorter closing period by up to 2 days
Greater clarity and visibility into financial
data
More flexibility in business operations
Simpler processes eliminating
unnecessary workload
Improve expense management
processes with SAP Fraud
management on SAP HANA
Vodafone wanted to automate and become
best in class for TampE claims audit Looking to
extrapolate to other audit systems
100 of claims now automatically
revieiwed before only 10 of employee
claims reviewed through manual process
Now able to investigate different types of
abuse while still saving costs
Increasing Revenue 100 with SAP
S4HANA Finance
Memebox wanted to create a secure
foundation for global business expansion
while improving the accuracy of inventory and
increasing insight into logistic information
100 increase in revenue sing the launch
of SAP S4HANA Finance
30 shorter delivery lead time to
customers
50 increase in sales productivity with on-
the-go data access
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Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
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Finance as the key source of data Is this the case at your company
Question
Futuristic Not really
16Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP S4HANA Supports Live Business
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Accounting amp Financial Close
Treasury Management
Financial Operations
Governance Risk amp Compliance
17Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Single source of truth for instant insight
Common Platform
One platform for prediction
analytics and transactions
Removal of data silos
Real time analysis
Single source
One universal journal for
financial and managerial
accounting
Automatically reconciled
On the fly aggregation
Across landscapes
Centralized instance for
heterogeneous landscape
Centralized processes
Real time replication
SAP HANA
Single source of truth
Operations Business
planning
Business
intelligence
SAP S4HANA Finance
Powered by
SAP HANA
instant data
replication
18Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Intuitive user experience ndash macro to detailed view
19Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Intuitive and enriched user experience for higher user productivity
Search across and
within apps to get
immediate answersRole based with one
common role definition
News and feeds to
enhance collaborationDynamic charts to
provide high-level
real-time overview
SAP Jam social software
platform integrated to
provide instant feedback
on notifications and group
activity
Color coding to alert user
for any overdue new or
immediate actions
20Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
On-the-fly analysis ndash personalized and role based
SAP BusinessObjects Analysis
edition for Microsoft Office
SAP BusinessObjects Lumira
SAP Business Explorer
SAP BusinessObjects
Design Studio
SAP Digital Boardroom
Chief financial officer
Financial close manager
Cash manager
Receivables manager
Payables manager
Finance for managers
Real estate manager
General ledger accountant
Accounts receivable accountant
Accounts payable accountant
Collections specialist
Dispute specialist
Management accounting
Cash Manager
Business
Intelligence
Renewed
Managerial Roles
Renewed
Transactional Roles
In progress
21Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
On-the-fly analysis ndash digital boardroom
Total
transparencySimplified
boardroom processes
Instant
data-driven insights
Real-time view of complete
company situation
Comprehensive view on key
figures across divisions
Instantly access accurate information
to address ad-hoc questions
Improve decision-making with analysis
of alternatives and implications
Reduce preparation time and
offline discussion topics
Focused collaboration to leverage
expert knowledge
22Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Digital and robotic process automation
Finance
Accurate
digital data
Identify hidden
patterns in knowledge
intensive processes
and then executes
processing
Machine Learning
Help run repetitive
rule-bases monotone
tasks
Robotics Process
Automationwith specific
process knowledge
enable rule-based
automation
Engines
Accurate
digital data
Reduces
reconciliations and
enables higher
degree of end to
end automated
processing
S4HANA Finance
ndash the digital core
Foundation for
digital automation
23Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
S4HANA
Value scenarios across the entire finance value chain
24Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
25Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
26Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time customer and product profitability
Profitability characteristics at line-
item level in real time over time
Root cause analysis and traceback
based on single source of truth
All-in cost transparency for
cross charging process
improvements and pricing
Self service comparison of
performance by customer product
groups or other dimensions
(including flexible hierarchies)
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA
Transactions Simulation Prediction
Primary Costing
SAP S4HANA
Controlling
Advanced
(amp Full)
Costing
Aggregation and Analysis of granular data for Profitability Reporting
Analysis
Time
Co
sts
Re
ve
nu
es
New dimensions
27Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Our Guiding Principlesto analyzing customer and product profitability
Acceleration of
ProcessesInstant Insight
Single Source
of Truth
28Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
From Guiding principles to functional capabilities
Profitability Analysis
in Universal Journal
Enhanced capabilities of
Account based(to allow for PA on Universal J)
New (real-time)
reporting capabilities(integration with BOhellip)
Move towards continous
accounting
Attributed profitability
segments
Event-based revenue
recognition (1)
Realignment
Resource related
Intercompany Process
Enhancements (2)
(2) Available in public cloud and on premise through activation of business function FINS_CO_ICO_PROC_ENH_101
(1) For project-based services sales projects
29Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Benefits
bull One line item table with full detail
for all applications - for instant
insight amp easy extensibility
bull Data stored only once no more
reconciliation needed - by design
bull Reduction of memory footprint
through elimination of redundancy
bull Fast multi-dimensional reporting
without replicating data to business
warehouse (BW)
bull If a warehouse is in place anyway
only one single extractor needed
bull Secondary cost elements are now
GL accounts
Universal Journal
Ledger Company
Account
Cost
Element
Balancing
Profit
Center
Amount
1
Amount
2
Amount
3
Fixed
Asset
Coding
Block
Market
SegmentMaterial
Customer
Fields hellip
General Ledger
Ledger Company AccountProfit
Center
Amount
1
Amount
2
Amount
3hellip
Profitability
Operating
Concern
Market
Segmenthellip
Management Accounting
Controlling
Area
Cost
Element
Amount
1
Amount
2
Coding
Blockhellip
Asset Accounting
CompanyFixed
Assethellip
Material Ledger
Company Material hellip
Profitability Analysis in Universal JournalSingle Source of Truth
30Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Accelerated period-end closeInstant Insight
Settlements amp
Assessments
Within Period Period Close Within Period Period Close
Settlements amp
AssessmentsReportingReporting
Account Assignment
Cost Center
Internal Order
Sales Order
Project
Derivation Steps
Derivation of profitability
characteristics based on configuration
Automated derivation of profitability
characteristics
Real-time Profitability
Enriched income statement
item with more characteristics
Income statement items get a
so-called attributed profitability
segment which is used for
reporting
Available in S4HANA Cloud and S4HANA Finance planned for S4HANA OP
31Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Business Use Cases for Attributed Profitability SegmentsExamples
Example 2
Drilldown on your unbilled
revenue (WIP) in your
balance sheet and find out
more about related projects
and products
Example 1
Analyze your travel expenses by
customer and by product as they
occur - without waiting for the
closing process and settlements
to happen
Profitability characteristics are derived immediately at the point in time of each ldquoprimaryrdquo document
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Project-based services with real-time revenue and cost recognitionfor single-level projects
Revenue Recognition process now reflected in Universal Journal ndash
the single source of truth for all Financial data
bull No separate storage for Revenue Recognition data anymore
bull No reconciliation efforts
Business Benefits Event-Based Revenue Recognition supports the
matching principle without batch jobs at period-end close
bull Costs and revenues always match
bull Profitability reporting always up to date
Process Benefits Event-based posting provides direct link between
the original posting and the Revenue Recognition posting
bull Soft close supported by eliminating settlement and results analysis as
period close steps
bull Linkage simplifies auditing
bull Linkage allows drill-down from Revenue Recognition posting (eg WIP)
to the original posting
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Reporting capabilities
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Steer the business on an operational and strategic level
through continuous information flow
Continuous end-to-end automation improving efficiency data
integrity and visibility into finance processes
Monitor in real-time the progress quality and financial results
of the closing cycle to avoid bottlenecks and address
business concerns
Get closer to the business and make better strategic
decisions thanks to real-time insight
Enabling strategic finance with a modern system delivering
instant insight to the entire business anywhere available on-
premise and in the cloud
Vision Continuous Accounting
Real-time
Insight
Efficiency
and speed
Quality
and governance
Rob Kugel from Ventura Research wrote a blog that initially coined the phrase
httpsblogventanaresearchcom20151030continuous-accounting-enables-a-strategic-finance-department
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What are the advantages of a Continuous Close capability
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
elimination of tasks
real-time execution
automation
acceleration
Continuous closing eg
real-time profitability
insights before period end
closing
ldquoPredicted Actualsrdquo are
derived to enable analysis
of results at period end
during the period
partially Lab preview
Lab preview
37Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Solution offering One consistent and integrated R2R-platform
Single Source
of Truth in the
Universal
Journal ndash all
value flows in
one place
Integrated
Compliance
with Statutory
Reporting for
SAP S4HANA
Special support
for IFRS 9 15
16 and BEPS
Comprehensive
automation
Fast Close with
SAP Financial
Closing cockpit
Soft Close and
Predicted Close
initiatives
Automation of
intercompany
processing and
streamlined
reconciliation
Real-time
Consolidation
for more
transparency
and speed in
group reporting
Integrated
Disclosure
Management
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
Bringing Higher Quality Speed Efficiency and Insight by automating the statutory and management
reporting for increasingly complex accounting closing and disclosure demands
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Screenshot example Fiori for SAP S4HANA Screenshot example for SAP S4HANA Cloud
SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Roadmap
Muster
Muster
Muster
Muster
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SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Finance (aka ldquoSimple
Financerdquo) SAP Smart Business
40Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-Time Consolidation
building blocks
SAP ERP
SAP R3
Non-SAP
BPC
Integration
Currency
Translation
ModellingEliminations
Group
Reporting
Validation
Intercompany
Flexible
Upload
BPC Consolidation
BPC Planning
BPC Modelling
SAP S4HANA ON PREMISE SAP BusinessObjects
Planning and Consolidation
ACDOCA Master Data ACDOCCExten BW
Consolidation preparation RTC Enhancements
SAP S4HANA 1610
Existing functionalities
Consolidation Enhancements
Central Finance
ControllingAccounting
Disclosure Management
Validations
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
42Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA Platform amp S4HANA
(Single source of truth)
Responsiveness to changing business environment
Links operational decision with
strategic goals
Monitor execution in real time
Trigger mitigation actions
Dynamic Planning and Analysis
Integrated budgeting amp forecasting
Embedded planning with real-time access to
transactional data
Built-in predictive and simulation capabilities
Integrated budgeting embedded in closed loop performance management
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SAP BO Planning amp
Consolidation
(Optimized for S4HANA
or stand-alone)
SAP BO Cloud
Core solution components
Additional solution components
SAP S4HANA
Transactions Planning Prediction Monitor
Flexible modeling
and simulation
End-user and
process driven
Enabling
closed-loop
performance
management
Real-time transactional data access
ndash no replication
Immediate update of plans and
forecasts
Full integration of different planning
models
Planning at any level of detail and
aggregation on the fly
Embedded predictive algorithms
and simulation capabilities
SAP IBP
SAP
Real Spend
Industry
specific
planning
solutions
Dynamic planning and analysis ndash How SAP supports
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SAP RealSpend
Introducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables line managers to maximizing budget
utilization
by
proactively manage spending
in real-time
for all current and future activities
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
46Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time plan to actual cash cycle
Easily consolidate global bank balances and cash
positions from data from SAP as well as non-SAP
systems
Monitor critical KPIs and have real-time overview and
response to cash requirements
Centralized bank account management including
overdraft limit and bank risk analysis management and
workflow support
Simplify and automate cash analysis and liquidity
management reducing banking fees and borrowing
costs
Improved control and compliance through integrated
signatures with change history and workflows
Treasury Management
47Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Bank counter-party risk management
ldquoImproving Cash
Management is a priority for
a vast majority of finance
professionalsldquo
Source Next-Generation Needs for Cash Management CFO Research2015
Manage all bank account data and signatory in one
central repository
Automate the data exchange for account opening
maintenance and closure requests through workflow and
integrating payment approval processes
Improve control and compliance through integrated
signatures with BCM payment approval change history
and workflows
Gain insight with bank account master data reports and
bank statement monitoring
Ease of operation with structured processes to open and
close bank accounts bank to bank or third party
transfers as well as cash concentration
Treasury Management
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
49Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time receivables and payables management
Credit Collections Dispute
Receivables Manager
Data-driven process control
for team management
Sales Team
Senior
Executives
Cash Collection Team
Cross-system automation
of collections processes to
deliver superior customer
service
Analytics and workflow
align sales AR and
executives to reduce DSO
Optimized for global
business services
deployment
Automate collaboration
with external expertise
Sta
ndard
Re
ce
iva
ble
s
Mobile analytics and
insight to avoid credit
blocks and reduce DSO
Redesigned processes
Automation and
workflow
Rating ExpertsRating Agency Credit Bureau
Update scores as
conditions change
Monitor customers
automatically
Customers
Viewdownload invoices
Send remittance
Make payments
Cloud for Credit
Integration
Cloud for
Customer
payments
Financial Operations
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Credit agency
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by the customer during the implementation project
Significant implementation effort per interfaces (= per agency)
Interfaces are XML based
XI PI is required
SAP Credit ManagementIntegration of Credit Risk Agencies in the Past
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Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by an HCP app
Maintenance of interfaces to credit agencies done by SAP
Bulk of the data of external credit reports remains in HCP app
Targeted data fields (like external rating foundation date of a companyhellip) is transferred to SAP Credit Management to
enable scoring based on external and internal data
Credit controller can access detailed data on HCP app with one click from SAP Credit Management screen
Integration of Credit Risk Agencies with
SAP S4HANA Finance Cloud for credit integration
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
53Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Clea - Cash Application
PAYMENTS INVOICES
bull Every Account Receivable (AR) team member handles a set of customer accounts differently
bull Every historical AR clearing from all the AR team becomes an important asset for Machine learning
bull For payments that cannot be automatically cleared AR team member can see a list of invoices with the
suggested ratings
Customer
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SAP Solution StrategyNon-disruptive automation through SAP HANA CLOUD PLATFORM
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
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Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
58Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What about simulating a
change in my org model
For example in view of MampA (or other)
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SAP Financial Statement InsightsIntroducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables finance professionals to reveal hidden
trends and leverage unused potential from
financial information
By
performing personalized ad-hoc analysis
simulating organizational models
based on all relevant financial information
available in S4HANA
in real-time
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The SAP Hybrid Cloud ArchitectureDelivering innovation while keeping a stable Core
Futuristic Not reallyhellip Many organization are already there
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Customer success with SAP S4HANA Finance
Growing today with technology for
tomorrow
Turk Telcom wanted to transition from multiple
ledgers to an integrated business with one
software environment and speed up mergers
and acquisitions
Shorter closing period by up to 2 days
Greater clarity and visibility into financial
data
More flexibility in business operations
Simpler processes eliminating
unnecessary workload
Improve expense management
processes with SAP Fraud
management on SAP HANA
Vodafone wanted to automate and become
best in class for TampE claims audit Looking to
extrapolate to other audit systems
100 of claims now automatically
revieiwed before only 10 of employee
claims reviewed through manual process
Now able to investigate different types of
abuse while still saving costs
Increasing Revenue 100 with SAP
S4HANA Finance
Memebox wanted to create a secure
foundation for global business expansion
while improving the accuracy of inventory and
increasing insight into logistic information
100 increase in revenue sing the launch
of SAP S4HANA Finance
30 shorter delivery lead time to
customers
50 increase in sales productivity with on-
the-go data access
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Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
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Futuristic Not really
16Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP S4HANA Supports Live Business
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Accounting amp Financial Close
Treasury Management
Financial Operations
Governance Risk amp Compliance
17Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Single source of truth for instant insight
Common Platform
One platform for prediction
analytics and transactions
Removal of data silos
Real time analysis
Single source
One universal journal for
financial and managerial
accounting
Automatically reconciled
On the fly aggregation
Across landscapes
Centralized instance for
heterogeneous landscape
Centralized processes
Real time replication
SAP HANA
Single source of truth
Operations Business
planning
Business
intelligence
SAP S4HANA Finance
Powered by
SAP HANA
instant data
replication
18Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Intuitive user experience ndash macro to detailed view
19Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Intuitive and enriched user experience for higher user productivity
Search across and
within apps to get
immediate answersRole based with one
common role definition
News and feeds to
enhance collaborationDynamic charts to
provide high-level
real-time overview
SAP Jam social software
platform integrated to
provide instant feedback
on notifications and group
activity
Color coding to alert user
for any overdue new or
immediate actions
20Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
On-the-fly analysis ndash personalized and role based
SAP BusinessObjects Analysis
edition for Microsoft Office
SAP BusinessObjects Lumira
SAP Business Explorer
SAP BusinessObjects
Design Studio
SAP Digital Boardroom
Chief financial officer
Financial close manager
Cash manager
Receivables manager
Payables manager
Finance for managers
Real estate manager
General ledger accountant
Accounts receivable accountant
Accounts payable accountant
Collections specialist
Dispute specialist
Management accounting
Cash Manager
Business
Intelligence
Renewed
Managerial Roles
Renewed
Transactional Roles
In progress
21Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
On-the-fly analysis ndash digital boardroom
Total
transparencySimplified
boardroom processes
Instant
data-driven insights
Real-time view of complete
company situation
Comprehensive view on key
figures across divisions
Instantly access accurate information
to address ad-hoc questions
Improve decision-making with analysis
of alternatives and implications
Reduce preparation time and
offline discussion topics
Focused collaboration to leverage
expert knowledge
22Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Digital and robotic process automation
Finance
Accurate
digital data
Identify hidden
patterns in knowledge
intensive processes
and then executes
processing
Machine Learning
Help run repetitive
rule-bases monotone
tasks
Robotics Process
Automationwith specific
process knowledge
enable rule-based
automation
Engines
Accurate
digital data
Reduces
reconciliations and
enables higher
degree of end to
end automated
processing
S4HANA Finance
ndash the digital core
Foundation for
digital automation
23Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
S4HANA
Value scenarios across the entire finance value chain
24Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
25Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
26Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time customer and product profitability
Profitability characteristics at line-
item level in real time over time
Root cause analysis and traceback
based on single source of truth
All-in cost transparency for
cross charging process
improvements and pricing
Self service comparison of
performance by customer product
groups or other dimensions
(including flexible hierarchies)
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA
Transactions Simulation Prediction
Primary Costing
SAP S4HANA
Controlling
Advanced
(amp Full)
Costing
Aggregation and Analysis of granular data for Profitability Reporting
Analysis
Time
Co
sts
Re
ve
nu
es
New dimensions
27Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Our Guiding Principlesto analyzing customer and product profitability
Acceleration of
ProcessesInstant Insight
Single Source
of Truth
28Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
From Guiding principles to functional capabilities
Profitability Analysis
in Universal Journal
Enhanced capabilities of
Account based(to allow for PA on Universal J)
New (real-time)
reporting capabilities(integration with BOhellip)
Move towards continous
accounting
Attributed profitability
segments
Event-based revenue
recognition (1)
Realignment
Resource related
Intercompany Process
Enhancements (2)
(2) Available in public cloud and on premise through activation of business function FINS_CO_ICO_PROC_ENH_101
(1) For project-based services sales projects
29Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Benefits
bull One line item table with full detail
for all applications - for instant
insight amp easy extensibility
bull Data stored only once no more
reconciliation needed - by design
bull Reduction of memory footprint
through elimination of redundancy
bull Fast multi-dimensional reporting
without replicating data to business
warehouse (BW)
bull If a warehouse is in place anyway
only one single extractor needed
bull Secondary cost elements are now
GL accounts
Universal Journal
Ledger Company
Account
Cost
Element
Balancing
Profit
Center
Amount
1
Amount
2
Amount
3
Fixed
Asset
Coding
Block
Market
SegmentMaterial
Customer
Fields hellip
General Ledger
Ledger Company AccountProfit
Center
Amount
1
Amount
2
Amount
3hellip
Profitability
Operating
Concern
Market
Segmenthellip
Management Accounting
Controlling
Area
Cost
Element
Amount
1
Amount
2
Coding
Blockhellip
Asset Accounting
CompanyFixed
Assethellip
Material Ledger
Company Material hellip
Profitability Analysis in Universal JournalSingle Source of Truth
30Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Accelerated period-end closeInstant Insight
Settlements amp
Assessments
Within Period Period Close Within Period Period Close
Settlements amp
AssessmentsReportingReporting
Account Assignment
Cost Center
Internal Order
Sales Order
Project
Derivation Steps
Derivation of profitability
characteristics based on configuration
Automated derivation of profitability
characteristics
Real-time Profitability
Enriched income statement
item with more characteristics
Income statement items get a
so-called attributed profitability
segment which is used for
reporting
Available in S4HANA Cloud and S4HANA Finance planned for S4HANA OP
31Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Business Use Cases for Attributed Profitability SegmentsExamples
Example 2
Drilldown on your unbilled
revenue (WIP) in your
balance sheet and find out
more about related projects
and products
Example 1
Analyze your travel expenses by
customer and by product as they
occur - without waiting for the
closing process and settlements
to happen
Profitability characteristics are derived immediately at the point in time of each ldquoprimaryrdquo document
32Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Project-based services with real-time revenue and cost recognitionfor single-level projects
Revenue Recognition process now reflected in Universal Journal ndash
the single source of truth for all Financial data
bull No separate storage for Revenue Recognition data anymore
bull No reconciliation efforts
Business Benefits Event-Based Revenue Recognition supports the
matching principle without batch jobs at period-end close
bull Costs and revenues always match
bull Profitability reporting always up to date
Process Benefits Event-based posting provides direct link between
the original posting and the Revenue Recognition posting
bull Soft close supported by eliminating settlement and results analysis as
period close steps
bull Linkage simplifies auditing
bull Linkage allows drill-down from Revenue Recognition posting (eg WIP)
to the original posting
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Reporting capabilities
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Steer the business on an operational and strategic level
through continuous information flow
Continuous end-to-end automation improving efficiency data
integrity and visibility into finance processes
Monitor in real-time the progress quality and financial results
of the closing cycle to avoid bottlenecks and address
business concerns
Get closer to the business and make better strategic
decisions thanks to real-time insight
Enabling strategic finance with a modern system delivering
instant insight to the entire business anywhere available on-
premise and in the cloud
Vision Continuous Accounting
Real-time
Insight
Efficiency
and speed
Quality
and governance
Rob Kugel from Ventura Research wrote a blog that initially coined the phrase
httpsblogventanaresearchcom20151030continuous-accounting-enables-a-strategic-finance-department
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What are the advantages of a Continuous Close capability
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
elimination of tasks
real-time execution
automation
acceleration
Continuous closing eg
real-time profitability
insights before period end
closing
ldquoPredicted Actualsrdquo are
derived to enable analysis
of results at period end
during the period
partially Lab preview
Lab preview
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SAP Solution offering One consistent and integrated R2R-platform
Single Source
of Truth in the
Universal
Journal ndash all
value flows in
one place
Integrated
Compliance
with Statutory
Reporting for
SAP S4HANA
Special support
for IFRS 9 15
16 and BEPS
Comprehensive
automation
Fast Close with
SAP Financial
Closing cockpit
Soft Close and
Predicted Close
initiatives
Automation of
intercompany
processing and
streamlined
reconciliation
Real-time
Consolidation
for more
transparency
and speed in
group reporting
Integrated
Disclosure
Management
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
Bringing Higher Quality Speed Efficiency and Insight by automating the statutory and management
reporting for increasingly complex accounting closing and disclosure demands
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Screenshot example Fiori for SAP S4HANA Screenshot example for SAP S4HANA Cloud
SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Roadmap
Muster
Muster
Muster
Muster
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SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Finance (aka ldquoSimple
Financerdquo) SAP Smart Business
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Real-Time Consolidation
building blocks
SAP ERP
SAP R3
Non-SAP
BPC
Integration
Currency
Translation
ModellingEliminations
Group
Reporting
Validation
Intercompany
Flexible
Upload
BPC Consolidation
BPC Planning
BPC Modelling
SAP S4HANA ON PREMISE SAP BusinessObjects
Planning and Consolidation
ACDOCA Master Data ACDOCCExten BW
Consolidation preparation RTC Enhancements
SAP S4HANA 1610
Existing functionalities
Consolidation Enhancements
Central Finance
ControllingAccounting
Disclosure Management
Validations
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA Platform amp S4HANA
(Single source of truth)
Responsiveness to changing business environment
Links operational decision with
strategic goals
Monitor execution in real time
Trigger mitigation actions
Dynamic Planning and Analysis
Integrated budgeting amp forecasting
Embedded planning with real-time access to
transactional data
Built-in predictive and simulation capabilities
Integrated budgeting embedded in closed loop performance management
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SAP BO Planning amp
Consolidation
(Optimized for S4HANA
or stand-alone)
SAP BO Cloud
Core solution components
Additional solution components
SAP S4HANA
Transactions Planning Prediction Monitor
Flexible modeling
and simulation
End-user and
process driven
Enabling
closed-loop
performance
management
Real-time transactional data access
ndash no replication
Immediate update of plans and
forecasts
Full integration of different planning
models
Planning at any level of detail and
aggregation on the fly
Embedded predictive algorithms
and simulation capabilities
SAP IBP
SAP
Real Spend
Industry
specific
planning
solutions
Dynamic planning and analysis ndash How SAP supports
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SAP RealSpend
Introducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables line managers to maximizing budget
utilization
by
proactively manage spending
in real-time
for all current and future activities
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
46Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time plan to actual cash cycle
Easily consolidate global bank balances and cash
positions from data from SAP as well as non-SAP
systems
Monitor critical KPIs and have real-time overview and
response to cash requirements
Centralized bank account management including
overdraft limit and bank risk analysis management and
workflow support
Simplify and automate cash analysis and liquidity
management reducing banking fees and borrowing
costs
Improved control and compliance through integrated
signatures with change history and workflows
Treasury Management
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Bank counter-party risk management
ldquoImproving Cash
Management is a priority for
a vast majority of finance
professionalsldquo
Source Next-Generation Needs for Cash Management CFO Research2015
Manage all bank account data and signatory in one
central repository
Automate the data exchange for account opening
maintenance and closure requests through workflow and
integrating payment approval processes
Improve control and compliance through integrated
signatures with BCM payment approval change history
and workflows
Gain insight with bank account master data reports and
bank statement monitoring
Ease of operation with structured processes to open and
close bank accounts bank to bank or third party
transfers as well as cash concentration
Treasury Management
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
49Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time receivables and payables management
Credit Collections Dispute
Receivables Manager
Data-driven process control
for team management
Sales Team
Senior
Executives
Cash Collection Team
Cross-system automation
of collections processes to
deliver superior customer
service
Analytics and workflow
align sales AR and
executives to reduce DSO
Optimized for global
business services
deployment
Automate collaboration
with external expertise
Sta
ndard
Re
ce
iva
ble
s
Mobile analytics and
insight to avoid credit
blocks and reduce DSO
Redesigned processes
Automation and
workflow
Rating ExpertsRating Agency Credit Bureau
Update scores as
conditions change
Monitor customers
automatically
Customers
Viewdownload invoices
Send remittance
Make payments
Cloud for Credit
Integration
Cloud for
Customer
payments
Financial Operations
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Credit agency
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by the customer during the implementation project
Significant implementation effort per interfaces (= per agency)
Interfaces are XML based
XI PI is required
SAP Credit ManagementIntegration of Credit Risk Agencies in the Past
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Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by an HCP app
Maintenance of interfaces to credit agencies done by SAP
Bulk of the data of external credit reports remains in HCP app
Targeted data fields (like external rating foundation date of a companyhellip) is transferred to SAP Credit Management to
enable scoring based on external and internal data
Credit controller can access detailed data on HCP app with one click from SAP Credit Management screen
Integration of Credit Risk Agencies with
SAP S4HANA Finance Cloud for credit integration
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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SAP Clea - Cash Application
PAYMENTS INVOICES
bull Every Account Receivable (AR) team member handles a set of customer accounts differently
bull Every historical AR clearing from all the AR team becomes an important asset for Machine learning
bull For payments that cannot be automatically cleared AR team member can see a list of invoices with the
suggested ratings
Customer
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SAP Solution StrategyNon-disruptive automation through SAP HANA CLOUD PLATFORM
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
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Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
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What about simulating a
change in my org model
For example in view of MampA (or other)
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SAP Financial Statement InsightsIntroducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables finance professionals to reveal hidden
trends and leverage unused potential from
financial information
By
performing personalized ad-hoc analysis
simulating organizational models
based on all relevant financial information
available in S4HANA
in real-time
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The SAP Hybrid Cloud ArchitectureDelivering innovation while keeping a stable Core
Futuristic Not reallyhellip Many organization are already there
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Customer success with SAP S4HANA Finance
Growing today with technology for
tomorrow
Turk Telcom wanted to transition from multiple
ledgers to an integrated business with one
software environment and speed up mergers
and acquisitions
Shorter closing period by up to 2 days
Greater clarity and visibility into financial
data
More flexibility in business operations
Simpler processes eliminating
unnecessary workload
Improve expense management
processes with SAP Fraud
management on SAP HANA
Vodafone wanted to automate and become
best in class for TampE claims audit Looking to
extrapolate to other audit systems
100 of claims now automatically
revieiwed before only 10 of employee
claims reviewed through manual process
Now able to investigate different types of
abuse while still saving costs
Increasing Revenue 100 with SAP
S4HANA Finance
Memebox wanted to create a secure
foundation for global business expansion
while improving the accuracy of inventory and
increasing insight into logistic information
100 increase in revenue sing the launch
of SAP S4HANA Finance
30 shorter delivery lead time to
customers
50 increase in sales productivity with on-
the-go data access
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Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
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SAP S4HANA Supports Live Business
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Accounting amp Financial Close
Treasury Management
Financial Operations
Governance Risk amp Compliance
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Single source of truth for instant insight
Common Platform
One platform for prediction
analytics and transactions
Removal of data silos
Real time analysis
Single source
One universal journal for
financial and managerial
accounting
Automatically reconciled
On the fly aggregation
Across landscapes
Centralized instance for
heterogeneous landscape
Centralized processes
Real time replication
SAP HANA
Single source of truth
Operations Business
planning
Business
intelligence
SAP S4HANA Finance
Powered by
SAP HANA
instant data
replication
18Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Intuitive user experience ndash macro to detailed view
19Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Intuitive and enriched user experience for higher user productivity
Search across and
within apps to get
immediate answersRole based with one
common role definition
News and feeds to
enhance collaborationDynamic charts to
provide high-level
real-time overview
SAP Jam social software
platform integrated to
provide instant feedback
on notifications and group
activity
Color coding to alert user
for any overdue new or
immediate actions
20Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
On-the-fly analysis ndash personalized and role based
SAP BusinessObjects Analysis
edition for Microsoft Office
SAP BusinessObjects Lumira
SAP Business Explorer
SAP BusinessObjects
Design Studio
SAP Digital Boardroom
Chief financial officer
Financial close manager
Cash manager
Receivables manager
Payables manager
Finance for managers
Real estate manager
General ledger accountant
Accounts receivable accountant
Accounts payable accountant
Collections specialist
Dispute specialist
Management accounting
Cash Manager
Business
Intelligence
Renewed
Managerial Roles
Renewed
Transactional Roles
In progress
21Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
On-the-fly analysis ndash digital boardroom
Total
transparencySimplified
boardroom processes
Instant
data-driven insights
Real-time view of complete
company situation
Comprehensive view on key
figures across divisions
Instantly access accurate information
to address ad-hoc questions
Improve decision-making with analysis
of alternatives and implications
Reduce preparation time and
offline discussion topics
Focused collaboration to leverage
expert knowledge
22Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Digital and robotic process automation
Finance
Accurate
digital data
Identify hidden
patterns in knowledge
intensive processes
and then executes
processing
Machine Learning
Help run repetitive
rule-bases monotone
tasks
Robotics Process
Automationwith specific
process knowledge
enable rule-based
automation
Engines
Accurate
digital data
Reduces
reconciliations and
enables higher
degree of end to
end automated
processing
S4HANA Finance
ndash the digital core
Foundation for
digital automation
23Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
S4HANA
Value scenarios across the entire finance value chain
24Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
25Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
26Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time customer and product profitability
Profitability characteristics at line-
item level in real time over time
Root cause analysis and traceback
based on single source of truth
All-in cost transparency for
cross charging process
improvements and pricing
Self service comparison of
performance by customer product
groups or other dimensions
(including flexible hierarchies)
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA
Transactions Simulation Prediction
Primary Costing
SAP S4HANA
Controlling
Advanced
(amp Full)
Costing
Aggregation and Analysis of granular data for Profitability Reporting
Analysis
Time
Co
sts
Re
ve
nu
es
New dimensions
27Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Our Guiding Principlesto analyzing customer and product profitability
Acceleration of
ProcessesInstant Insight
Single Source
of Truth
28Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
From Guiding principles to functional capabilities
Profitability Analysis
in Universal Journal
Enhanced capabilities of
Account based(to allow for PA on Universal J)
New (real-time)
reporting capabilities(integration with BOhellip)
Move towards continous
accounting
Attributed profitability
segments
Event-based revenue
recognition (1)
Realignment
Resource related
Intercompany Process
Enhancements (2)
(2) Available in public cloud and on premise through activation of business function FINS_CO_ICO_PROC_ENH_101
(1) For project-based services sales projects
29Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Benefits
bull One line item table with full detail
for all applications - for instant
insight amp easy extensibility
bull Data stored only once no more
reconciliation needed - by design
bull Reduction of memory footprint
through elimination of redundancy
bull Fast multi-dimensional reporting
without replicating data to business
warehouse (BW)
bull If a warehouse is in place anyway
only one single extractor needed
bull Secondary cost elements are now
GL accounts
Universal Journal
Ledger Company
Account
Cost
Element
Balancing
Profit
Center
Amount
1
Amount
2
Amount
3
Fixed
Asset
Coding
Block
Market
SegmentMaterial
Customer
Fields hellip
General Ledger
Ledger Company AccountProfit
Center
Amount
1
Amount
2
Amount
3hellip
Profitability
Operating
Concern
Market
Segmenthellip
Management Accounting
Controlling
Area
Cost
Element
Amount
1
Amount
2
Coding
Blockhellip
Asset Accounting
CompanyFixed
Assethellip
Material Ledger
Company Material hellip
Profitability Analysis in Universal JournalSingle Source of Truth
30Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Accelerated period-end closeInstant Insight
Settlements amp
Assessments
Within Period Period Close Within Period Period Close
Settlements amp
AssessmentsReportingReporting
Account Assignment
Cost Center
Internal Order
Sales Order
Project
Derivation Steps
Derivation of profitability
characteristics based on configuration
Automated derivation of profitability
characteristics
Real-time Profitability
Enriched income statement
item with more characteristics
Income statement items get a
so-called attributed profitability
segment which is used for
reporting
Available in S4HANA Cloud and S4HANA Finance planned for S4HANA OP
31Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Business Use Cases for Attributed Profitability SegmentsExamples
Example 2
Drilldown on your unbilled
revenue (WIP) in your
balance sheet and find out
more about related projects
and products
Example 1
Analyze your travel expenses by
customer and by product as they
occur - without waiting for the
closing process and settlements
to happen
Profitability characteristics are derived immediately at the point in time of each ldquoprimaryrdquo document
32Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Project-based services with real-time revenue and cost recognitionfor single-level projects
Revenue Recognition process now reflected in Universal Journal ndash
the single source of truth for all Financial data
bull No separate storage for Revenue Recognition data anymore
bull No reconciliation efforts
Business Benefits Event-Based Revenue Recognition supports the
matching principle without batch jobs at period-end close
bull Costs and revenues always match
bull Profitability reporting always up to date
Process Benefits Event-based posting provides direct link between
the original posting and the Revenue Recognition posting
bull Soft close supported by eliminating settlement and results analysis as
period close steps
bull Linkage simplifies auditing
bull Linkage allows drill-down from Revenue Recognition posting (eg WIP)
to the original posting
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Reporting capabilities
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Steer the business on an operational and strategic level
through continuous information flow
Continuous end-to-end automation improving efficiency data
integrity and visibility into finance processes
Monitor in real-time the progress quality and financial results
of the closing cycle to avoid bottlenecks and address
business concerns
Get closer to the business and make better strategic
decisions thanks to real-time insight
Enabling strategic finance with a modern system delivering
instant insight to the entire business anywhere available on-
premise and in the cloud
Vision Continuous Accounting
Real-time
Insight
Efficiency
and speed
Quality
and governance
Rob Kugel from Ventura Research wrote a blog that initially coined the phrase
httpsblogventanaresearchcom20151030continuous-accounting-enables-a-strategic-finance-department
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What are the advantages of a Continuous Close capability
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
elimination of tasks
real-time execution
automation
acceleration
Continuous closing eg
real-time profitability
insights before period end
closing
ldquoPredicted Actualsrdquo are
derived to enable analysis
of results at period end
during the period
partially Lab preview
Lab preview
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SAP Solution offering One consistent and integrated R2R-platform
Single Source
of Truth in the
Universal
Journal ndash all
value flows in
one place
Integrated
Compliance
with Statutory
Reporting for
SAP S4HANA
Special support
for IFRS 9 15
16 and BEPS
Comprehensive
automation
Fast Close with
SAP Financial
Closing cockpit
Soft Close and
Predicted Close
initiatives
Automation of
intercompany
processing and
streamlined
reconciliation
Real-time
Consolidation
for more
transparency
and speed in
group reporting
Integrated
Disclosure
Management
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
Bringing Higher Quality Speed Efficiency and Insight by automating the statutory and management
reporting for increasingly complex accounting closing and disclosure demands
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Screenshot example Fiori for SAP S4HANA Screenshot example for SAP S4HANA Cloud
SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Roadmap
Muster
Muster
Muster
Muster
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SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Finance (aka ldquoSimple
Financerdquo) SAP Smart Business
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Real-Time Consolidation
building blocks
SAP ERP
SAP R3
Non-SAP
BPC
Integration
Currency
Translation
ModellingEliminations
Group
Reporting
Validation
Intercompany
Flexible
Upload
BPC Consolidation
BPC Planning
BPC Modelling
SAP S4HANA ON PREMISE SAP BusinessObjects
Planning and Consolidation
ACDOCA Master Data ACDOCCExten BW
Consolidation preparation RTC Enhancements
SAP S4HANA 1610
Existing functionalities
Consolidation Enhancements
Central Finance
ControllingAccounting
Disclosure Management
Validations
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA Platform amp S4HANA
(Single source of truth)
Responsiveness to changing business environment
Links operational decision with
strategic goals
Monitor execution in real time
Trigger mitigation actions
Dynamic Planning and Analysis
Integrated budgeting amp forecasting
Embedded planning with real-time access to
transactional data
Built-in predictive and simulation capabilities
Integrated budgeting embedded in closed loop performance management
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SAP BO Planning amp
Consolidation
(Optimized for S4HANA
or stand-alone)
SAP BO Cloud
Core solution components
Additional solution components
SAP S4HANA
Transactions Planning Prediction Monitor
Flexible modeling
and simulation
End-user and
process driven
Enabling
closed-loop
performance
management
Real-time transactional data access
ndash no replication
Immediate update of plans and
forecasts
Full integration of different planning
models
Planning at any level of detail and
aggregation on the fly
Embedded predictive algorithms
and simulation capabilities
SAP IBP
SAP
Real Spend
Industry
specific
planning
solutions
Dynamic planning and analysis ndash How SAP supports
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SAP RealSpend
Introducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables line managers to maximizing budget
utilization
by
proactively manage spending
in real-time
for all current and future activities
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Real-time plan to actual cash cycle
Easily consolidate global bank balances and cash
positions from data from SAP as well as non-SAP
systems
Monitor critical KPIs and have real-time overview and
response to cash requirements
Centralized bank account management including
overdraft limit and bank risk analysis management and
workflow support
Simplify and automate cash analysis and liquidity
management reducing banking fees and borrowing
costs
Improved control and compliance through integrated
signatures with change history and workflows
Treasury Management
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Bank counter-party risk management
ldquoImproving Cash
Management is a priority for
a vast majority of finance
professionalsldquo
Source Next-Generation Needs for Cash Management CFO Research2015
Manage all bank account data and signatory in one
central repository
Automate the data exchange for account opening
maintenance and closure requests through workflow and
integrating payment approval processes
Improve control and compliance through integrated
signatures with BCM payment approval change history
and workflows
Gain insight with bank account master data reports and
bank statement monitoring
Ease of operation with structured processes to open and
close bank accounts bank to bank or third party
transfers as well as cash concentration
Treasury Management
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Real-time receivables and payables management
Credit Collections Dispute
Receivables Manager
Data-driven process control
for team management
Sales Team
Senior
Executives
Cash Collection Team
Cross-system automation
of collections processes to
deliver superior customer
service
Analytics and workflow
align sales AR and
executives to reduce DSO
Optimized for global
business services
deployment
Automate collaboration
with external expertise
Sta
ndard
Re
ce
iva
ble
s
Mobile analytics and
insight to avoid credit
blocks and reduce DSO
Redesigned processes
Automation and
workflow
Rating ExpertsRating Agency Credit Bureau
Update scores as
conditions change
Monitor customers
automatically
Customers
Viewdownload invoices
Send remittance
Make payments
Cloud for Credit
Integration
Cloud for
Customer
payments
Financial Operations
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Credit agency
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by the customer during the implementation project
Significant implementation effort per interfaces (= per agency)
Interfaces are XML based
XI PI is required
SAP Credit ManagementIntegration of Credit Risk Agencies in the Past
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Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by an HCP app
Maintenance of interfaces to credit agencies done by SAP
Bulk of the data of external credit reports remains in HCP app
Targeted data fields (like external rating foundation date of a companyhellip) is transferred to SAP Credit Management to
enable scoring based on external and internal data
Credit controller can access detailed data on HCP app with one click from SAP Credit Management screen
Integration of Credit Risk Agencies with
SAP S4HANA Finance Cloud for credit integration
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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SAP Clea - Cash Application
PAYMENTS INVOICES
bull Every Account Receivable (AR) team member handles a set of customer accounts differently
bull Every historical AR clearing from all the AR team becomes an important asset for Machine learning
bull For payments that cannot be automatically cleared AR team member can see a list of invoices with the
suggested ratings
Customer
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SAP Solution StrategyNon-disruptive automation through SAP HANA CLOUD PLATFORM
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
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Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
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What about simulating a
change in my org model
For example in view of MampA (or other)
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SAP Financial Statement InsightsIntroducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables finance professionals to reveal hidden
trends and leverage unused potential from
financial information
By
performing personalized ad-hoc analysis
simulating organizational models
based on all relevant financial information
available in S4HANA
in real-time
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The SAP Hybrid Cloud ArchitectureDelivering innovation while keeping a stable Core
Futuristic Not reallyhellip Many organization are already there
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Customer success with SAP S4HANA Finance
Growing today with technology for
tomorrow
Turk Telcom wanted to transition from multiple
ledgers to an integrated business with one
software environment and speed up mergers
and acquisitions
Shorter closing period by up to 2 days
Greater clarity and visibility into financial
data
More flexibility in business operations
Simpler processes eliminating
unnecessary workload
Improve expense management
processes with SAP Fraud
management on SAP HANA
Vodafone wanted to automate and become
best in class for TampE claims audit Looking to
extrapolate to other audit systems
100 of claims now automatically
revieiwed before only 10 of employee
claims reviewed through manual process
Now able to investigate different types of
abuse while still saving costs
Increasing Revenue 100 with SAP
S4HANA Finance
Memebox wanted to create a secure
foundation for global business expansion
while improving the accuracy of inventory and
increasing insight into logistic information
100 increase in revenue sing the launch
of SAP S4HANA Finance
30 shorter delivery lead time to
customers
50 increase in sales productivity with on-
the-go data access
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Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
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These materials are provided by SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company for informational purposes only without representation or warranty of any kind and SAP or its affiliated
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In particular SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation or to develop or release
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Single source of truth for instant insight
Common Platform
One platform for prediction
analytics and transactions
Removal of data silos
Real time analysis
Single source
One universal journal for
financial and managerial
accounting
Automatically reconciled
On the fly aggregation
Across landscapes
Centralized instance for
heterogeneous landscape
Centralized processes
Real time replication
SAP HANA
Single source of truth
Operations Business
planning
Business
intelligence
SAP S4HANA Finance
Powered by
SAP HANA
instant data
replication
18Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Intuitive user experience ndash macro to detailed view
19Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Intuitive and enriched user experience for higher user productivity
Search across and
within apps to get
immediate answersRole based with one
common role definition
News and feeds to
enhance collaborationDynamic charts to
provide high-level
real-time overview
SAP Jam social software
platform integrated to
provide instant feedback
on notifications and group
activity
Color coding to alert user
for any overdue new or
immediate actions
20Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
On-the-fly analysis ndash personalized and role based
SAP BusinessObjects Analysis
edition for Microsoft Office
SAP BusinessObjects Lumira
SAP Business Explorer
SAP BusinessObjects
Design Studio
SAP Digital Boardroom
Chief financial officer
Financial close manager
Cash manager
Receivables manager
Payables manager
Finance for managers
Real estate manager
General ledger accountant
Accounts receivable accountant
Accounts payable accountant
Collections specialist
Dispute specialist
Management accounting
Cash Manager
Business
Intelligence
Renewed
Managerial Roles
Renewed
Transactional Roles
In progress
21Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
On-the-fly analysis ndash digital boardroom
Total
transparencySimplified
boardroom processes
Instant
data-driven insights
Real-time view of complete
company situation
Comprehensive view on key
figures across divisions
Instantly access accurate information
to address ad-hoc questions
Improve decision-making with analysis
of alternatives and implications
Reduce preparation time and
offline discussion topics
Focused collaboration to leverage
expert knowledge
22Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Digital and robotic process automation
Finance
Accurate
digital data
Identify hidden
patterns in knowledge
intensive processes
and then executes
processing
Machine Learning
Help run repetitive
rule-bases monotone
tasks
Robotics Process
Automationwith specific
process knowledge
enable rule-based
automation
Engines
Accurate
digital data
Reduces
reconciliations and
enables higher
degree of end to
end automated
processing
S4HANA Finance
ndash the digital core
Foundation for
digital automation
23Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
S4HANA
Value scenarios across the entire finance value chain
24Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
25Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
26Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time customer and product profitability
Profitability characteristics at line-
item level in real time over time
Root cause analysis and traceback
based on single source of truth
All-in cost transparency for
cross charging process
improvements and pricing
Self service comparison of
performance by customer product
groups or other dimensions
(including flexible hierarchies)
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA
Transactions Simulation Prediction
Primary Costing
SAP S4HANA
Controlling
Advanced
(amp Full)
Costing
Aggregation and Analysis of granular data for Profitability Reporting
Analysis
Time
Co
sts
Re
ve
nu
es
New dimensions
27Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Our Guiding Principlesto analyzing customer and product profitability
Acceleration of
ProcessesInstant Insight
Single Source
of Truth
28Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
From Guiding principles to functional capabilities
Profitability Analysis
in Universal Journal
Enhanced capabilities of
Account based(to allow for PA on Universal J)
New (real-time)
reporting capabilities(integration with BOhellip)
Move towards continous
accounting
Attributed profitability
segments
Event-based revenue
recognition (1)
Realignment
Resource related
Intercompany Process
Enhancements (2)
(2) Available in public cloud and on premise through activation of business function FINS_CO_ICO_PROC_ENH_101
(1) For project-based services sales projects
29Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Benefits
bull One line item table with full detail
for all applications - for instant
insight amp easy extensibility
bull Data stored only once no more
reconciliation needed - by design
bull Reduction of memory footprint
through elimination of redundancy
bull Fast multi-dimensional reporting
without replicating data to business
warehouse (BW)
bull If a warehouse is in place anyway
only one single extractor needed
bull Secondary cost elements are now
GL accounts
Universal Journal
Ledger Company
Account
Cost
Element
Balancing
Profit
Center
Amount
1
Amount
2
Amount
3
Fixed
Asset
Coding
Block
Market
SegmentMaterial
Customer
Fields hellip
General Ledger
Ledger Company AccountProfit
Center
Amount
1
Amount
2
Amount
3hellip
Profitability
Operating
Concern
Market
Segmenthellip
Management Accounting
Controlling
Area
Cost
Element
Amount
1
Amount
2
Coding
Blockhellip
Asset Accounting
CompanyFixed
Assethellip
Material Ledger
Company Material hellip
Profitability Analysis in Universal JournalSingle Source of Truth
30Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Accelerated period-end closeInstant Insight
Settlements amp
Assessments
Within Period Period Close Within Period Period Close
Settlements amp
AssessmentsReportingReporting
Account Assignment
Cost Center
Internal Order
Sales Order
Project
Derivation Steps
Derivation of profitability
characteristics based on configuration
Automated derivation of profitability
characteristics
Real-time Profitability
Enriched income statement
item with more characteristics
Income statement items get a
so-called attributed profitability
segment which is used for
reporting
Available in S4HANA Cloud and S4HANA Finance planned for S4HANA OP
31Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Business Use Cases for Attributed Profitability SegmentsExamples
Example 2
Drilldown on your unbilled
revenue (WIP) in your
balance sheet and find out
more about related projects
and products
Example 1
Analyze your travel expenses by
customer and by product as they
occur - without waiting for the
closing process and settlements
to happen
Profitability characteristics are derived immediately at the point in time of each ldquoprimaryrdquo document
32Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Project-based services with real-time revenue and cost recognitionfor single-level projects
Revenue Recognition process now reflected in Universal Journal ndash
the single source of truth for all Financial data
bull No separate storage for Revenue Recognition data anymore
bull No reconciliation efforts
Business Benefits Event-Based Revenue Recognition supports the
matching principle without batch jobs at period-end close
bull Costs and revenues always match
bull Profitability reporting always up to date
Process Benefits Event-based posting provides direct link between
the original posting and the Revenue Recognition posting
bull Soft close supported by eliminating settlement and results analysis as
period close steps
bull Linkage simplifies auditing
bull Linkage allows drill-down from Revenue Recognition posting (eg WIP)
to the original posting
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Reporting capabilities
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Steer the business on an operational and strategic level
through continuous information flow
Continuous end-to-end automation improving efficiency data
integrity and visibility into finance processes
Monitor in real-time the progress quality and financial results
of the closing cycle to avoid bottlenecks and address
business concerns
Get closer to the business and make better strategic
decisions thanks to real-time insight
Enabling strategic finance with a modern system delivering
instant insight to the entire business anywhere available on-
premise and in the cloud
Vision Continuous Accounting
Real-time
Insight
Efficiency
and speed
Quality
and governance
Rob Kugel from Ventura Research wrote a blog that initially coined the phrase
httpsblogventanaresearchcom20151030continuous-accounting-enables-a-strategic-finance-department
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What are the advantages of a Continuous Close capability
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
elimination of tasks
real-time execution
automation
acceleration
Continuous closing eg
real-time profitability
insights before period end
closing
ldquoPredicted Actualsrdquo are
derived to enable analysis
of results at period end
during the period
partially Lab preview
Lab preview
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SAP Solution offering One consistent and integrated R2R-platform
Single Source
of Truth in the
Universal
Journal ndash all
value flows in
one place
Integrated
Compliance
with Statutory
Reporting for
SAP S4HANA
Special support
for IFRS 9 15
16 and BEPS
Comprehensive
automation
Fast Close with
SAP Financial
Closing cockpit
Soft Close and
Predicted Close
initiatives
Automation of
intercompany
processing and
streamlined
reconciliation
Real-time
Consolidation
for more
transparency
and speed in
group reporting
Integrated
Disclosure
Management
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
Bringing Higher Quality Speed Efficiency and Insight by automating the statutory and management
reporting for increasingly complex accounting closing and disclosure demands
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Screenshot example Fiori for SAP S4HANA Screenshot example for SAP S4HANA Cloud
SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Roadmap
Muster
Muster
Muster
Muster
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SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Finance (aka ldquoSimple
Financerdquo) SAP Smart Business
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Real-Time Consolidation
building blocks
SAP ERP
SAP R3
Non-SAP
BPC
Integration
Currency
Translation
ModellingEliminations
Group
Reporting
Validation
Intercompany
Flexible
Upload
BPC Consolidation
BPC Planning
BPC Modelling
SAP S4HANA ON PREMISE SAP BusinessObjects
Planning and Consolidation
ACDOCA Master Data ACDOCCExten BW
Consolidation preparation RTC Enhancements
SAP S4HANA 1610
Existing functionalities
Consolidation Enhancements
Central Finance
ControllingAccounting
Disclosure Management
Validations
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA Platform amp S4HANA
(Single source of truth)
Responsiveness to changing business environment
Links operational decision with
strategic goals
Monitor execution in real time
Trigger mitigation actions
Dynamic Planning and Analysis
Integrated budgeting amp forecasting
Embedded planning with real-time access to
transactional data
Built-in predictive and simulation capabilities
Integrated budgeting embedded in closed loop performance management
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SAP BO Planning amp
Consolidation
(Optimized for S4HANA
or stand-alone)
SAP BO Cloud
Core solution components
Additional solution components
SAP S4HANA
Transactions Planning Prediction Monitor
Flexible modeling
and simulation
End-user and
process driven
Enabling
closed-loop
performance
management
Real-time transactional data access
ndash no replication
Immediate update of plans and
forecasts
Full integration of different planning
models
Planning at any level of detail and
aggregation on the fly
Embedded predictive algorithms
and simulation capabilities
SAP IBP
SAP
Real Spend
Industry
specific
planning
solutions
Dynamic planning and analysis ndash How SAP supports
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SAP RealSpend
Introducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables line managers to maximizing budget
utilization
by
proactively manage spending
in real-time
for all current and future activities
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Real-time plan to actual cash cycle
Easily consolidate global bank balances and cash
positions from data from SAP as well as non-SAP
systems
Monitor critical KPIs and have real-time overview and
response to cash requirements
Centralized bank account management including
overdraft limit and bank risk analysis management and
workflow support
Simplify and automate cash analysis and liquidity
management reducing banking fees and borrowing
costs
Improved control and compliance through integrated
signatures with change history and workflows
Treasury Management
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Bank counter-party risk management
ldquoImproving Cash
Management is a priority for
a vast majority of finance
professionalsldquo
Source Next-Generation Needs for Cash Management CFO Research2015
Manage all bank account data and signatory in one
central repository
Automate the data exchange for account opening
maintenance and closure requests through workflow and
integrating payment approval processes
Improve control and compliance through integrated
signatures with BCM payment approval change history
and workflows
Gain insight with bank account master data reports and
bank statement monitoring
Ease of operation with structured processes to open and
close bank accounts bank to bank or third party
transfers as well as cash concentration
Treasury Management
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Real-time receivables and payables management
Credit Collections Dispute
Receivables Manager
Data-driven process control
for team management
Sales Team
Senior
Executives
Cash Collection Team
Cross-system automation
of collections processes to
deliver superior customer
service
Analytics and workflow
align sales AR and
executives to reduce DSO
Optimized for global
business services
deployment
Automate collaboration
with external expertise
Sta
ndard
Re
ce
iva
ble
s
Mobile analytics and
insight to avoid credit
blocks and reduce DSO
Redesigned processes
Automation and
workflow
Rating ExpertsRating Agency Credit Bureau
Update scores as
conditions change
Monitor customers
automatically
Customers
Viewdownload invoices
Send remittance
Make payments
Cloud for Credit
Integration
Cloud for
Customer
payments
Financial Operations
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Credit agency
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by the customer during the implementation project
Significant implementation effort per interfaces (= per agency)
Interfaces are XML based
XI PI is required
SAP Credit ManagementIntegration of Credit Risk Agencies in the Past
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Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by an HCP app
Maintenance of interfaces to credit agencies done by SAP
Bulk of the data of external credit reports remains in HCP app
Targeted data fields (like external rating foundation date of a companyhellip) is transferred to SAP Credit Management to
enable scoring based on external and internal data
Credit controller can access detailed data on HCP app with one click from SAP Credit Management screen
Integration of Credit Risk Agencies with
SAP S4HANA Finance Cloud for credit integration
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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SAP Clea - Cash Application
PAYMENTS INVOICES
bull Every Account Receivable (AR) team member handles a set of customer accounts differently
bull Every historical AR clearing from all the AR team becomes an important asset for Machine learning
bull For payments that cannot be automatically cleared AR team member can see a list of invoices with the
suggested ratings
Customer
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SAP Solution StrategyNon-disruptive automation through SAP HANA CLOUD PLATFORM
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
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Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
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What about simulating a
change in my org model
For example in view of MampA (or other)
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SAP Financial Statement InsightsIntroducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables finance professionals to reveal hidden
trends and leverage unused potential from
financial information
By
performing personalized ad-hoc analysis
simulating organizational models
based on all relevant financial information
available in S4HANA
in real-time
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The SAP Hybrid Cloud ArchitectureDelivering innovation while keeping a stable Core
Futuristic Not reallyhellip Many organization are already there
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Customer success with SAP S4HANA Finance
Growing today with technology for
tomorrow
Turk Telcom wanted to transition from multiple
ledgers to an integrated business with one
software environment and speed up mergers
and acquisitions
Shorter closing period by up to 2 days
Greater clarity and visibility into financial
data
More flexibility in business operations
Simpler processes eliminating
unnecessary workload
Improve expense management
processes with SAP Fraud
management on SAP HANA
Vodafone wanted to automate and become
best in class for TampE claims audit Looking to
extrapolate to other audit systems
100 of claims now automatically
revieiwed before only 10 of employee
claims reviewed through manual process
Now able to investigate different types of
abuse while still saving costs
Increasing Revenue 100 with SAP
S4HANA Finance
Memebox wanted to create a secure
foundation for global business expansion
while improving the accuracy of inventory and
increasing insight into logistic information
100 increase in revenue sing the launch
of SAP S4HANA Finance
30 shorter delivery lead time to
customers
50 increase in sales productivity with on-
the-go data access
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Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
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Intuitive user experience ndash macro to detailed view
19Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Intuitive and enriched user experience for higher user productivity
Search across and
within apps to get
immediate answersRole based with one
common role definition
News and feeds to
enhance collaborationDynamic charts to
provide high-level
real-time overview
SAP Jam social software
platform integrated to
provide instant feedback
on notifications and group
activity
Color coding to alert user
for any overdue new or
immediate actions
20Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
On-the-fly analysis ndash personalized and role based
SAP BusinessObjects Analysis
edition for Microsoft Office
SAP BusinessObjects Lumira
SAP Business Explorer
SAP BusinessObjects
Design Studio
SAP Digital Boardroom
Chief financial officer
Financial close manager
Cash manager
Receivables manager
Payables manager
Finance for managers
Real estate manager
General ledger accountant
Accounts receivable accountant
Accounts payable accountant
Collections specialist
Dispute specialist
Management accounting
Cash Manager
Business
Intelligence
Renewed
Managerial Roles
Renewed
Transactional Roles
In progress
21Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
On-the-fly analysis ndash digital boardroom
Total
transparencySimplified
boardroom processes
Instant
data-driven insights
Real-time view of complete
company situation
Comprehensive view on key
figures across divisions
Instantly access accurate information
to address ad-hoc questions
Improve decision-making with analysis
of alternatives and implications
Reduce preparation time and
offline discussion topics
Focused collaboration to leverage
expert knowledge
22Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Digital and robotic process automation
Finance
Accurate
digital data
Identify hidden
patterns in knowledge
intensive processes
and then executes
processing
Machine Learning
Help run repetitive
rule-bases monotone
tasks
Robotics Process
Automationwith specific
process knowledge
enable rule-based
automation
Engines
Accurate
digital data
Reduces
reconciliations and
enables higher
degree of end to
end automated
processing
S4HANA Finance
ndash the digital core
Foundation for
digital automation
23Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
S4HANA
Value scenarios across the entire finance value chain
24Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
25Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
26Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time customer and product profitability
Profitability characteristics at line-
item level in real time over time
Root cause analysis and traceback
based on single source of truth
All-in cost transparency for
cross charging process
improvements and pricing
Self service comparison of
performance by customer product
groups or other dimensions
(including flexible hierarchies)
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA
Transactions Simulation Prediction
Primary Costing
SAP S4HANA
Controlling
Advanced
(amp Full)
Costing
Aggregation and Analysis of granular data for Profitability Reporting
Analysis
Time
Co
sts
Re
ve
nu
es
New dimensions
27Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Our Guiding Principlesto analyzing customer and product profitability
Acceleration of
ProcessesInstant Insight
Single Source
of Truth
28Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
From Guiding principles to functional capabilities
Profitability Analysis
in Universal Journal
Enhanced capabilities of
Account based(to allow for PA on Universal J)
New (real-time)
reporting capabilities(integration with BOhellip)
Move towards continous
accounting
Attributed profitability
segments
Event-based revenue
recognition (1)
Realignment
Resource related
Intercompany Process
Enhancements (2)
(2) Available in public cloud and on premise through activation of business function FINS_CO_ICO_PROC_ENH_101
(1) For project-based services sales projects
29Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Benefits
bull One line item table with full detail
for all applications - for instant
insight amp easy extensibility
bull Data stored only once no more
reconciliation needed - by design
bull Reduction of memory footprint
through elimination of redundancy
bull Fast multi-dimensional reporting
without replicating data to business
warehouse (BW)
bull If a warehouse is in place anyway
only one single extractor needed
bull Secondary cost elements are now
GL accounts
Universal Journal
Ledger Company
Account
Cost
Element
Balancing
Profit
Center
Amount
1
Amount
2
Amount
3
Fixed
Asset
Coding
Block
Market
SegmentMaterial
Customer
Fields hellip
General Ledger
Ledger Company AccountProfit
Center
Amount
1
Amount
2
Amount
3hellip
Profitability
Operating
Concern
Market
Segmenthellip
Management Accounting
Controlling
Area
Cost
Element
Amount
1
Amount
2
Coding
Blockhellip
Asset Accounting
CompanyFixed
Assethellip
Material Ledger
Company Material hellip
Profitability Analysis in Universal JournalSingle Source of Truth
30Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Accelerated period-end closeInstant Insight
Settlements amp
Assessments
Within Period Period Close Within Period Period Close
Settlements amp
AssessmentsReportingReporting
Account Assignment
Cost Center
Internal Order
Sales Order
Project
Derivation Steps
Derivation of profitability
characteristics based on configuration
Automated derivation of profitability
characteristics
Real-time Profitability
Enriched income statement
item with more characteristics
Income statement items get a
so-called attributed profitability
segment which is used for
reporting
Available in S4HANA Cloud and S4HANA Finance planned for S4HANA OP
31Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Business Use Cases for Attributed Profitability SegmentsExamples
Example 2
Drilldown on your unbilled
revenue (WIP) in your
balance sheet and find out
more about related projects
and products
Example 1
Analyze your travel expenses by
customer and by product as they
occur - without waiting for the
closing process and settlements
to happen
Profitability characteristics are derived immediately at the point in time of each ldquoprimaryrdquo document
32Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Project-based services with real-time revenue and cost recognitionfor single-level projects
Revenue Recognition process now reflected in Universal Journal ndash
the single source of truth for all Financial data
bull No separate storage for Revenue Recognition data anymore
bull No reconciliation efforts
Business Benefits Event-Based Revenue Recognition supports the
matching principle without batch jobs at period-end close
bull Costs and revenues always match
bull Profitability reporting always up to date
Process Benefits Event-based posting provides direct link between
the original posting and the Revenue Recognition posting
bull Soft close supported by eliminating settlement and results analysis as
period close steps
bull Linkage simplifies auditing
bull Linkage allows drill-down from Revenue Recognition posting (eg WIP)
to the original posting
33Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Reporting capabilities
34Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
35Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Steer the business on an operational and strategic level
through continuous information flow
Continuous end-to-end automation improving efficiency data
integrity and visibility into finance processes
Monitor in real-time the progress quality and financial results
of the closing cycle to avoid bottlenecks and address
business concerns
Get closer to the business and make better strategic
decisions thanks to real-time insight
Enabling strategic finance with a modern system delivering
instant insight to the entire business anywhere available on-
premise and in the cloud
Vision Continuous Accounting
Real-time
Insight
Efficiency
and speed
Quality
and governance
Rob Kugel from Ventura Research wrote a blog that initially coined the phrase
httpsblogventanaresearchcom20151030continuous-accounting-enables-a-strategic-finance-department
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What are the advantages of a Continuous Close capability
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
elimination of tasks
real-time execution
automation
acceleration
Continuous closing eg
real-time profitability
insights before period end
closing
ldquoPredicted Actualsrdquo are
derived to enable analysis
of results at period end
during the period
partially Lab preview
Lab preview
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SAP Solution offering One consistent and integrated R2R-platform
Single Source
of Truth in the
Universal
Journal ndash all
value flows in
one place
Integrated
Compliance
with Statutory
Reporting for
SAP S4HANA
Special support
for IFRS 9 15
16 and BEPS
Comprehensive
automation
Fast Close with
SAP Financial
Closing cockpit
Soft Close and
Predicted Close
initiatives
Automation of
intercompany
processing and
streamlined
reconciliation
Real-time
Consolidation
for more
transparency
and speed in
group reporting
Integrated
Disclosure
Management
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
Bringing Higher Quality Speed Efficiency and Insight by automating the statutory and management
reporting for increasingly complex accounting closing and disclosure demands
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Screenshot example Fiori for SAP S4HANA Screenshot example for SAP S4HANA Cloud
SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Roadmap
Muster
Muster
Muster
Muster
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SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Finance (aka ldquoSimple
Financerdquo) SAP Smart Business
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Real-Time Consolidation
building blocks
SAP ERP
SAP R3
Non-SAP
BPC
Integration
Currency
Translation
ModellingEliminations
Group
Reporting
Validation
Intercompany
Flexible
Upload
BPC Consolidation
BPC Planning
BPC Modelling
SAP S4HANA ON PREMISE SAP BusinessObjects
Planning and Consolidation
ACDOCA Master Data ACDOCCExten BW
Consolidation preparation RTC Enhancements
SAP S4HANA 1610
Existing functionalities
Consolidation Enhancements
Central Finance
ControllingAccounting
Disclosure Management
Validations
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA Platform amp S4HANA
(Single source of truth)
Responsiveness to changing business environment
Links operational decision with
strategic goals
Monitor execution in real time
Trigger mitigation actions
Dynamic Planning and Analysis
Integrated budgeting amp forecasting
Embedded planning with real-time access to
transactional data
Built-in predictive and simulation capabilities
Integrated budgeting embedded in closed loop performance management
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SAP BO Planning amp
Consolidation
(Optimized for S4HANA
or stand-alone)
SAP BO Cloud
Core solution components
Additional solution components
SAP S4HANA
Transactions Planning Prediction Monitor
Flexible modeling
and simulation
End-user and
process driven
Enabling
closed-loop
performance
management
Real-time transactional data access
ndash no replication
Immediate update of plans and
forecasts
Full integration of different planning
models
Planning at any level of detail and
aggregation on the fly
Embedded predictive algorithms
and simulation capabilities
SAP IBP
SAP
Real Spend
Industry
specific
planning
solutions
Dynamic planning and analysis ndash How SAP supports
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SAP RealSpend
Introducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables line managers to maximizing budget
utilization
by
proactively manage spending
in real-time
for all current and future activities
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Real-time plan to actual cash cycle
Easily consolidate global bank balances and cash
positions from data from SAP as well as non-SAP
systems
Monitor critical KPIs and have real-time overview and
response to cash requirements
Centralized bank account management including
overdraft limit and bank risk analysis management and
workflow support
Simplify and automate cash analysis and liquidity
management reducing banking fees and borrowing
costs
Improved control and compliance through integrated
signatures with change history and workflows
Treasury Management
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Bank counter-party risk management
ldquoImproving Cash
Management is a priority for
a vast majority of finance
professionalsldquo
Source Next-Generation Needs for Cash Management CFO Research2015
Manage all bank account data and signatory in one
central repository
Automate the data exchange for account opening
maintenance and closure requests through workflow and
integrating payment approval processes
Improve control and compliance through integrated
signatures with BCM payment approval change history
and workflows
Gain insight with bank account master data reports and
bank statement monitoring
Ease of operation with structured processes to open and
close bank accounts bank to bank or third party
transfers as well as cash concentration
Treasury Management
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Real-time receivables and payables management
Credit Collections Dispute
Receivables Manager
Data-driven process control
for team management
Sales Team
Senior
Executives
Cash Collection Team
Cross-system automation
of collections processes to
deliver superior customer
service
Analytics and workflow
align sales AR and
executives to reduce DSO
Optimized for global
business services
deployment
Automate collaboration
with external expertise
Sta
ndard
Re
ce
iva
ble
s
Mobile analytics and
insight to avoid credit
blocks and reduce DSO
Redesigned processes
Automation and
workflow
Rating ExpertsRating Agency Credit Bureau
Update scores as
conditions change
Monitor customers
automatically
Customers
Viewdownload invoices
Send remittance
Make payments
Cloud for Credit
Integration
Cloud for
Customer
payments
Financial Operations
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Credit agency
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by the customer during the implementation project
Significant implementation effort per interfaces (= per agency)
Interfaces are XML based
XI PI is required
SAP Credit ManagementIntegration of Credit Risk Agencies in the Past
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Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by an HCP app
Maintenance of interfaces to credit agencies done by SAP
Bulk of the data of external credit reports remains in HCP app
Targeted data fields (like external rating foundation date of a companyhellip) is transferred to SAP Credit Management to
enable scoring based on external and internal data
Credit controller can access detailed data on HCP app with one click from SAP Credit Management screen
Integration of Credit Risk Agencies with
SAP S4HANA Finance Cloud for credit integration
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
53Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Clea - Cash Application
PAYMENTS INVOICES
bull Every Account Receivable (AR) team member handles a set of customer accounts differently
bull Every historical AR clearing from all the AR team becomes an important asset for Machine learning
bull For payments that cannot be automatically cleared AR team member can see a list of invoices with the
suggested ratings
Customer
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SAP Solution StrategyNon-disruptive automation through SAP HANA CLOUD PLATFORM
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
56Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
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Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
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What about simulating a
change in my org model
For example in view of MampA (or other)
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SAP Financial Statement InsightsIntroducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables finance professionals to reveal hidden
trends and leverage unused potential from
financial information
By
performing personalized ad-hoc analysis
simulating organizational models
based on all relevant financial information
available in S4HANA
in real-time
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The SAP Hybrid Cloud ArchitectureDelivering innovation while keeping a stable Core
Futuristic Not reallyhellip Many organization are already there
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Customer success with SAP S4HANA Finance
Growing today with technology for
tomorrow
Turk Telcom wanted to transition from multiple
ledgers to an integrated business with one
software environment and speed up mergers
and acquisitions
Shorter closing period by up to 2 days
Greater clarity and visibility into financial
data
More flexibility in business operations
Simpler processes eliminating
unnecessary workload
Improve expense management
processes with SAP Fraud
management on SAP HANA
Vodafone wanted to automate and become
best in class for TampE claims audit Looking to
extrapolate to other audit systems
100 of claims now automatically
revieiwed before only 10 of employee
claims reviewed through manual process
Now able to investigate different types of
abuse while still saving costs
Increasing Revenue 100 with SAP
S4HANA Finance
Memebox wanted to create a secure
foundation for global business expansion
while improving the accuracy of inventory and
increasing insight into logistic information
100 increase in revenue sing the launch
of SAP S4HANA Finance
30 shorter delivery lead time to
customers
50 increase in sales productivity with on-
the-go data access
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Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
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These materials are provided by SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company for informational purposes only without representation or warranty of any kind and SAP or its affiliated
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In particular SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation or to develop or release
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Intuitive and enriched user experience for higher user productivity
Search across and
within apps to get
immediate answersRole based with one
common role definition
News and feeds to
enhance collaborationDynamic charts to
provide high-level
real-time overview
SAP Jam social software
platform integrated to
provide instant feedback
on notifications and group
activity
Color coding to alert user
for any overdue new or
immediate actions
20Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
On-the-fly analysis ndash personalized and role based
SAP BusinessObjects Analysis
edition for Microsoft Office
SAP BusinessObjects Lumira
SAP Business Explorer
SAP BusinessObjects
Design Studio
SAP Digital Boardroom
Chief financial officer
Financial close manager
Cash manager
Receivables manager
Payables manager
Finance for managers
Real estate manager
General ledger accountant
Accounts receivable accountant
Accounts payable accountant
Collections specialist
Dispute specialist
Management accounting
Cash Manager
Business
Intelligence
Renewed
Managerial Roles
Renewed
Transactional Roles
In progress
21Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
On-the-fly analysis ndash digital boardroom
Total
transparencySimplified
boardroom processes
Instant
data-driven insights
Real-time view of complete
company situation
Comprehensive view on key
figures across divisions
Instantly access accurate information
to address ad-hoc questions
Improve decision-making with analysis
of alternatives and implications
Reduce preparation time and
offline discussion topics
Focused collaboration to leverage
expert knowledge
22Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Digital and robotic process automation
Finance
Accurate
digital data
Identify hidden
patterns in knowledge
intensive processes
and then executes
processing
Machine Learning
Help run repetitive
rule-bases monotone
tasks
Robotics Process
Automationwith specific
process knowledge
enable rule-based
automation
Engines
Accurate
digital data
Reduces
reconciliations and
enables higher
degree of end to
end automated
processing
S4HANA Finance
ndash the digital core
Foundation for
digital automation
23Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
S4HANA
Value scenarios across the entire finance value chain
24Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
25Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
26Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time customer and product profitability
Profitability characteristics at line-
item level in real time over time
Root cause analysis and traceback
based on single source of truth
All-in cost transparency for
cross charging process
improvements and pricing
Self service comparison of
performance by customer product
groups or other dimensions
(including flexible hierarchies)
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA
Transactions Simulation Prediction
Primary Costing
SAP S4HANA
Controlling
Advanced
(amp Full)
Costing
Aggregation and Analysis of granular data for Profitability Reporting
Analysis
Time
Co
sts
Re
ve
nu
es
New dimensions
27Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Our Guiding Principlesto analyzing customer and product profitability
Acceleration of
ProcessesInstant Insight
Single Source
of Truth
28Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
From Guiding principles to functional capabilities
Profitability Analysis
in Universal Journal
Enhanced capabilities of
Account based(to allow for PA on Universal J)
New (real-time)
reporting capabilities(integration with BOhellip)
Move towards continous
accounting
Attributed profitability
segments
Event-based revenue
recognition (1)
Realignment
Resource related
Intercompany Process
Enhancements (2)
(2) Available in public cloud and on premise through activation of business function FINS_CO_ICO_PROC_ENH_101
(1) For project-based services sales projects
29Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Benefits
bull One line item table with full detail
for all applications - for instant
insight amp easy extensibility
bull Data stored only once no more
reconciliation needed - by design
bull Reduction of memory footprint
through elimination of redundancy
bull Fast multi-dimensional reporting
without replicating data to business
warehouse (BW)
bull If a warehouse is in place anyway
only one single extractor needed
bull Secondary cost elements are now
GL accounts
Universal Journal
Ledger Company
Account
Cost
Element
Balancing
Profit
Center
Amount
1
Amount
2
Amount
3
Fixed
Asset
Coding
Block
Market
SegmentMaterial
Customer
Fields hellip
General Ledger
Ledger Company AccountProfit
Center
Amount
1
Amount
2
Amount
3hellip
Profitability
Operating
Concern
Market
Segmenthellip
Management Accounting
Controlling
Area
Cost
Element
Amount
1
Amount
2
Coding
Blockhellip
Asset Accounting
CompanyFixed
Assethellip
Material Ledger
Company Material hellip
Profitability Analysis in Universal JournalSingle Source of Truth
30Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Accelerated period-end closeInstant Insight
Settlements amp
Assessments
Within Period Period Close Within Period Period Close
Settlements amp
AssessmentsReportingReporting
Account Assignment
Cost Center
Internal Order
Sales Order
Project
Derivation Steps
Derivation of profitability
characteristics based on configuration
Automated derivation of profitability
characteristics
Real-time Profitability
Enriched income statement
item with more characteristics
Income statement items get a
so-called attributed profitability
segment which is used for
reporting
Available in S4HANA Cloud and S4HANA Finance planned for S4HANA OP
31Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Business Use Cases for Attributed Profitability SegmentsExamples
Example 2
Drilldown on your unbilled
revenue (WIP) in your
balance sheet and find out
more about related projects
and products
Example 1
Analyze your travel expenses by
customer and by product as they
occur - without waiting for the
closing process and settlements
to happen
Profitability characteristics are derived immediately at the point in time of each ldquoprimaryrdquo document
32Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Project-based services with real-time revenue and cost recognitionfor single-level projects
Revenue Recognition process now reflected in Universal Journal ndash
the single source of truth for all Financial data
bull No separate storage for Revenue Recognition data anymore
bull No reconciliation efforts
Business Benefits Event-Based Revenue Recognition supports the
matching principle without batch jobs at period-end close
bull Costs and revenues always match
bull Profitability reporting always up to date
Process Benefits Event-based posting provides direct link between
the original posting and the Revenue Recognition posting
bull Soft close supported by eliminating settlement and results analysis as
period close steps
bull Linkage simplifies auditing
bull Linkage allows drill-down from Revenue Recognition posting (eg WIP)
to the original posting
33Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Reporting capabilities
34Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
35Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Steer the business on an operational and strategic level
through continuous information flow
Continuous end-to-end automation improving efficiency data
integrity and visibility into finance processes
Monitor in real-time the progress quality and financial results
of the closing cycle to avoid bottlenecks and address
business concerns
Get closer to the business and make better strategic
decisions thanks to real-time insight
Enabling strategic finance with a modern system delivering
instant insight to the entire business anywhere available on-
premise and in the cloud
Vision Continuous Accounting
Real-time
Insight
Efficiency
and speed
Quality
and governance
Rob Kugel from Ventura Research wrote a blog that initially coined the phrase
httpsblogventanaresearchcom20151030continuous-accounting-enables-a-strategic-finance-department
36Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What are the advantages of a Continuous Close capability
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
elimination of tasks
real-time execution
automation
acceleration
Continuous closing eg
real-time profitability
insights before period end
closing
ldquoPredicted Actualsrdquo are
derived to enable analysis
of results at period end
during the period
partially Lab preview
Lab preview
37Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Solution offering One consistent and integrated R2R-platform
Single Source
of Truth in the
Universal
Journal ndash all
value flows in
one place
Integrated
Compliance
with Statutory
Reporting for
SAP S4HANA
Special support
for IFRS 9 15
16 and BEPS
Comprehensive
automation
Fast Close with
SAP Financial
Closing cockpit
Soft Close and
Predicted Close
initiatives
Automation of
intercompany
processing and
streamlined
reconciliation
Real-time
Consolidation
for more
transparency
and speed in
group reporting
Integrated
Disclosure
Management
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
Bringing Higher Quality Speed Efficiency and Insight by automating the statutory and management
reporting for increasingly complex accounting closing and disclosure demands
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Screenshot example Fiori for SAP S4HANA Screenshot example for SAP S4HANA Cloud
SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Roadmap
Muster
Muster
Muster
Muster
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SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Finance (aka ldquoSimple
Financerdquo) SAP Smart Business
40Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-Time Consolidation
building blocks
SAP ERP
SAP R3
Non-SAP
BPC
Integration
Currency
Translation
ModellingEliminations
Group
Reporting
Validation
Intercompany
Flexible
Upload
BPC Consolidation
BPC Planning
BPC Modelling
SAP S4HANA ON PREMISE SAP BusinessObjects
Planning and Consolidation
ACDOCA Master Data ACDOCCExten BW
Consolidation preparation RTC Enhancements
SAP S4HANA 1610
Existing functionalities
Consolidation Enhancements
Central Finance
ControllingAccounting
Disclosure Management
Validations
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA Platform amp S4HANA
(Single source of truth)
Responsiveness to changing business environment
Links operational decision with
strategic goals
Monitor execution in real time
Trigger mitigation actions
Dynamic Planning and Analysis
Integrated budgeting amp forecasting
Embedded planning with real-time access to
transactional data
Built-in predictive and simulation capabilities
Integrated budgeting embedded in closed loop performance management
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SAP BO Planning amp
Consolidation
(Optimized for S4HANA
or stand-alone)
SAP BO Cloud
Core solution components
Additional solution components
SAP S4HANA
Transactions Planning Prediction Monitor
Flexible modeling
and simulation
End-user and
process driven
Enabling
closed-loop
performance
management
Real-time transactional data access
ndash no replication
Immediate update of plans and
forecasts
Full integration of different planning
models
Planning at any level of detail and
aggregation on the fly
Embedded predictive algorithms
and simulation capabilities
SAP IBP
SAP
Real Spend
Industry
specific
planning
solutions
Dynamic planning and analysis ndash How SAP supports
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SAP RealSpend
Introducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables line managers to maximizing budget
utilization
by
proactively manage spending
in real-time
for all current and future activities
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Real-time plan to actual cash cycle
Easily consolidate global bank balances and cash
positions from data from SAP as well as non-SAP
systems
Monitor critical KPIs and have real-time overview and
response to cash requirements
Centralized bank account management including
overdraft limit and bank risk analysis management and
workflow support
Simplify and automate cash analysis and liquidity
management reducing banking fees and borrowing
costs
Improved control and compliance through integrated
signatures with change history and workflows
Treasury Management
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Bank counter-party risk management
ldquoImproving Cash
Management is a priority for
a vast majority of finance
professionalsldquo
Source Next-Generation Needs for Cash Management CFO Research2015
Manage all bank account data and signatory in one
central repository
Automate the data exchange for account opening
maintenance and closure requests through workflow and
integrating payment approval processes
Improve control and compliance through integrated
signatures with BCM payment approval change history
and workflows
Gain insight with bank account master data reports and
bank statement monitoring
Ease of operation with structured processes to open and
close bank accounts bank to bank or third party
transfers as well as cash concentration
Treasury Management
48Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
49Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time receivables and payables management
Credit Collections Dispute
Receivables Manager
Data-driven process control
for team management
Sales Team
Senior
Executives
Cash Collection Team
Cross-system automation
of collections processes to
deliver superior customer
service
Analytics and workflow
align sales AR and
executives to reduce DSO
Optimized for global
business services
deployment
Automate collaboration
with external expertise
Sta
ndard
Re
ce
iva
ble
s
Mobile analytics and
insight to avoid credit
blocks and reduce DSO
Redesigned processes
Automation and
workflow
Rating ExpertsRating Agency Credit Bureau
Update scores as
conditions change
Monitor customers
automatically
Customers
Viewdownload invoices
Send remittance
Make payments
Cloud for Credit
Integration
Cloud for
Customer
payments
Financial Operations
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Credit agency
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by the customer during the implementation project
Significant implementation effort per interfaces (= per agency)
Interfaces are XML based
XI PI is required
SAP Credit ManagementIntegration of Credit Risk Agencies in the Past
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Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by an HCP app
Maintenance of interfaces to credit agencies done by SAP
Bulk of the data of external credit reports remains in HCP app
Targeted data fields (like external rating foundation date of a companyhellip) is transferred to SAP Credit Management to
enable scoring based on external and internal data
Credit controller can access detailed data on HCP app with one click from SAP Credit Management screen
Integration of Credit Risk Agencies with
SAP S4HANA Finance Cloud for credit integration
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
53Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Clea - Cash Application
PAYMENTS INVOICES
bull Every Account Receivable (AR) team member handles a set of customer accounts differently
bull Every historical AR clearing from all the AR team becomes an important asset for Machine learning
bull For payments that cannot be automatically cleared AR team member can see a list of invoices with the
suggested ratings
Customer
54Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Solution StrategyNon-disruptive automation through SAP HANA CLOUD PLATFORM
55Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
56Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
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Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
58Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What about simulating a
change in my org model
For example in view of MampA (or other)
59Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Financial Statement InsightsIntroducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables finance professionals to reveal hidden
trends and leverage unused potential from
financial information
By
performing personalized ad-hoc analysis
simulating organizational models
based on all relevant financial information
available in S4HANA
in real-time
60Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
The SAP Hybrid Cloud ArchitectureDelivering innovation while keeping a stable Core
Futuristic Not reallyhellip Many organization are already there
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Customer success with SAP S4HANA Finance
Growing today with technology for
tomorrow
Turk Telcom wanted to transition from multiple
ledgers to an integrated business with one
software environment and speed up mergers
and acquisitions
Shorter closing period by up to 2 days
Greater clarity and visibility into financial
data
More flexibility in business operations
Simpler processes eliminating
unnecessary workload
Improve expense management
processes with SAP Fraud
management on SAP HANA
Vodafone wanted to automate and become
best in class for TampE claims audit Looking to
extrapolate to other audit systems
100 of claims now automatically
revieiwed before only 10 of employee
claims reviewed through manual process
Now able to investigate different types of
abuse while still saving costs
Increasing Revenue 100 with SAP
S4HANA Finance
Memebox wanted to create a secure
foundation for global business expansion
while improving the accuracy of inventory and
increasing insight into logistic information
100 increase in revenue sing the launch
of SAP S4HANA Finance
30 shorter delivery lead time to
customers
50 increase in sales productivity with on-
the-go data access
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Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company
The information contained herein may be changed without prior notice Some software products marketed by SAP SE and its distr ibutors contain proprietary software components
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These materials are provided by SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company for informational purposes only without representation or warranty of any kind and SAP or its affiliated
companies shall not be liable for errors or omissions with respect to the materials The only warranties for SAP or SAP affil iate company products and services are those that are
set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services if any Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty
In particular SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation or to develop or release
any functionality mentioned therein This document or any related presentation and SAP SErsquos or its affiliated companiesrsquo strategy and possible future developments products
andor platform directions and functionality are all subject to change and may be changed by SAP SE or its affiliated companies at any time for any reason without notice The
information in this document is not a commitment promise or legal obligation to deliver any material code or functionality All forward-looking statements are subject to various
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements
and they should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions
SAP and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP SE (or an SAP affiliate company)
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See httpglobalsapcomcorporate-enlegalcopyrightindexepx for additional trademark information and notices
copy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved
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On-the-fly analysis ndash personalized and role based
SAP BusinessObjects Analysis
edition for Microsoft Office
SAP BusinessObjects Lumira
SAP Business Explorer
SAP BusinessObjects
Design Studio
SAP Digital Boardroom
Chief financial officer
Financial close manager
Cash manager
Receivables manager
Payables manager
Finance for managers
Real estate manager
General ledger accountant
Accounts receivable accountant
Accounts payable accountant
Collections specialist
Dispute specialist
Management accounting
Cash Manager
Business
Intelligence
Renewed
Managerial Roles
Renewed
Transactional Roles
In progress
21Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
On-the-fly analysis ndash digital boardroom
Total
transparencySimplified
boardroom processes
Instant
data-driven insights
Real-time view of complete
company situation
Comprehensive view on key
figures across divisions
Instantly access accurate information
to address ad-hoc questions
Improve decision-making with analysis
of alternatives and implications
Reduce preparation time and
offline discussion topics
Focused collaboration to leverage
expert knowledge
22Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Digital and robotic process automation
Finance
Accurate
digital data
Identify hidden
patterns in knowledge
intensive processes
and then executes
processing
Machine Learning
Help run repetitive
rule-bases monotone
tasks
Robotics Process
Automationwith specific
process knowledge
enable rule-based
automation
Engines
Accurate
digital data
Reduces
reconciliations and
enables higher
degree of end to
end automated
processing
S4HANA Finance
ndash the digital core
Foundation for
digital automation
23Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
S4HANA
Value scenarios across the entire finance value chain
24Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
25Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
26Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time customer and product profitability
Profitability characteristics at line-
item level in real time over time
Root cause analysis and traceback
based on single source of truth
All-in cost transparency for
cross charging process
improvements and pricing
Self service comparison of
performance by customer product
groups or other dimensions
(including flexible hierarchies)
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA
Transactions Simulation Prediction
Primary Costing
SAP S4HANA
Controlling
Advanced
(amp Full)
Costing
Aggregation and Analysis of granular data for Profitability Reporting
Analysis
Time
Co
sts
Re
ve
nu
es
New dimensions
27Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Our Guiding Principlesto analyzing customer and product profitability
Acceleration of
ProcessesInstant Insight
Single Source
of Truth
28Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
From Guiding principles to functional capabilities
Profitability Analysis
in Universal Journal
Enhanced capabilities of
Account based(to allow for PA on Universal J)
New (real-time)
reporting capabilities(integration with BOhellip)
Move towards continous
accounting
Attributed profitability
segments
Event-based revenue
recognition (1)
Realignment
Resource related
Intercompany Process
Enhancements (2)
(2) Available in public cloud and on premise through activation of business function FINS_CO_ICO_PROC_ENH_101
(1) For project-based services sales projects
29Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Benefits
bull One line item table with full detail
for all applications - for instant
insight amp easy extensibility
bull Data stored only once no more
reconciliation needed - by design
bull Reduction of memory footprint
through elimination of redundancy
bull Fast multi-dimensional reporting
without replicating data to business
warehouse (BW)
bull If a warehouse is in place anyway
only one single extractor needed
bull Secondary cost elements are now
GL accounts
Universal Journal
Ledger Company
Account
Cost
Element
Balancing
Profit
Center
Amount
1
Amount
2
Amount
3
Fixed
Asset
Coding
Block
Market
SegmentMaterial
Customer
Fields hellip
General Ledger
Ledger Company AccountProfit
Center
Amount
1
Amount
2
Amount
3hellip
Profitability
Operating
Concern
Market
Segmenthellip
Management Accounting
Controlling
Area
Cost
Element
Amount
1
Amount
2
Coding
Blockhellip
Asset Accounting
CompanyFixed
Assethellip
Material Ledger
Company Material hellip
Profitability Analysis in Universal JournalSingle Source of Truth
30Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Accelerated period-end closeInstant Insight
Settlements amp
Assessments
Within Period Period Close Within Period Period Close
Settlements amp
AssessmentsReportingReporting
Account Assignment
Cost Center
Internal Order
Sales Order
Project
Derivation Steps
Derivation of profitability
characteristics based on configuration
Automated derivation of profitability
characteristics
Real-time Profitability
Enriched income statement
item with more characteristics
Income statement items get a
so-called attributed profitability
segment which is used for
reporting
Available in S4HANA Cloud and S4HANA Finance planned for S4HANA OP
31Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Business Use Cases for Attributed Profitability SegmentsExamples
Example 2
Drilldown on your unbilled
revenue (WIP) in your
balance sheet and find out
more about related projects
and products
Example 1
Analyze your travel expenses by
customer and by product as they
occur - without waiting for the
closing process and settlements
to happen
Profitability characteristics are derived immediately at the point in time of each ldquoprimaryrdquo document
32Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Project-based services with real-time revenue and cost recognitionfor single-level projects
Revenue Recognition process now reflected in Universal Journal ndash
the single source of truth for all Financial data
bull No separate storage for Revenue Recognition data anymore
bull No reconciliation efforts
Business Benefits Event-Based Revenue Recognition supports the
matching principle without batch jobs at period-end close
bull Costs and revenues always match
bull Profitability reporting always up to date
Process Benefits Event-based posting provides direct link between
the original posting and the Revenue Recognition posting
bull Soft close supported by eliminating settlement and results analysis as
period close steps
bull Linkage simplifies auditing
bull Linkage allows drill-down from Revenue Recognition posting (eg WIP)
to the original posting
33Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Reporting capabilities
34Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
35Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Steer the business on an operational and strategic level
through continuous information flow
Continuous end-to-end automation improving efficiency data
integrity and visibility into finance processes
Monitor in real-time the progress quality and financial results
of the closing cycle to avoid bottlenecks and address
business concerns
Get closer to the business and make better strategic
decisions thanks to real-time insight
Enabling strategic finance with a modern system delivering
instant insight to the entire business anywhere available on-
premise and in the cloud
Vision Continuous Accounting
Real-time
Insight
Efficiency
and speed
Quality
and governance
Rob Kugel from Ventura Research wrote a blog that initially coined the phrase
httpsblogventanaresearchcom20151030continuous-accounting-enables-a-strategic-finance-department
36Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What are the advantages of a Continuous Close capability
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
elimination of tasks
real-time execution
automation
acceleration
Continuous closing eg
real-time profitability
insights before period end
closing
ldquoPredicted Actualsrdquo are
derived to enable analysis
of results at period end
during the period
partially Lab preview
Lab preview
37Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Solution offering One consistent and integrated R2R-platform
Single Source
of Truth in the
Universal
Journal ndash all
value flows in
one place
Integrated
Compliance
with Statutory
Reporting for
SAP S4HANA
Special support
for IFRS 9 15
16 and BEPS
Comprehensive
automation
Fast Close with
SAP Financial
Closing cockpit
Soft Close and
Predicted Close
initiatives
Automation of
intercompany
processing and
streamlined
reconciliation
Real-time
Consolidation
for more
transparency
and speed in
group reporting
Integrated
Disclosure
Management
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
Bringing Higher Quality Speed Efficiency and Insight by automating the statutory and management
reporting for increasingly complex accounting closing and disclosure demands
38Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Screenshot example Fiori for SAP S4HANA Screenshot example for SAP S4HANA Cloud
SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Roadmap
Muster
Muster
Muster
Muster
39Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Finance (aka ldquoSimple
Financerdquo) SAP Smart Business
40Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-Time Consolidation
building blocks
SAP ERP
SAP R3
Non-SAP
BPC
Integration
Currency
Translation
ModellingEliminations
Group
Reporting
Validation
Intercompany
Flexible
Upload
BPC Consolidation
BPC Planning
BPC Modelling
SAP S4HANA ON PREMISE SAP BusinessObjects
Planning and Consolidation
ACDOCA Master Data ACDOCCExten BW
Consolidation preparation RTC Enhancements
SAP S4HANA 1610
Existing functionalities
Consolidation Enhancements
Central Finance
ControllingAccounting
Disclosure Management
Validations
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA Platform amp S4HANA
(Single source of truth)
Responsiveness to changing business environment
Links operational decision with
strategic goals
Monitor execution in real time
Trigger mitigation actions
Dynamic Planning and Analysis
Integrated budgeting amp forecasting
Embedded planning with real-time access to
transactional data
Built-in predictive and simulation capabilities
Integrated budgeting embedded in closed loop performance management
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SAP BO Planning amp
Consolidation
(Optimized for S4HANA
or stand-alone)
SAP BO Cloud
Core solution components
Additional solution components
SAP S4HANA
Transactions Planning Prediction Monitor
Flexible modeling
and simulation
End-user and
process driven
Enabling
closed-loop
performance
management
Real-time transactional data access
ndash no replication
Immediate update of plans and
forecasts
Full integration of different planning
models
Planning at any level of detail and
aggregation on the fly
Embedded predictive algorithms
and simulation capabilities
SAP IBP
SAP
Real Spend
Industry
specific
planning
solutions
Dynamic planning and analysis ndash How SAP supports
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SAP RealSpend
Introducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables line managers to maximizing budget
utilization
by
proactively manage spending
in real-time
for all current and future activities
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Real-time plan to actual cash cycle
Easily consolidate global bank balances and cash
positions from data from SAP as well as non-SAP
systems
Monitor critical KPIs and have real-time overview and
response to cash requirements
Centralized bank account management including
overdraft limit and bank risk analysis management and
workflow support
Simplify and automate cash analysis and liquidity
management reducing banking fees and borrowing
costs
Improved control and compliance through integrated
signatures with change history and workflows
Treasury Management
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Bank counter-party risk management
ldquoImproving Cash
Management is a priority for
a vast majority of finance
professionalsldquo
Source Next-Generation Needs for Cash Management CFO Research2015
Manage all bank account data and signatory in one
central repository
Automate the data exchange for account opening
maintenance and closure requests through workflow and
integrating payment approval processes
Improve control and compliance through integrated
signatures with BCM payment approval change history
and workflows
Gain insight with bank account master data reports and
bank statement monitoring
Ease of operation with structured processes to open and
close bank accounts bank to bank or third party
transfers as well as cash concentration
Treasury Management
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Real-time receivables and payables management
Credit Collections Dispute
Receivables Manager
Data-driven process control
for team management
Sales Team
Senior
Executives
Cash Collection Team
Cross-system automation
of collections processes to
deliver superior customer
service
Analytics and workflow
align sales AR and
executives to reduce DSO
Optimized for global
business services
deployment
Automate collaboration
with external expertise
Sta
ndard
Re
ce
iva
ble
s
Mobile analytics and
insight to avoid credit
blocks and reduce DSO
Redesigned processes
Automation and
workflow
Rating ExpertsRating Agency Credit Bureau
Update scores as
conditions change
Monitor customers
automatically
Customers
Viewdownload invoices
Send remittance
Make payments
Cloud for Credit
Integration
Cloud for
Customer
payments
Financial Operations
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Credit agency
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by the customer during the implementation project
Significant implementation effort per interfaces (= per agency)
Interfaces are XML based
XI PI is required
SAP Credit ManagementIntegration of Credit Risk Agencies in the Past
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Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by an HCP app
Maintenance of interfaces to credit agencies done by SAP
Bulk of the data of external credit reports remains in HCP app
Targeted data fields (like external rating foundation date of a companyhellip) is transferred to SAP Credit Management to
enable scoring based on external and internal data
Credit controller can access detailed data on HCP app with one click from SAP Credit Management screen
Integration of Credit Risk Agencies with
SAP S4HANA Finance Cloud for credit integration
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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SAP Clea - Cash Application
PAYMENTS INVOICES
bull Every Account Receivable (AR) team member handles a set of customer accounts differently
bull Every historical AR clearing from all the AR team becomes an important asset for Machine learning
bull For payments that cannot be automatically cleared AR team member can see a list of invoices with the
suggested ratings
Customer
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SAP Solution StrategyNon-disruptive automation through SAP HANA CLOUD PLATFORM
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
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Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
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What about simulating a
change in my org model
For example in view of MampA (or other)
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SAP Financial Statement InsightsIntroducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables finance professionals to reveal hidden
trends and leverage unused potential from
financial information
By
performing personalized ad-hoc analysis
simulating organizational models
based on all relevant financial information
available in S4HANA
in real-time
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The SAP Hybrid Cloud ArchitectureDelivering innovation while keeping a stable Core
Futuristic Not reallyhellip Many organization are already there
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Customer success with SAP S4HANA Finance
Growing today with technology for
tomorrow
Turk Telcom wanted to transition from multiple
ledgers to an integrated business with one
software environment and speed up mergers
and acquisitions
Shorter closing period by up to 2 days
Greater clarity and visibility into financial
data
More flexibility in business operations
Simpler processes eliminating
unnecessary workload
Improve expense management
processes with SAP Fraud
management on SAP HANA
Vodafone wanted to automate and become
best in class for TampE claims audit Looking to
extrapolate to other audit systems
100 of claims now automatically
revieiwed before only 10 of employee
claims reviewed through manual process
Now able to investigate different types of
abuse while still saving costs
Increasing Revenue 100 with SAP
S4HANA Finance
Memebox wanted to create a secure
foundation for global business expansion
while improving the accuracy of inventory and
increasing insight into logistic information
100 increase in revenue sing the launch
of SAP S4HANA Finance
30 shorter delivery lead time to
customers
50 increase in sales productivity with on-
the-go data access
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Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
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The information contained herein may be changed without prior notice Some software products marketed by SAP SE and its distr ibutors contain proprietary software components
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These materials are provided by SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company for informational purposes only without representation or warranty of any kind and SAP or its affiliated
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In particular SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation or to develop or release
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On-the-fly analysis ndash digital boardroom
Total
transparencySimplified
boardroom processes
Instant
data-driven insights
Real-time view of complete
company situation
Comprehensive view on key
figures across divisions
Instantly access accurate information
to address ad-hoc questions
Improve decision-making with analysis
of alternatives and implications
Reduce preparation time and
offline discussion topics
Focused collaboration to leverage
expert knowledge
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Digital and robotic process automation
Finance
Accurate
digital data
Identify hidden
patterns in knowledge
intensive processes
and then executes
processing
Machine Learning
Help run repetitive
rule-bases monotone
tasks
Robotics Process
Automationwith specific
process knowledge
enable rule-based
automation
Engines
Accurate
digital data
Reduces
reconciliations and
enables higher
degree of end to
end automated
processing
S4HANA Finance
ndash the digital core
Foundation for
digital automation
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S4HANA
Value scenarios across the entire finance value chain
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
25Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Real-time customer and product profitability
Profitability characteristics at line-
item level in real time over time
Root cause analysis and traceback
based on single source of truth
All-in cost transparency for
cross charging process
improvements and pricing
Self service comparison of
performance by customer product
groups or other dimensions
(including flexible hierarchies)
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA
Transactions Simulation Prediction
Primary Costing
SAP S4HANA
Controlling
Advanced
(amp Full)
Costing
Aggregation and Analysis of granular data for Profitability Reporting
Analysis
Time
Co
sts
Re
ve
nu
es
New dimensions
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Our Guiding Principlesto analyzing customer and product profitability
Acceleration of
ProcessesInstant Insight
Single Source
of Truth
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From Guiding principles to functional capabilities
Profitability Analysis
in Universal Journal
Enhanced capabilities of
Account based(to allow for PA on Universal J)
New (real-time)
reporting capabilities(integration with BOhellip)
Move towards continous
accounting
Attributed profitability
segments
Event-based revenue
recognition (1)
Realignment
Resource related
Intercompany Process
Enhancements (2)
(2) Available in public cloud and on premise through activation of business function FINS_CO_ICO_PROC_ENH_101
(1) For project-based services sales projects
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Benefits
bull One line item table with full detail
for all applications - for instant
insight amp easy extensibility
bull Data stored only once no more
reconciliation needed - by design
bull Reduction of memory footprint
through elimination of redundancy
bull Fast multi-dimensional reporting
without replicating data to business
warehouse (BW)
bull If a warehouse is in place anyway
only one single extractor needed
bull Secondary cost elements are now
GL accounts
Universal Journal
Ledger Company
Account
Cost
Element
Balancing
Profit
Center
Amount
1
Amount
2
Amount
3
Fixed
Asset
Coding
Block
Market
SegmentMaterial
Customer
Fields hellip
General Ledger
Ledger Company AccountProfit
Center
Amount
1
Amount
2
Amount
3hellip
Profitability
Operating
Concern
Market
Segmenthellip
Management Accounting
Controlling
Area
Cost
Element
Amount
1
Amount
2
Coding
Blockhellip
Asset Accounting
CompanyFixed
Assethellip
Material Ledger
Company Material hellip
Profitability Analysis in Universal JournalSingle Source of Truth
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Accelerated period-end closeInstant Insight
Settlements amp
Assessments
Within Period Period Close Within Period Period Close
Settlements amp
AssessmentsReportingReporting
Account Assignment
Cost Center
Internal Order
Sales Order
Project
Derivation Steps
Derivation of profitability
characteristics based on configuration
Automated derivation of profitability
characteristics
Real-time Profitability
Enriched income statement
item with more characteristics
Income statement items get a
so-called attributed profitability
segment which is used for
reporting
Available in S4HANA Cloud and S4HANA Finance planned for S4HANA OP
31Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Business Use Cases for Attributed Profitability SegmentsExamples
Example 2
Drilldown on your unbilled
revenue (WIP) in your
balance sheet and find out
more about related projects
and products
Example 1
Analyze your travel expenses by
customer and by product as they
occur - without waiting for the
closing process and settlements
to happen
Profitability characteristics are derived immediately at the point in time of each ldquoprimaryrdquo document
32Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Project-based services with real-time revenue and cost recognitionfor single-level projects
Revenue Recognition process now reflected in Universal Journal ndash
the single source of truth for all Financial data
bull No separate storage for Revenue Recognition data anymore
bull No reconciliation efforts
Business Benefits Event-Based Revenue Recognition supports the
matching principle without batch jobs at period-end close
bull Costs and revenues always match
bull Profitability reporting always up to date
Process Benefits Event-based posting provides direct link between
the original posting and the Revenue Recognition posting
bull Soft close supported by eliminating settlement and results analysis as
period close steps
bull Linkage simplifies auditing
bull Linkage allows drill-down from Revenue Recognition posting (eg WIP)
to the original posting
33Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Reporting capabilities
34Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Steer the business on an operational and strategic level
through continuous information flow
Continuous end-to-end automation improving efficiency data
integrity and visibility into finance processes
Monitor in real-time the progress quality and financial results
of the closing cycle to avoid bottlenecks and address
business concerns
Get closer to the business and make better strategic
decisions thanks to real-time insight
Enabling strategic finance with a modern system delivering
instant insight to the entire business anywhere available on-
premise and in the cloud
Vision Continuous Accounting
Real-time
Insight
Efficiency
and speed
Quality
and governance
Rob Kugel from Ventura Research wrote a blog that initially coined the phrase
httpsblogventanaresearchcom20151030continuous-accounting-enables-a-strategic-finance-department
36Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What are the advantages of a Continuous Close capability
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
elimination of tasks
real-time execution
automation
acceleration
Continuous closing eg
real-time profitability
insights before period end
closing
ldquoPredicted Actualsrdquo are
derived to enable analysis
of results at period end
during the period
partially Lab preview
Lab preview
37Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Solution offering One consistent and integrated R2R-platform
Single Source
of Truth in the
Universal
Journal ndash all
value flows in
one place
Integrated
Compliance
with Statutory
Reporting for
SAP S4HANA
Special support
for IFRS 9 15
16 and BEPS
Comprehensive
automation
Fast Close with
SAP Financial
Closing cockpit
Soft Close and
Predicted Close
initiatives
Automation of
intercompany
processing and
streamlined
reconciliation
Real-time
Consolidation
for more
transparency
and speed in
group reporting
Integrated
Disclosure
Management
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
Bringing Higher Quality Speed Efficiency and Insight by automating the statutory and management
reporting for increasingly complex accounting closing and disclosure demands
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Screenshot example Fiori for SAP S4HANA Screenshot example for SAP S4HANA Cloud
SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Roadmap
Muster
Muster
Muster
Muster
39Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Finance (aka ldquoSimple
Financerdquo) SAP Smart Business
40Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-Time Consolidation
building blocks
SAP ERP
SAP R3
Non-SAP
BPC
Integration
Currency
Translation
ModellingEliminations
Group
Reporting
Validation
Intercompany
Flexible
Upload
BPC Consolidation
BPC Planning
BPC Modelling
SAP S4HANA ON PREMISE SAP BusinessObjects
Planning and Consolidation
ACDOCA Master Data ACDOCCExten BW
Consolidation preparation RTC Enhancements
SAP S4HANA 1610
Existing functionalities
Consolidation Enhancements
Central Finance
ControllingAccounting
Disclosure Management
Validations
41Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
42Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA Platform amp S4HANA
(Single source of truth)
Responsiveness to changing business environment
Links operational decision with
strategic goals
Monitor execution in real time
Trigger mitigation actions
Dynamic Planning and Analysis
Integrated budgeting amp forecasting
Embedded planning with real-time access to
transactional data
Built-in predictive and simulation capabilities
Integrated budgeting embedded in closed loop performance management
43Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP BO Planning amp
Consolidation
(Optimized for S4HANA
or stand-alone)
SAP BO Cloud
Core solution components
Additional solution components
SAP S4HANA
Transactions Planning Prediction Monitor
Flexible modeling
and simulation
End-user and
process driven
Enabling
closed-loop
performance
management
Real-time transactional data access
ndash no replication
Immediate update of plans and
forecasts
Full integration of different planning
models
Planning at any level of detail and
aggregation on the fly
Embedded predictive algorithms
and simulation capabilities
SAP IBP
SAP
Real Spend
Industry
specific
planning
solutions
Dynamic planning and analysis ndash How SAP supports
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SAP RealSpend
Introducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables line managers to maximizing budget
utilization
by
proactively manage spending
in real-time
for all current and future activities
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Real-time plan to actual cash cycle
Easily consolidate global bank balances and cash
positions from data from SAP as well as non-SAP
systems
Monitor critical KPIs and have real-time overview and
response to cash requirements
Centralized bank account management including
overdraft limit and bank risk analysis management and
workflow support
Simplify and automate cash analysis and liquidity
management reducing banking fees and borrowing
costs
Improved control and compliance through integrated
signatures with change history and workflows
Treasury Management
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Bank counter-party risk management
ldquoImproving Cash
Management is a priority for
a vast majority of finance
professionalsldquo
Source Next-Generation Needs for Cash Management CFO Research2015
Manage all bank account data and signatory in one
central repository
Automate the data exchange for account opening
maintenance and closure requests through workflow and
integrating payment approval processes
Improve control and compliance through integrated
signatures with BCM payment approval change history
and workflows
Gain insight with bank account master data reports and
bank statement monitoring
Ease of operation with structured processes to open and
close bank accounts bank to bank or third party
transfers as well as cash concentration
Treasury Management
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Real-time receivables and payables management
Credit Collections Dispute
Receivables Manager
Data-driven process control
for team management
Sales Team
Senior
Executives
Cash Collection Team
Cross-system automation
of collections processes to
deliver superior customer
service
Analytics and workflow
align sales AR and
executives to reduce DSO
Optimized for global
business services
deployment
Automate collaboration
with external expertise
Sta
ndard
Re
ce
iva
ble
s
Mobile analytics and
insight to avoid credit
blocks and reduce DSO
Redesigned processes
Automation and
workflow
Rating ExpertsRating Agency Credit Bureau
Update scores as
conditions change
Monitor customers
automatically
Customers
Viewdownload invoices
Send remittance
Make payments
Cloud for Credit
Integration
Cloud for
Customer
payments
Financial Operations
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Credit agency
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by the customer during the implementation project
Significant implementation effort per interfaces (= per agency)
Interfaces are XML based
XI PI is required
SAP Credit ManagementIntegration of Credit Risk Agencies in the Past
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Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by an HCP app
Maintenance of interfaces to credit agencies done by SAP
Bulk of the data of external credit reports remains in HCP app
Targeted data fields (like external rating foundation date of a companyhellip) is transferred to SAP Credit Management to
enable scoring based on external and internal data
Credit controller can access detailed data on HCP app with one click from SAP Credit Management screen
Integration of Credit Risk Agencies with
SAP S4HANA Finance Cloud for credit integration
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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SAP Clea - Cash Application
PAYMENTS INVOICES
bull Every Account Receivable (AR) team member handles a set of customer accounts differently
bull Every historical AR clearing from all the AR team becomes an important asset for Machine learning
bull For payments that cannot be automatically cleared AR team member can see a list of invoices with the
suggested ratings
Customer
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SAP Solution StrategyNon-disruptive automation through SAP HANA CLOUD PLATFORM
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
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Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
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What about simulating a
change in my org model
For example in view of MampA (or other)
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SAP Financial Statement InsightsIntroducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables finance professionals to reveal hidden
trends and leverage unused potential from
financial information
By
performing personalized ad-hoc analysis
simulating organizational models
based on all relevant financial information
available in S4HANA
in real-time
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The SAP Hybrid Cloud ArchitectureDelivering innovation while keeping a stable Core
Futuristic Not reallyhellip Many organization are already there
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Customer success with SAP S4HANA Finance
Growing today with technology for
tomorrow
Turk Telcom wanted to transition from multiple
ledgers to an integrated business with one
software environment and speed up mergers
and acquisitions
Shorter closing period by up to 2 days
Greater clarity and visibility into financial
data
More flexibility in business operations
Simpler processes eliminating
unnecessary workload
Improve expense management
processes with SAP Fraud
management on SAP HANA
Vodafone wanted to automate and become
best in class for TampE claims audit Looking to
extrapolate to other audit systems
100 of claims now automatically
revieiwed before only 10 of employee
claims reviewed through manual process
Now able to investigate different types of
abuse while still saving costs
Increasing Revenue 100 with SAP
S4HANA Finance
Memebox wanted to create a secure
foundation for global business expansion
while improving the accuracy of inventory and
increasing insight into logistic information
100 increase in revenue sing the launch
of SAP S4HANA Finance
30 shorter delivery lead time to
customers
50 increase in sales productivity with on-
the-go data access
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Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
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In particular SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation or to develop or release
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Digital and robotic process automation
Finance
Accurate
digital data
Identify hidden
patterns in knowledge
intensive processes
and then executes
processing
Machine Learning
Help run repetitive
rule-bases monotone
tasks
Robotics Process
Automationwith specific
process knowledge
enable rule-based
automation
Engines
Accurate
digital data
Reduces
reconciliations and
enables higher
degree of end to
end automated
processing
S4HANA Finance
ndash the digital core
Foundation for
digital automation
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S4HANA
Value scenarios across the entire finance value chain
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
25Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Real-time customer and product profitability
Profitability characteristics at line-
item level in real time over time
Root cause analysis and traceback
based on single source of truth
All-in cost transparency for
cross charging process
improvements and pricing
Self service comparison of
performance by customer product
groups or other dimensions
(including flexible hierarchies)
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA
Transactions Simulation Prediction
Primary Costing
SAP S4HANA
Controlling
Advanced
(amp Full)
Costing
Aggregation and Analysis of granular data for Profitability Reporting
Analysis
Time
Co
sts
Re
ve
nu
es
New dimensions
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Our Guiding Principlesto analyzing customer and product profitability
Acceleration of
ProcessesInstant Insight
Single Source
of Truth
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From Guiding principles to functional capabilities
Profitability Analysis
in Universal Journal
Enhanced capabilities of
Account based(to allow for PA on Universal J)
New (real-time)
reporting capabilities(integration with BOhellip)
Move towards continous
accounting
Attributed profitability
segments
Event-based revenue
recognition (1)
Realignment
Resource related
Intercompany Process
Enhancements (2)
(2) Available in public cloud and on premise through activation of business function FINS_CO_ICO_PROC_ENH_101
(1) For project-based services sales projects
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Benefits
bull One line item table with full detail
for all applications - for instant
insight amp easy extensibility
bull Data stored only once no more
reconciliation needed - by design
bull Reduction of memory footprint
through elimination of redundancy
bull Fast multi-dimensional reporting
without replicating data to business
warehouse (BW)
bull If a warehouse is in place anyway
only one single extractor needed
bull Secondary cost elements are now
GL accounts
Universal Journal
Ledger Company
Account
Cost
Element
Balancing
Profit
Center
Amount
1
Amount
2
Amount
3
Fixed
Asset
Coding
Block
Market
SegmentMaterial
Customer
Fields hellip
General Ledger
Ledger Company AccountProfit
Center
Amount
1
Amount
2
Amount
3hellip
Profitability
Operating
Concern
Market
Segmenthellip
Management Accounting
Controlling
Area
Cost
Element
Amount
1
Amount
2
Coding
Blockhellip
Asset Accounting
CompanyFixed
Assethellip
Material Ledger
Company Material hellip
Profitability Analysis in Universal JournalSingle Source of Truth
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Accelerated period-end closeInstant Insight
Settlements amp
Assessments
Within Period Period Close Within Period Period Close
Settlements amp
AssessmentsReportingReporting
Account Assignment
Cost Center
Internal Order
Sales Order
Project
Derivation Steps
Derivation of profitability
characteristics based on configuration
Automated derivation of profitability
characteristics
Real-time Profitability
Enriched income statement
item with more characteristics
Income statement items get a
so-called attributed profitability
segment which is used for
reporting
Available in S4HANA Cloud and S4HANA Finance planned for S4HANA OP
31Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Business Use Cases for Attributed Profitability SegmentsExamples
Example 2
Drilldown on your unbilled
revenue (WIP) in your
balance sheet and find out
more about related projects
and products
Example 1
Analyze your travel expenses by
customer and by product as they
occur - without waiting for the
closing process and settlements
to happen
Profitability characteristics are derived immediately at the point in time of each ldquoprimaryrdquo document
32Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Project-based services with real-time revenue and cost recognitionfor single-level projects
Revenue Recognition process now reflected in Universal Journal ndash
the single source of truth for all Financial data
bull No separate storage for Revenue Recognition data anymore
bull No reconciliation efforts
Business Benefits Event-Based Revenue Recognition supports the
matching principle without batch jobs at period-end close
bull Costs and revenues always match
bull Profitability reporting always up to date
Process Benefits Event-based posting provides direct link between
the original posting and the Revenue Recognition posting
bull Soft close supported by eliminating settlement and results analysis as
period close steps
bull Linkage simplifies auditing
bull Linkage allows drill-down from Revenue Recognition posting (eg WIP)
to the original posting
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Reporting capabilities
34Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
35Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Steer the business on an operational and strategic level
through continuous information flow
Continuous end-to-end automation improving efficiency data
integrity and visibility into finance processes
Monitor in real-time the progress quality and financial results
of the closing cycle to avoid bottlenecks and address
business concerns
Get closer to the business and make better strategic
decisions thanks to real-time insight
Enabling strategic finance with a modern system delivering
instant insight to the entire business anywhere available on-
premise and in the cloud
Vision Continuous Accounting
Real-time
Insight
Efficiency
and speed
Quality
and governance
Rob Kugel from Ventura Research wrote a blog that initially coined the phrase
httpsblogventanaresearchcom20151030continuous-accounting-enables-a-strategic-finance-department
36Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What are the advantages of a Continuous Close capability
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
elimination of tasks
real-time execution
automation
acceleration
Continuous closing eg
real-time profitability
insights before period end
closing
ldquoPredicted Actualsrdquo are
derived to enable analysis
of results at period end
during the period
partially Lab preview
Lab preview
37Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Solution offering One consistent and integrated R2R-platform
Single Source
of Truth in the
Universal
Journal ndash all
value flows in
one place
Integrated
Compliance
with Statutory
Reporting for
SAP S4HANA
Special support
for IFRS 9 15
16 and BEPS
Comprehensive
automation
Fast Close with
SAP Financial
Closing cockpit
Soft Close and
Predicted Close
initiatives
Automation of
intercompany
processing and
streamlined
reconciliation
Real-time
Consolidation
for more
transparency
and speed in
group reporting
Integrated
Disclosure
Management
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
Bringing Higher Quality Speed Efficiency and Insight by automating the statutory and management
reporting for increasingly complex accounting closing and disclosure demands
38Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Screenshot example Fiori for SAP S4HANA Screenshot example for SAP S4HANA Cloud
SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Roadmap
Muster
Muster
Muster
Muster
39Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Finance (aka ldquoSimple
Financerdquo) SAP Smart Business
40Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-Time Consolidation
building blocks
SAP ERP
SAP R3
Non-SAP
BPC
Integration
Currency
Translation
ModellingEliminations
Group
Reporting
Validation
Intercompany
Flexible
Upload
BPC Consolidation
BPC Planning
BPC Modelling
SAP S4HANA ON PREMISE SAP BusinessObjects
Planning and Consolidation
ACDOCA Master Data ACDOCCExten BW
Consolidation preparation RTC Enhancements
SAP S4HANA 1610
Existing functionalities
Consolidation Enhancements
Central Finance
ControllingAccounting
Disclosure Management
Validations
41Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
42Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA Platform amp S4HANA
(Single source of truth)
Responsiveness to changing business environment
Links operational decision with
strategic goals
Monitor execution in real time
Trigger mitigation actions
Dynamic Planning and Analysis
Integrated budgeting amp forecasting
Embedded planning with real-time access to
transactional data
Built-in predictive and simulation capabilities
Integrated budgeting embedded in closed loop performance management
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SAP BO Planning amp
Consolidation
(Optimized for S4HANA
or stand-alone)
SAP BO Cloud
Core solution components
Additional solution components
SAP S4HANA
Transactions Planning Prediction Monitor
Flexible modeling
and simulation
End-user and
process driven
Enabling
closed-loop
performance
management
Real-time transactional data access
ndash no replication
Immediate update of plans and
forecasts
Full integration of different planning
models
Planning at any level of detail and
aggregation on the fly
Embedded predictive algorithms
and simulation capabilities
SAP IBP
SAP
Real Spend
Industry
specific
planning
solutions
Dynamic planning and analysis ndash How SAP supports
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SAP RealSpend
Introducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables line managers to maximizing budget
utilization
by
proactively manage spending
in real-time
for all current and future activities
45Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
46Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time plan to actual cash cycle
Easily consolidate global bank balances and cash
positions from data from SAP as well as non-SAP
systems
Monitor critical KPIs and have real-time overview and
response to cash requirements
Centralized bank account management including
overdraft limit and bank risk analysis management and
workflow support
Simplify and automate cash analysis and liquidity
management reducing banking fees and borrowing
costs
Improved control and compliance through integrated
signatures with change history and workflows
Treasury Management
47Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Bank counter-party risk management
ldquoImproving Cash
Management is a priority for
a vast majority of finance
professionalsldquo
Source Next-Generation Needs for Cash Management CFO Research2015
Manage all bank account data and signatory in one
central repository
Automate the data exchange for account opening
maintenance and closure requests through workflow and
integrating payment approval processes
Improve control and compliance through integrated
signatures with BCM payment approval change history
and workflows
Gain insight with bank account master data reports and
bank statement monitoring
Ease of operation with structured processes to open and
close bank accounts bank to bank or third party
transfers as well as cash concentration
Treasury Management
48Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
49Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time receivables and payables management
Credit Collections Dispute
Receivables Manager
Data-driven process control
for team management
Sales Team
Senior
Executives
Cash Collection Team
Cross-system automation
of collections processes to
deliver superior customer
service
Analytics and workflow
align sales AR and
executives to reduce DSO
Optimized for global
business services
deployment
Automate collaboration
with external expertise
Sta
ndard
Re
ce
iva
ble
s
Mobile analytics and
insight to avoid credit
blocks and reduce DSO
Redesigned processes
Automation and
workflow
Rating ExpertsRating Agency Credit Bureau
Update scores as
conditions change
Monitor customers
automatically
Customers
Viewdownload invoices
Send remittance
Make payments
Cloud for Credit
Integration
Cloud for
Customer
payments
Financial Operations
50Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Credit agency
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by the customer during the implementation project
Significant implementation effort per interfaces (= per agency)
Interfaces are XML based
XI PI is required
SAP Credit ManagementIntegration of Credit Risk Agencies in the Past
51Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by an HCP app
Maintenance of interfaces to credit agencies done by SAP
Bulk of the data of external credit reports remains in HCP app
Targeted data fields (like external rating foundation date of a companyhellip) is transferred to SAP Credit Management to
enable scoring based on external and internal data
Credit controller can access detailed data on HCP app with one click from SAP Credit Management screen
Integration of Credit Risk Agencies with
SAP S4HANA Finance Cloud for credit integration
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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SAP Clea - Cash Application
PAYMENTS INVOICES
bull Every Account Receivable (AR) team member handles a set of customer accounts differently
bull Every historical AR clearing from all the AR team becomes an important asset for Machine learning
bull For payments that cannot be automatically cleared AR team member can see a list of invoices with the
suggested ratings
Customer
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SAP Solution StrategyNon-disruptive automation through SAP HANA CLOUD PLATFORM
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
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Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
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What about simulating a
change in my org model
For example in view of MampA (or other)
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SAP Financial Statement InsightsIntroducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables finance professionals to reveal hidden
trends and leverage unused potential from
financial information
By
performing personalized ad-hoc analysis
simulating organizational models
based on all relevant financial information
available in S4HANA
in real-time
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The SAP Hybrid Cloud ArchitectureDelivering innovation while keeping a stable Core
Futuristic Not reallyhellip Many organization are already there
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Customer success with SAP S4HANA Finance
Growing today with technology for
tomorrow
Turk Telcom wanted to transition from multiple
ledgers to an integrated business with one
software environment and speed up mergers
and acquisitions
Shorter closing period by up to 2 days
Greater clarity and visibility into financial
data
More flexibility in business operations
Simpler processes eliminating
unnecessary workload
Improve expense management
processes with SAP Fraud
management on SAP HANA
Vodafone wanted to automate and become
best in class for TampE claims audit Looking to
extrapolate to other audit systems
100 of claims now automatically
revieiwed before only 10 of employee
claims reviewed through manual process
Now able to investigate different types of
abuse while still saving costs
Increasing Revenue 100 with SAP
S4HANA Finance
Memebox wanted to create a secure
foundation for global business expansion
while improving the accuracy of inventory and
increasing insight into logistic information
100 increase in revenue sing the launch
of SAP S4HANA Finance
30 shorter delivery lead time to
customers
50 increase in sales productivity with on-
the-go data access
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Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
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In particular SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation or to develop or release
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S4HANA
Value scenarios across the entire finance value chain
24Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
25Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Real-time customer and product profitability
Profitability characteristics at line-
item level in real time over time
Root cause analysis and traceback
based on single source of truth
All-in cost transparency for
cross charging process
improvements and pricing
Self service comparison of
performance by customer product
groups or other dimensions
(including flexible hierarchies)
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA
Transactions Simulation Prediction
Primary Costing
SAP S4HANA
Controlling
Advanced
(amp Full)
Costing
Aggregation and Analysis of granular data for Profitability Reporting
Analysis
Time
Co
sts
Re
ve
nu
es
New dimensions
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Our Guiding Principlesto analyzing customer and product profitability
Acceleration of
ProcessesInstant Insight
Single Source
of Truth
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From Guiding principles to functional capabilities
Profitability Analysis
in Universal Journal
Enhanced capabilities of
Account based(to allow for PA on Universal J)
New (real-time)
reporting capabilities(integration with BOhellip)
Move towards continous
accounting
Attributed profitability
segments
Event-based revenue
recognition (1)
Realignment
Resource related
Intercompany Process
Enhancements (2)
(2) Available in public cloud and on premise through activation of business function FINS_CO_ICO_PROC_ENH_101
(1) For project-based services sales projects
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Benefits
bull One line item table with full detail
for all applications - for instant
insight amp easy extensibility
bull Data stored only once no more
reconciliation needed - by design
bull Reduction of memory footprint
through elimination of redundancy
bull Fast multi-dimensional reporting
without replicating data to business
warehouse (BW)
bull If a warehouse is in place anyway
only one single extractor needed
bull Secondary cost elements are now
GL accounts
Universal Journal
Ledger Company
Account
Cost
Element
Balancing
Profit
Center
Amount
1
Amount
2
Amount
3
Fixed
Asset
Coding
Block
Market
SegmentMaterial
Customer
Fields hellip
General Ledger
Ledger Company AccountProfit
Center
Amount
1
Amount
2
Amount
3hellip
Profitability
Operating
Concern
Market
Segmenthellip
Management Accounting
Controlling
Area
Cost
Element
Amount
1
Amount
2
Coding
Blockhellip
Asset Accounting
CompanyFixed
Assethellip
Material Ledger
Company Material hellip
Profitability Analysis in Universal JournalSingle Source of Truth
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Accelerated period-end closeInstant Insight
Settlements amp
Assessments
Within Period Period Close Within Period Period Close
Settlements amp
AssessmentsReportingReporting
Account Assignment
Cost Center
Internal Order
Sales Order
Project
Derivation Steps
Derivation of profitability
characteristics based on configuration
Automated derivation of profitability
characteristics
Real-time Profitability
Enriched income statement
item with more characteristics
Income statement items get a
so-called attributed profitability
segment which is used for
reporting
Available in S4HANA Cloud and S4HANA Finance planned for S4HANA OP
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Business Use Cases for Attributed Profitability SegmentsExamples
Example 2
Drilldown on your unbilled
revenue (WIP) in your
balance sheet and find out
more about related projects
and products
Example 1
Analyze your travel expenses by
customer and by product as they
occur - without waiting for the
closing process and settlements
to happen
Profitability characteristics are derived immediately at the point in time of each ldquoprimaryrdquo document
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Project-based services with real-time revenue and cost recognitionfor single-level projects
Revenue Recognition process now reflected in Universal Journal ndash
the single source of truth for all Financial data
bull No separate storage for Revenue Recognition data anymore
bull No reconciliation efforts
Business Benefits Event-Based Revenue Recognition supports the
matching principle without batch jobs at period-end close
bull Costs and revenues always match
bull Profitability reporting always up to date
Process Benefits Event-based posting provides direct link between
the original posting and the Revenue Recognition posting
bull Soft close supported by eliminating settlement and results analysis as
period close steps
bull Linkage simplifies auditing
bull Linkage allows drill-down from Revenue Recognition posting (eg WIP)
to the original posting
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Reporting capabilities
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Steer the business on an operational and strategic level
through continuous information flow
Continuous end-to-end automation improving efficiency data
integrity and visibility into finance processes
Monitor in real-time the progress quality and financial results
of the closing cycle to avoid bottlenecks and address
business concerns
Get closer to the business and make better strategic
decisions thanks to real-time insight
Enabling strategic finance with a modern system delivering
instant insight to the entire business anywhere available on-
premise and in the cloud
Vision Continuous Accounting
Real-time
Insight
Efficiency
and speed
Quality
and governance
Rob Kugel from Ventura Research wrote a blog that initially coined the phrase
httpsblogventanaresearchcom20151030continuous-accounting-enables-a-strategic-finance-department
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What are the advantages of a Continuous Close capability
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
elimination of tasks
real-time execution
automation
acceleration
Continuous closing eg
real-time profitability
insights before period end
closing
ldquoPredicted Actualsrdquo are
derived to enable analysis
of results at period end
during the period
partially Lab preview
Lab preview
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SAP Solution offering One consistent and integrated R2R-platform
Single Source
of Truth in the
Universal
Journal ndash all
value flows in
one place
Integrated
Compliance
with Statutory
Reporting for
SAP S4HANA
Special support
for IFRS 9 15
16 and BEPS
Comprehensive
automation
Fast Close with
SAP Financial
Closing cockpit
Soft Close and
Predicted Close
initiatives
Automation of
intercompany
processing and
streamlined
reconciliation
Real-time
Consolidation
for more
transparency
and speed in
group reporting
Integrated
Disclosure
Management
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
Bringing Higher Quality Speed Efficiency and Insight by automating the statutory and management
reporting for increasingly complex accounting closing and disclosure demands
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Screenshot example Fiori for SAP S4HANA Screenshot example for SAP S4HANA Cloud
SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Roadmap
Muster
Muster
Muster
Muster
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SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Finance (aka ldquoSimple
Financerdquo) SAP Smart Business
40Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-Time Consolidation
building blocks
SAP ERP
SAP R3
Non-SAP
BPC
Integration
Currency
Translation
ModellingEliminations
Group
Reporting
Validation
Intercompany
Flexible
Upload
BPC Consolidation
BPC Planning
BPC Modelling
SAP S4HANA ON PREMISE SAP BusinessObjects
Planning and Consolidation
ACDOCA Master Data ACDOCCExten BW
Consolidation preparation RTC Enhancements
SAP S4HANA 1610
Existing functionalities
Consolidation Enhancements
Central Finance
ControllingAccounting
Disclosure Management
Validations
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
42Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA Platform amp S4HANA
(Single source of truth)
Responsiveness to changing business environment
Links operational decision with
strategic goals
Monitor execution in real time
Trigger mitigation actions
Dynamic Planning and Analysis
Integrated budgeting amp forecasting
Embedded planning with real-time access to
transactional data
Built-in predictive and simulation capabilities
Integrated budgeting embedded in closed loop performance management
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SAP BO Planning amp
Consolidation
(Optimized for S4HANA
or stand-alone)
SAP BO Cloud
Core solution components
Additional solution components
SAP S4HANA
Transactions Planning Prediction Monitor
Flexible modeling
and simulation
End-user and
process driven
Enabling
closed-loop
performance
management
Real-time transactional data access
ndash no replication
Immediate update of plans and
forecasts
Full integration of different planning
models
Planning at any level of detail and
aggregation on the fly
Embedded predictive algorithms
and simulation capabilities
SAP IBP
SAP
Real Spend
Industry
specific
planning
solutions
Dynamic planning and analysis ndash How SAP supports
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SAP RealSpend
Introducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables line managers to maximizing budget
utilization
by
proactively manage spending
in real-time
for all current and future activities
45Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
46Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time plan to actual cash cycle
Easily consolidate global bank balances and cash
positions from data from SAP as well as non-SAP
systems
Monitor critical KPIs and have real-time overview and
response to cash requirements
Centralized bank account management including
overdraft limit and bank risk analysis management and
workflow support
Simplify and automate cash analysis and liquidity
management reducing banking fees and borrowing
costs
Improved control and compliance through integrated
signatures with change history and workflows
Treasury Management
47Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Bank counter-party risk management
ldquoImproving Cash
Management is a priority for
a vast majority of finance
professionalsldquo
Source Next-Generation Needs for Cash Management CFO Research2015
Manage all bank account data and signatory in one
central repository
Automate the data exchange for account opening
maintenance and closure requests through workflow and
integrating payment approval processes
Improve control and compliance through integrated
signatures with BCM payment approval change history
and workflows
Gain insight with bank account master data reports and
bank statement monitoring
Ease of operation with structured processes to open and
close bank accounts bank to bank or third party
transfers as well as cash concentration
Treasury Management
48Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
49Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time receivables and payables management
Credit Collections Dispute
Receivables Manager
Data-driven process control
for team management
Sales Team
Senior
Executives
Cash Collection Team
Cross-system automation
of collections processes to
deliver superior customer
service
Analytics and workflow
align sales AR and
executives to reduce DSO
Optimized for global
business services
deployment
Automate collaboration
with external expertise
Sta
ndard
Re
ce
iva
ble
s
Mobile analytics and
insight to avoid credit
blocks and reduce DSO
Redesigned processes
Automation and
workflow
Rating ExpertsRating Agency Credit Bureau
Update scores as
conditions change
Monitor customers
automatically
Customers
Viewdownload invoices
Send remittance
Make payments
Cloud for Credit
Integration
Cloud for
Customer
payments
Financial Operations
50Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Credit agency
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by the customer during the implementation project
Significant implementation effort per interfaces (= per agency)
Interfaces are XML based
XI PI is required
SAP Credit ManagementIntegration of Credit Risk Agencies in the Past
51Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by an HCP app
Maintenance of interfaces to credit agencies done by SAP
Bulk of the data of external credit reports remains in HCP app
Targeted data fields (like external rating foundation date of a companyhellip) is transferred to SAP Credit Management to
enable scoring based on external and internal data
Credit controller can access detailed data on HCP app with one click from SAP Credit Management screen
Integration of Credit Risk Agencies with
SAP S4HANA Finance Cloud for credit integration
52Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
53Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Clea - Cash Application
PAYMENTS INVOICES
bull Every Account Receivable (AR) team member handles a set of customer accounts differently
bull Every historical AR clearing from all the AR team becomes an important asset for Machine learning
bull For payments that cannot be automatically cleared AR team member can see a list of invoices with the
suggested ratings
Customer
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SAP Solution StrategyNon-disruptive automation through SAP HANA CLOUD PLATFORM
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
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Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
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What about simulating a
change in my org model
For example in view of MampA (or other)
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SAP Financial Statement InsightsIntroducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables finance professionals to reveal hidden
trends and leverage unused potential from
financial information
By
performing personalized ad-hoc analysis
simulating organizational models
based on all relevant financial information
available in S4HANA
in real-time
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The SAP Hybrid Cloud ArchitectureDelivering innovation while keeping a stable Core
Futuristic Not reallyhellip Many organization are already there
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Customer success with SAP S4HANA Finance
Growing today with technology for
tomorrow
Turk Telcom wanted to transition from multiple
ledgers to an integrated business with one
software environment and speed up mergers
and acquisitions
Shorter closing period by up to 2 days
Greater clarity and visibility into financial
data
More flexibility in business operations
Simpler processes eliminating
unnecessary workload
Improve expense management
processes with SAP Fraud
management on SAP HANA
Vodafone wanted to automate and become
best in class for TampE claims audit Looking to
extrapolate to other audit systems
100 of claims now automatically
revieiwed before only 10 of employee
claims reviewed through manual process
Now able to investigate different types of
abuse while still saving costs
Increasing Revenue 100 with SAP
S4HANA Finance
Memebox wanted to create a secure
foundation for global business expansion
while improving the accuracy of inventory and
increasing insight into logistic information
100 increase in revenue sing the launch
of SAP S4HANA Finance
30 shorter delivery lead time to
customers
50 increase in sales productivity with on-
the-go data access
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Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
25Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Real-time customer and product profitability
Profitability characteristics at line-
item level in real time over time
Root cause analysis and traceback
based on single source of truth
All-in cost transparency for
cross charging process
improvements and pricing
Self service comparison of
performance by customer product
groups or other dimensions
(including flexible hierarchies)
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA
Transactions Simulation Prediction
Primary Costing
SAP S4HANA
Controlling
Advanced
(amp Full)
Costing
Aggregation and Analysis of granular data for Profitability Reporting
Analysis
Time
Co
sts
Re
ve
nu
es
New dimensions
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Our Guiding Principlesto analyzing customer and product profitability
Acceleration of
ProcessesInstant Insight
Single Source
of Truth
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From Guiding principles to functional capabilities
Profitability Analysis
in Universal Journal
Enhanced capabilities of
Account based(to allow for PA on Universal J)
New (real-time)
reporting capabilities(integration with BOhellip)
Move towards continous
accounting
Attributed profitability
segments
Event-based revenue
recognition (1)
Realignment
Resource related
Intercompany Process
Enhancements (2)
(2) Available in public cloud and on premise through activation of business function FINS_CO_ICO_PROC_ENH_101
(1) For project-based services sales projects
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Benefits
bull One line item table with full detail
for all applications - for instant
insight amp easy extensibility
bull Data stored only once no more
reconciliation needed - by design
bull Reduction of memory footprint
through elimination of redundancy
bull Fast multi-dimensional reporting
without replicating data to business
warehouse (BW)
bull If a warehouse is in place anyway
only one single extractor needed
bull Secondary cost elements are now
GL accounts
Universal Journal
Ledger Company
Account
Cost
Element
Balancing
Profit
Center
Amount
1
Amount
2
Amount
3
Fixed
Asset
Coding
Block
Market
SegmentMaterial
Customer
Fields hellip
General Ledger
Ledger Company AccountProfit
Center
Amount
1
Amount
2
Amount
3hellip
Profitability
Operating
Concern
Market
Segmenthellip
Management Accounting
Controlling
Area
Cost
Element
Amount
1
Amount
2
Coding
Blockhellip
Asset Accounting
CompanyFixed
Assethellip
Material Ledger
Company Material hellip
Profitability Analysis in Universal JournalSingle Source of Truth
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Accelerated period-end closeInstant Insight
Settlements amp
Assessments
Within Period Period Close Within Period Period Close
Settlements amp
AssessmentsReportingReporting
Account Assignment
Cost Center
Internal Order
Sales Order
Project
Derivation Steps
Derivation of profitability
characteristics based on configuration
Automated derivation of profitability
characteristics
Real-time Profitability
Enriched income statement
item with more characteristics
Income statement items get a
so-called attributed profitability
segment which is used for
reporting
Available in S4HANA Cloud and S4HANA Finance planned for S4HANA OP
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Business Use Cases for Attributed Profitability SegmentsExamples
Example 2
Drilldown on your unbilled
revenue (WIP) in your
balance sheet and find out
more about related projects
and products
Example 1
Analyze your travel expenses by
customer and by product as they
occur - without waiting for the
closing process and settlements
to happen
Profitability characteristics are derived immediately at the point in time of each ldquoprimaryrdquo document
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Project-based services with real-time revenue and cost recognitionfor single-level projects
Revenue Recognition process now reflected in Universal Journal ndash
the single source of truth for all Financial data
bull No separate storage for Revenue Recognition data anymore
bull No reconciliation efforts
Business Benefits Event-Based Revenue Recognition supports the
matching principle without batch jobs at period-end close
bull Costs and revenues always match
bull Profitability reporting always up to date
Process Benefits Event-based posting provides direct link between
the original posting and the Revenue Recognition posting
bull Soft close supported by eliminating settlement and results analysis as
period close steps
bull Linkage simplifies auditing
bull Linkage allows drill-down from Revenue Recognition posting (eg WIP)
to the original posting
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Reporting capabilities
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
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Steer the business on an operational and strategic level
through continuous information flow
Continuous end-to-end automation improving efficiency data
integrity and visibility into finance processes
Monitor in real-time the progress quality and financial results
of the closing cycle to avoid bottlenecks and address
business concerns
Get closer to the business and make better strategic
decisions thanks to real-time insight
Enabling strategic finance with a modern system delivering
instant insight to the entire business anywhere available on-
premise and in the cloud
Vision Continuous Accounting
Real-time
Insight
Efficiency
and speed
Quality
and governance
Rob Kugel from Ventura Research wrote a blog that initially coined the phrase
httpsblogventanaresearchcom20151030continuous-accounting-enables-a-strategic-finance-department
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What are the advantages of a Continuous Close capability
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
elimination of tasks
real-time execution
automation
acceleration
Continuous closing eg
real-time profitability
insights before period end
closing
ldquoPredicted Actualsrdquo are
derived to enable analysis
of results at period end
during the period
partially Lab preview
Lab preview
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SAP Solution offering One consistent and integrated R2R-platform
Single Source
of Truth in the
Universal
Journal ndash all
value flows in
one place
Integrated
Compliance
with Statutory
Reporting for
SAP S4HANA
Special support
for IFRS 9 15
16 and BEPS
Comprehensive
automation
Fast Close with
SAP Financial
Closing cockpit
Soft Close and
Predicted Close
initiatives
Automation of
intercompany
processing and
streamlined
reconciliation
Real-time
Consolidation
for more
transparency
and speed in
group reporting
Integrated
Disclosure
Management
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
Bringing Higher Quality Speed Efficiency and Insight by automating the statutory and management
reporting for increasingly complex accounting closing and disclosure demands
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Screenshot example Fiori for SAP S4HANA Screenshot example for SAP S4HANA Cloud
SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Roadmap
Muster
Muster
Muster
Muster
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SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Finance (aka ldquoSimple
Financerdquo) SAP Smart Business
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Real-Time Consolidation
building blocks
SAP ERP
SAP R3
Non-SAP
BPC
Integration
Currency
Translation
ModellingEliminations
Group
Reporting
Validation
Intercompany
Flexible
Upload
BPC Consolidation
BPC Planning
BPC Modelling
SAP S4HANA ON PREMISE SAP BusinessObjects
Planning and Consolidation
ACDOCA Master Data ACDOCCExten BW
Consolidation preparation RTC Enhancements
SAP S4HANA 1610
Existing functionalities
Consolidation Enhancements
Central Finance
ControllingAccounting
Disclosure Management
Validations
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
42Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA Platform amp S4HANA
(Single source of truth)
Responsiveness to changing business environment
Links operational decision with
strategic goals
Monitor execution in real time
Trigger mitigation actions
Dynamic Planning and Analysis
Integrated budgeting amp forecasting
Embedded planning with real-time access to
transactional data
Built-in predictive and simulation capabilities
Integrated budgeting embedded in closed loop performance management
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SAP BO Planning amp
Consolidation
(Optimized for S4HANA
or stand-alone)
SAP BO Cloud
Core solution components
Additional solution components
SAP S4HANA
Transactions Planning Prediction Monitor
Flexible modeling
and simulation
End-user and
process driven
Enabling
closed-loop
performance
management
Real-time transactional data access
ndash no replication
Immediate update of plans and
forecasts
Full integration of different planning
models
Planning at any level of detail and
aggregation on the fly
Embedded predictive algorithms
and simulation capabilities
SAP IBP
SAP
Real Spend
Industry
specific
planning
solutions
Dynamic planning and analysis ndash How SAP supports
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SAP RealSpend
Introducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables line managers to maximizing budget
utilization
by
proactively manage spending
in real-time
for all current and future activities
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
46Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time plan to actual cash cycle
Easily consolidate global bank balances and cash
positions from data from SAP as well as non-SAP
systems
Monitor critical KPIs and have real-time overview and
response to cash requirements
Centralized bank account management including
overdraft limit and bank risk analysis management and
workflow support
Simplify and automate cash analysis and liquidity
management reducing banking fees and borrowing
costs
Improved control and compliance through integrated
signatures with change history and workflows
Treasury Management
47Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Bank counter-party risk management
ldquoImproving Cash
Management is a priority for
a vast majority of finance
professionalsldquo
Source Next-Generation Needs for Cash Management CFO Research2015
Manage all bank account data and signatory in one
central repository
Automate the data exchange for account opening
maintenance and closure requests through workflow and
integrating payment approval processes
Improve control and compliance through integrated
signatures with BCM payment approval change history
and workflows
Gain insight with bank account master data reports and
bank statement monitoring
Ease of operation with structured processes to open and
close bank accounts bank to bank or third party
transfers as well as cash concentration
Treasury Management
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
49Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time receivables and payables management
Credit Collections Dispute
Receivables Manager
Data-driven process control
for team management
Sales Team
Senior
Executives
Cash Collection Team
Cross-system automation
of collections processes to
deliver superior customer
service
Analytics and workflow
align sales AR and
executives to reduce DSO
Optimized for global
business services
deployment
Automate collaboration
with external expertise
Sta
ndard
Re
ce
iva
ble
s
Mobile analytics and
insight to avoid credit
blocks and reduce DSO
Redesigned processes
Automation and
workflow
Rating ExpertsRating Agency Credit Bureau
Update scores as
conditions change
Monitor customers
automatically
Customers
Viewdownload invoices
Send remittance
Make payments
Cloud for Credit
Integration
Cloud for
Customer
payments
Financial Operations
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Credit agency
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by the customer during the implementation project
Significant implementation effort per interfaces (= per agency)
Interfaces are XML based
XI PI is required
SAP Credit ManagementIntegration of Credit Risk Agencies in the Past
51Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by an HCP app
Maintenance of interfaces to credit agencies done by SAP
Bulk of the data of external credit reports remains in HCP app
Targeted data fields (like external rating foundation date of a companyhellip) is transferred to SAP Credit Management to
enable scoring based on external and internal data
Credit controller can access detailed data on HCP app with one click from SAP Credit Management screen
Integration of Credit Risk Agencies with
SAP S4HANA Finance Cloud for credit integration
52Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
53Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Clea - Cash Application
PAYMENTS INVOICES
bull Every Account Receivable (AR) team member handles a set of customer accounts differently
bull Every historical AR clearing from all the AR team becomes an important asset for Machine learning
bull For payments that cannot be automatically cleared AR team member can see a list of invoices with the
suggested ratings
Customer
54Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Solution StrategyNon-disruptive automation through SAP HANA CLOUD PLATFORM
55Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
56Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
57Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
58Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What about simulating a
change in my org model
For example in view of MampA (or other)
59Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Financial Statement InsightsIntroducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables finance professionals to reveal hidden
trends and leverage unused potential from
financial information
By
performing personalized ad-hoc analysis
simulating organizational models
based on all relevant financial information
available in S4HANA
in real-time
60Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
The SAP Hybrid Cloud ArchitectureDelivering innovation while keeping a stable Core
Futuristic Not reallyhellip Many organization are already there
62Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Customer success with SAP S4HANA Finance
Growing today with technology for
tomorrow
Turk Telcom wanted to transition from multiple
ledgers to an integrated business with one
software environment and speed up mergers
and acquisitions
Shorter closing period by up to 2 days
Greater clarity and visibility into financial
data
More flexibility in business operations
Simpler processes eliminating
unnecessary workload
Improve expense management
processes with SAP Fraud
management on SAP HANA
Vodafone wanted to automate and become
best in class for TampE claims audit Looking to
extrapolate to other audit systems
100 of claims now automatically
revieiwed before only 10 of employee
claims reviewed through manual process
Now able to investigate different types of
abuse while still saving costs
Increasing Revenue 100 with SAP
S4HANA Finance
Memebox wanted to create a secure
foundation for global business expansion
while improving the accuracy of inventory and
increasing insight into logistic information
100 increase in revenue sing the launch
of SAP S4HANA Finance
30 shorter delivery lead time to
customers
50 increase in sales productivity with on-
the-go data access
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Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company
The information contained herein may be changed without prior notice Some software products marketed by SAP SE and its distr ibutors contain proprietary software components
of other software vendors National product specifications may vary
These materials are provided by SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company for informational purposes only without representation or warranty of any kind and SAP or its affiliated
companies shall not be liable for errors or omissions with respect to the materials The only warranties for SAP or SAP affil iate company products and services are those that are
set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services if any Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty
In particular SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation or to develop or release
any functionality mentioned therein This document or any related presentation and SAP SErsquos or its affiliated companiesrsquo strategy and possible future developments products
andor platform directions and functionality are all subject to change and may be changed by SAP SE or its affiliated companies at any time for any reason without notice The
information in this document is not a commitment promise or legal obligation to deliver any material code or functionality All forward-looking statements are subject to various
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements
and they should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions
SAP and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP SE (or an SAP affiliate company)
in Germany and other countries All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies
See httpglobalsapcomcorporate-enlegalcopyrightindexepx for additional trademark information and notices
copy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved
25Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
26Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time customer and product profitability
Profitability characteristics at line-
item level in real time over time
Root cause analysis and traceback
based on single source of truth
All-in cost transparency for
cross charging process
improvements and pricing
Self service comparison of
performance by customer product
groups or other dimensions
(including flexible hierarchies)
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA
Transactions Simulation Prediction
Primary Costing
SAP S4HANA
Controlling
Advanced
(amp Full)
Costing
Aggregation and Analysis of granular data for Profitability Reporting
Analysis
Time
Co
sts
Re
ve
nu
es
New dimensions
27Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Our Guiding Principlesto analyzing customer and product profitability
Acceleration of
ProcessesInstant Insight
Single Source
of Truth
28Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
From Guiding principles to functional capabilities
Profitability Analysis
in Universal Journal
Enhanced capabilities of
Account based(to allow for PA on Universal J)
New (real-time)
reporting capabilities(integration with BOhellip)
Move towards continous
accounting
Attributed profitability
segments
Event-based revenue
recognition (1)
Realignment
Resource related
Intercompany Process
Enhancements (2)
(2) Available in public cloud and on premise through activation of business function FINS_CO_ICO_PROC_ENH_101
(1) For project-based services sales projects
29Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Benefits
bull One line item table with full detail
for all applications - for instant
insight amp easy extensibility
bull Data stored only once no more
reconciliation needed - by design
bull Reduction of memory footprint
through elimination of redundancy
bull Fast multi-dimensional reporting
without replicating data to business
warehouse (BW)
bull If a warehouse is in place anyway
only one single extractor needed
bull Secondary cost elements are now
GL accounts
Universal Journal
Ledger Company
Account
Cost
Element
Balancing
Profit
Center
Amount
1
Amount
2
Amount
3
Fixed
Asset
Coding
Block
Market
SegmentMaterial
Customer
Fields hellip
General Ledger
Ledger Company AccountProfit
Center
Amount
1
Amount
2
Amount
3hellip
Profitability
Operating
Concern
Market
Segmenthellip
Management Accounting
Controlling
Area
Cost
Element
Amount
1
Amount
2
Coding
Blockhellip
Asset Accounting
CompanyFixed
Assethellip
Material Ledger
Company Material hellip
Profitability Analysis in Universal JournalSingle Source of Truth
30Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Accelerated period-end closeInstant Insight
Settlements amp
Assessments
Within Period Period Close Within Period Period Close
Settlements amp
AssessmentsReportingReporting
Account Assignment
Cost Center
Internal Order
Sales Order
Project
Derivation Steps
Derivation of profitability
characteristics based on configuration
Automated derivation of profitability
characteristics
Real-time Profitability
Enriched income statement
item with more characteristics
Income statement items get a
so-called attributed profitability
segment which is used for
reporting
Available in S4HANA Cloud and S4HANA Finance planned for S4HANA OP
31Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Business Use Cases for Attributed Profitability SegmentsExamples
Example 2
Drilldown on your unbilled
revenue (WIP) in your
balance sheet and find out
more about related projects
and products
Example 1
Analyze your travel expenses by
customer and by product as they
occur - without waiting for the
closing process and settlements
to happen
Profitability characteristics are derived immediately at the point in time of each ldquoprimaryrdquo document
32Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Project-based services with real-time revenue and cost recognitionfor single-level projects
Revenue Recognition process now reflected in Universal Journal ndash
the single source of truth for all Financial data
bull No separate storage for Revenue Recognition data anymore
bull No reconciliation efforts
Business Benefits Event-Based Revenue Recognition supports the
matching principle without batch jobs at period-end close
bull Costs and revenues always match
bull Profitability reporting always up to date
Process Benefits Event-based posting provides direct link between
the original posting and the Revenue Recognition posting
bull Soft close supported by eliminating settlement and results analysis as
period close steps
bull Linkage simplifies auditing
bull Linkage allows drill-down from Revenue Recognition posting (eg WIP)
to the original posting
33Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Reporting capabilities
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
35Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Steer the business on an operational and strategic level
through continuous information flow
Continuous end-to-end automation improving efficiency data
integrity and visibility into finance processes
Monitor in real-time the progress quality and financial results
of the closing cycle to avoid bottlenecks and address
business concerns
Get closer to the business and make better strategic
decisions thanks to real-time insight
Enabling strategic finance with a modern system delivering
instant insight to the entire business anywhere available on-
premise and in the cloud
Vision Continuous Accounting
Real-time
Insight
Efficiency
and speed
Quality
and governance
Rob Kugel from Ventura Research wrote a blog that initially coined the phrase
httpsblogventanaresearchcom20151030continuous-accounting-enables-a-strategic-finance-department
36Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What are the advantages of a Continuous Close capability
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
elimination of tasks
real-time execution
automation
acceleration
Continuous closing eg
real-time profitability
insights before period end
closing
ldquoPredicted Actualsrdquo are
derived to enable analysis
of results at period end
during the period
partially Lab preview
Lab preview
37Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Solution offering One consistent and integrated R2R-platform
Single Source
of Truth in the
Universal
Journal ndash all
value flows in
one place
Integrated
Compliance
with Statutory
Reporting for
SAP S4HANA
Special support
for IFRS 9 15
16 and BEPS
Comprehensive
automation
Fast Close with
SAP Financial
Closing cockpit
Soft Close and
Predicted Close
initiatives
Automation of
intercompany
processing and
streamlined
reconciliation
Real-time
Consolidation
for more
transparency
and speed in
group reporting
Integrated
Disclosure
Management
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
Bringing Higher Quality Speed Efficiency and Insight by automating the statutory and management
reporting for increasingly complex accounting closing and disclosure demands
38Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Screenshot example Fiori for SAP S4HANA Screenshot example for SAP S4HANA Cloud
SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Roadmap
Muster
Muster
Muster
Muster
39Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Finance (aka ldquoSimple
Financerdquo) SAP Smart Business
40Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-Time Consolidation
building blocks
SAP ERP
SAP R3
Non-SAP
BPC
Integration
Currency
Translation
ModellingEliminations
Group
Reporting
Validation
Intercompany
Flexible
Upload
BPC Consolidation
BPC Planning
BPC Modelling
SAP S4HANA ON PREMISE SAP BusinessObjects
Planning and Consolidation
ACDOCA Master Data ACDOCCExten BW
Consolidation preparation RTC Enhancements
SAP S4HANA 1610
Existing functionalities
Consolidation Enhancements
Central Finance
ControllingAccounting
Disclosure Management
Validations
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Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
42Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA Platform amp S4HANA
(Single source of truth)
Responsiveness to changing business environment
Links operational decision with
strategic goals
Monitor execution in real time
Trigger mitigation actions
Dynamic Planning and Analysis
Integrated budgeting amp forecasting
Embedded planning with real-time access to
transactional data
Built-in predictive and simulation capabilities
Integrated budgeting embedded in closed loop performance management
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SAP BO Planning amp
Consolidation
(Optimized for S4HANA
or stand-alone)
SAP BO Cloud
Core solution components
Additional solution components
SAP S4HANA
Transactions Planning Prediction Monitor
Flexible modeling
and simulation
End-user and
process driven
Enabling
closed-loop
performance
management
Real-time transactional data access
ndash no replication
Immediate update of plans and
forecasts
Full integration of different planning
models
Planning at any level of detail and
aggregation on the fly
Embedded predictive algorithms
and simulation capabilities
SAP IBP
SAP
Real Spend
Industry
specific
planning
solutions
Dynamic planning and analysis ndash How SAP supports
44Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP RealSpend
Introducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables line managers to maximizing budget
utilization
by
proactively manage spending
in real-time
for all current and future activities
45Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
46Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time plan to actual cash cycle
Easily consolidate global bank balances and cash
positions from data from SAP as well as non-SAP
systems
Monitor critical KPIs and have real-time overview and
response to cash requirements
Centralized bank account management including
overdraft limit and bank risk analysis management and
workflow support
Simplify and automate cash analysis and liquidity
management reducing banking fees and borrowing
costs
Improved control and compliance through integrated
signatures with change history and workflows
Treasury Management
47Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Bank counter-party risk management
ldquoImproving Cash
Management is a priority for
a vast majority of finance
professionalsldquo
Source Next-Generation Needs for Cash Management CFO Research2015
Manage all bank account data and signatory in one
central repository
Automate the data exchange for account opening
maintenance and closure requests through workflow and
integrating payment approval processes
Improve control and compliance through integrated
signatures with BCM payment approval change history
and workflows
Gain insight with bank account master data reports and
bank statement monitoring
Ease of operation with structured processes to open and
close bank accounts bank to bank or third party
transfers as well as cash concentration
Treasury Management
48Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
49Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time receivables and payables management
Credit Collections Dispute
Receivables Manager
Data-driven process control
for team management
Sales Team
Senior
Executives
Cash Collection Team
Cross-system automation
of collections processes to
deliver superior customer
service
Analytics and workflow
align sales AR and
executives to reduce DSO
Optimized for global
business services
deployment
Automate collaboration
with external expertise
Sta
ndard
Re
ce
iva
ble
s
Mobile analytics and
insight to avoid credit
blocks and reduce DSO
Redesigned processes
Automation and
workflow
Rating ExpertsRating Agency Credit Bureau
Update scores as
conditions change
Monitor customers
automatically
Customers
Viewdownload invoices
Send remittance
Make payments
Cloud for Credit
Integration
Cloud for
Customer
payments
Financial Operations
50Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Credit agency
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by the customer during the implementation project
Significant implementation effort per interfaces (= per agency)
Interfaces are XML based
XI PI is required
SAP Credit ManagementIntegration of Credit Risk Agencies in the Past
51Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by an HCP app
Maintenance of interfaces to credit agencies done by SAP
Bulk of the data of external credit reports remains in HCP app
Targeted data fields (like external rating foundation date of a companyhellip) is transferred to SAP Credit Management to
enable scoring based on external and internal data
Credit controller can access detailed data on HCP app with one click from SAP Credit Management screen
Integration of Credit Risk Agencies with
SAP S4HANA Finance Cloud for credit integration
52Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
53Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Clea - Cash Application
PAYMENTS INVOICES
bull Every Account Receivable (AR) team member handles a set of customer accounts differently
bull Every historical AR clearing from all the AR team becomes an important asset for Machine learning
bull For payments that cannot be automatically cleared AR team member can see a list of invoices with the
suggested ratings
Customer
54Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Solution StrategyNon-disruptive automation through SAP HANA CLOUD PLATFORM
55Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
56Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
57Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
58Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What about simulating a
change in my org model
For example in view of MampA (or other)
59Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Financial Statement InsightsIntroducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables finance professionals to reveal hidden
trends and leverage unused potential from
financial information
By
performing personalized ad-hoc analysis
simulating organizational models
based on all relevant financial information
available in S4HANA
in real-time
60Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
The SAP Hybrid Cloud ArchitectureDelivering innovation while keeping a stable Core
Futuristic Not reallyhellip Many organization are already there
62Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Customer success with SAP S4HANA Finance
Growing today with technology for
tomorrow
Turk Telcom wanted to transition from multiple
ledgers to an integrated business with one
software environment and speed up mergers
and acquisitions
Shorter closing period by up to 2 days
Greater clarity and visibility into financial
data
More flexibility in business operations
Simpler processes eliminating
unnecessary workload
Improve expense management
processes with SAP Fraud
management on SAP HANA
Vodafone wanted to automate and become
best in class for TampE claims audit Looking to
extrapolate to other audit systems
100 of claims now automatically
revieiwed before only 10 of employee
claims reviewed through manual process
Now able to investigate different types of
abuse while still saving costs
Increasing Revenue 100 with SAP
S4HANA Finance
Memebox wanted to create a secure
foundation for global business expansion
while improving the accuracy of inventory and
increasing insight into logistic information
100 increase in revenue sing the launch
of SAP S4HANA Finance
30 shorter delivery lead time to
customers
50 increase in sales productivity with on-
the-go data access
63Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company
The information contained herein may be changed without prior notice Some software products marketed by SAP SE and its distr ibutors contain proprietary software components
of other software vendors National product specifications may vary
These materials are provided by SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company for informational purposes only without representation or warranty of any kind and SAP or its affiliated
companies shall not be liable for errors or omissions with respect to the materials The only warranties for SAP or SAP affil iate company products and services are those that are
set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services if any Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty
In particular SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation or to develop or release
any functionality mentioned therein This document or any related presentation and SAP SErsquos or its affiliated companiesrsquo strategy and possible future developments products
andor platform directions and functionality are all subject to change and may be changed by SAP SE or its affiliated companies at any time for any reason without notice The
information in this document is not a commitment promise or legal obligation to deliver any material code or functionality All forward-looking statements are subject to various
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements
and they should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions
SAP and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP SE (or an SAP affiliate company)
in Germany and other countries All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies
See httpglobalsapcomcorporate-enlegalcopyrightindexepx for additional trademark information and notices
copy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved
26Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time customer and product profitability
Profitability characteristics at line-
item level in real time over time
Root cause analysis and traceback
based on single source of truth
All-in cost transparency for
cross charging process
improvements and pricing
Self service comparison of
performance by customer product
groups or other dimensions
(including flexible hierarchies)
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA
Transactions Simulation Prediction
Primary Costing
SAP S4HANA
Controlling
Advanced
(amp Full)
Costing
Aggregation and Analysis of granular data for Profitability Reporting
Analysis
Time
Co
sts
Re
ve
nu
es
New dimensions
27Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Our Guiding Principlesto analyzing customer and product profitability
Acceleration of
ProcessesInstant Insight
Single Source
of Truth
28Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
From Guiding principles to functional capabilities
Profitability Analysis
in Universal Journal
Enhanced capabilities of
Account based(to allow for PA on Universal J)
New (real-time)
reporting capabilities(integration with BOhellip)
Move towards continous
accounting
Attributed profitability
segments
Event-based revenue
recognition (1)
Realignment
Resource related
Intercompany Process
Enhancements (2)
(2) Available in public cloud and on premise through activation of business function FINS_CO_ICO_PROC_ENH_101
(1) For project-based services sales projects
29Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Benefits
bull One line item table with full detail
for all applications - for instant
insight amp easy extensibility
bull Data stored only once no more
reconciliation needed - by design
bull Reduction of memory footprint
through elimination of redundancy
bull Fast multi-dimensional reporting
without replicating data to business
warehouse (BW)
bull If a warehouse is in place anyway
only one single extractor needed
bull Secondary cost elements are now
GL accounts
Universal Journal
Ledger Company
Account
Cost
Element
Balancing
Profit
Center
Amount
1
Amount
2
Amount
3
Fixed
Asset
Coding
Block
Market
SegmentMaterial
Customer
Fields hellip
General Ledger
Ledger Company AccountProfit
Center
Amount
1
Amount
2
Amount
3hellip
Profitability
Operating
Concern
Market
Segmenthellip
Management Accounting
Controlling
Area
Cost
Element
Amount
1
Amount
2
Coding
Blockhellip
Asset Accounting
CompanyFixed
Assethellip
Material Ledger
Company Material hellip
Profitability Analysis in Universal JournalSingle Source of Truth
30Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Accelerated period-end closeInstant Insight
Settlements amp
Assessments
Within Period Period Close Within Period Period Close
Settlements amp
AssessmentsReportingReporting
Account Assignment
Cost Center
Internal Order
Sales Order
Project
Derivation Steps
Derivation of profitability
characteristics based on configuration
Automated derivation of profitability
characteristics
Real-time Profitability
Enriched income statement
item with more characteristics
Income statement items get a
so-called attributed profitability
segment which is used for
reporting
Available in S4HANA Cloud and S4HANA Finance planned for S4HANA OP
31Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Business Use Cases for Attributed Profitability SegmentsExamples
Example 2
Drilldown on your unbilled
revenue (WIP) in your
balance sheet and find out
more about related projects
and products
Example 1
Analyze your travel expenses by
customer and by product as they
occur - without waiting for the
closing process and settlements
to happen
Profitability characteristics are derived immediately at the point in time of each ldquoprimaryrdquo document
32Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Project-based services with real-time revenue and cost recognitionfor single-level projects
Revenue Recognition process now reflected in Universal Journal ndash
the single source of truth for all Financial data
bull No separate storage for Revenue Recognition data anymore
bull No reconciliation efforts
Business Benefits Event-Based Revenue Recognition supports the
matching principle without batch jobs at period-end close
bull Costs and revenues always match
bull Profitability reporting always up to date
Process Benefits Event-based posting provides direct link between
the original posting and the Revenue Recognition posting
bull Soft close supported by eliminating settlement and results analysis as
period close steps
bull Linkage simplifies auditing
bull Linkage allows drill-down from Revenue Recognition posting (eg WIP)
to the original posting
33Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Reporting capabilities
34Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
35Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Steer the business on an operational and strategic level
through continuous information flow
Continuous end-to-end automation improving efficiency data
integrity and visibility into finance processes
Monitor in real-time the progress quality and financial results
of the closing cycle to avoid bottlenecks and address
business concerns
Get closer to the business and make better strategic
decisions thanks to real-time insight
Enabling strategic finance with a modern system delivering
instant insight to the entire business anywhere available on-
premise and in the cloud
Vision Continuous Accounting
Real-time
Insight
Efficiency
and speed
Quality
and governance
Rob Kugel from Ventura Research wrote a blog that initially coined the phrase
httpsblogventanaresearchcom20151030continuous-accounting-enables-a-strategic-finance-department
36Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What are the advantages of a Continuous Close capability
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
elimination of tasks
real-time execution
automation
acceleration
Continuous closing eg
real-time profitability
insights before period end
closing
ldquoPredicted Actualsrdquo are
derived to enable analysis
of results at period end
during the period
partially Lab preview
Lab preview
37Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Solution offering One consistent and integrated R2R-platform
Single Source
of Truth in the
Universal
Journal ndash all
value flows in
one place
Integrated
Compliance
with Statutory
Reporting for
SAP S4HANA
Special support
for IFRS 9 15
16 and BEPS
Comprehensive
automation
Fast Close with
SAP Financial
Closing cockpit
Soft Close and
Predicted Close
initiatives
Automation of
intercompany
processing and
streamlined
reconciliation
Real-time
Consolidation
for more
transparency
and speed in
group reporting
Integrated
Disclosure
Management
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
Bringing Higher Quality Speed Efficiency and Insight by automating the statutory and management
reporting for increasingly complex accounting closing and disclosure demands
38Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Screenshot example Fiori for SAP S4HANA Screenshot example for SAP S4HANA Cloud
SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Roadmap
Muster
Muster
Muster
Muster
39Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Finance (aka ldquoSimple
Financerdquo) SAP Smart Business
40Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-Time Consolidation
building blocks
SAP ERP
SAP R3
Non-SAP
BPC
Integration
Currency
Translation
ModellingEliminations
Group
Reporting
Validation
Intercompany
Flexible
Upload
BPC Consolidation
BPC Planning
BPC Modelling
SAP S4HANA ON PREMISE SAP BusinessObjects
Planning and Consolidation
ACDOCA Master Data ACDOCCExten BW
Consolidation preparation RTC Enhancements
SAP S4HANA 1610
Existing functionalities
Consolidation Enhancements
Central Finance
ControllingAccounting
Disclosure Management
Validations
41Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
42Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA Platform amp S4HANA
(Single source of truth)
Responsiveness to changing business environment
Links operational decision with
strategic goals
Monitor execution in real time
Trigger mitigation actions
Dynamic Planning and Analysis
Integrated budgeting amp forecasting
Embedded planning with real-time access to
transactional data
Built-in predictive and simulation capabilities
Integrated budgeting embedded in closed loop performance management
43Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP BO Planning amp
Consolidation
(Optimized for S4HANA
or stand-alone)
SAP BO Cloud
Core solution components
Additional solution components
SAP S4HANA
Transactions Planning Prediction Monitor
Flexible modeling
and simulation
End-user and
process driven
Enabling
closed-loop
performance
management
Real-time transactional data access
ndash no replication
Immediate update of plans and
forecasts
Full integration of different planning
models
Planning at any level of detail and
aggregation on the fly
Embedded predictive algorithms
and simulation capabilities
SAP IBP
SAP
Real Spend
Industry
specific
planning
solutions
Dynamic planning and analysis ndash How SAP supports
44Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP RealSpend
Introducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables line managers to maximizing budget
utilization
by
proactively manage spending
in real-time
for all current and future activities
45Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
46Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time plan to actual cash cycle
Easily consolidate global bank balances and cash
positions from data from SAP as well as non-SAP
systems
Monitor critical KPIs and have real-time overview and
response to cash requirements
Centralized bank account management including
overdraft limit and bank risk analysis management and
workflow support
Simplify and automate cash analysis and liquidity
management reducing banking fees and borrowing
costs
Improved control and compliance through integrated
signatures with change history and workflows
Treasury Management
47Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Bank counter-party risk management
ldquoImproving Cash
Management is a priority for
a vast majority of finance
professionalsldquo
Source Next-Generation Needs for Cash Management CFO Research2015
Manage all bank account data and signatory in one
central repository
Automate the data exchange for account opening
maintenance and closure requests through workflow and
integrating payment approval processes
Improve control and compliance through integrated
signatures with BCM payment approval change history
and workflows
Gain insight with bank account master data reports and
bank statement monitoring
Ease of operation with structured processes to open and
close bank accounts bank to bank or third party
transfers as well as cash concentration
Treasury Management
48Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
49Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time receivables and payables management
Credit Collections Dispute
Receivables Manager
Data-driven process control
for team management
Sales Team
Senior
Executives
Cash Collection Team
Cross-system automation
of collections processes to
deliver superior customer
service
Analytics and workflow
align sales AR and
executives to reduce DSO
Optimized for global
business services
deployment
Automate collaboration
with external expertise
Sta
ndard
Re
ce
iva
ble
s
Mobile analytics and
insight to avoid credit
blocks and reduce DSO
Redesigned processes
Automation and
workflow
Rating ExpertsRating Agency Credit Bureau
Update scores as
conditions change
Monitor customers
automatically
Customers
Viewdownload invoices
Send remittance
Make payments
Cloud for Credit
Integration
Cloud for
Customer
payments
Financial Operations
50Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Credit agency
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by the customer during the implementation project
Significant implementation effort per interfaces (= per agency)
Interfaces are XML based
XI PI is required
SAP Credit ManagementIntegration of Credit Risk Agencies in the Past
51Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by an HCP app
Maintenance of interfaces to credit agencies done by SAP
Bulk of the data of external credit reports remains in HCP app
Targeted data fields (like external rating foundation date of a companyhellip) is transferred to SAP Credit Management to
enable scoring based on external and internal data
Credit controller can access detailed data on HCP app with one click from SAP Credit Management screen
Integration of Credit Risk Agencies with
SAP S4HANA Finance Cloud for credit integration
52Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
53Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Clea - Cash Application
PAYMENTS INVOICES
bull Every Account Receivable (AR) team member handles a set of customer accounts differently
bull Every historical AR clearing from all the AR team becomes an important asset for Machine learning
bull For payments that cannot be automatically cleared AR team member can see a list of invoices with the
suggested ratings
Customer
54Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Solution StrategyNon-disruptive automation through SAP HANA CLOUD PLATFORM
55Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
56Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
57Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
58Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What about simulating a
change in my org model
For example in view of MampA (or other)
59Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Financial Statement InsightsIntroducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables finance professionals to reveal hidden
trends and leverage unused potential from
financial information
By
performing personalized ad-hoc analysis
simulating organizational models
based on all relevant financial information
available in S4HANA
in real-time
60Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
The SAP Hybrid Cloud ArchitectureDelivering innovation while keeping a stable Core
Futuristic Not reallyhellip Many organization are already there
62Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Customer success with SAP S4HANA Finance
Growing today with technology for
tomorrow
Turk Telcom wanted to transition from multiple
ledgers to an integrated business with one
software environment and speed up mergers
and acquisitions
Shorter closing period by up to 2 days
Greater clarity and visibility into financial
data
More flexibility in business operations
Simpler processes eliminating
unnecessary workload
Improve expense management
processes with SAP Fraud
management on SAP HANA
Vodafone wanted to automate and become
best in class for TampE claims audit Looking to
extrapolate to other audit systems
100 of claims now automatically
revieiwed before only 10 of employee
claims reviewed through manual process
Now able to investigate different types of
abuse while still saving costs
Increasing Revenue 100 with SAP
S4HANA Finance
Memebox wanted to create a secure
foundation for global business expansion
while improving the accuracy of inventory and
increasing insight into logistic information
100 increase in revenue sing the launch
of SAP S4HANA Finance
30 shorter delivery lead time to
customers
50 increase in sales productivity with on-
the-go data access
63Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
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27Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Our Guiding Principlesto analyzing customer and product profitability
Acceleration of
ProcessesInstant Insight
Single Source
of Truth
28Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
From Guiding principles to functional capabilities
Profitability Analysis
in Universal Journal
Enhanced capabilities of
Account based(to allow for PA on Universal J)
New (real-time)
reporting capabilities(integration with BOhellip)
Move towards continous
accounting
Attributed profitability
segments
Event-based revenue
recognition (1)
Realignment
Resource related
Intercompany Process
Enhancements (2)
(2) Available in public cloud and on premise through activation of business function FINS_CO_ICO_PROC_ENH_101
(1) For project-based services sales projects
29Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Benefits
bull One line item table with full detail
for all applications - for instant
insight amp easy extensibility
bull Data stored only once no more
reconciliation needed - by design
bull Reduction of memory footprint
through elimination of redundancy
bull Fast multi-dimensional reporting
without replicating data to business
warehouse (BW)
bull If a warehouse is in place anyway
only one single extractor needed
bull Secondary cost elements are now
GL accounts
Universal Journal
Ledger Company
Account
Cost
Element
Balancing
Profit
Center
Amount
1
Amount
2
Amount
3
Fixed
Asset
Coding
Block
Market
SegmentMaterial
Customer
Fields hellip
General Ledger
Ledger Company AccountProfit
Center
Amount
1
Amount
2
Amount
3hellip
Profitability
Operating
Concern
Market
Segmenthellip
Management Accounting
Controlling
Area
Cost
Element
Amount
1
Amount
2
Coding
Blockhellip
Asset Accounting
CompanyFixed
Assethellip
Material Ledger
Company Material hellip
Profitability Analysis in Universal JournalSingle Source of Truth
30Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Accelerated period-end closeInstant Insight
Settlements amp
Assessments
Within Period Period Close Within Period Period Close
Settlements amp
AssessmentsReportingReporting
Account Assignment
Cost Center
Internal Order
Sales Order
Project
Derivation Steps
Derivation of profitability
characteristics based on configuration
Automated derivation of profitability
characteristics
Real-time Profitability
Enriched income statement
item with more characteristics
Income statement items get a
so-called attributed profitability
segment which is used for
reporting
Available in S4HANA Cloud and S4HANA Finance planned for S4HANA OP
31Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Business Use Cases for Attributed Profitability SegmentsExamples
Example 2
Drilldown on your unbilled
revenue (WIP) in your
balance sheet and find out
more about related projects
and products
Example 1
Analyze your travel expenses by
customer and by product as they
occur - without waiting for the
closing process and settlements
to happen
Profitability characteristics are derived immediately at the point in time of each ldquoprimaryrdquo document
32Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Project-based services with real-time revenue and cost recognitionfor single-level projects
Revenue Recognition process now reflected in Universal Journal ndash
the single source of truth for all Financial data
bull No separate storage for Revenue Recognition data anymore
bull No reconciliation efforts
Business Benefits Event-Based Revenue Recognition supports the
matching principle without batch jobs at period-end close
bull Costs and revenues always match
bull Profitability reporting always up to date
Process Benefits Event-based posting provides direct link between
the original posting and the Revenue Recognition posting
bull Soft close supported by eliminating settlement and results analysis as
period close steps
bull Linkage simplifies auditing
bull Linkage allows drill-down from Revenue Recognition posting (eg WIP)
to the original posting
33Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Reporting capabilities
34Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
35Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Steer the business on an operational and strategic level
through continuous information flow
Continuous end-to-end automation improving efficiency data
integrity and visibility into finance processes
Monitor in real-time the progress quality and financial results
of the closing cycle to avoid bottlenecks and address
business concerns
Get closer to the business and make better strategic
decisions thanks to real-time insight
Enabling strategic finance with a modern system delivering
instant insight to the entire business anywhere available on-
premise and in the cloud
Vision Continuous Accounting
Real-time
Insight
Efficiency
and speed
Quality
and governance
Rob Kugel from Ventura Research wrote a blog that initially coined the phrase
httpsblogventanaresearchcom20151030continuous-accounting-enables-a-strategic-finance-department
36Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What are the advantages of a Continuous Close capability
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
elimination of tasks
real-time execution
automation
acceleration
Continuous closing eg
real-time profitability
insights before period end
closing
ldquoPredicted Actualsrdquo are
derived to enable analysis
of results at period end
during the period
partially Lab preview
Lab preview
37Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Solution offering One consistent and integrated R2R-platform
Single Source
of Truth in the
Universal
Journal ndash all
value flows in
one place
Integrated
Compliance
with Statutory
Reporting for
SAP S4HANA
Special support
for IFRS 9 15
16 and BEPS
Comprehensive
automation
Fast Close with
SAP Financial
Closing cockpit
Soft Close and
Predicted Close
initiatives
Automation of
intercompany
processing and
streamlined
reconciliation
Real-time
Consolidation
for more
transparency
and speed in
group reporting
Integrated
Disclosure
Management
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
Bringing Higher Quality Speed Efficiency and Insight by automating the statutory and management
reporting for increasingly complex accounting closing and disclosure demands
38Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Screenshot example Fiori for SAP S4HANA Screenshot example for SAP S4HANA Cloud
SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Roadmap
Muster
Muster
Muster
Muster
39Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Finance (aka ldquoSimple
Financerdquo) SAP Smart Business
40Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-Time Consolidation
building blocks
SAP ERP
SAP R3
Non-SAP
BPC
Integration
Currency
Translation
ModellingEliminations
Group
Reporting
Validation
Intercompany
Flexible
Upload
BPC Consolidation
BPC Planning
BPC Modelling
SAP S4HANA ON PREMISE SAP BusinessObjects
Planning and Consolidation
ACDOCA Master Data ACDOCCExten BW
Consolidation preparation RTC Enhancements
SAP S4HANA 1610
Existing functionalities
Consolidation Enhancements
Central Finance
ControllingAccounting
Disclosure Management
Validations
41Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
42Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA Platform amp S4HANA
(Single source of truth)
Responsiveness to changing business environment
Links operational decision with
strategic goals
Monitor execution in real time
Trigger mitigation actions
Dynamic Planning and Analysis
Integrated budgeting amp forecasting
Embedded planning with real-time access to
transactional data
Built-in predictive and simulation capabilities
Integrated budgeting embedded in closed loop performance management
43Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP BO Planning amp
Consolidation
(Optimized for S4HANA
or stand-alone)
SAP BO Cloud
Core solution components
Additional solution components
SAP S4HANA
Transactions Planning Prediction Monitor
Flexible modeling
and simulation
End-user and
process driven
Enabling
closed-loop
performance
management
Real-time transactional data access
ndash no replication
Immediate update of plans and
forecasts
Full integration of different planning
models
Planning at any level of detail and
aggregation on the fly
Embedded predictive algorithms
and simulation capabilities
SAP IBP
SAP
Real Spend
Industry
specific
planning
solutions
Dynamic planning and analysis ndash How SAP supports
44Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP RealSpend
Introducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables line managers to maximizing budget
utilization
by
proactively manage spending
in real-time
for all current and future activities
45Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
46Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time plan to actual cash cycle
Easily consolidate global bank balances and cash
positions from data from SAP as well as non-SAP
systems
Monitor critical KPIs and have real-time overview and
response to cash requirements
Centralized bank account management including
overdraft limit and bank risk analysis management and
workflow support
Simplify and automate cash analysis and liquidity
management reducing banking fees and borrowing
costs
Improved control and compliance through integrated
signatures with change history and workflows
Treasury Management
47Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Bank counter-party risk management
ldquoImproving Cash
Management is a priority for
a vast majority of finance
professionalsldquo
Source Next-Generation Needs for Cash Management CFO Research2015
Manage all bank account data and signatory in one
central repository
Automate the data exchange for account opening
maintenance and closure requests through workflow and
integrating payment approval processes
Improve control and compliance through integrated
signatures with BCM payment approval change history
and workflows
Gain insight with bank account master data reports and
bank statement monitoring
Ease of operation with structured processes to open and
close bank accounts bank to bank or third party
transfers as well as cash concentration
Treasury Management
48Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
49Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time receivables and payables management
Credit Collections Dispute
Receivables Manager
Data-driven process control
for team management
Sales Team
Senior
Executives
Cash Collection Team
Cross-system automation
of collections processes to
deliver superior customer
service
Analytics and workflow
align sales AR and
executives to reduce DSO
Optimized for global
business services
deployment
Automate collaboration
with external expertise
Sta
ndard
Re
ce
iva
ble
s
Mobile analytics and
insight to avoid credit
blocks and reduce DSO
Redesigned processes
Automation and
workflow
Rating ExpertsRating Agency Credit Bureau
Update scores as
conditions change
Monitor customers
automatically
Customers
Viewdownload invoices
Send remittance
Make payments
Cloud for Credit
Integration
Cloud for
Customer
payments
Financial Operations
50Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Credit agency
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by the customer during the implementation project
Significant implementation effort per interfaces (= per agency)
Interfaces are XML based
XI PI is required
SAP Credit ManagementIntegration of Credit Risk Agencies in the Past
51Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by an HCP app
Maintenance of interfaces to credit agencies done by SAP
Bulk of the data of external credit reports remains in HCP app
Targeted data fields (like external rating foundation date of a companyhellip) is transferred to SAP Credit Management to
enable scoring based on external and internal data
Credit controller can access detailed data on HCP app with one click from SAP Credit Management screen
Integration of Credit Risk Agencies with
SAP S4HANA Finance Cloud for credit integration
52Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
53Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Clea - Cash Application
PAYMENTS INVOICES
bull Every Account Receivable (AR) team member handles a set of customer accounts differently
bull Every historical AR clearing from all the AR team becomes an important asset for Machine learning
bull For payments that cannot be automatically cleared AR team member can see a list of invoices with the
suggested ratings
Customer
54Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Solution StrategyNon-disruptive automation through SAP HANA CLOUD PLATFORM
55Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
56Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
57Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
58Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What about simulating a
change in my org model
For example in view of MampA (or other)
59Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Financial Statement InsightsIntroducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables finance professionals to reveal hidden
trends and leverage unused potential from
financial information
By
performing personalized ad-hoc analysis
simulating organizational models
based on all relevant financial information
available in S4HANA
in real-time
60Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
The SAP Hybrid Cloud ArchitectureDelivering innovation while keeping a stable Core
Futuristic Not reallyhellip Many organization are already there
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Customer success with SAP S4HANA Finance
Growing today with technology for
tomorrow
Turk Telcom wanted to transition from multiple
ledgers to an integrated business with one
software environment and speed up mergers
and acquisitions
Shorter closing period by up to 2 days
Greater clarity and visibility into financial
data
More flexibility in business operations
Simpler processes eliminating
unnecessary workload
Improve expense management
processes with SAP Fraud
management on SAP HANA
Vodafone wanted to automate and become
best in class for TampE claims audit Looking to
extrapolate to other audit systems
100 of claims now automatically
revieiwed before only 10 of employee
claims reviewed through manual process
Now able to investigate different types of
abuse while still saving costs
Increasing Revenue 100 with SAP
S4HANA Finance
Memebox wanted to create a secure
foundation for global business expansion
while improving the accuracy of inventory and
increasing insight into logistic information
100 increase in revenue sing the launch
of SAP S4HANA Finance
30 shorter delivery lead time to
customers
50 increase in sales productivity with on-
the-go data access
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Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company
The information contained herein may be changed without prior notice Some software products marketed by SAP SE and its distr ibutors contain proprietary software components
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These materials are provided by SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company for informational purposes only without representation or warranty of any kind and SAP or its affiliated
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In particular SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation or to develop or release
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SAP and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP SE (or an SAP affiliate company)
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28Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
From Guiding principles to functional capabilities
Profitability Analysis
in Universal Journal
Enhanced capabilities of
Account based(to allow for PA on Universal J)
New (real-time)
reporting capabilities(integration with BOhellip)
Move towards continous
accounting
Attributed profitability
segments
Event-based revenue
recognition (1)
Realignment
Resource related
Intercompany Process
Enhancements (2)
(2) Available in public cloud and on premise through activation of business function FINS_CO_ICO_PROC_ENH_101
(1) For project-based services sales projects
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Benefits
bull One line item table with full detail
for all applications - for instant
insight amp easy extensibility
bull Data stored only once no more
reconciliation needed - by design
bull Reduction of memory footprint
through elimination of redundancy
bull Fast multi-dimensional reporting
without replicating data to business
warehouse (BW)
bull If a warehouse is in place anyway
only one single extractor needed
bull Secondary cost elements are now
GL accounts
Universal Journal
Ledger Company
Account
Cost
Element
Balancing
Profit
Center
Amount
1
Amount
2
Amount
3
Fixed
Asset
Coding
Block
Market
SegmentMaterial
Customer
Fields hellip
General Ledger
Ledger Company AccountProfit
Center
Amount
1
Amount
2
Amount
3hellip
Profitability
Operating
Concern
Market
Segmenthellip
Management Accounting
Controlling
Area
Cost
Element
Amount
1
Amount
2
Coding
Blockhellip
Asset Accounting
CompanyFixed
Assethellip
Material Ledger
Company Material hellip
Profitability Analysis in Universal JournalSingle Source of Truth
30Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Accelerated period-end closeInstant Insight
Settlements amp
Assessments
Within Period Period Close Within Period Period Close
Settlements amp
AssessmentsReportingReporting
Account Assignment
Cost Center
Internal Order
Sales Order
Project
Derivation Steps
Derivation of profitability
characteristics based on configuration
Automated derivation of profitability
characteristics
Real-time Profitability
Enriched income statement
item with more characteristics
Income statement items get a
so-called attributed profitability
segment which is used for
reporting
Available in S4HANA Cloud and S4HANA Finance planned for S4HANA OP
31Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Business Use Cases for Attributed Profitability SegmentsExamples
Example 2
Drilldown on your unbilled
revenue (WIP) in your
balance sheet and find out
more about related projects
and products
Example 1
Analyze your travel expenses by
customer and by product as they
occur - without waiting for the
closing process and settlements
to happen
Profitability characteristics are derived immediately at the point in time of each ldquoprimaryrdquo document
32Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Project-based services with real-time revenue and cost recognitionfor single-level projects
Revenue Recognition process now reflected in Universal Journal ndash
the single source of truth for all Financial data
bull No separate storage for Revenue Recognition data anymore
bull No reconciliation efforts
Business Benefits Event-Based Revenue Recognition supports the
matching principle without batch jobs at period-end close
bull Costs and revenues always match
bull Profitability reporting always up to date
Process Benefits Event-based posting provides direct link between
the original posting and the Revenue Recognition posting
bull Soft close supported by eliminating settlement and results analysis as
period close steps
bull Linkage simplifies auditing
bull Linkage allows drill-down from Revenue Recognition posting (eg WIP)
to the original posting
33Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Reporting capabilities
34Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
35Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Steer the business on an operational and strategic level
through continuous information flow
Continuous end-to-end automation improving efficiency data
integrity and visibility into finance processes
Monitor in real-time the progress quality and financial results
of the closing cycle to avoid bottlenecks and address
business concerns
Get closer to the business and make better strategic
decisions thanks to real-time insight
Enabling strategic finance with a modern system delivering
instant insight to the entire business anywhere available on-
premise and in the cloud
Vision Continuous Accounting
Real-time
Insight
Efficiency
and speed
Quality
and governance
Rob Kugel from Ventura Research wrote a blog that initially coined the phrase
httpsblogventanaresearchcom20151030continuous-accounting-enables-a-strategic-finance-department
36Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What are the advantages of a Continuous Close capability
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
elimination of tasks
real-time execution
automation
acceleration
Continuous closing eg
real-time profitability
insights before period end
closing
ldquoPredicted Actualsrdquo are
derived to enable analysis
of results at period end
during the period
partially Lab preview
Lab preview
37Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Solution offering One consistent and integrated R2R-platform
Single Source
of Truth in the
Universal
Journal ndash all
value flows in
one place
Integrated
Compliance
with Statutory
Reporting for
SAP S4HANA
Special support
for IFRS 9 15
16 and BEPS
Comprehensive
automation
Fast Close with
SAP Financial
Closing cockpit
Soft Close and
Predicted Close
initiatives
Automation of
intercompany
processing and
streamlined
reconciliation
Real-time
Consolidation
for more
transparency
and speed in
group reporting
Integrated
Disclosure
Management
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
Bringing Higher Quality Speed Efficiency and Insight by automating the statutory and management
reporting for increasingly complex accounting closing and disclosure demands
38Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Screenshot example Fiori for SAP S4HANA Screenshot example for SAP S4HANA Cloud
SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Roadmap
Muster
Muster
Muster
Muster
39Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Finance (aka ldquoSimple
Financerdquo) SAP Smart Business
40Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-Time Consolidation
building blocks
SAP ERP
SAP R3
Non-SAP
BPC
Integration
Currency
Translation
ModellingEliminations
Group
Reporting
Validation
Intercompany
Flexible
Upload
BPC Consolidation
BPC Planning
BPC Modelling
SAP S4HANA ON PREMISE SAP BusinessObjects
Planning and Consolidation
ACDOCA Master Data ACDOCCExten BW
Consolidation preparation RTC Enhancements
SAP S4HANA 1610
Existing functionalities
Consolidation Enhancements
Central Finance
ControllingAccounting
Disclosure Management
Validations
41Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
42Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA Platform amp S4HANA
(Single source of truth)
Responsiveness to changing business environment
Links operational decision with
strategic goals
Monitor execution in real time
Trigger mitigation actions
Dynamic Planning and Analysis
Integrated budgeting amp forecasting
Embedded planning with real-time access to
transactional data
Built-in predictive and simulation capabilities
Integrated budgeting embedded in closed loop performance management
43Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP BO Planning amp
Consolidation
(Optimized for S4HANA
or stand-alone)
SAP BO Cloud
Core solution components
Additional solution components
SAP S4HANA
Transactions Planning Prediction Monitor
Flexible modeling
and simulation
End-user and
process driven
Enabling
closed-loop
performance
management
Real-time transactional data access
ndash no replication
Immediate update of plans and
forecasts
Full integration of different planning
models
Planning at any level of detail and
aggregation on the fly
Embedded predictive algorithms
and simulation capabilities
SAP IBP
SAP
Real Spend
Industry
specific
planning
solutions
Dynamic planning and analysis ndash How SAP supports
44Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP RealSpend
Introducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables line managers to maximizing budget
utilization
by
proactively manage spending
in real-time
for all current and future activities
45Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
46Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time plan to actual cash cycle
Easily consolidate global bank balances and cash
positions from data from SAP as well as non-SAP
systems
Monitor critical KPIs and have real-time overview and
response to cash requirements
Centralized bank account management including
overdraft limit and bank risk analysis management and
workflow support
Simplify and automate cash analysis and liquidity
management reducing banking fees and borrowing
costs
Improved control and compliance through integrated
signatures with change history and workflows
Treasury Management
47Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Bank counter-party risk management
ldquoImproving Cash
Management is a priority for
a vast majority of finance
professionalsldquo
Source Next-Generation Needs for Cash Management CFO Research2015
Manage all bank account data and signatory in one
central repository
Automate the data exchange for account opening
maintenance and closure requests through workflow and
integrating payment approval processes
Improve control and compliance through integrated
signatures with BCM payment approval change history
and workflows
Gain insight with bank account master data reports and
bank statement monitoring
Ease of operation with structured processes to open and
close bank accounts bank to bank or third party
transfers as well as cash concentration
Treasury Management
48Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
49Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time receivables and payables management
Credit Collections Dispute
Receivables Manager
Data-driven process control
for team management
Sales Team
Senior
Executives
Cash Collection Team
Cross-system automation
of collections processes to
deliver superior customer
service
Analytics and workflow
align sales AR and
executives to reduce DSO
Optimized for global
business services
deployment
Automate collaboration
with external expertise
Sta
ndard
Re
ce
iva
ble
s
Mobile analytics and
insight to avoid credit
blocks and reduce DSO
Redesigned processes
Automation and
workflow
Rating ExpertsRating Agency Credit Bureau
Update scores as
conditions change
Monitor customers
automatically
Customers
Viewdownload invoices
Send remittance
Make payments
Cloud for Credit
Integration
Cloud for
Customer
payments
Financial Operations
50Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Credit agency
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by the customer during the implementation project
Significant implementation effort per interfaces (= per agency)
Interfaces are XML based
XI PI is required
SAP Credit ManagementIntegration of Credit Risk Agencies in the Past
51Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by an HCP app
Maintenance of interfaces to credit agencies done by SAP
Bulk of the data of external credit reports remains in HCP app
Targeted data fields (like external rating foundation date of a companyhellip) is transferred to SAP Credit Management to
enable scoring based on external and internal data
Credit controller can access detailed data on HCP app with one click from SAP Credit Management screen
Integration of Credit Risk Agencies with
SAP S4HANA Finance Cloud for credit integration
52Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
53Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Clea - Cash Application
PAYMENTS INVOICES
bull Every Account Receivable (AR) team member handles a set of customer accounts differently
bull Every historical AR clearing from all the AR team becomes an important asset for Machine learning
bull For payments that cannot be automatically cleared AR team member can see a list of invoices with the
suggested ratings
Customer
54Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Solution StrategyNon-disruptive automation through SAP HANA CLOUD PLATFORM
55Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
56Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
57Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
58Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What about simulating a
change in my org model
For example in view of MampA (or other)
59Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Financial Statement InsightsIntroducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables finance professionals to reveal hidden
trends and leverage unused potential from
financial information
By
performing personalized ad-hoc analysis
simulating organizational models
based on all relevant financial information
available in S4HANA
in real-time
60Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
The SAP Hybrid Cloud ArchitectureDelivering innovation while keeping a stable Core
Futuristic Not reallyhellip Many organization are already there
62Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Customer success with SAP S4HANA Finance
Growing today with technology for
tomorrow
Turk Telcom wanted to transition from multiple
ledgers to an integrated business with one
software environment and speed up mergers
and acquisitions
Shorter closing period by up to 2 days
Greater clarity and visibility into financial
data
More flexibility in business operations
Simpler processes eliminating
unnecessary workload
Improve expense management
processes with SAP Fraud
management on SAP HANA
Vodafone wanted to automate and become
best in class for TampE claims audit Looking to
extrapolate to other audit systems
100 of claims now automatically
revieiwed before only 10 of employee
claims reviewed through manual process
Now able to investigate different types of
abuse while still saving costs
Increasing Revenue 100 with SAP
S4HANA Finance
Memebox wanted to create a secure
foundation for global business expansion
while improving the accuracy of inventory and
increasing insight into logistic information
100 increase in revenue sing the launch
of SAP S4HANA Finance
30 shorter delivery lead time to
customers
50 increase in sales productivity with on-
the-go data access
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Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company
The information contained herein may be changed without prior notice Some software products marketed by SAP SE and its distr ibutors contain proprietary software components
of other software vendors National product specifications may vary
These materials are provided by SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company for informational purposes only without representation or warranty of any kind and SAP or its affiliated
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In particular SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation or to develop or release
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Benefits
bull One line item table with full detail
for all applications - for instant
insight amp easy extensibility
bull Data stored only once no more
reconciliation needed - by design
bull Reduction of memory footprint
through elimination of redundancy
bull Fast multi-dimensional reporting
without replicating data to business
warehouse (BW)
bull If a warehouse is in place anyway
only one single extractor needed
bull Secondary cost elements are now
GL accounts
Universal Journal
Ledger Company
Account
Cost
Element
Balancing
Profit
Center
Amount
1
Amount
2
Amount
3
Fixed
Asset
Coding
Block
Market
SegmentMaterial
Customer
Fields hellip
General Ledger
Ledger Company AccountProfit
Center
Amount
1
Amount
2
Amount
3hellip
Profitability
Operating
Concern
Market
Segmenthellip
Management Accounting
Controlling
Area
Cost
Element
Amount
1
Amount
2
Coding
Blockhellip
Asset Accounting
CompanyFixed
Assethellip
Material Ledger
Company Material hellip
Profitability Analysis in Universal JournalSingle Source of Truth
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Accelerated period-end closeInstant Insight
Settlements amp
Assessments
Within Period Period Close Within Period Period Close
Settlements amp
AssessmentsReportingReporting
Account Assignment
Cost Center
Internal Order
Sales Order
Project
Derivation Steps
Derivation of profitability
characteristics based on configuration
Automated derivation of profitability
characteristics
Real-time Profitability
Enriched income statement
item with more characteristics
Income statement items get a
so-called attributed profitability
segment which is used for
reporting
Available in S4HANA Cloud and S4HANA Finance planned for S4HANA OP
31Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Business Use Cases for Attributed Profitability SegmentsExamples
Example 2
Drilldown on your unbilled
revenue (WIP) in your
balance sheet and find out
more about related projects
and products
Example 1
Analyze your travel expenses by
customer and by product as they
occur - without waiting for the
closing process and settlements
to happen
Profitability characteristics are derived immediately at the point in time of each ldquoprimaryrdquo document
32Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Project-based services with real-time revenue and cost recognitionfor single-level projects
Revenue Recognition process now reflected in Universal Journal ndash
the single source of truth for all Financial data
bull No separate storage for Revenue Recognition data anymore
bull No reconciliation efforts
Business Benefits Event-Based Revenue Recognition supports the
matching principle without batch jobs at period-end close
bull Costs and revenues always match
bull Profitability reporting always up to date
Process Benefits Event-based posting provides direct link between
the original posting and the Revenue Recognition posting
bull Soft close supported by eliminating settlement and results analysis as
period close steps
bull Linkage simplifies auditing
bull Linkage allows drill-down from Revenue Recognition posting (eg WIP)
to the original posting
33Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Reporting capabilities
34Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
35Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Steer the business on an operational and strategic level
through continuous information flow
Continuous end-to-end automation improving efficiency data
integrity and visibility into finance processes
Monitor in real-time the progress quality and financial results
of the closing cycle to avoid bottlenecks and address
business concerns
Get closer to the business and make better strategic
decisions thanks to real-time insight
Enabling strategic finance with a modern system delivering
instant insight to the entire business anywhere available on-
premise and in the cloud
Vision Continuous Accounting
Real-time
Insight
Efficiency
and speed
Quality
and governance
Rob Kugel from Ventura Research wrote a blog that initially coined the phrase
httpsblogventanaresearchcom20151030continuous-accounting-enables-a-strategic-finance-department
36Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What are the advantages of a Continuous Close capability
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
elimination of tasks
real-time execution
automation
acceleration
Continuous closing eg
real-time profitability
insights before period end
closing
ldquoPredicted Actualsrdquo are
derived to enable analysis
of results at period end
during the period
partially Lab preview
Lab preview
37Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Solution offering One consistent and integrated R2R-platform
Single Source
of Truth in the
Universal
Journal ndash all
value flows in
one place
Integrated
Compliance
with Statutory
Reporting for
SAP S4HANA
Special support
for IFRS 9 15
16 and BEPS
Comprehensive
automation
Fast Close with
SAP Financial
Closing cockpit
Soft Close and
Predicted Close
initiatives
Automation of
intercompany
processing and
streamlined
reconciliation
Real-time
Consolidation
for more
transparency
and speed in
group reporting
Integrated
Disclosure
Management
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
Bringing Higher Quality Speed Efficiency and Insight by automating the statutory and management
reporting for increasingly complex accounting closing and disclosure demands
38Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Screenshot example Fiori for SAP S4HANA Screenshot example for SAP S4HANA Cloud
SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Roadmap
Muster
Muster
Muster
Muster
39Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Finance (aka ldquoSimple
Financerdquo) SAP Smart Business
40Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-Time Consolidation
building blocks
SAP ERP
SAP R3
Non-SAP
BPC
Integration
Currency
Translation
ModellingEliminations
Group
Reporting
Validation
Intercompany
Flexible
Upload
BPC Consolidation
BPC Planning
BPC Modelling
SAP S4HANA ON PREMISE SAP BusinessObjects
Planning and Consolidation
ACDOCA Master Data ACDOCCExten BW
Consolidation preparation RTC Enhancements
SAP S4HANA 1610
Existing functionalities
Consolidation Enhancements
Central Finance
ControllingAccounting
Disclosure Management
Validations
41Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
42Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA Platform amp S4HANA
(Single source of truth)
Responsiveness to changing business environment
Links operational decision with
strategic goals
Monitor execution in real time
Trigger mitigation actions
Dynamic Planning and Analysis
Integrated budgeting amp forecasting
Embedded planning with real-time access to
transactional data
Built-in predictive and simulation capabilities
Integrated budgeting embedded in closed loop performance management
43Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP BO Planning amp
Consolidation
(Optimized for S4HANA
or stand-alone)
SAP BO Cloud
Core solution components
Additional solution components
SAP S4HANA
Transactions Planning Prediction Monitor
Flexible modeling
and simulation
End-user and
process driven
Enabling
closed-loop
performance
management
Real-time transactional data access
ndash no replication
Immediate update of plans and
forecasts
Full integration of different planning
models
Planning at any level of detail and
aggregation on the fly
Embedded predictive algorithms
and simulation capabilities
SAP IBP
SAP
Real Spend
Industry
specific
planning
solutions
Dynamic planning and analysis ndash How SAP supports
44Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP RealSpend
Introducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables line managers to maximizing budget
utilization
by
proactively manage spending
in real-time
for all current and future activities
45Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
46Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time plan to actual cash cycle
Easily consolidate global bank balances and cash
positions from data from SAP as well as non-SAP
systems
Monitor critical KPIs and have real-time overview and
response to cash requirements
Centralized bank account management including
overdraft limit and bank risk analysis management and
workflow support
Simplify and automate cash analysis and liquidity
management reducing banking fees and borrowing
costs
Improved control and compliance through integrated
signatures with change history and workflows
Treasury Management
47Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Bank counter-party risk management
ldquoImproving Cash
Management is a priority for
a vast majority of finance
professionalsldquo
Source Next-Generation Needs for Cash Management CFO Research2015
Manage all bank account data and signatory in one
central repository
Automate the data exchange for account opening
maintenance and closure requests through workflow and
integrating payment approval processes
Improve control and compliance through integrated
signatures with BCM payment approval change history
and workflows
Gain insight with bank account master data reports and
bank statement monitoring
Ease of operation with structured processes to open and
close bank accounts bank to bank or third party
transfers as well as cash concentration
Treasury Management
48Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
49Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time receivables and payables management
Credit Collections Dispute
Receivables Manager
Data-driven process control
for team management
Sales Team
Senior
Executives
Cash Collection Team
Cross-system automation
of collections processes to
deliver superior customer
service
Analytics and workflow
align sales AR and
executives to reduce DSO
Optimized for global
business services
deployment
Automate collaboration
with external expertise
Sta
ndard
Re
ce
iva
ble
s
Mobile analytics and
insight to avoid credit
blocks and reduce DSO
Redesigned processes
Automation and
workflow
Rating ExpertsRating Agency Credit Bureau
Update scores as
conditions change
Monitor customers
automatically
Customers
Viewdownload invoices
Send remittance
Make payments
Cloud for Credit
Integration
Cloud for
Customer
payments
Financial Operations
50Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Credit agency
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by the customer during the implementation project
Significant implementation effort per interfaces (= per agency)
Interfaces are XML based
XI PI is required
SAP Credit ManagementIntegration of Credit Risk Agencies in the Past
51Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by an HCP app
Maintenance of interfaces to credit agencies done by SAP
Bulk of the data of external credit reports remains in HCP app
Targeted data fields (like external rating foundation date of a companyhellip) is transferred to SAP Credit Management to
enable scoring based on external and internal data
Credit controller can access detailed data on HCP app with one click from SAP Credit Management screen
Integration of Credit Risk Agencies with
SAP S4HANA Finance Cloud for credit integration
52Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
53Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Clea - Cash Application
PAYMENTS INVOICES
bull Every Account Receivable (AR) team member handles a set of customer accounts differently
bull Every historical AR clearing from all the AR team becomes an important asset for Machine learning
bull For payments that cannot be automatically cleared AR team member can see a list of invoices with the
suggested ratings
Customer
54Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Solution StrategyNon-disruptive automation through SAP HANA CLOUD PLATFORM
55Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
56Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
57Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
58Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What about simulating a
change in my org model
For example in view of MampA (or other)
59Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Financial Statement InsightsIntroducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables finance professionals to reveal hidden
trends and leverage unused potential from
financial information
By
performing personalized ad-hoc analysis
simulating organizational models
based on all relevant financial information
available in S4HANA
in real-time
60Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
The SAP Hybrid Cloud ArchitectureDelivering innovation while keeping a stable Core
Futuristic Not reallyhellip Many organization are already there
62Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Customer success with SAP S4HANA Finance
Growing today with technology for
tomorrow
Turk Telcom wanted to transition from multiple
ledgers to an integrated business with one
software environment and speed up mergers
and acquisitions
Shorter closing period by up to 2 days
Greater clarity and visibility into financial
data
More flexibility in business operations
Simpler processes eliminating
unnecessary workload
Improve expense management
processes with SAP Fraud
management on SAP HANA
Vodafone wanted to automate and become
best in class for TampE claims audit Looking to
extrapolate to other audit systems
100 of claims now automatically
revieiwed before only 10 of employee
claims reviewed through manual process
Now able to investigate different types of
abuse while still saving costs
Increasing Revenue 100 with SAP
S4HANA Finance
Memebox wanted to create a secure
foundation for global business expansion
while improving the accuracy of inventory and
increasing insight into logistic information
100 increase in revenue sing the launch
of SAP S4HANA Finance
30 shorter delivery lead time to
customers
50 increase in sales productivity with on-
the-go data access
63Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company
The information contained herein may be changed without prior notice Some software products marketed by SAP SE and its distr ibutors contain proprietary software components
of other software vendors National product specifications may vary
These materials are provided by SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company for informational purposes only without representation or warranty of any kind and SAP or its affiliated
companies shall not be liable for errors or omissions with respect to the materials The only warranties for SAP or SAP affil iate company products and services are those that are
set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services if any Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty
In particular SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation or to develop or release
any functionality mentioned therein This document or any related presentation and SAP SErsquos or its affiliated companiesrsquo strategy and possible future developments products
andor platform directions and functionality are all subject to change and may be changed by SAP SE or its affiliated companies at any time for any reason without notice The
information in this document is not a commitment promise or legal obligation to deliver any material code or functionality All forward-looking statements are subject to various
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements
and they should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions
SAP and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP SE (or an SAP affiliate company)
in Germany and other countries All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies
See httpglobalsapcomcorporate-enlegalcopyrightindexepx for additional trademark information and notices
copy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved
30Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Accelerated period-end closeInstant Insight
Settlements amp
Assessments
Within Period Period Close Within Period Period Close
Settlements amp
AssessmentsReportingReporting
Account Assignment
Cost Center
Internal Order
Sales Order
Project
Derivation Steps
Derivation of profitability
characteristics based on configuration
Automated derivation of profitability
characteristics
Real-time Profitability
Enriched income statement
item with more characteristics
Income statement items get a
so-called attributed profitability
segment which is used for
reporting
Available in S4HANA Cloud and S4HANA Finance planned for S4HANA OP
31Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Business Use Cases for Attributed Profitability SegmentsExamples
Example 2
Drilldown on your unbilled
revenue (WIP) in your
balance sheet and find out
more about related projects
and products
Example 1
Analyze your travel expenses by
customer and by product as they
occur - without waiting for the
closing process and settlements
to happen
Profitability characteristics are derived immediately at the point in time of each ldquoprimaryrdquo document
32Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Project-based services with real-time revenue and cost recognitionfor single-level projects
Revenue Recognition process now reflected in Universal Journal ndash
the single source of truth for all Financial data
bull No separate storage for Revenue Recognition data anymore
bull No reconciliation efforts
Business Benefits Event-Based Revenue Recognition supports the
matching principle without batch jobs at period-end close
bull Costs and revenues always match
bull Profitability reporting always up to date
Process Benefits Event-based posting provides direct link between
the original posting and the Revenue Recognition posting
bull Soft close supported by eliminating settlement and results analysis as
period close steps
bull Linkage simplifies auditing
bull Linkage allows drill-down from Revenue Recognition posting (eg WIP)
to the original posting
33Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Reporting capabilities
34Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
35Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Steer the business on an operational and strategic level
through continuous information flow
Continuous end-to-end automation improving efficiency data
integrity and visibility into finance processes
Monitor in real-time the progress quality and financial results
of the closing cycle to avoid bottlenecks and address
business concerns
Get closer to the business and make better strategic
decisions thanks to real-time insight
Enabling strategic finance with a modern system delivering
instant insight to the entire business anywhere available on-
premise and in the cloud
Vision Continuous Accounting
Real-time
Insight
Efficiency
and speed
Quality
and governance
Rob Kugel from Ventura Research wrote a blog that initially coined the phrase
httpsblogventanaresearchcom20151030continuous-accounting-enables-a-strategic-finance-department
36Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What are the advantages of a Continuous Close capability
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
elimination of tasks
real-time execution
automation
acceleration
Continuous closing eg
real-time profitability
insights before period end
closing
ldquoPredicted Actualsrdquo are
derived to enable analysis
of results at period end
during the period
partially Lab preview
Lab preview
37Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Solution offering One consistent and integrated R2R-platform
Single Source
of Truth in the
Universal
Journal ndash all
value flows in
one place
Integrated
Compliance
with Statutory
Reporting for
SAP S4HANA
Special support
for IFRS 9 15
16 and BEPS
Comprehensive
automation
Fast Close with
SAP Financial
Closing cockpit
Soft Close and
Predicted Close
initiatives
Automation of
intercompany
processing and
streamlined
reconciliation
Real-time
Consolidation
for more
transparency
and speed in
group reporting
Integrated
Disclosure
Management
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
Bringing Higher Quality Speed Efficiency and Insight by automating the statutory and management
reporting for increasingly complex accounting closing and disclosure demands
38Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Screenshot example Fiori for SAP S4HANA Screenshot example for SAP S4HANA Cloud
SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Roadmap
Muster
Muster
Muster
Muster
39Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Finance (aka ldquoSimple
Financerdquo) SAP Smart Business
40Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-Time Consolidation
building blocks
SAP ERP
SAP R3
Non-SAP
BPC
Integration
Currency
Translation
ModellingEliminations
Group
Reporting
Validation
Intercompany
Flexible
Upload
BPC Consolidation
BPC Planning
BPC Modelling
SAP S4HANA ON PREMISE SAP BusinessObjects
Planning and Consolidation
ACDOCA Master Data ACDOCCExten BW
Consolidation preparation RTC Enhancements
SAP S4HANA 1610
Existing functionalities
Consolidation Enhancements
Central Finance
ControllingAccounting
Disclosure Management
Validations
41Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
42Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA Platform amp S4HANA
(Single source of truth)
Responsiveness to changing business environment
Links operational decision with
strategic goals
Monitor execution in real time
Trigger mitigation actions
Dynamic Planning and Analysis
Integrated budgeting amp forecasting
Embedded planning with real-time access to
transactional data
Built-in predictive and simulation capabilities
Integrated budgeting embedded in closed loop performance management
43Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP BO Planning amp
Consolidation
(Optimized for S4HANA
or stand-alone)
SAP BO Cloud
Core solution components
Additional solution components
SAP S4HANA
Transactions Planning Prediction Monitor
Flexible modeling
and simulation
End-user and
process driven
Enabling
closed-loop
performance
management
Real-time transactional data access
ndash no replication
Immediate update of plans and
forecasts
Full integration of different planning
models
Planning at any level of detail and
aggregation on the fly
Embedded predictive algorithms
and simulation capabilities
SAP IBP
SAP
Real Spend
Industry
specific
planning
solutions
Dynamic planning and analysis ndash How SAP supports
44Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP RealSpend
Introducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables line managers to maximizing budget
utilization
by
proactively manage spending
in real-time
for all current and future activities
45Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
46Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time plan to actual cash cycle
Easily consolidate global bank balances and cash
positions from data from SAP as well as non-SAP
systems
Monitor critical KPIs and have real-time overview and
response to cash requirements
Centralized bank account management including
overdraft limit and bank risk analysis management and
workflow support
Simplify and automate cash analysis and liquidity
management reducing banking fees and borrowing
costs
Improved control and compliance through integrated
signatures with change history and workflows
Treasury Management
47Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Bank counter-party risk management
ldquoImproving Cash
Management is a priority for
a vast majority of finance
professionalsldquo
Source Next-Generation Needs for Cash Management CFO Research2015
Manage all bank account data and signatory in one
central repository
Automate the data exchange for account opening
maintenance and closure requests through workflow and
integrating payment approval processes
Improve control and compliance through integrated
signatures with BCM payment approval change history
and workflows
Gain insight with bank account master data reports and
bank statement monitoring
Ease of operation with structured processes to open and
close bank accounts bank to bank or third party
transfers as well as cash concentration
Treasury Management
48Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
49Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time receivables and payables management
Credit Collections Dispute
Receivables Manager
Data-driven process control
for team management
Sales Team
Senior
Executives
Cash Collection Team
Cross-system automation
of collections processes to
deliver superior customer
service
Analytics and workflow
align sales AR and
executives to reduce DSO
Optimized for global
business services
deployment
Automate collaboration
with external expertise
Sta
ndard
Re
ce
iva
ble
s
Mobile analytics and
insight to avoid credit
blocks and reduce DSO
Redesigned processes
Automation and
workflow
Rating ExpertsRating Agency Credit Bureau
Update scores as
conditions change
Monitor customers
automatically
Customers
Viewdownload invoices
Send remittance
Make payments
Cloud for Credit
Integration
Cloud for
Customer
payments
Financial Operations
50Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Credit agency
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by the customer during the implementation project
Significant implementation effort per interfaces (= per agency)
Interfaces are XML based
XI PI is required
SAP Credit ManagementIntegration of Credit Risk Agencies in the Past
51Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by an HCP app
Maintenance of interfaces to credit agencies done by SAP
Bulk of the data of external credit reports remains in HCP app
Targeted data fields (like external rating foundation date of a companyhellip) is transferred to SAP Credit Management to
enable scoring based on external and internal data
Credit controller can access detailed data on HCP app with one click from SAP Credit Management screen
Integration of Credit Risk Agencies with
SAP S4HANA Finance Cloud for credit integration
52Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
53Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Clea - Cash Application
PAYMENTS INVOICES
bull Every Account Receivable (AR) team member handles a set of customer accounts differently
bull Every historical AR clearing from all the AR team becomes an important asset for Machine learning
bull For payments that cannot be automatically cleared AR team member can see a list of invoices with the
suggested ratings
Customer
54Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Solution StrategyNon-disruptive automation through SAP HANA CLOUD PLATFORM
55Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
56Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
57Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
58Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What about simulating a
change in my org model
For example in view of MampA (or other)
59Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Financial Statement InsightsIntroducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables finance professionals to reveal hidden
trends and leverage unused potential from
financial information
By
performing personalized ad-hoc analysis
simulating organizational models
based on all relevant financial information
available in S4HANA
in real-time
60Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
The SAP Hybrid Cloud ArchitectureDelivering innovation while keeping a stable Core
Futuristic Not reallyhellip Many organization are already there
62Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Customer success with SAP S4HANA Finance
Growing today with technology for
tomorrow
Turk Telcom wanted to transition from multiple
ledgers to an integrated business with one
software environment and speed up mergers
and acquisitions
Shorter closing period by up to 2 days
Greater clarity and visibility into financial
data
More flexibility in business operations
Simpler processes eliminating
unnecessary workload
Improve expense management
processes with SAP Fraud
management on SAP HANA
Vodafone wanted to automate and become
best in class for TampE claims audit Looking to
extrapolate to other audit systems
100 of claims now automatically
revieiwed before only 10 of employee
claims reviewed through manual process
Now able to investigate different types of
abuse while still saving costs
Increasing Revenue 100 with SAP
S4HANA Finance
Memebox wanted to create a secure
foundation for global business expansion
while improving the accuracy of inventory and
increasing insight into logistic information
100 increase in revenue sing the launch
of SAP S4HANA Finance
30 shorter delivery lead time to
customers
50 increase in sales productivity with on-
the-go data access
63Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company
The information contained herein may be changed without prior notice Some software products marketed by SAP SE and its distr ibutors contain proprietary software components
of other software vendors National product specifications may vary
These materials are provided by SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company for informational purposes only without representation or warranty of any kind and SAP or its affiliated
companies shall not be liable for errors or omissions with respect to the materials The only warranties for SAP or SAP affil iate company products and services are those that are
set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services if any Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty
In particular SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation or to develop or release
any functionality mentioned therein This document or any related presentation and SAP SErsquos or its affiliated companiesrsquo strategy and possible future developments products
andor platform directions and functionality are all subject to change and may be changed by SAP SE or its affiliated companies at any time for any reason without notice The
information in this document is not a commitment promise or legal obligation to deliver any material code or functionality All forward-looking statements are subject to various
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements
and they should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions
SAP and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP SE (or an SAP affiliate company)
in Germany and other countries All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies
See httpglobalsapcomcorporate-enlegalcopyrightindexepx for additional trademark information and notices
copy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved
31Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Business Use Cases for Attributed Profitability SegmentsExamples
Example 2
Drilldown on your unbilled
revenue (WIP) in your
balance sheet and find out
more about related projects
and products
Example 1
Analyze your travel expenses by
customer and by product as they
occur - without waiting for the
closing process and settlements
to happen
Profitability characteristics are derived immediately at the point in time of each ldquoprimaryrdquo document
32Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Project-based services with real-time revenue and cost recognitionfor single-level projects
Revenue Recognition process now reflected in Universal Journal ndash
the single source of truth for all Financial data
bull No separate storage for Revenue Recognition data anymore
bull No reconciliation efforts
Business Benefits Event-Based Revenue Recognition supports the
matching principle without batch jobs at period-end close
bull Costs and revenues always match
bull Profitability reporting always up to date
Process Benefits Event-based posting provides direct link between
the original posting and the Revenue Recognition posting
bull Soft close supported by eliminating settlement and results analysis as
period close steps
bull Linkage simplifies auditing
bull Linkage allows drill-down from Revenue Recognition posting (eg WIP)
to the original posting
33Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Reporting capabilities
34Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
35Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Steer the business on an operational and strategic level
through continuous information flow
Continuous end-to-end automation improving efficiency data
integrity and visibility into finance processes
Monitor in real-time the progress quality and financial results
of the closing cycle to avoid bottlenecks and address
business concerns
Get closer to the business and make better strategic
decisions thanks to real-time insight
Enabling strategic finance with a modern system delivering
instant insight to the entire business anywhere available on-
premise and in the cloud
Vision Continuous Accounting
Real-time
Insight
Efficiency
and speed
Quality
and governance
Rob Kugel from Ventura Research wrote a blog that initially coined the phrase
httpsblogventanaresearchcom20151030continuous-accounting-enables-a-strategic-finance-department
36Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What are the advantages of a Continuous Close capability
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
elimination of tasks
real-time execution
automation
acceleration
Continuous closing eg
real-time profitability
insights before period end
closing
ldquoPredicted Actualsrdquo are
derived to enable analysis
of results at period end
during the period
partially Lab preview
Lab preview
37Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Solution offering One consistent and integrated R2R-platform
Single Source
of Truth in the
Universal
Journal ndash all
value flows in
one place
Integrated
Compliance
with Statutory
Reporting for
SAP S4HANA
Special support
for IFRS 9 15
16 and BEPS
Comprehensive
automation
Fast Close with
SAP Financial
Closing cockpit
Soft Close and
Predicted Close
initiatives
Automation of
intercompany
processing and
streamlined
reconciliation
Real-time
Consolidation
for more
transparency
and speed in
group reporting
Integrated
Disclosure
Management
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
Bringing Higher Quality Speed Efficiency and Insight by automating the statutory and management
reporting for increasingly complex accounting closing and disclosure demands
38Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Screenshot example Fiori for SAP S4HANA Screenshot example for SAP S4HANA Cloud
SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Roadmap
Muster
Muster
Muster
Muster
39Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Finance (aka ldquoSimple
Financerdquo) SAP Smart Business
40Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-Time Consolidation
building blocks
SAP ERP
SAP R3
Non-SAP
BPC
Integration
Currency
Translation
ModellingEliminations
Group
Reporting
Validation
Intercompany
Flexible
Upload
BPC Consolidation
BPC Planning
BPC Modelling
SAP S4HANA ON PREMISE SAP BusinessObjects
Planning and Consolidation
ACDOCA Master Data ACDOCCExten BW
Consolidation preparation RTC Enhancements
SAP S4HANA 1610
Existing functionalities
Consolidation Enhancements
Central Finance
ControllingAccounting
Disclosure Management
Validations
41Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
42Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA Platform amp S4HANA
(Single source of truth)
Responsiveness to changing business environment
Links operational decision with
strategic goals
Monitor execution in real time
Trigger mitigation actions
Dynamic Planning and Analysis
Integrated budgeting amp forecasting
Embedded planning with real-time access to
transactional data
Built-in predictive and simulation capabilities
Integrated budgeting embedded in closed loop performance management
43Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP BO Planning amp
Consolidation
(Optimized for S4HANA
or stand-alone)
SAP BO Cloud
Core solution components
Additional solution components
SAP S4HANA
Transactions Planning Prediction Monitor
Flexible modeling
and simulation
End-user and
process driven
Enabling
closed-loop
performance
management
Real-time transactional data access
ndash no replication
Immediate update of plans and
forecasts
Full integration of different planning
models
Planning at any level of detail and
aggregation on the fly
Embedded predictive algorithms
and simulation capabilities
SAP IBP
SAP
Real Spend
Industry
specific
planning
solutions
Dynamic planning and analysis ndash How SAP supports
44Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP RealSpend
Introducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables line managers to maximizing budget
utilization
by
proactively manage spending
in real-time
for all current and future activities
45Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
46Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time plan to actual cash cycle
Easily consolidate global bank balances and cash
positions from data from SAP as well as non-SAP
systems
Monitor critical KPIs and have real-time overview and
response to cash requirements
Centralized bank account management including
overdraft limit and bank risk analysis management and
workflow support
Simplify and automate cash analysis and liquidity
management reducing banking fees and borrowing
costs
Improved control and compliance through integrated
signatures with change history and workflows
Treasury Management
47Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Bank counter-party risk management
ldquoImproving Cash
Management is a priority for
a vast majority of finance
professionalsldquo
Source Next-Generation Needs for Cash Management CFO Research2015
Manage all bank account data and signatory in one
central repository
Automate the data exchange for account opening
maintenance and closure requests through workflow and
integrating payment approval processes
Improve control and compliance through integrated
signatures with BCM payment approval change history
and workflows
Gain insight with bank account master data reports and
bank statement monitoring
Ease of operation with structured processes to open and
close bank accounts bank to bank or third party
transfers as well as cash concentration
Treasury Management
48Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
49Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time receivables and payables management
Credit Collections Dispute
Receivables Manager
Data-driven process control
for team management
Sales Team
Senior
Executives
Cash Collection Team
Cross-system automation
of collections processes to
deliver superior customer
service
Analytics and workflow
align sales AR and
executives to reduce DSO
Optimized for global
business services
deployment
Automate collaboration
with external expertise
Sta
ndard
Re
ce
iva
ble
s
Mobile analytics and
insight to avoid credit
blocks and reduce DSO
Redesigned processes
Automation and
workflow
Rating ExpertsRating Agency Credit Bureau
Update scores as
conditions change
Monitor customers
automatically
Customers
Viewdownload invoices
Send remittance
Make payments
Cloud for Credit
Integration
Cloud for
Customer
payments
Financial Operations
50Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Credit agency
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by the customer during the implementation project
Significant implementation effort per interfaces (= per agency)
Interfaces are XML based
XI PI is required
SAP Credit ManagementIntegration of Credit Risk Agencies in the Past
51Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by an HCP app
Maintenance of interfaces to credit agencies done by SAP
Bulk of the data of external credit reports remains in HCP app
Targeted data fields (like external rating foundation date of a companyhellip) is transferred to SAP Credit Management to
enable scoring based on external and internal data
Credit controller can access detailed data on HCP app with one click from SAP Credit Management screen
Integration of Credit Risk Agencies with
SAP S4HANA Finance Cloud for credit integration
52Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
53Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Clea - Cash Application
PAYMENTS INVOICES
bull Every Account Receivable (AR) team member handles a set of customer accounts differently
bull Every historical AR clearing from all the AR team becomes an important asset for Machine learning
bull For payments that cannot be automatically cleared AR team member can see a list of invoices with the
suggested ratings
Customer
54Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Solution StrategyNon-disruptive automation through SAP HANA CLOUD PLATFORM
55Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
56Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
57Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
58Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What about simulating a
change in my org model
For example in view of MampA (or other)
59Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Financial Statement InsightsIntroducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables finance professionals to reveal hidden
trends and leverage unused potential from
financial information
By
performing personalized ad-hoc analysis
simulating organizational models
based on all relevant financial information
available in S4HANA
in real-time
60Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
The SAP Hybrid Cloud ArchitectureDelivering innovation while keeping a stable Core
Futuristic Not reallyhellip Many organization are already there
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Customer success with SAP S4HANA Finance
Growing today with technology for
tomorrow
Turk Telcom wanted to transition from multiple
ledgers to an integrated business with one
software environment and speed up mergers
and acquisitions
Shorter closing period by up to 2 days
Greater clarity and visibility into financial
data
More flexibility in business operations
Simpler processes eliminating
unnecessary workload
Improve expense management
processes with SAP Fraud
management on SAP HANA
Vodafone wanted to automate and become
best in class for TampE claims audit Looking to
extrapolate to other audit systems
100 of claims now automatically
revieiwed before only 10 of employee
claims reviewed through manual process
Now able to investigate different types of
abuse while still saving costs
Increasing Revenue 100 with SAP
S4HANA Finance
Memebox wanted to create a secure
foundation for global business expansion
while improving the accuracy of inventory and
increasing insight into logistic information
100 increase in revenue sing the launch
of SAP S4HANA Finance
30 shorter delivery lead time to
customers
50 increase in sales productivity with on-
the-go data access
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Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
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Project-based services with real-time revenue and cost recognitionfor single-level projects
Revenue Recognition process now reflected in Universal Journal ndash
the single source of truth for all Financial data
bull No separate storage for Revenue Recognition data anymore
bull No reconciliation efforts
Business Benefits Event-Based Revenue Recognition supports the
matching principle without batch jobs at period-end close
bull Costs and revenues always match
bull Profitability reporting always up to date
Process Benefits Event-based posting provides direct link between
the original posting and the Revenue Recognition posting
bull Soft close supported by eliminating settlement and results analysis as
period close steps
bull Linkage simplifies auditing
bull Linkage allows drill-down from Revenue Recognition posting (eg WIP)
to the original posting
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Reporting capabilities
34Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
35Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Steer the business on an operational and strategic level
through continuous information flow
Continuous end-to-end automation improving efficiency data
integrity and visibility into finance processes
Monitor in real-time the progress quality and financial results
of the closing cycle to avoid bottlenecks and address
business concerns
Get closer to the business and make better strategic
decisions thanks to real-time insight
Enabling strategic finance with a modern system delivering
instant insight to the entire business anywhere available on-
premise and in the cloud
Vision Continuous Accounting
Real-time
Insight
Efficiency
and speed
Quality
and governance
Rob Kugel from Ventura Research wrote a blog that initially coined the phrase
httpsblogventanaresearchcom20151030continuous-accounting-enables-a-strategic-finance-department
36Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What are the advantages of a Continuous Close capability
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
elimination of tasks
real-time execution
automation
acceleration
Continuous closing eg
real-time profitability
insights before period end
closing
ldquoPredicted Actualsrdquo are
derived to enable analysis
of results at period end
during the period
partially Lab preview
Lab preview
37Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Solution offering One consistent and integrated R2R-platform
Single Source
of Truth in the
Universal
Journal ndash all
value flows in
one place
Integrated
Compliance
with Statutory
Reporting for
SAP S4HANA
Special support
for IFRS 9 15
16 and BEPS
Comprehensive
automation
Fast Close with
SAP Financial
Closing cockpit
Soft Close and
Predicted Close
initiatives
Automation of
intercompany
processing and
streamlined
reconciliation
Real-time
Consolidation
for more
transparency
and speed in
group reporting
Integrated
Disclosure
Management
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
Bringing Higher Quality Speed Efficiency and Insight by automating the statutory and management
reporting for increasingly complex accounting closing and disclosure demands
38Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Screenshot example Fiori for SAP S4HANA Screenshot example for SAP S4HANA Cloud
SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Roadmap
Muster
Muster
Muster
Muster
39Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Finance (aka ldquoSimple
Financerdquo) SAP Smart Business
40Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-Time Consolidation
building blocks
SAP ERP
SAP R3
Non-SAP
BPC
Integration
Currency
Translation
ModellingEliminations
Group
Reporting
Validation
Intercompany
Flexible
Upload
BPC Consolidation
BPC Planning
BPC Modelling
SAP S4HANA ON PREMISE SAP BusinessObjects
Planning and Consolidation
ACDOCA Master Data ACDOCCExten BW
Consolidation preparation RTC Enhancements
SAP S4HANA 1610
Existing functionalities
Consolidation Enhancements
Central Finance
ControllingAccounting
Disclosure Management
Validations
41Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
42Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA Platform amp S4HANA
(Single source of truth)
Responsiveness to changing business environment
Links operational decision with
strategic goals
Monitor execution in real time
Trigger mitigation actions
Dynamic Planning and Analysis
Integrated budgeting amp forecasting
Embedded planning with real-time access to
transactional data
Built-in predictive and simulation capabilities
Integrated budgeting embedded in closed loop performance management
43Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP BO Planning amp
Consolidation
(Optimized for S4HANA
or stand-alone)
SAP BO Cloud
Core solution components
Additional solution components
SAP S4HANA
Transactions Planning Prediction Monitor
Flexible modeling
and simulation
End-user and
process driven
Enabling
closed-loop
performance
management
Real-time transactional data access
ndash no replication
Immediate update of plans and
forecasts
Full integration of different planning
models
Planning at any level of detail and
aggregation on the fly
Embedded predictive algorithms
and simulation capabilities
SAP IBP
SAP
Real Spend
Industry
specific
planning
solutions
Dynamic planning and analysis ndash How SAP supports
44Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP RealSpend
Introducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables line managers to maximizing budget
utilization
by
proactively manage spending
in real-time
for all current and future activities
45Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
46Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time plan to actual cash cycle
Easily consolidate global bank balances and cash
positions from data from SAP as well as non-SAP
systems
Monitor critical KPIs and have real-time overview and
response to cash requirements
Centralized bank account management including
overdraft limit and bank risk analysis management and
workflow support
Simplify and automate cash analysis and liquidity
management reducing banking fees and borrowing
costs
Improved control and compliance through integrated
signatures with change history and workflows
Treasury Management
47Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Bank counter-party risk management
ldquoImproving Cash
Management is a priority for
a vast majority of finance
professionalsldquo
Source Next-Generation Needs for Cash Management CFO Research2015
Manage all bank account data and signatory in one
central repository
Automate the data exchange for account opening
maintenance and closure requests through workflow and
integrating payment approval processes
Improve control and compliance through integrated
signatures with BCM payment approval change history
and workflows
Gain insight with bank account master data reports and
bank statement monitoring
Ease of operation with structured processes to open and
close bank accounts bank to bank or third party
transfers as well as cash concentration
Treasury Management
48Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
49Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time receivables and payables management
Credit Collections Dispute
Receivables Manager
Data-driven process control
for team management
Sales Team
Senior
Executives
Cash Collection Team
Cross-system automation
of collections processes to
deliver superior customer
service
Analytics and workflow
align sales AR and
executives to reduce DSO
Optimized for global
business services
deployment
Automate collaboration
with external expertise
Sta
ndard
Re
ce
iva
ble
s
Mobile analytics and
insight to avoid credit
blocks and reduce DSO
Redesigned processes
Automation and
workflow
Rating ExpertsRating Agency Credit Bureau
Update scores as
conditions change
Monitor customers
automatically
Customers
Viewdownload invoices
Send remittance
Make payments
Cloud for Credit
Integration
Cloud for
Customer
payments
Financial Operations
50Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Credit agency
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by the customer during the implementation project
Significant implementation effort per interfaces (= per agency)
Interfaces are XML based
XI PI is required
SAP Credit ManagementIntegration of Credit Risk Agencies in the Past
51Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by an HCP app
Maintenance of interfaces to credit agencies done by SAP
Bulk of the data of external credit reports remains in HCP app
Targeted data fields (like external rating foundation date of a companyhellip) is transferred to SAP Credit Management to
enable scoring based on external and internal data
Credit controller can access detailed data on HCP app with one click from SAP Credit Management screen
Integration of Credit Risk Agencies with
SAP S4HANA Finance Cloud for credit integration
52Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
53Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Clea - Cash Application
PAYMENTS INVOICES
bull Every Account Receivable (AR) team member handles a set of customer accounts differently
bull Every historical AR clearing from all the AR team becomes an important asset for Machine learning
bull For payments that cannot be automatically cleared AR team member can see a list of invoices with the
suggested ratings
Customer
54Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Solution StrategyNon-disruptive automation through SAP HANA CLOUD PLATFORM
55Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
56Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
57Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
58Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What about simulating a
change in my org model
For example in view of MampA (or other)
59Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Financial Statement InsightsIntroducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables finance professionals to reveal hidden
trends and leverage unused potential from
financial information
By
performing personalized ad-hoc analysis
simulating organizational models
based on all relevant financial information
available in S4HANA
in real-time
60Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
The SAP Hybrid Cloud ArchitectureDelivering innovation while keeping a stable Core
Futuristic Not reallyhellip Many organization are already there
62Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Customer success with SAP S4HANA Finance
Growing today with technology for
tomorrow
Turk Telcom wanted to transition from multiple
ledgers to an integrated business with one
software environment and speed up mergers
and acquisitions
Shorter closing period by up to 2 days
Greater clarity and visibility into financial
data
More flexibility in business operations
Simpler processes eliminating
unnecessary workload
Improve expense management
processes with SAP Fraud
management on SAP HANA
Vodafone wanted to automate and become
best in class for TampE claims audit Looking to
extrapolate to other audit systems
100 of claims now automatically
revieiwed before only 10 of employee
claims reviewed through manual process
Now able to investigate different types of
abuse while still saving costs
Increasing Revenue 100 with SAP
S4HANA Finance
Memebox wanted to create a secure
foundation for global business expansion
while improving the accuracy of inventory and
increasing insight into logistic information
100 increase in revenue sing the launch
of SAP S4HANA Finance
30 shorter delivery lead time to
customers
50 increase in sales productivity with on-
the-go data access
63Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company
The information contained herein may be changed without prior notice Some software products marketed by SAP SE and its distr ibutors contain proprietary software components
of other software vendors National product specifications may vary
These materials are provided by SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company for informational purposes only without representation or warranty of any kind and SAP or its affiliated
companies shall not be liable for errors or omissions with respect to the materials The only warranties for SAP or SAP affil iate company products and services are those that are
set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services if any Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty
In particular SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation or to develop or release
any functionality mentioned therein This document or any related presentation and SAP SErsquos or its affiliated companiesrsquo strategy and possible future developments products
andor platform directions and functionality are all subject to change and may be changed by SAP SE or its affiliated companies at any time for any reason without notice The
information in this document is not a commitment promise or legal obligation to deliver any material code or functionality All forward-looking statements are subject to various
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements
and they should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions
SAP and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP SE (or an SAP affiliate company)
in Germany and other countries All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies
See httpglobalsapcomcorporate-enlegalcopyrightindexepx for additional trademark information and notices
copy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved
33Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Reporting capabilities
34Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
35Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Steer the business on an operational and strategic level
through continuous information flow
Continuous end-to-end automation improving efficiency data
integrity and visibility into finance processes
Monitor in real-time the progress quality and financial results
of the closing cycle to avoid bottlenecks and address
business concerns
Get closer to the business and make better strategic
decisions thanks to real-time insight
Enabling strategic finance with a modern system delivering
instant insight to the entire business anywhere available on-
premise and in the cloud
Vision Continuous Accounting
Real-time
Insight
Efficiency
and speed
Quality
and governance
Rob Kugel from Ventura Research wrote a blog that initially coined the phrase
httpsblogventanaresearchcom20151030continuous-accounting-enables-a-strategic-finance-department
36Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What are the advantages of a Continuous Close capability
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
elimination of tasks
real-time execution
automation
acceleration
Continuous closing eg
real-time profitability
insights before period end
closing
ldquoPredicted Actualsrdquo are
derived to enable analysis
of results at period end
during the period
partially Lab preview
Lab preview
37Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Solution offering One consistent and integrated R2R-platform
Single Source
of Truth in the
Universal
Journal ndash all
value flows in
one place
Integrated
Compliance
with Statutory
Reporting for
SAP S4HANA
Special support
for IFRS 9 15
16 and BEPS
Comprehensive
automation
Fast Close with
SAP Financial
Closing cockpit
Soft Close and
Predicted Close
initiatives
Automation of
intercompany
processing and
streamlined
reconciliation
Real-time
Consolidation
for more
transparency
and speed in
group reporting
Integrated
Disclosure
Management
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
Bringing Higher Quality Speed Efficiency and Insight by automating the statutory and management
reporting for increasingly complex accounting closing and disclosure demands
38Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Screenshot example Fiori for SAP S4HANA Screenshot example for SAP S4HANA Cloud
SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Roadmap
Muster
Muster
Muster
Muster
39Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Finance (aka ldquoSimple
Financerdquo) SAP Smart Business
40Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-Time Consolidation
building blocks
SAP ERP
SAP R3
Non-SAP
BPC
Integration
Currency
Translation
ModellingEliminations
Group
Reporting
Validation
Intercompany
Flexible
Upload
BPC Consolidation
BPC Planning
BPC Modelling
SAP S4HANA ON PREMISE SAP BusinessObjects
Planning and Consolidation
ACDOCA Master Data ACDOCCExten BW
Consolidation preparation RTC Enhancements
SAP S4HANA 1610
Existing functionalities
Consolidation Enhancements
Central Finance
ControllingAccounting
Disclosure Management
Validations
41Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
42Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA Platform amp S4HANA
(Single source of truth)
Responsiveness to changing business environment
Links operational decision with
strategic goals
Monitor execution in real time
Trigger mitigation actions
Dynamic Planning and Analysis
Integrated budgeting amp forecasting
Embedded planning with real-time access to
transactional data
Built-in predictive and simulation capabilities
Integrated budgeting embedded in closed loop performance management
43Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP BO Planning amp
Consolidation
(Optimized for S4HANA
or stand-alone)
SAP BO Cloud
Core solution components
Additional solution components
SAP S4HANA
Transactions Planning Prediction Monitor
Flexible modeling
and simulation
End-user and
process driven
Enabling
closed-loop
performance
management
Real-time transactional data access
ndash no replication
Immediate update of plans and
forecasts
Full integration of different planning
models
Planning at any level of detail and
aggregation on the fly
Embedded predictive algorithms
and simulation capabilities
SAP IBP
SAP
Real Spend
Industry
specific
planning
solutions
Dynamic planning and analysis ndash How SAP supports
44Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP RealSpend
Introducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables line managers to maximizing budget
utilization
by
proactively manage spending
in real-time
for all current and future activities
45Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
46Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time plan to actual cash cycle
Easily consolidate global bank balances and cash
positions from data from SAP as well as non-SAP
systems
Monitor critical KPIs and have real-time overview and
response to cash requirements
Centralized bank account management including
overdraft limit and bank risk analysis management and
workflow support
Simplify and automate cash analysis and liquidity
management reducing banking fees and borrowing
costs
Improved control and compliance through integrated
signatures with change history and workflows
Treasury Management
47Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Bank counter-party risk management
ldquoImproving Cash
Management is a priority for
a vast majority of finance
professionalsldquo
Source Next-Generation Needs for Cash Management CFO Research2015
Manage all bank account data and signatory in one
central repository
Automate the data exchange for account opening
maintenance and closure requests through workflow and
integrating payment approval processes
Improve control and compliance through integrated
signatures with BCM payment approval change history
and workflows
Gain insight with bank account master data reports and
bank statement monitoring
Ease of operation with structured processes to open and
close bank accounts bank to bank or third party
transfers as well as cash concentration
Treasury Management
48Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
49Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time receivables and payables management
Credit Collections Dispute
Receivables Manager
Data-driven process control
for team management
Sales Team
Senior
Executives
Cash Collection Team
Cross-system automation
of collections processes to
deliver superior customer
service
Analytics and workflow
align sales AR and
executives to reduce DSO
Optimized for global
business services
deployment
Automate collaboration
with external expertise
Sta
ndard
Re
ce
iva
ble
s
Mobile analytics and
insight to avoid credit
blocks and reduce DSO
Redesigned processes
Automation and
workflow
Rating ExpertsRating Agency Credit Bureau
Update scores as
conditions change
Monitor customers
automatically
Customers
Viewdownload invoices
Send remittance
Make payments
Cloud for Credit
Integration
Cloud for
Customer
payments
Financial Operations
50Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Credit agency
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by the customer during the implementation project
Significant implementation effort per interfaces (= per agency)
Interfaces are XML based
XI PI is required
SAP Credit ManagementIntegration of Credit Risk Agencies in the Past
51Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by an HCP app
Maintenance of interfaces to credit agencies done by SAP
Bulk of the data of external credit reports remains in HCP app
Targeted data fields (like external rating foundation date of a companyhellip) is transferred to SAP Credit Management to
enable scoring based on external and internal data
Credit controller can access detailed data on HCP app with one click from SAP Credit Management screen
Integration of Credit Risk Agencies with
SAP S4HANA Finance Cloud for credit integration
52Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
53Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Clea - Cash Application
PAYMENTS INVOICES
bull Every Account Receivable (AR) team member handles a set of customer accounts differently
bull Every historical AR clearing from all the AR team becomes an important asset for Machine learning
bull For payments that cannot be automatically cleared AR team member can see a list of invoices with the
suggested ratings
Customer
54Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Solution StrategyNon-disruptive automation through SAP HANA CLOUD PLATFORM
55Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
56Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
57Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
58Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What about simulating a
change in my org model
For example in view of MampA (or other)
59Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Financial Statement InsightsIntroducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables finance professionals to reveal hidden
trends and leverage unused potential from
financial information
By
performing personalized ad-hoc analysis
simulating organizational models
based on all relevant financial information
available in S4HANA
in real-time
60Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
The SAP Hybrid Cloud ArchitectureDelivering innovation while keeping a stable Core
Futuristic Not reallyhellip Many organization are already there
62Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Customer success with SAP S4HANA Finance
Growing today with technology for
tomorrow
Turk Telcom wanted to transition from multiple
ledgers to an integrated business with one
software environment and speed up mergers
and acquisitions
Shorter closing period by up to 2 days
Greater clarity and visibility into financial
data
More flexibility in business operations
Simpler processes eliminating
unnecessary workload
Improve expense management
processes with SAP Fraud
management on SAP HANA
Vodafone wanted to automate and become
best in class for TampE claims audit Looking to
extrapolate to other audit systems
100 of claims now automatically
revieiwed before only 10 of employee
claims reviewed through manual process
Now able to investigate different types of
abuse while still saving costs
Increasing Revenue 100 with SAP
S4HANA Finance
Memebox wanted to create a secure
foundation for global business expansion
while improving the accuracy of inventory and
increasing insight into logistic information
100 increase in revenue sing the launch
of SAP S4HANA Finance
30 shorter delivery lead time to
customers
50 increase in sales productivity with on-
the-go data access
63Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company
The information contained herein may be changed without prior notice Some software products marketed by SAP SE and its distr ibutors contain proprietary software components
of other software vendors National product specifications may vary
These materials are provided by SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company for informational purposes only without representation or warranty of any kind and SAP or its affiliated
companies shall not be liable for errors or omissions with respect to the materials The only warranties for SAP or SAP affil iate company products and services are those that are
set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services if any Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty
In particular SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation or to develop or release
any functionality mentioned therein This document or any related presentation and SAP SErsquos or its affiliated companiesrsquo strategy and possible future developments products
andor platform directions and functionality are all subject to change and may be changed by SAP SE or its affiliated companies at any time for any reason without notice The
information in this document is not a commitment promise or legal obligation to deliver any material code or functionality All forward-looking statements are subject to various
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements
and they should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions
SAP and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP SE (or an SAP affiliate company)
in Germany and other countries All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies
See httpglobalsapcomcorporate-enlegalcopyrightindexepx for additional trademark information and notices
copy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved
34Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
35Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Steer the business on an operational and strategic level
through continuous information flow
Continuous end-to-end automation improving efficiency data
integrity and visibility into finance processes
Monitor in real-time the progress quality and financial results
of the closing cycle to avoid bottlenecks and address
business concerns
Get closer to the business and make better strategic
decisions thanks to real-time insight
Enabling strategic finance with a modern system delivering
instant insight to the entire business anywhere available on-
premise and in the cloud
Vision Continuous Accounting
Real-time
Insight
Efficiency
and speed
Quality
and governance
Rob Kugel from Ventura Research wrote a blog that initially coined the phrase
httpsblogventanaresearchcom20151030continuous-accounting-enables-a-strategic-finance-department
36Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What are the advantages of a Continuous Close capability
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
elimination of tasks
real-time execution
automation
acceleration
Continuous closing eg
real-time profitability
insights before period end
closing
ldquoPredicted Actualsrdquo are
derived to enable analysis
of results at period end
during the period
partially Lab preview
Lab preview
37Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Solution offering One consistent and integrated R2R-platform
Single Source
of Truth in the
Universal
Journal ndash all
value flows in
one place
Integrated
Compliance
with Statutory
Reporting for
SAP S4HANA
Special support
for IFRS 9 15
16 and BEPS
Comprehensive
automation
Fast Close with
SAP Financial
Closing cockpit
Soft Close and
Predicted Close
initiatives
Automation of
intercompany
processing and
streamlined
reconciliation
Real-time
Consolidation
for more
transparency
and speed in
group reporting
Integrated
Disclosure
Management
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
Bringing Higher Quality Speed Efficiency and Insight by automating the statutory and management
reporting for increasingly complex accounting closing and disclosure demands
38Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Screenshot example Fiori for SAP S4HANA Screenshot example for SAP S4HANA Cloud
SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Roadmap
Muster
Muster
Muster
Muster
39Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Finance (aka ldquoSimple
Financerdquo) SAP Smart Business
40Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-Time Consolidation
building blocks
SAP ERP
SAP R3
Non-SAP
BPC
Integration
Currency
Translation
ModellingEliminations
Group
Reporting
Validation
Intercompany
Flexible
Upload
BPC Consolidation
BPC Planning
BPC Modelling
SAP S4HANA ON PREMISE SAP BusinessObjects
Planning and Consolidation
ACDOCA Master Data ACDOCCExten BW
Consolidation preparation RTC Enhancements
SAP S4HANA 1610
Existing functionalities
Consolidation Enhancements
Central Finance
ControllingAccounting
Disclosure Management
Validations
41Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
42Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA Platform amp S4HANA
(Single source of truth)
Responsiveness to changing business environment
Links operational decision with
strategic goals
Monitor execution in real time
Trigger mitigation actions
Dynamic Planning and Analysis
Integrated budgeting amp forecasting
Embedded planning with real-time access to
transactional data
Built-in predictive and simulation capabilities
Integrated budgeting embedded in closed loop performance management
43Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP BO Planning amp
Consolidation
(Optimized for S4HANA
or stand-alone)
SAP BO Cloud
Core solution components
Additional solution components
SAP S4HANA
Transactions Planning Prediction Monitor
Flexible modeling
and simulation
End-user and
process driven
Enabling
closed-loop
performance
management
Real-time transactional data access
ndash no replication
Immediate update of plans and
forecasts
Full integration of different planning
models
Planning at any level of detail and
aggregation on the fly
Embedded predictive algorithms
and simulation capabilities
SAP IBP
SAP
Real Spend
Industry
specific
planning
solutions
Dynamic planning and analysis ndash How SAP supports
44Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP RealSpend
Introducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables line managers to maximizing budget
utilization
by
proactively manage spending
in real-time
for all current and future activities
45Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
46Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time plan to actual cash cycle
Easily consolidate global bank balances and cash
positions from data from SAP as well as non-SAP
systems
Monitor critical KPIs and have real-time overview and
response to cash requirements
Centralized bank account management including
overdraft limit and bank risk analysis management and
workflow support
Simplify and automate cash analysis and liquidity
management reducing banking fees and borrowing
costs
Improved control and compliance through integrated
signatures with change history and workflows
Treasury Management
47Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Bank counter-party risk management
ldquoImproving Cash
Management is a priority for
a vast majority of finance
professionalsldquo
Source Next-Generation Needs for Cash Management CFO Research2015
Manage all bank account data and signatory in one
central repository
Automate the data exchange for account opening
maintenance and closure requests through workflow and
integrating payment approval processes
Improve control and compliance through integrated
signatures with BCM payment approval change history
and workflows
Gain insight with bank account master data reports and
bank statement monitoring
Ease of operation with structured processes to open and
close bank accounts bank to bank or third party
transfers as well as cash concentration
Treasury Management
48Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
49Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time receivables and payables management
Credit Collections Dispute
Receivables Manager
Data-driven process control
for team management
Sales Team
Senior
Executives
Cash Collection Team
Cross-system automation
of collections processes to
deliver superior customer
service
Analytics and workflow
align sales AR and
executives to reduce DSO
Optimized for global
business services
deployment
Automate collaboration
with external expertise
Sta
ndard
Re
ce
iva
ble
s
Mobile analytics and
insight to avoid credit
blocks and reduce DSO
Redesigned processes
Automation and
workflow
Rating ExpertsRating Agency Credit Bureau
Update scores as
conditions change
Monitor customers
automatically
Customers
Viewdownload invoices
Send remittance
Make payments
Cloud for Credit
Integration
Cloud for
Customer
payments
Financial Operations
50Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Credit agency
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by the customer during the implementation project
Significant implementation effort per interfaces (= per agency)
Interfaces are XML based
XI PI is required
SAP Credit ManagementIntegration of Credit Risk Agencies in the Past
51Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by an HCP app
Maintenance of interfaces to credit agencies done by SAP
Bulk of the data of external credit reports remains in HCP app
Targeted data fields (like external rating foundation date of a companyhellip) is transferred to SAP Credit Management to
enable scoring based on external and internal data
Credit controller can access detailed data on HCP app with one click from SAP Credit Management screen
Integration of Credit Risk Agencies with
SAP S4HANA Finance Cloud for credit integration
52Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
53Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Clea - Cash Application
PAYMENTS INVOICES
bull Every Account Receivable (AR) team member handles a set of customer accounts differently
bull Every historical AR clearing from all the AR team becomes an important asset for Machine learning
bull For payments that cannot be automatically cleared AR team member can see a list of invoices with the
suggested ratings
Customer
54Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Solution StrategyNon-disruptive automation through SAP HANA CLOUD PLATFORM
55Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
56Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
57Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
58Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What about simulating a
change in my org model
For example in view of MampA (or other)
59Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Financial Statement InsightsIntroducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables finance professionals to reveal hidden
trends and leverage unused potential from
financial information
By
performing personalized ad-hoc analysis
simulating organizational models
based on all relevant financial information
available in S4HANA
in real-time
60Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
The SAP Hybrid Cloud ArchitectureDelivering innovation while keeping a stable Core
Futuristic Not reallyhellip Many organization are already there
62Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Customer success with SAP S4HANA Finance
Growing today with technology for
tomorrow
Turk Telcom wanted to transition from multiple
ledgers to an integrated business with one
software environment and speed up mergers
and acquisitions
Shorter closing period by up to 2 days
Greater clarity and visibility into financial
data
More flexibility in business operations
Simpler processes eliminating
unnecessary workload
Improve expense management
processes with SAP Fraud
management on SAP HANA
Vodafone wanted to automate and become
best in class for TampE claims audit Looking to
extrapolate to other audit systems
100 of claims now automatically
revieiwed before only 10 of employee
claims reviewed through manual process
Now able to investigate different types of
abuse while still saving costs
Increasing Revenue 100 with SAP
S4HANA Finance
Memebox wanted to create a secure
foundation for global business expansion
while improving the accuracy of inventory and
increasing insight into logistic information
100 increase in revenue sing the launch
of SAP S4HANA Finance
30 shorter delivery lead time to
customers
50 increase in sales productivity with on-
the-go data access
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Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
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Steer the business on an operational and strategic level
through continuous information flow
Continuous end-to-end automation improving efficiency data
integrity and visibility into finance processes
Monitor in real-time the progress quality and financial results
of the closing cycle to avoid bottlenecks and address
business concerns
Get closer to the business and make better strategic
decisions thanks to real-time insight
Enabling strategic finance with a modern system delivering
instant insight to the entire business anywhere available on-
premise and in the cloud
Vision Continuous Accounting
Real-time
Insight
Efficiency
and speed
Quality
and governance
Rob Kugel from Ventura Research wrote a blog that initially coined the phrase
httpsblogventanaresearchcom20151030continuous-accounting-enables-a-strategic-finance-department
36Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What are the advantages of a Continuous Close capability
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
elimination of tasks
real-time execution
automation
acceleration
Continuous closing eg
real-time profitability
insights before period end
closing
ldquoPredicted Actualsrdquo are
derived to enable analysis
of results at period end
during the period
partially Lab preview
Lab preview
37Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Solution offering One consistent and integrated R2R-platform
Single Source
of Truth in the
Universal
Journal ndash all
value flows in
one place
Integrated
Compliance
with Statutory
Reporting for
SAP S4HANA
Special support
for IFRS 9 15
16 and BEPS
Comprehensive
automation
Fast Close with
SAP Financial
Closing cockpit
Soft Close and
Predicted Close
initiatives
Automation of
intercompany
processing and
streamlined
reconciliation
Real-time
Consolidation
for more
transparency
and speed in
group reporting
Integrated
Disclosure
Management
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
Bringing Higher Quality Speed Efficiency and Insight by automating the statutory and management
reporting for increasingly complex accounting closing and disclosure demands
38Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Screenshot example Fiori for SAP S4HANA Screenshot example for SAP S4HANA Cloud
SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Roadmap
Muster
Muster
Muster
Muster
39Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Finance (aka ldquoSimple
Financerdquo) SAP Smart Business
40Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-Time Consolidation
building blocks
SAP ERP
SAP R3
Non-SAP
BPC
Integration
Currency
Translation
ModellingEliminations
Group
Reporting
Validation
Intercompany
Flexible
Upload
BPC Consolidation
BPC Planning
BPC Modelling
SAP S4HANA ON PREMISE SAP BusinessObjects
Planning and Consolidation
ACDOCA Master Data ACDOCCExten BW
Consolidation preparation RTC Enhancements
SAP S4HANA 1610
Existing functionalities
Consolidation Enhancements
Central Finance
ControllingAccounting
Disclosure Management
Validations
41Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
42Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA Platform amp S4HANA
(Single source of truth)
Responsiveness to changing business environment
Links operational decision with
strategic goals
Monitor execution in real time
Trigger mitigation actions
Dynamic Planning and Analysis
Integrated budgeting amp forecasting
Embedded planning with real-time access to
transactional data
Built-in predictive and simulation capabilities
Integrated budgeting embedded in closed loop performance management
43Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP BO Planning amp
Consolidation
(Optimized for S4HANA
or stand-alone)
SAP BO Cloud
Core solution components
Additional solution components
SAP S4HANA
Transactions Planning Prediction Monitor
Flexible modeling
and simulation
End-user and
process driven
Enabling
closed-loop
performance
management
Real-time transactional data access
ndash no replication
Immediate update of plans and
forecasts
Full integration of different planning
models
Planning at any level of detail and
aggregation on the fly
Embedded predictive algorithms
and simulation capabilities
SAP IBP
SAP
Real Spend
Industry
specific
planning
solutions
Dynamic planning and analysis ndash How SAP supports
44Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP RealSpend
Introducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables line managers to maximizing budget
utilization
by
proactively manage spending
in real-time
for all current and future activities
45Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
46Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time plan to actual cash cycle
Easily consolidate global bank balances and cash
positions from data from SAP as well as non-SAP
systems
Monitor critical KPIs and have real-time overview and
response to cash requirements
Centralized bank account management including
overdraft limit and bank risk analysis management and
workflow support
Simplify and automate cash analysis and liquidity
management reducing banking fees and borrowing
costs
Improved control and compliance through integrated
signatures with change history and workflows
Treasury Management
47Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Bank counter-party risk management
ldquoImproving Cash
Management is a priority for
a vast majority of finance
professionalsldquo
Source Next-Generation Needs for Cash Management CFO Research2015
Manage all bank account data and signatory in one
central repository
Automate the data exchange for account opening
maintenance and closure requests through workflow and
integrating payment approval processes
Improve control and compliance through integrated
signatures with BCM payment approval change history
and workflows
Gain insight with bank account master data reports and
bank statement monitoring
Ease of operation with structured processes to open and
close bank accounts bank to bank or third party
transfers as well as cash concentration
Treasury Management
48Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
49Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time receivables and payables management
Credit Collections Dispute
Receivables Manager
Data-driven process control
for team management
Sales Team
Senior
Executives
Cash Collection Team
Cross-system automation
of collections processes to
deliver superior customer
service
Analytics and workflow
align sales AR and
executives to reduce DSO
Optimized for global
business services
deployment
Automate collaboration
with external expertise
Sta
ndard
Re
ce
iva
ble
s
Mobile analytics and
insight to avoid credit
blocks and reduce DSO
Redesigned processes
Automation and
workflow
Rating ExpertsRating Agency Credit Bureau
Update scores as
conditions change
Monitor customers
automatically
Customers
Viewdownload invoices
Send remittance
Make payments
Cloud for Credit
Integration
Cloud for
Customer
payments
Financial Operations
50Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Credit agency
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by the customer during the implementation project
Significant implementation effort per interfaces (= per agency)
Interfaces are XML based
XI PI is required
SAP Credit ManagementIntegration of Credit Risk Agencies in the Past
51Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by an HCP app
Maintenance of interfaces to credit agencies done by SAP
Bulk of the data of external credit reports remains in HCP app
Targeted data fields (like external rating foundation date of a companyhellip) is transferred to SAP Credit Management to
enable scoring based on external and internal data
Credit controller can access detailed data on HCP app with one click from SAP Credit Management screen
Integration of Credit Risk Agencies with
SAP S4HANA Finance Cloud for credit integration
52Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
53Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Clea - Cash Application
PAYMENTS INVOICES
bull Every Account Receivable (AR) team member handles a set of customer accounts differently
bull Every historical AR clearing from all the AR team becomes an important asset for Machine learning
bull For payments that cannot be automatically cleared AR team member can see a list of invoices with the
suggested ratings
Customer
54Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Solution StrategyNon-disruptive automation through SAP HANA CLOUD PLATFORM
55Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
56Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
57Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
58Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What about simulating a
change in my org model
For example in view of MampA (or other)
59Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Financial Statement InsightsIntroducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables finance professionals to reveal hidden
trends and leverage unused potential from
financial information
By
performing personalized ad-hoc analysis
simulating organizational models
based on all relevant financial information
available in S4HANA
in real-time
60Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
The SAP Hybrid Cloud ArchitectureDelivering innovation while keeping a stable Core
Futuristic Not reallyhellip Many organization are already there
62Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Customer success with SAP S4HANA Finance
Growing today with technology for
tomorrow
Turk Telcom wanted to transition from multiple
ledgers to an integrated business with one
software environment and speed up mergers
and acquisitions
Shorter closing period by up to 2 days
Greater clarity and visibility into financial
data
More flexibility in business operations
Simpler processes eliminating
unnecessary workload
Improve expense management
processes with SAP Fraud
management on SAP HANA
Vodafone wanted to automate and become
best in class for TampE claims audit Looking to
extrapolate to other audit systems
100 of claims now automatically
revieiwed before only 10 of employee
claims reviewed through manual process
Now able to investigate different types of
abuse while still saving costs
Increasing Revenue 100 with SAP
S4HANA Finance
Memebox wanted to create a secure
foundation for global business expansion
while improving the accuracy of inventory and
increasing insight into logistic information
100 increase in revenue sing the launch
of SAP S4HANA Finance
30 shorter delivery lead time to
customers
50 increase in sales productivity with on-
the-go data access
63Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company
The information contained herein may be changed without prior notice Some software products marketed by SAP SE and its distr ibutors contain proprietary software components
of other software vendors National product specifications may vary
These materials are provided by SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company for informational purposes only without representation or warranty of any kind and SAP or its affiliated
companies shall not be liable for errors or omissions with respect to the materials The only warranties for SAP or SAP affil iate company products and services are those that are
set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services if any Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty
In particular SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation or to develop or release
any functionality mentioned therein This document or any related presentation and SAP SErsquos or its affiliated companiesrsquo strategy and possible future developments products
andor platform directions and functionality are all subject to change and may be changed by SAP SE or its affiliated companies at any time for any reason without notice The
information in this document is not a commitment promise or legal obligation to deliver any material code or functionality All forward-looking statements are subject to various
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements
and they should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions
SAP and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP SE (or an SAP affiliate company)
in Germany and other countries All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies
See httpglobalsapcomcorporate-enlegalcopyrightindexepx for additional trademark information and notices
copy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved
36Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What are the advantages of a Continuous Close capability
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
elimination of tasks
real-time execution
automation
acceleration
Continuous closing eg
real-time profitability
insights before period end
closing
ldquoPredicted Actualsrdquo are
derived to enable analysis
of results at period end
during the period
partially Lab preview
Lab preview
37Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Solution offering One consistent and integrated R2R-platform
Single Source
of Truth in the
Universal
Journal ndash all
value flows in
one place
Integrated
Compliance
with Statutory
Reporting for
SAP S4HANA
Special support
for IFRS 9 15
16 and BEPS
Comprehensive
automation
Fast Close with
SAP Financial
Closing cockpit
Soft Close and
Predicted Close
initiatives
Automation of
intercompany
processing and
streamlined
reconciliation
Real-time
Consolidation
for more
transparency
and speed in
group reporting
Integrated
Disclosure
Management
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
Bringing Higher Quality Speed Efficiency and Insight by automating the statutory and management
reporting for increasingly complex accounting closing and disclosure demands
38Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Screenshot example Fiori for SAP S4HANA Screenshot example for SAP S4HANA Cloud
SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Roadmap
Muster
Muster
Muster
Muster
39Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Finance (aka ldquoSimple
Financerdquo) SAP Smart Business
40Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-Time Consolidation
building blocks
SAP ERP
SAP R3
Non-SAP
BPC
Integration
Currency
Translation
ModellingEliminations
Group
Reporting
Validation
Intercompany
Flexible
Upload
BPC Consolidation
BPC Planning
BPC Modelling
SAP S4HANA ON PREMISE SAP BusinessObjects
Planning and Consolidation
ACDOCA Master Data ACDOCCExten BW
Consolidation preparation RTC Enhancements
SAP S4HANA 1610
Existing functionalities
Consolidation Enhancements
Central Finance
ControllingAccounting
Disclosure Management
Validations
41Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
42Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA Platform amp S4HANA
(Single source of truth)
Responsiveness to changing business environment
Links operational decision with
strategic goals
Monitor execution in real time
Trigger mitigation actions
Dynamic Planning and Analysis
Integrated budgeting amp forecasting
Embedded planning with real-time access to
transactional data
Built-in predictive and simulation capabilities
Integrated budgeting embedded in closed loop performance management
43Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP BO Planning amp
Consolidation
(Optimized for S4HANA
or stand-alone)
SAP BO Cloud
Core solution components
Additional solution components
SAP S4HANA
Transactions Planning Prediction Monitor
Flexible modeling
and simulation
End-user and
process driven
Enabling
closed-loop
performance
management
Real-time transactional data access
ndash no replication
Immediate update of plans and
forecasts
Full integration of different planning
models
Planning at any level of detail and
aggregation on the fly
Embedded predictive algorithms
and simulation capabilities
SAP IBP
SAP
Real Spend
Industry
specific
planning
solutions
Dynamic planning and analysis ndash How SAP supports
44Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP RealSpend
Introducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables line managers to maximizing budget
utilization
by
proactively manage spending
in real-time
for all current and future activities
45Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
46Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time plan to actual cash cycle
Easily consolidate global bank balances and cash
positions from data from SAP as well as non-SAP
systems
Monitor critical KPIs and have real-time overview and
response to cash requirements
Centralized bank account management including
overdraft limit and bank risk analysis management and
workflow support
Simplify and automate cash analysis and liquidity
management reducing banking fees and borrowing
costs
Improved control and compliance through integrated
signatures with change history and workflows
Treasury Management
47Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Bank counter-party risk management
ldquoImproving Cash
Management is a priority for
a vast majority of finance
professionalsldquo
Source Next-Generation Needs for Cash Management CFO Research2015
Manage all bank account data and signatory in one
central repository
Automate the data exchange for account opening
maintenance and closure requests through workflow and
integrating payment approval processes
Improve control and compliance through integrated
signatures with BCM payment approval change history
and workflows
Gain insight with bank account master data reports and
bank statement monitoring
Ease of operation with structured processes to open and
close bank accounts bank to bank or third party
transfers as well as cash concentration
Treasury Management
48Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
49Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time receivables and payables management
Credit Collections Dispute
Receivables Manager
Data-driven process control
for team management
Sales Team
Senior
Executives
Cash Collection Team
Cross-system automation
of collections processes to
deliver superior customer
service
Analytics and workflow
align sales AR and
executives to reduce DSO
Optimized for global
business services
deployment
Automate collaboration
with external expertise
Sta
ndard
Re
ce
iva
ble
s
Mobile analytics and
insight to avoid credit
blocks and reduce DSO
Redesigned processes
Automation and
workflow
Rating ExpertsRating Agency Credit Bureau
Update scores as
conditions change
Monitor customers
automatically
Customers
Viewdownload invoices
Send remittance
Make payments
Cloud for Credit
Integration
Cloud for
Customer
payments
Financial Operations
50Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Credit agency
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by the customer during the implementation project
Significant implementation effort per interfaces (= per agency)
Interfaces are XML based
XI PI is required
SAP Credit ManagementIntegration of Credit Risk Agencies in the Past
51Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by an HCP app
Maintenance of interfaces to credit agencies done by SAP
Bulk of the data of external credit reports remains in HCP app
Targeted data fields (like external rating foundation date of a companyhellip) is transferred to SAP Credit Management to
enable scoring based on external and internal data
Credit controller can access detailed data on HCP app with one click from SAP Credit Management screen
Integration of Credit Risk Agencies with
SAP S4HANA Finance Cloud for credit integration
52Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
53Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Clea - Cash Application
PAYMENTS INVOICES
bull Every Account Receivable (AR) team member handles a set of customer accounts differently
bull Every historical AR clearing from all the AR team becomes an important asset for Machine learning
bull For payments that cannot be automatically cleared AR team member can see a list of invoices with the
suggested ratings
Customer
54Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Solution StrategyNon-disruptive automation through SAP HANA CLOUD PLATFORM
55Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
56Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
57Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
58Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What about simulating a
change in my org model
For example in view of MampA (or other)
59Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Financial Statement InsightsIntroducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables finance professionals to reveal hidden
trends and leverage unused potential from
financial information
By
performing personalized ad-hoc analysis
simulating organizational models
based on all relevant financial information
available in S4HANA
in real-time
60Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
The SAP Hybrid Cloud ArchitectureDelivering innovation while keeping a stable Core
Futuristic Not reallyhellip Many organization are already there
62Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Customer success with SAP S4HANA Finance
Growing today with technology for
tomorrow
Turk Telcom wanted to transition from multiple
ledgers to an integrated business with one
software environment and speed up mergers
and acquisitions
Shorter closing period by up to 2 days
Greater clarity and visibility into financial
data
More flexibility in business operations
Simpler processes eliminating
unnecessary workload
Improve expense management
processes with SAP Fraud
management on SAP HANA
Vodafone wanted to automate and become
best in class for TampE claims audit Looking to
extrapolate to other audit systems
100 of claims now automatically
revieiwed before only 10 of employee
claims reviewed through manual process
Now able to investigate different types of
abuse while still saving costs
Increasing Revenue 100 with SAP
S4HANA Finance
Memebox wanted to create a secure
foundation for global business expansion
while improving the accuracy of inventory and
increasing insight into logistic information
100 increase in revenue sing the launch
of SAP S4HANA Finance
30 shorter delivery lead time to
customers
50 increase in sales productivity with on-
the-go data access
63Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company
The information contained herein may be changed without prior notice Some software products marketed by SAP SE and its distr ibutors contain proprietary software components
of other software vendors National product specifications may vary
These materials are provided by SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company for informational purposes only without representation or warranty of any kind and SAP or its affiliated
companies shall not be liable for errors or omissions with respect to the materials The only warranties for SAP or SAP affil iate company products and services are those that are
set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services if any Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty
In particular SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation or to develop or release
any functionality mentioned therein This document or any related presentation and SAP SErsquos or its affiliated companiesrsquo strategy and possible future developments products
andor platform directions and functionality are all subject to change and may be changed by SAP SE or its affiliated companies at any time for any reason without notice The
information in this document is not a commitment promise or legal obligation to deliver any material code or functionality All forward-looking statements are subject to various
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements
and they should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions
SAP and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP SE (or an SAP affiliate company)
in Germany and other countries All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies
See httpglobalsapcomcorporate-enlegalcopyrightindexepx for additional trademark information and notices
copy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved
37Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Solution offering One consistent and integrated R2R-platform
Single Source
of Truth in the
Universal
Journal ndash all
value flows in
one place
Integrated
Compliance
with Statutory
Reporting for
SAP S4HANA
Special support
for IFRS 9 15
16 and BEPS
Comprehensive
automation
Fast Close with
SAP Financial
Closing cockpit
Soft Close and
Predicted Close
initiatives
Automation of
intercompany
processing and
streamlined
reconciliation
Real-time
Consolidation
for more
transparency
and speed in
group reporting
Integrated
Disclosure
Management
Accounting Compliance Entity Close Intercompany Consolidation Disclosure
Bringing Higher Quality Speed Efficiency and Insight by automating the statutory and management
reporting for increasingly complex accounting closing and disclosure demands
38Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Screenshot example Fiori for SAP S4HANA Screenshot example for SAP S4HANA Cloud
SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Roadmap
Muster
Muster
Muster
Muster
39Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Finance (aka ldquoSimple
Financerdquo) SAP Smart Business
40Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-Time Consolidation
building blocks
SAP ERP
SAP R3
Non-SAP
BPC
Integration
Currency
Translation
ModellingEliminations
Group
Reporting
Validation
Intercompany
Flexible
Upload
BPC Consolidation
BPC Planning
BPC Modelling
SAP S4HANA ON PREMISE SAP BusinessObjects
Planning and Consolidation
ACDOCA Master Data ACDOCCExten BW
Consolidation preparation RTC Enhancements
SAP S4HANA 1610
Existing functionalities
Consolidation Enhancements
Central Finance
ControllingAccounting
Disclosure Management
Validations
41Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
42Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA Platform amp S4HANA
(Single source of truth)
Responsiveness to changing business environment
Links operational decision with
strategic goals
Monitor execution in real time
Trigger mitigation actions
Dynamic Planning and Analysis
Integrated budgeting amp forecasting
Embedded planning with real-time access to
transactional data
Built-in predictive and simulation capabilities
Integrated budgeting embedded in closed loop performance management
43Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP BO Planning amp
Consolidation
(Optimized for S4HANA
or stand-alone)
SAP BO Cloud
Core solution components
Additional solution components
SAP S4HANA
Transactions Planning Prediction Monitor
Flexible modeling
and simulation
End-user and
process driven
Enabling
closed-loop
performance
management
Real-time transactional data access
ndash no replication
Immediate update of plans and
forecasts
Full integration of different planning
models
Planning at any level of detail and
aggregation on the fly
Embedded predictive algorithms
and simulation capabilities
SAP IBP
SAP
Real Spend
Industry
specific
planning
solutions
Dynamic planning and analysis ndash How SAP supports
44Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP RealSpend
Introducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables line managers to maximizing budget
utilization
by
proactively manage spending
in real-time
for all current and future activities
45Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
46Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time plan to actual cash cycle
Easily consolidate global bank balances and cash
positions from data from SAP as well as non-SAP
systems
Monitor critical KPIs and have real-time overview and
response to cash requirements
Centralized bank account management including
overdraft limit and bank risk analysis management and
workflow support
Simplify and automate cash analysis and liquidity
management reducing banking fees and borrowing
costs
Improved control and compliance through integrated
signatures with change history and workflows
Treasury Management
47Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Bank counter-party risk management
ldquoImproving Cash
Management is a priority for
a vast majority of finance
professionalsldquo
Source Next-Generation Needs for Cash Management CFO Research2015
Manage all bank account data and signatory in one
central repository
Automate the data exchange for account opening
maintenance and closure requests through workflow and
integrating payment approval processes
Improve control and compliance through integrated
signatures with BCM payment approval change history
and workflows
Gain insight with bank account master data reports and
bank statement monitoring
Ease of operation with structured processes to open and
close bank accounts bank to bank or third party
transfers as well as cash concentration
Treasury Management
48Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
49Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time receivables and payables management
Credit Collections Dispute
Receivables Manager
Data-driven process control
for team management
Sales Team
Senior
Executives
Cash Collection Team
Cross-system automation
of collections processes to
deliver superior customer
service
Analytics and workflow
align sales AR and
executives to reduce DSO
Optimized for global
business services
deployment
Automate collaboration
with external expertise
Sta
ndard
Re
ce
iva
ble
s
Mobile analytics and
insight to avoid credit
blocks and reduce DSO
Redesigned processes
Automation and
workflow
Rating ExpertsRating Agency Credit Bureau
Update scores as
conditions change
Monitor customers
automatically
Customers
Viewdownload invoices
Send remittance
Make payments
Cloud for Credit
Integration
Cloud for
Customer
payments
Financial Operations
50Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Credit agency
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by the customer during the implementation project
Significant implementation effort per interfaces (= per agency)
Interfaces are XML based
XI PI is required
SAP Credit ManagementIntegration of Credit Risk Agencies in the Past
51Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by an HCP app
Maintenance of interfaces to credit agencies done by SAP
Bulk of the data of external credit reports remains in HCP app
Targeted data fields (like external rating foundation date of a companyhellip) is transferred to SAP Credit Management to
enable scoring based on external and internal data
Credit controller can access detailed data on HCP app with one click from SAP Credit Management screen
Integration of Credit Risk Agencies with
SAP S4HANA Finance Cloud for credit integration
52Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
53Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Clea - Cash Application
PAYMENTS INVOICES
bull Every Account Receivable (AR) team member handles a set of customer accounts differently
bull Every historical AR clearing from all the AR team becomes an important asset for Machine learning
bull For payments that cannot be automatically cleared AR team member can see a list of invoices with the
suggested ratings
Customer
54Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Solution StrategyNon-disruptive automation through SAP HANA CLOUD PLATFORM
55Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
56Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
57Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
58Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What about simulating a
change in my org model
For example in view of MampA (or other)
59Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Financial Statement InsightsIntroducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables finance professionals to reveal hidden
trends and leverage unused potential from
financial information
By
performing personalized ad-hoc analysis
simulating organizational models
based on all relevant financial information
available in S4HANA
in real-time
60Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
The SAP Hybrid Cloud ArchitectureDelivering innovation while keeping a stable Core
Futuristic Not reallyhellip Many organization are already there
62Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Customer success with SAP S4HANA Finance
Growing today with technology for
tomorrow
Turk Telcom wanted to transition from multiple
ledgers to an integrated business with one
software environment and speed up mergers
and acquisitions
Shorter closing period by up to 2 days
Greater clarity and visibility into financial
data
More flexibility in business operations
Simpler processes eliminating
unnecessary workload
Improve expense management
processes with SAP Fraud
management on SAP HANA
Vodafone wanted to automate and become
best in class for TampE claims audit Looking to
extrapolate to other audit systems
100 of claims now automatically
revieiwed before only 10 of employee
claims reviewed through manual process
Now able to investigate different types of
abuse while still saving costs
Increasing Revenue 100 with SAP
S4HANA Finance
Memebox wanted to create a secure
foundation for global business expansion
while improving the accuracy of inventory and
increasing insight into logistic information
100 increase in revenue sing the launch
of SAP S4HANA Finance
30 shorter delivery lead time to
customers
50 increase in sales productivity with on-
the-go data access
63Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company
The information contained herein may be changed without prior notice Some software products marketed by SAP SE and its distr ibutors contain proprietary software components
of other software vendors National product specifications may vary
These materials are provided by SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company for informational purposes only without representation or warranty of any kind and SAP or its affiliated
companies shall not be liable for errors or omissions with respect to the materials The only warranties for SAP or SAP affil iate company products and services are those that are
set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services if any Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty
In particular SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation or to develop or release
any functionality mentioned therein This document or any related presentation and SAP SErsquos or its affiliated companiesrsquo strategy and possible future developments products
andor platform directions and functionality are all subject to change and may be changed by SAP SE or its affiliated companies at any time for any reason without notice The
information in this document is not a commitment promise or legal obligation to deliver any material code or functionality All forward-looking statements are subject to various
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements
and they should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions
SAP and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP SE (or an SAP affiliate company)
in Germany and other countries All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies
See httpglobalsapcomcorporate-enlegalcopyrightindexepx for additional trademark information and notices
copy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved
38Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Screenshot example Fiori for SAP S4HANA Screenshot example for SAP S4HANA Cloud
SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Roadmap
Muster
Muster
Muster
Muster
39Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Finance (aka ldquoSimple
Financerdquo) SAP Smart Business
40Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-Time Consolidation
building blocks
SAP ERP
SAP R3
Non-SAP
BPC
Integration
Currency
Translation
ModellingEliminations
Group
Reporting
Validation
Intercompany
Flexible
Upload
BPC Consolidation
BPC Planning
BPC Modelling
SAP S4HANA ON PREMISE SAP BusinessObjects
Planning and Consolidation
ACDOCA Master Data ACDOCCExten BW
Consolidation preparation RTC Enhancements
SAP S4HANA 1610
Existing functionalities
Consolidation Enhancements
Central Finance
ControllingAccounting
Disclosure Management
Validations
41Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
42Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA Platform amp S4HANA
(Single source of truth)
Responsiveness to changing business environment
Links operational decision with
strategic goals
Monitor execution in real time
Trigger mitigation actions
Dynamic Planning and Analysis
Integrated budgeting amp forecasting
Embedded planning with real-time access to
transactional data
Built-in predictive and simulation capabilities
Integrated budgeting embedded in closed loop performance management
43Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP BO Planning amp
Consolidation
(Optimized for S4HANA
or stand-alone)
SAP BO Cloud
Core solution components
Additional solution components
SAP S4HANA
Transactions Planning Prediction Monitor
Flexible modeling
and simulation
End-user and
process driven
Enabling
closed-loop
performance
management
Real-time transactional data access
ndash no replication
Immediate update of plans and
forecasts
Full integration of different planning
models
Planning at any level of detail and
aggregation on the fly
Embedded predictive algorithms
and simulation capabilities
SAP IBP
SAP
Real Spend
Industry
specific
planning
solutions
Dynamic planning and analysis ndash How SAP supports
44Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP RealSpend
Introducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables line managers to maximizing budget
utilization
by
proactively manage spending
in real-time
for all current and future activities
45Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
46Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time plan to actual cash cycle
Easily consolidate global bank balances and cash
positions from data from SAP as well as non-SAP
systems
Monitor critical KPIs and have real-time overview and
response to cash requirements
Centralized bank account management including
overdraft limit and bank risk analysis management and
workflow support
Simplify and automate cash analysis and liquidity
management reducing banking fees and borrowing
costs
Improved control and compliance through integrated
signatures with change history and workflows
Treasury Management
47Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Bank counter-party risk management
ldquoImproving Cash
Management is a priority for
a vast majority of finance
professionalsldquo
Source Next-Generation Needs for Cash Management CFO Research2015
Manage all bank account data and signatory in one
central repository
Automate the data exchange for account opening
maintenance and closure requests through workflow and
integrating payment approval processes
Improve control and compliance through integrated
signatures with BCM payment approval change history
and workflows
Gain insight with bank account master data reports and
bank statement monitoring
Ease of operation with structured processes to open and
close bank accounts bank to bank or third party
transfers as well as cash concentration
Treasury Management
48Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
49Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time receivables and payables management
Credit Collections Dispute
Receivables Manager
Data-driven process control
for team management
Sales Team
Senior
Executives
Cash Collection Team
Cross-system automation
of collections processes to
deliver superior customer
service
Analytics and workflow
align sales AR and
executives to reduce DSO
Optimized for global
business services
deployment
Automate collaboration
with external expertise
Sta
ndard
Re
ce
iva
ble
s
Mobile analytics and
insight to avoid credit
blocks and reduce DSO
Redesigned processes
Automation and
workflow
Rating ExpertsRating Agency Credit Bureau
Update scores as
conditions change
Monitor customers
automatically
Customers
Viewdownload invoices
Send remittance
Make payments
Cloud for Credit
Integration
Cloud for
Customer
payments
Financial Operations
50Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Credit agency
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by the customer during the implementation project
Significant implementation effort per interfaces (= per agency)
Interfaces are XML based
XI PI is required
SAP Credit ManagementIntegration of Credit Risk Agencies in the Past
51Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by an HCP app
Maintenance of interfaces to credit agencies done by SAP
Bulk of the data of external credit reports remains in HCP app
Targeted data fields (like external rating foundation date of a companyhellip) is transferred to SAP Credit Management to
enable scoring based on external and internal data
Credit controller can access detailed data on HCP app with one click from SAP Credit Management screen
Integration of Credit Risk Agencies with
SAP S4HANA Finance Cloud for credit integration
52Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
53Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Clea - Cash Application
PAYMENTS INVOICES
bull Every Account Receivable (AR) team member handles a set of customer accounts differently
bull Every historical AR clearing from all the AR team becomes an important asset for Machine learning
bull For payments that cannot be automatically cleared AR team member can see a list of invoices with the
suggested ratings
Customer
54Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Solution StrategyNon-disruptive automation through SAP HANA CLOUD PLATFORM
55Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
56Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
57Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
58Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What about simulating a
change in my org model
For example in view of MampA (or other)
59Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Financial Statement InsightsIntroducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables finance professionals to reveal hidden
trends and leverage unused potential from
financial information
By
performing personalized ad-hoc analysis
simulating organizational models
based on all relevant financial information
available in S4HANA
in real-time
60Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
The SAP Hybrid Cloud ArchitectureDelivering innovation while keeping a stable Core
Futuristic Not reallyhellip Many organization are already there
62Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Customer success with SAP S4HANA Finance
Growing today with technology for
tomorrow
Turk Telcom wanted to transition from multiple
ledgers to an integrated business with one
software environment and speed up mergers
and acquisitions
Shorter closing period by up to 2 days
Greater clarity and visibility into financial
data
More flexibility in business operations
Simpler processes eliminating
unnecessary workload
Improve expense management
processes with SAP Fraud
management on SAP HANA
Vodafone wanted to automate and become
best in class for TampE claims audit Looking to
extrapolate to other audit systems
100 of claims now automatically
revieiwed before only 10 of employee
claims reviewed through manual process
Now able to investigate different types of
abuse while still saving costs
Increasing Revenue 100 with SAP
S4HANA Finance
Memebox wanted to create a secure
foundation for global business expansion
while improving the accuracy of inventory and
increasing insight into logistic information
100 increase in revenue sing the launch
of SAP S4HANA Finance
30 shorter delivery lead time to
customers
50 increase in sales productivity with on-
the-go data access
63Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company
The information contained herein may be changed without prior notice Some software products marketed by SAP SE and its distr ibutors contain proprietary software components
of other software vendors National product specifications may vary
These materials are provided by SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company for informational purposes only without representation or warranty of any kind and SAP or its affiliated
companies shall not be liable for errors or omissions with respect to the materials The only warranties for SAP or SAP affil iate company products and services are those that are
set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services if any Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty
In particular SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation or to develop or release
any functionality mentioned therein This document or any related presentation and SAP SErsquos or its affiliated companiesrsquo strategy and possible future developments products
andor platform directions and functionality are all subject to change and may be changed by SAP SE or its affiliated companies at any time for any reason without notice The
information in this document is not a commitment promise or legal obligation to deliver any material code or functionality All forward-looking statements are subject to various
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements
and they should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions
SAP and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP SE (or an SAP affiliate company)
in Germany and other countries All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies
See httpglobalsapcomcorporate-enlegalcopyrightindexepx for additional trademark information and notices
copy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved
39Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Financial Closing cockpit with SAP S4HANA Finance (aka ldquoSimple
Financerdquo) SAP Smart Business
40Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-Time Consolidation
building blocks
SAP ERP
SAP R3
Non-SAP
BPC
Integration
Currency
Translation
ModellingEliminations
Group
Reporting
Validation
Intercompany
Flexible
Upload
BPC Consolidation
BPC Planning
BPC Modelling
SAP S4HANA ON PREMISE SAP BusinessObjects
Planning and Consolidation
ACDOCA Master Data ACDOCCExten BW
Consolidation preparation RTC Enhancements
SAP S4HANA 1610
Existing functionalities
Consolidation Enhancements
Central Finance
ControllingAccounting
Disclosure Management
Validations
41Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
42Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA Platform amp S4HANA
(Single source of truth)
Responsiveness to changing business environment
Links operational decision with
strategic goals
Monitor execution in real time
Trigger mitigation actions
Dynamic Planning and Analysis
Integrated budgeting amp forecasting
Embedded planning with real-time access to
transactional data
Built-in predictive and simulation capabilities
Integrated budgeting embedded in closed loop performance management
43Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP BO Planning amp
Consolidation
(Optimized for S4HANA
or stand-alone)
SAP BO Cloud
Core solution components
Additional solution components
SAP S4HANA
Transactions Planning Prediction Monitor
Flexible modeling
and simulation
End-user and
process driven
Enabling
closed-loop
performance
management
Real-time transactional data access
ndash no replication
Immediate update of plans and
forecasts
Full integration of different planning
models
Planning at any level of detail and
aggregation on the fly
Embedded predictive algorithms
and simulation capabilities
SAP IBP
SAP
Real Spend
Industry
specific
planning
solutions
Dynamic planning and analysis ndash How SAP supports
44Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP RealSpend
Introducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables line managers to maximizing budget
utilization
by
proactively manage spending
in real-time
for all current and future activities
45Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
46Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time plan to actual cash cycle
Easily consolidate global bank balances and cash
positions from data from SAP as well as non-SAP
systems
Monitor critical KPIs and have real-time overview and
response to cash requirements
Centralized bank account management including
overdraft limit and bank risk analysis management and
workflow support
Simplify and automate cash analysis and liquidity
management reducing banking fees and borrowing
costs
Improved control and compliance through integrated
signatures with change history and workflows
Treasury Management
47Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Bank counter-party risk management
ldquoImproving Cash
Management is a priority for
a vast majority of finance
professionalsldquo
Source Next-Generation Needs for Cash Management CFO Research2015
Manage all bank account data and signatory in one
central repository
Automate the data exchange for account opening
maintenance and closure requests through workflow and
integrating payment approval processes
Improve control and compliance through integrated
signatures with BCM payment approval change history
and workflows
Gain insight with bank account master data reports and
bank statement monitoring
Ease of operation with structured processes to open and
close bank accounts bank to bank or third party
transfers as well as cash concentration
Treasury Management
48Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
49Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time receivables and payables management
Credit Collections Dispute
Receivables Manager
Data-driven process control
for team management
Sales Team
Senior
Executives
Cash Collection Team
Cross-system automation
of collections processes to
deliver superior customer
service
Analytics and workflow
align sales AR and
executives to reduce DSO
Optimized for global
business services
deployment
Automate collaboration
with external expertise
Sta
ndard
Re
ce
iva
ble
s
Mobile analytics and
insight to avoid credit
blocks and reduce DSO
Redesigned processes
Automation and
workflow
Rating ExpertsRating Agency Credit Bureau
Update scores as
conditions change
Monitor customers
automatically
Customers
Viewdownload invoices
Send remittance
Make payments
Cloud for Credit
Integration
Cloud for
Customer
payments
Financial Operations
50Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Credit agency
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by the customer during the implementation project
Significant implementation effort per interfaces (= per agency)
Interfaces are XML based
XI PI is required
SAP Credit ManagementIntegration of Credit Risk Agencies in the Past
51Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by an HCP app
Maintenance of interfaces to credit agencies done by SAP
Bulk of the data of external credit reports remains in HCP app
Targeted data fields (like external rating foundation date of a companyhellip) is transferred to SAP Credit Management to
enable scoring based on external and internal data
Credit controller can access detailed data on HCP app with one click from SAP Credit Management screen
Integration of Credit Risk Agencies with
SAP S4HANA Finance Cloud for credit integration
52Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
53Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Clea - Cash Application
PAYMENTS INVOICES
bull Every Account Receivable (AR) team member handles a set of customer accounts differently
bull Every historical AR clearing from all the AR team becomes an important asset for Machine learning
bull For payments that cannot be automatically cleared AR team member can see a list of invoices with the
suggested ratings
Customer
54Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Solution StrategyNon-disruptive automation through SAP HANA CLOUD PLATFORM
55Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
56Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
57Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
58Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What about simulating a
change in my org model
For example in view of MampA (or other)
59Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Financial Statement InsightsIntroducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables finance professionals to reveal hidden
trends and leverage unused potential from
financial information
By
performing personalized ad-hoc analysis
simulating organizational models
based on all relevant financial information
available in S4HANA
in real-time
60Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
The SAP Hybrid Cloud ArchitectureDelivering innovation while keeping a stable Core
Futuristic Not reallyhellip Many organization are already there
62Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Customer success with SAP S4HANA Finance
Growing today with technology for
tomorrow
Turk Telcom wanted to transition from multiple
ledgers to an integrated business with one
software environment and speed up mergers
and acquisitions
Shorter closing period by up to 2 days
Greater clarity and visibility into financial
data
More flexibility in business operations
Simpler processes eliminating
unnecessary workload
Improve expense management
processes with SAP Fraud
management on SAP HANA
Vodafone wanted to automate and become
best in class for TampE claims audit Looking to
extrapolate to other audit systems
100 of claims now automatically
revieiwed before only 10 of employee
claims reviewed through manual process
Now able to investigate different types of
abuse while still saving costs
Increasing Revenue 100 with SAP
S4HANA Finance
Memebox wanted to create a secure
foundation for global business expansion
while improving the accuracy of inventory and
increasing insight into logistic information
100 increase in revenue sing the launch
of SAP S4HANA Finance
30 shorter delivery lead time to
customers
50 increase in sales productivity with on-
the-go data access
63Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company
The information contained herein may be changed without prior notice Some software products marketed by SAP SE and its distr ibutors contain proprietary software components
of other software vendors National product specifications may vary
These materials are provided by SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company for informational purposes only without representation or warranty of any kind and SAP or its affiliated
companies shall not be liable for errors or omissions with respect to the materials The only warranties for SAP or SAP affil iate company products and services are those that are
set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services if any Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty
In particular SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation or to develop or release
any functionality mentioned therein This document or any related presentation and SAP SErsquos or its affiliated companiesrsquo strategy and possible future developments products
andor platform directions and functionality are all subject to change and may be changed by SAP SE or its affiliated companies at any time for any reason without notice The
information in this document is not a commitment promise or legal obligation to deliver any material code or functionality All forward-looking statements are subject to various
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements
and they should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions
SAP and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP SE (or an SAP affiliate company)
in Germany and other countries All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies
See httpglobalsapcomcorporate-enlegalcopyrightindexepx for additional trademark information and notices
copy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved
40Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-Time Consolidation
building blocks
SAP ERP
SAP R3
Non-SAP
BPC
Integration
Currency
Translation
ModellingEliminations
Group
Reporting
Validation
Intercompany
Flexible
Upload
BPC Consolidation
BPC Planning
BPC Modelling
SAP S4HANA ON PREMISE SAP BusinessObjects
Planning and Consolidation
ACDOCA Master Data ACDOCCExten BW
Consolidation preparation RTC Enhancements
SAP S4HANA 1610
Existing functionalities
Consolidation Enhancements
Central Finance
ControllingAccounting
Disclosure Management
Validations
41Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
42Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA Platform amp S4HANA
(Single source of truth)
Responsiveness to changing business environment
Links operational decision with
strategic goals
Monitor execution in real time
Trigger mitigation actions
Dynamic Planning and Analysis
Integrated budgeting amp forecasting
Embedded planning with real-time access to
transactional data
Built-in predictive and simulation capabilities
Integrated budgeting embedded in closed loop performance management
43Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP BO Planning amp
Consolidation
(Optimized for S4HANA
or stand-alone)
SAP BO Cloud
Core solution components
Additional solution components
SAP S4HANA
Transactions Planning Prediction Monitor
Flexible modeling
and simulation
End-user and
process driven
Enabling
closed-loop
performance
management
Real-time transactional data access
ndash no replication
Immediate update of plans and
forecasts
Full integration of different planning
models
Planning at any level of detail and
aggregation on the fly
Embedded predictive algorithms
and simulation capabilities
SAP IBP
SAP
Real Spend
Industry
specific
planning
solutions
Dynamic planning and analysis ndash How SAP supports
44Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP RealSpend
Introducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables line managers to maximizing budget
utilization
by
proactively manage spending
in real-time
for all current and future activities
45Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
46Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time plan to actual cash cycle
Easily consolidate global bank balances and cash
positions from data from SAP as well as non-SAP
systems
Monitor critical KPIs and have real-time overview and
response to cash requirements
Centralized bank account management including
overdraft limit and bank risk analysis management and
workflow support
Simplify and automate cash analysis and liquidity
management reducing banking fees and borrowing
costs
Improved control and compliance through integrated
signatures with change history and workflows
Treasury Management
47Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Bank counter-party risk management
ldquoImproving Cash
Management is a priority for
a vast majority of finance
professionalsldquo
Source Next-Generation Needs for Cash Management CFO Research2015
Manage all bank account data and signatory in one
central repository
Automate the data exchange for account opening
maintenance and closure requests through workflow and
integrating payment approval processes
Improve control and compliance through integrated
signatures with BCM payment approval change history
and workflows
Gain insight with bank account master data reports and
bank statement monitoring
Ease of operation with structured processes to open and
close bank accounts bank to bank or third party
transfers as well as cash concentration
Treasury Management
48Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
49Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time receivables and payables management
Credit Collections Dispute
Receivables Manager
Data-driven process control
for team management
Sales Team
Senior
Executives
Cash Collection Team
Cross-system automation
of collections processes to
deliver superior customer
service
Analytics and workflow
align sales AR and
executives to reduce DSO
Optimized for global
business services
deployment
Automate collaboration
with external expertise
Sta
ndard
Re
ce
iva
ble
s
Mobile analytics and
insight to avoid credit
blocks and reduce DSO
Redesigned processes
Automation and
workflow
Rating ExpertsRating Agency Credit Bureau
Update scores as
conditions change
Monitor customers
automatically
Customers
Viewdownload invoices
Send remittance
Make payments
Cloud for Credit
Integration
Cloud for
Customer
payments
Financial Operations
50Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Credit agency
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by the customer during the implementation project
Significant implementation effort per interfaces (= per agency)
Interfaces are XML based
XI PI is required
SAP Credit ManagementIntegration of Credit Risk Agencies in the Past
51Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by an HCP app
Maintenance of interfaces to credit agencies done by SAP
Bulk of the data of external credit reports remains in HCP app
Targeted data fields (like external rating foundation date of a companyhellip) is transferred to SAP Credit Management to
enable scoring based on external and internal data
Credit controller can access detailed data on HCP app with one click from SAP Credit Management screen
Integration of Credit Risk Agencies with
SAP S4HANA Finance Cloud for credit integration
52Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
53Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Clea - Cash Application
PAYMENTS INVOICES
bull Every Account Receivable (AR) team member handles a set of customer accounts differently
bull Every historical AR clearing from all the AR team becomes an important asset for Machine learning
bull For payments that cannot be automatically cleared AR team member can see a list of invoices with the
suggested ratings
Customer
54Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Solution StrategyNon-disruptive automation through SAP HANA CLOUD PLATFORM
55Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
56Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
57Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
58Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What about simulating a
change in my org model
For example in view of MampA (or other)
59Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Financial Statement InsightsIntroducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables finance professionals to reveal hidden
trends and leverage unused potential from
financial information
By
performing personalized ad-hoc analysis
simulating organizational models
based on all relevant financial information
available in S4HANA
in real-time
60Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
The SAP Hybrid Cloud ArchitectureDelivering innovation while keeping a stable Core
Futuristic Not reallyhellip Many organization are already there
62Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Customer success with SAP S4HANA Finance
Growing today with technology for
tomorrow
Turk Telcom wanted to transition from multiple
ledgers to an integrated business with one
software environment and speed up mergers
and acquisitions
Shorter closing period by up to 2 days
Greater clarity and visibility into financial
data
More flexibility in business operations
Simpler processes eliminating
unnecessary workload
Improve expense management
processes with SAP Fraud
management on SAP HANA
Vodafone wanted to automate and become
best in class for TampE claims audit Looking to
extrapolate to other audit systems
100 of claims now automatically
revieiwed before only 10 of employee
claims reviewed through manual process
Now able to investigate different types of
abuse while still saving costs
Increasing Revenue 100 with SAP
S4HANA Finance
Memebox wanted to create a secure
foundation for global business expansion
while improving the accuracy of inventory and
increasing insight into logistic information
100 increase in revenue sing the launch
of SAP S4HANA Finance
30 shorter delivery lead time to
customers
50 increase in sales productivity with on-
the-go data access
63Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company
The information contained herein may be changed without prior notice Some software products marketed by SAP SE and its distr ibutors contain proprietary software components
of other software vendors National product specifications may vary
These materials are provided by SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company for informational purposes only without representation or warranty of any kind and SAP or its affiliated
companies shall not be liable for errors or omissions with respect to the materials The only warranties for SAP or SAP affil iate company products and services are those that are
set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services if any Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty
In particular SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation or to develop or release
any functionality mentioned therein This document or any related presentation and SAP SErsquos or its affiliated companiesrsquo strategy and possible future developments products
andor platform directions and functionality are all subject to change and may be changed by SAP SE or its affiliated companies at any time for any reason without notice The
information in this document is not a commitment promise or legal obligation to deliver any material code or functionality All forward-looking statements are subject to various
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements
and they should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions
SAP and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP SE (or an SAP affiliate company)
in Germany and other countries All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies
See httpglobalsapcomcorporate-enlegalcopyrightindexepx for additional trademark information and notices
copy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved
41Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
42Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA Platform amp S4HANA
(Single source of truth)
Responsiveness to changing business environment
Links operational decision with
strategic goals
Monitor execution in real time
Trigger mitigation actions
Dynamic Planning and Analysis
Integrated budgeting amp forecasting
Embedded planning with real-time access to
transactional data
Built-in predictive and simulation capabilities
Integrated budgeting embedded in closed loop performance management
43Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP BO Planning amp
Consolidation
(Optimized for S4HANA
or stand-alone)
SAP BO Cloud
Core solution components
Additional solution components
SAP S4HANA
Transactions Planning Prediction Monitor
Flexible modeling
and simulation
End-user and
process driven
Enabling
closed-loop
performance
management
Real-time transactional data access
ndash no replication
Immediate update of plans and
forecasts
Full integration of different planning
models
Planning at any level of detail and
aggregation on the fly
Embedded predictive algorithms
and simulation capabilities
SAP IBP
SAP
Real Spend
Industry
specific
planning
solutions
Dynamic planning and analysis ndash How SAP supports
44Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP RealSpend
Introducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables line managers to maximizing budget
utilization
by
proactively manage spending
in real-time
for all current and future activities
45Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
46Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time plan to actual cash cycle
Easily consolidate global bank balances and cash
positions from data from SAP as well as non-SAP
systems
Monitor critical KPIs and have real-time overview and
response to cash requirements
Centralized bank account management including
overdraft limit and bank risk analysis management and
workflow support
Simplify and automate cash analysis and liquidity
management reducing banking fees and borrowing
costs
Improved control and compliance through integrated
signatures with change history and workflows
Treasury Management
47Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Bank counter-party risk management
ldquoImproving Cash
Management is a priority for
a vast majority of finance
professionalsldquo
Source Next-Generation Needs for Cash Management CFO Research2015
Manage all bank account data and signatory in one
central repository
Automate the data exchange for account opening
maintenance and closure requests through workflow and
integrating payment approval processes
Improve control and compliance through integrated
signatures with BCM payment approval change history
and workflows
Gain insight with bank account master data reports and
bank statement monitoring
Ease of operation with structured processes to open and
close bank accounts bank to bank or third party
transfers as well as cash concentration
Treasury Management
48Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
49Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time receivables and payables management
Credit Collections Dispute
Receivables Manager
Data-driven process control
for team management
Sales Team
Senior
Executives
Cash Collection Team
Cross-system automation
of collections processes to
deliver superior customer
service
Analytics and workflow
align sales AR and
executives to reduce DSO
Optimized for global
business services
deployment
Automate collaboration
with external expertise
Sta
ndard
Re
ce
iva
ble
s
Mobile analytics and
insight to avoid credit
blocks and reduce DSO
Redesigned processes
Automation and
workflow
Rating ExpertsRating Agency Credit Bureau
Update scores as
conditions change
Monitor customers
automatically
Customers
Viewdownload invoices
Send remittance
Make payments
Cloud for Credit
Integration
Cloud for
Customer
payments
Financial Operations
50Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Credit agency
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by the customer during the implementation project
Significant implementation effort per interfaces (= per agency)
Interfaces are XML based
XI PI is required
SAP Credit ManagementIntegration of Credit Risk Agencies in the Past
51Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by an HCP app
Maintenance of interfaces to credit agencies done by SAP
Bulk of the data of external credit reports remains in HCP app
Targeted data fields (like external rating foundation date of a companyhellip) is transferred to SAP Credit Management to
enable scoring based on external and internal data
Credit controller can access detailed data on HCP app with one click from SAP Credit Management screen
Integration of Credit Risk Agencies with
SAP S4HANA Finance Cloud for credit integration
52Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
53Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Clea - Cash Application
PAYMENTS INVOICES
bull Every Account Receivable (AR) team member handles a set of customer accounts differently
bull Every historical AR clearing from all the AR team becomes an important asset for Machine learning
bull For payments that cannot be automatically cleared AR team member can see a list of invoices with the
suggested ratings
Customer
54Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Solution StrategyNon-disruptive automation through SAP HANA CLOUD PLATFORM
55Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
56Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
57Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
58Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What about simulating a
change in my org model
For example in view of MampA (or other)
59Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Financial Statement InsightsIntroducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables finance professionals to reveal hidden
trends and leverage unused potential from
financial information
By
performing personalized ad-hoc analysis
simulating organizational models
based on all relevant financial information
available in S4HANA
in real-time
60Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
The SAP Hybrid Cloud ArchitectureDelivering innovation while keeping a stable Core
Futuristic Not reallyhellip Many organization are already there
62Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Customer success with SAP S4HANA Finance
Growing today with technology for
tomorrow
Turk Telcom wanted to transition from multiple
ledgers to an integrated business with one
software environment and speed up mergers
and acquisitions
Shorter closing period by up to 2 days
Greater clarity and visibility into financial
data
More flexibility in business operations
Simpler processes eliminating
unnecessary workload
Improve expense management
processes with SAP Fraud
management on SAP HANA
Vodafone wanted to automate and become
best in class for TampE claims audit Looking to
extrapolate to other audit systems
100 of claims now automatically
revieiwed before only 10 of employee
claims reviewed through manual process
Now able to investigate different types of
abuse while still saving costs
Increasing Revenue 100 with SAP
S4HANA Finance
Memebox wanted to create a secure
foundation for global business expansion
while improving the accuracy of inventory and
increasing insight into logistic information
100 increase in revenue sing the launch
of SAP S4HANA Finance
30 shorter delivery lead time to
customers
50 increase in sales productivity with on-
the-go data access
63Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company
The information contained herein may be changed without prior notice Some software products marketed by SAP SE and its distr ibutors contain proprietary software components
of other software vendors National product specifications may vary
These materials are provided by SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company for informational purposes only without representation or warranty of any kind and SAP or its affiliated
companies shall not be liable for errors or omissions with respect to the materials The only warranties for SAP or SAP affil iate company products and services are those that are
set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services if any Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty
In particular SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation or to develop or release
any functionality mentioned therein This document or any related presentation and SAP SErsquos or its affiliated companiesrsquo strategy and possible future developments products
andor platform directions and functionality are all subject to change and may be changed by SAP SE or its affiliated companies at any time for any reason without notice The
information in this document is not a commitment promise or legal obligation to deliver any material code or functionality All forward-looking statements are subject to various
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements
and they should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions
SAP and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP SE (or an SAP affiliate company)
in Germany and other countries All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies
See httpglobalsapcomcorporate-enlegalcopyrightindexepx for additional trademark information and notices
copy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved
42Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Financial Planning amp Analysis
Financial Planning amp Analysis
SAP HANA Platform amp S4HANA
(Single source of truth)
Responsiveness to changing business environment
Links operational decision with
strategic goals
Monitor execution in real time
Trigger mitigation actions
Dynamic Planning and Analysis
Integrated budgeting amp forecasting
Embedded planning with real-time access to
transactional data
Built-in predictive and simulation capabilities
Integrated budgeting embedded in closed loop performance management
43Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP BO Planning amp
Consolidation
(Optimized for S4HANA
or stand-alone)
SAP BO Cloud
Core solution components
Additional solution components
SAP S4HANA
Transactions Planning Prediction Monitor
Flexible modeling
and simulation
End-user and
process driven
Enabling
closed-loop
performance
management
Real-time transactional data access
ndash no replication
Immediate update of plans and
forecasts
Full integration of different planning
models
Planning at any level of detail and
aggregation on the fly
Embedded predictive algorithms
and simulation capabilities
SAP IBP
SAP
Real Spend
Industry
specific
planning
solutions
Dynamic planning and analysis ndash How SAP supports
44Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP RealSpend
Introducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables line managers to maximizing budget
utilization
by
proactively manage spending
in real-time
for all current and future activities
45Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
46Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time plan to actual cash cycle
Easily consolidate global bank balances and cash
positions from data from SAP as well as non-SAP
systems
Monitor critical KPIs and have real-time overview and
response to cash requirements
Centralized bank account management including
overdraft limit and bank risk analysis management and
workflow support
Simplify and automate cash analysis and liquidity
management reducing banking fees and borrowing
costs
Improved control and compliance through integrated
signatures with change history and workflows
Treasury Management
47Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Bank counter-party risk management
ldquoImproving Cash
Management is a priority for
a vast majority of finance
professionalsldquo
Source Next-Generation Needs for Cash Management CFO Research2015
Manage all bank account data and signatory in one
central repository
Automate the data exchange for account opening
maintenance and closure requests through workflow and
integrating payment approval processes
Improve control and compliance through integrated
signatures with BCM payment approval change history
and workflows
Gain insight with bank account master data reports and
bank statement monitoring
Ease of operation with structured processes to open and
close bank accounts bank to bank or third party
transfers as well as cash concentration
Treasury Management
48Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
49Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time receivables and payables management
Credit Collections Dispute
Receivables Manager
Data-driven process control
for team management
Sales Team
Senior
Executives
Cash Collection Team
Cross-system automation
of collections processes to
deliver superior customer
service
Analytics and workflow
align sales AR and
executives to reduce DSO
Optimized for global
business services
deployment
Automate collaboration
with external expertise
Sta
ndard
Re
ce
iva
ble
s
Mobile analytics and
insight to avoid credit
blocks and reduce DSO
Redesigned processes
Automation and
workflow
Rating ExpertsRating Agency Credit Bureau
Update scores as
conditions change
Monitor customers
automatically
Customers
Viewdownload invoices
Send remittance
Make payments
Cloud for Credit
Integration
Cloud for
Customer
payments
Financial Operations
50Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Credit agency
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by the customer during the implementation project
Significant implementation effort per interfaces (= per agency)
Interfaces are XML based
XI PI is required
SAP Credit ManagementIntegration of Credit Risk Agencies in the Past
51Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by an HCP app
Maintenance of interfaces to credit agencies done by SAP
Bulk of the data of external credit reports remains in HCP app
Targeted data fields (like external rating foundation date of a companyhellip) is transferred to SAP Credit Management to
enable scoring based on external and internal data
Credit controller can access detailed data on HCP app with one click from SAP Credit Management screen
Integration of Credit Risk Agencies with
SAP S4HANA Finance Cloud for credit integration
52Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
53Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Clea - Cash Application
PAYMENTS INVOICES
bull Every Account Receivable (AR) team member handles a set of customer accounts differently
bull Every historical AR clearing from all the AR team becomes an important asset for Machine learning
bull For payments that cannot be automatically cleared AR team member can see a list of invoices with the
suggested ratings
Customer
54Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Solution StrategyNon-disruptive automation through SAP HANA CLOUD PLATFORM
55Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
56Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
57Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
58Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What about simulating a
change in my org model
For example in view of MampA (or other)
59Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Financial Statement InsightsIntroducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables finance professionals to reveal hidden
trends and leverage unused potential from
financial information
By
performing personalized ad-hoc analysis
simulating organizational models
based on all relevant financial information
available in S4HANA
in real-time
60Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
The SAP Hybrid Cloud ArchitectureDelivering innovation while keeping a stable Core
Futuristic Not reallyhellip Many organization are already there
62Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Customer success with SAP S4HANA Finance
Growing today with technology for
tomorrow
Turk Telcom wanted to transition from multiple
ledgers to an integrated business with one
software environment and speed up mergers
and acquisitions
Shorter closing period by up to 2 days
Greater clarity and visibility into financial
data
More flexibility in business operations
Simpler processes eliminating
unnecessary workload
Improve expense management
processes with SAP Fraud
management on SAP HANA
Vodafone wanted to automate and become
best in class for TampE claims audit Looking to
extrapolate to other audit systems
100 of claims now automatically
revieiwed before only 10 of employee
claims reviewed through manual process
Now able to investigate different types of
abuse while still saving costs
Increasing Revenue 100 with SAP
S4HANA Finance
Memebox wanted to create a secure
foundation for global business expansion
while improving the accuracy of inventory and
increasing insight into logistic information
100 increase in revenue sing the launch
of SAP S4HANA Finance
30 shorter delivery lead time to
customers
50 increase in sales productivity with on-
the-go data access
63Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company
The information contained herein may be changed without prior notice Some software products marketed by SAP SE and its distr ibutors contain proprietary software components
of other software vendors National product specifications may vary
These materials are provided by SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company for informational purposes only without representation or warranty of any kind and SAP or its affiliated
companies shall not be liable for errors or omissions with respect to the materials The only warranties for SAP or SAP affil iate company products and services are those that are
set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services if any Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty
In particular SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation or to develop or release
any functionality mentioned therein This document or any related presentation and SAP SErsquos or its affiliated companiesrsquo strategy and possible future developments products
andor platform directions and functionality are all subject to change and may be changed by SAP SE or its affiliated companies at any time for any reason without notice The
information in this document is not a commitment promise or legal obligation to deliver any material code or functionality All forward-looking statements are subject to various
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements
and they should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions
SAP and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP SE (or an SAP affiliate company)
in Germany and other countries All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies
See httpglobalsapcomcorporate-enlegalcopyrightindexepx for additional trademark information and notices
copy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved
43Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP BO Planning amp
Consolidation
(Optimized for S4HANA
or stand-alone)
SAP BO Cloud
Core solution components
Additional solution components
SAP S4HANA
Transactions Planning Prediction Monitor
Flexible modeling
and simulation
End-user and
process driven
Enabling
closed-loop
performance
management
Real-time transactional data access
ndash no replication
Immediate update of plans and
forecasts
Full integration of different planning
models
Planning at any level of detail and
aggregation on the fly
Embedded predictive algorithms
and simulation capabilities
SAP IBP
SAP
Real Spend
Industry
specific
planning
solutions
Dynamic planning and analysis ndash How SAP supports
44Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP RealSpend
Introducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables line managers to maximizing budget
utilization
by
proactively manage spending
in real-time
for all current and future activities
45Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
46Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time plan to actual cash cycle
Easily consolidate global bank balances and cash
positions from data from SAP as well as non-SAP
systems
Monitor critical KPIs and have real-time overview and
response to cash requirements
Centralized bank account management including
overdraft limit and bank risk analysis management and
workflow support
Simplify and automate cash analysis and liquidity
management reducing banking fees and borrowing
costs
Improved control and compliance through integrated
signatures with change history and workflows
Treasury Management
47Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Bank counter-party risk management
ldquoImproving Cash
Management is a priority for
a vast majority of finance
professionalsldquo
Source Next-Generation Needs for Cash Management CFO Research2015
Manage all bank account data and signatory in one
central repository
Automate the data exchange for account opening
maintenance and closure requests through workflow and
integrating payment approval processes
Improve control and compliance through integrated
signatures with BCM payment approval change history
and workflows
Gain insight with bank account master data reports and
bank statement monitoring
Ease of operation with structured processes to open and
close bank accounts bank to bank or third party
transfers as well as cash concentration
Treasury Management
48Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
49Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time receivables and payables management
Credit Collections Dispute
Receivables Manager
Data-driven process control
for team management
Sales Team
Senior
Executives
Cash Collection Team
Cross-system automation
of collections processes to
deliver superior customer
service
Analytics and workflow
align sales AR and
executives to reduce DSO
Optimized for global
business services
deployment
Automate collaboration
with external expertise
Sta
ndard
Re
ce
iva
ble
s
Mobile analytics and
insight to avoid credit
blocks and reduce DSO
Redesigned processes
Automation and
workflow
Rating ExpertsRating Agency Credit Bureau
Update scores as
conditions change
Monitor customers
automatically
Customers
Viewdownload invoices
Send remittance
Make payments
Cloud for Credit
Integration
Cloud for
Customer
payments
Financial Operations
50Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Credit agency
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by the customer during the implementation project
Significant implementation effort per interfaces (= per agency)
Interfaces are XML based
XI PI is required
SAP Credit ManagementIntegration of Credit Risk Agencies in the Past
51Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by an HCP app
Maintenance of interfaces to credit agencies done by SAP
Bulk of the data of external credit reports remains in HCP app
Targeted data fields (like external rating foundation date of a companyhellip) is transferred to SAP Credit Management to
enable scoring based on external and internal data
Credit controller can access detailed data on HCP app with one click from SAP Credit Management screen
Integration of Credit Risk Agencies with
SAP S4HANA Finance Cloud for credit integration
52Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
53Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Clea - Cash Application
PAYMENTS INVOICES
bull Every Account Receivable (AR) team member handles a set of customer accounts differently
bull Every historical AR clearing from all the AR team becomes an important asset for Machine learning
bull For payments that cannot be automatically cleared AR team member can see a list of invoices with the
suggested ratings
Customer
54Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Solution StrategyNon-disruptive automation through SAP HANA CLOUD PLATFORM
55Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
56Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
57Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
58Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What about simulating a
change in my org model
For example in view of MampA (or other)
59Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Financial Statement InsightsIntroducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables finance professionals to reveal hidden
trends and leverage unused potential from
financial information
By
performing personalized ad-hoc analysis
simulating organizational models
based on all relevant financial information
available in S4HANA
in real-time
60Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
The SAP Hybrid Cloud ArchitectureDelivering innovation while keeping a stable Core
Futuristic Not reallyhellip Many organization are already there
62Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Customer success with SAP S4HANA Finance
Growing today with technology for
tomorrow
Turk Telcom wanted to transition from multiple
ledgers to an integrated business with one
software environment and speed up mergers
and acquisitions
Shorter closing period by up to 2 days
Greater clarity and visibility into financial
data
More flexibility in business operations
Simpler processes eliminating
unnecessary workload
Improve expense management
processes with SAP Fraud
management on SAP HANA
Vodafone wanted to automate and become
best in class for TampE claims audit Looking to
extrapolate to other audit systems
100 of claims now automatically
revieiwed before only 10 of employee
claims reviewed through manual process
Now able to investigate different types of
abuse while still saving costs
Increasing Revenue 100 with SAP
S4HANA Finance
Memebox wanted to create a secure
foundation for global business expansion
while improving the accuracy of inventory and
increasing insight into logistic information
100 increase in revenue sing the launch
of SAP S4HANA Finance
30 shorter delivery lead time to
customers
50 increase in sales productivity with on-
the-go data access
63Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company
The information contained herein may be changed without prior notice Some software products marketed by SAP SE and its distr ibutors contain proprietary software components
of other software vendors National product specifications may vary
These materials are provided by SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company for informational purposes only without representation or warranty of any kind and SAP or its affiliated
companies shall not be liable for errors or omissions with respect to the materials The only warranties for SAP or SAP affil iate company products and services are those that are
set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services if any Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty
In particular SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation or to develop or release
any functionality mentioned therein This document or any related presentation and SAP SErsquos or its affiliated companiesrsquo strategy and possible future developments products
andor platform directions and functionality are all subject to change and may be changed by SAP SE or its affiliated companies at any time for any reason without notice The
information in this document is not a commitment promise or legal obligation to deliver any material code or functionality All forward-looking statements are subject to various
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements
and they should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions
SAP and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP SE (or an SAP affiliate company)
in Germany and other countries All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies
See httpglobalsapcomcorporate-enlegalcopyrightindexepx for additional trademark information and notices
copy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved
44Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP RealSpend
Introducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables line managers to maximizing budget
utilization
by
proactively manage spending
in real-time
for all current and future activities
45Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
46Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time plan to actual cash cycle
Easily consolidate global bank balances and cash
positions from data from SAP as well as non-SAP
systems
Monitor critical KPIs and have real-time overview and
response to cash requirements
Centralized bank account management including
overdraft limit and bank risk analysis management and
workflow support
Simplify and automate cash analysis and liquidity
management reducing banking fees and borrowing
costs
Improved control and compliance through integrated
signatures with change history and workflows
Treasury Management
47Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Bank counter-party risk management
ldquoImproving Cash
Management is a priority for
a vast majority of finance
professionalsldquo
Source Next-Generation Needs for Cash Management CFO Research2015
Manage all bank account data and signatory in one
central repository
Automate the data exchange for account opening
maintenance and closure requests through workflow and
integrating payment approval processes
Improve control and compliance through integrated
signatures with BCM payment approval change history
and workflows
Gain insight with bank account master data reports and
bank statement monitoring
Ease of operation with structured processes to open and
close bank accounts bank to bank or third party
transfers as well as cash concentration
Treasury Management
48Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
49Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time receivables and payables management
Credit Collections Dispute
Receivables Manager
Data-driven process control
for team management
Sales Team
Senior
Executives
Cash Collection Team
Cross-system automation
of collections processes to
deliver superior customer
service
Analytics and workflow
align sales AR and
executives to reduce DSO
Optimized for global
business services
deployment
Automate collaboration
with external expertise
Sta
ndard
Re
ce
iva
ble
s
Mobile analytics and
insight to avoid credit
blocks and reduce DSO
Redesigned processes
Automation and
workflow
Rating ExpertsRating Agency Credit Bureau
Update scores as
conditions change
Monitor customers
automatically
Customers
Viewdownload invoices
Send remittance
Make payments
Cloud for Credit
Integration
Cloud for
Customer
payments
Financial Operations
50Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Credit agency
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by the customer during the implementation project
Significant implementation effort per interfaces (= per agency)
Interfaces are XML based
XI PI is required
SAP Credit ManagementIntegration of Credit Risk Agencies in the Past
51Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by an HCP app
Maintenance of interfaces to credit agencies done by SAP
Bulk of the data of external credit reports remains in HCP app
Targeted data fields (like external rating foundation date of a companyhellip) is transferred to SAP Credit Management to
enable scoring based on external and internal data
Credit controller can access detailed data on HCP app with one click from SAP Credit Management screen
Integration of Credit Risk Agencies with
SAP S4HANA Finance Cloud for credit integration
52Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
53Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Clea - Cash Application
PAYMENTS INVOICES
bull Every Account Receivable (AR) team member handles a set of customer accounts differently
bull Every historical AR clearing from all the AR team becomes an important asset for Machine learning
bull For payments that cannot be automatically cleared AR team member can see a list of invoices with the
suggested ratings
Customer
54Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Solution StrategyNon-disruptive automation through SAP HANA CLOUD PLATFORM
55Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
56Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
57Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
58Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What about simulating a
change in my org model
For example in view of MampA (or other)
59Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Financial Statement InsightsIntroducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables finance professionals to reveal hidden
trends and leverage unused potential from
financial information
By
performing personalized ad-hoc analysis
simulating organizational models
based on all relevant financial information
available in S4HANA
in real-time
60Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
The SAP Hybrid Cloud ArchitectureDelivering innovation while keeping a stable Core
Futuristic Not reallyhellip Many organization are already there
62Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Customer success with SAP S4HANA Finance
Growing today with technology for
tomorrow
Turk Telcom wanted to transition from multiple
ledgers to an integrated business with one
software environment and speed up mergers
and acquisitions
Shorter closing period by up to 2 days
Greater clarity and visibility into financial
data
More flexibility in business operations
Simpler processes eliminating
unnecessary workload
Improve expense management
processes with SAP Fraud
management on SAP HANA
Vodafone wanted to automate and become
best in class for TampE claims audit Looking to
extrapolate to other audit systems
100 of claims now automatically
revieiwed before only 10 of employee
claims reviewed through manual process
Now able to investigate different types of
abuse while still saving costs
Increasing Revenue 100 with SAP
S4HANA Finance
Memebox wanted to create a secure
foundation for global business expansion
while improving the accuracy of inventory and
increasing insight into logistic information
100 increase in revenue sing the launch
of SAP S4HANA Finance
30 shorter delivery lead time to
customers
50 increase in sales productivity with on-
the-go data access
63Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company
The information contained herein may be changed without prior notice Some software products marketed by SAP SE and its distr ibutors contain proprietary software components
of other software vendors National product specifications may vary
These materials are provided by SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company for informational purposes only without representation or warranty of any kind and SAP or its affiliated
companies shall not be liable for errors or omissions with respect to the materials The only warranties for SAP or SAP affil iate company products and services are those that are
set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services if any Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty
In particular SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation or to develop or release
any functionality mentioned therein This document or any related presentation and SAP SErsquos or its affiliated companiesrsquo strategy and possible future developments products
andor platform directions and functionality are all subject to change and may be changed by SAP SE or its affiliated companies at any time for any reason without notice The
information in this document is not a commitment promise or legal obligation to deliver any material code or functionality All forward-looking statements are subject to various
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements
and they should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions
SAP and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP SE (or an SAP affiliate company)
in Germany and other countries All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies
See httpglobalsapcomcorporate-enlegalcopyrightindexepx for additional trademark information and notices
copy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved
45Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
46Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time plan to actual cash cycle
Easily consolidate global bank balances and cash
positions from data from SAP as well as non-SAP
systems
Monitor critical KPIs and have real-time overview and
response to cash requirements
Centralized bank account management including
overdraft limit and bank risk analysis management and
workflow support
Simplify and automate cash analysis and liquidity
management reducing banking fees and borrowing
costs
Improved control and compliance through integrated
signatures with change history and workflows
Treasury Management
47Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Bank counter-party risk management
ldquoImproving Cash
Management is a priority for
a vast majority of finance
professionalsldquo
Source Next-Generation Needs for Cash Management CFO Research2015
Manage all bank account data and signatory in one
central repository
Automate the data exchange for account opening
maintenance and closure requests through workflow and
integrating payment approval processes
Improve control and compliance through integrated
signatures with BCM payment approval change history
and workflows
Gain insight with bank account master data reports and
bank statement monitoring
Ease of operation with structured processes to open and
close bank accounts bank to bank or third party
transfers as well as cash concentration
Treasury Management
48Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
49Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time receivables and payables management
Credit Collections Dispute
Receivables Manager
Data-driven process control
for team management
Sales Team
Senior
Executives
Cash Collection Team
Cross-system automation
of collections processes to
deliver superior customer
service
Analytics and workflow
align sales AR and
executives to reduce DSO
Optimized for global
business services
deployment
Automate collaboration
with external expertise
Sta
ndard
Re
ce
iva
ble
s
Mobile analytics and
insight to avoid credit
blocks and reduce DSO
Redesigned processes
Automation and
workflow
Rating ExpertsRating Agency Credit Bureau
Update scores as
conditions change
Monitor customers
automatically
Customers
Viewdownload invoices
Send remittance
Make payments
Cloud for Credit
Integration
Cloud for
Customer
payments
Financial Operations
50Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Credit agency
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by the customer during the implementation project
Significant implementation effort per interfaces (= per agency)
Interfaces are XML based
XI PI is required
SAP Credit ManagementIntegration of Credit Risk Agencies in the Past
51Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by an HCP app
Maintenance of interfaces to credit agencies done by SAP
Bulk of the data of external credit reports remains in HCP app
Targeted data fields (like external rating foundation date of a companyhellip) is transferred to SAP Credit Management to
enable scoring based on external and internal data
Credit controller can access detailed data on HCP app with one click from SAP Credit Management screen
Integration of Credit Risk Agencies with
SAP S4HANA Finance Cloud for credit integration
52Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
53Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Clea - Cash Application
PAYMENTS INVOICES
bull Every Account Receivable (AR) team member handles a set of customer accounts differently
bull Every historical AR clearing from all the AR team becomes an important asset for Machine learning
bull For payments that cannot be automatically cleared AR team member can see a list of invoices with the
suggested ratings
Customer
54Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Solution StrategyNon-disruptive automation through SAP HANA CLOUD PLATFORM
55Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
56Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
57Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
58Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What about simulating a
change in my org model
For example in view of MampA (or other)
59Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Financial Statement InsightsIntroducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables finance professionals to reveal hidden
trends and leverage unused potential from
financial information
By
performing personalized ad-hoc analysis
simulating organizational models
based on all relevant financial information
available in S4HANA
in real-time
60Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
The SAP Hybrid Cloud ArchitectureDelivering innovation while keeping a stable Core
Futuristic Not reallyhellip Many organization are already there
62Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Customer success with SAP S4HANA Finance
Growing today with technology for
tomorrow
Turk Telcom wanted to transition from multiple
ledgers to an integrated business with one
software environment and speed up mergers
and acquisitions
Shorter closing period by up to 2 days
Greater clarity and visibility into financial
data
More flexibility in business operations
Simpler processes eliminating
unnecessary workload
Improve expense management
processes with SAP Fraud
management on SAP HANA
Vodafone wanted to automate and become
best in class for TampE claims audit Looking to
extrapolate to other audit systems
100 of claims now automatically
revieiwed before only 10 of employee
claims reviewed through manual process
Now able to investigate different types of
abuse while still saving costs
Increasing Revenue 100 with SAP
S4HANA Finance
Memebox wanted to create a secure
foundation for global business expansion
while improving the accuracy of inventory and
increasing insight into logistic information
100 increase in revenue sing the launch
of SAP S4HANA Finance
30 shorter delivery lead time to
customers
50 increase in sales productivity with on-
the-go data access
63Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company
The information contained herein may be changed without prior notice Some software products marketed by SAP SE and its distr ibutors contain proprietary software components
of other software vendors National product specifications may vary
These materials are provided by SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company for informational purposes only without representation or warranty of any kind and SAP or its affiliated
companies shall not be liable for errors or omissions with respect to the materials The only warranties for SAP or SAP affil iate company products and services are those that are
set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services if any Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty
In particular SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation or to develop or release
any functionality mentioned therein This document or any related presentation and SAP SErsquos or its affiliated companiesrsquo strategy and possible future developments products
andor platform directions and functionality are all subject to change and may be changed by SAP SE or its affiliated companies at any time for any reason without notice The
information in this document is not a commitment promise or legal obligation to deliver any material code or functionality All forward-looking statements are subject to various
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements
and they should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions
SAP and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP SE (or an SAP affiliate company)
in Germany and other countries All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies
See httpglobalsapcomcorporate-enlegalcopyrightindexepx for additional trademark information and notices
copy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved
46Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time plan to actual cash cycle
Easily consolidate global bank balances and cash
positions from data from SAP as well as non-SAP
systems
Monitor critical KPIs and have real-time overview and
response to cash requirements
Centralized bank account management including
overdraft limit and bank risk analysis management and
workflow support
Simplify and automate cash analysis and liquidity
management reducing banking fees and borrowing
costs
Improved control and compliance through integrated
signatures with change history and workflows
Treasury Management
47Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Bank counter-party risk management
ldquoImproving Cash
Management is a priority for
a vast majority of finance
professionalsldquo
Source Next-Generation Needs for Cash Management CFO Research2015
Manage all bank account data and signatory in one
central repository
Automate the data exchange for account opening
maintenance and closure requests through workflow and
integrating payment approval processes
Improve control and compliance through integrated
signatures with BCM payment approval change history
and workflows
Gain insight with bank account master data reports and
bank statement monitoring
Ease of operation with structured processes to open and
close bank accounts bank to bank or third party
transfers as well as cash concentration
Treasury Management
48Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
49Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time receivables and payables management
Credit Collections Dispute
Receivables Manager
Data-driven process control
for team management
Sales Team
Senior
Executives
Cash Collection Team
Cross-system automation
of collections processes to
deliver superior customer
service
Analytics and workflow
align sales AR and
executives to reduce DSO
Optimized for global
business services
deployment
Automate collaboration
with external expertise
Sta
ndard
Re
ce
iva
ble
s
Mobile analytics and
insight to avoid credit
blocks and reduce DSO
Redesigned processes
Automation and
workflow
Rating ExpertsRating Agency Credit Bureau
Update scores as
conditions change
Monitor customers
automatically
Customers
Viewdownload invoices
Send remittance
Make payments
Cloud for Credit
Integration
Cloud for
Customer
payments
Financial Operations
50Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Credit agency
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by the customer during the implementation project
Significant implementation effort per interfaces (= per agency)
Interfaces are XML based
XI PI is required
SAP Credit ManagementIntegration of Credit Risk Agencies in the Past
51Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by an HCP app
Maintenance of interfaces to credit agencies done by SAP
Bulk of the data of external credit reports remains in HCP app
Targeted data fields (like external rating foundation date of a companyhellip) is transferred to SAP Credit Management to
enable scoring based on external and internal data
Credit controller can access detailed data on HCP app with one click from SAP Credit Management screen
Integration of Credit Risk Agencies with
SAP S4HANA Finance Cloud for credit integration
52Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
53Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Clea - Cash Application
PAYMENTS INVOICES
bull Every Account Receivable (AR) team member handles a set of customer accounts differently
bull Every historical AR clearing from all the AR team becomes an important asset for Machine learning
bull For payments that cannot be automatically cleared AR team member can see a list of invoices with the
suggested ratings
Customer
54Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Solution StrategyNon-disruptive automation through SAP HANA CLOUD PLATFORM
55Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
56Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
57Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
58Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What about simulating a
change in my org model
For example in view of MampA (or other)
59Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Financial Statement InsightsIntroducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables finance professionals to reveal hidden
trends and leverage unused potential from
financial information
By
performing personalized ad-hoc analysis
simulating organizational models
based on all relevant financial information
available in S4HANA
in real-time
60Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
The SAP Hybrid Cloud ArchitectureDelivering innovation while keeping a stable Core
Futuristic Not reallyhellip Many organization are already there
62Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Customer success with SAP S4HANA Finance
Growing today with technology for
tomorrow
Turk Telcom wanted to transition from multiple
ledgers to an integrated business with one
software environment and speed up mergers
and acquisitions
Shorter closing period by up to 2 days
Greater clarity and visibility into financial
data
More flexibility in business operations
Simpler processes eliminating
unnecessary workload
Improve expense management
processes with SAP Fraud
management on SAP HANA
Vodafone wanted to automate and become
best in class for TampE claims audit Looking to
extrapolate to other audit systems
100 of claims now automatically
revieiwed before only 10 of employee
claims reviewed through manual process
Now able to investigate different types of
abuse while still saving costs
Increasing Revenue 100 with SAP
S4HANA Finance
Memebox wanted to create a secure
foundation for global business expansion
while improving the accuracy of inventory and
increasing insight into logistic information
100 increase in revenue sing the launch
of SAP S4HANA Finance
30 shorter delivery lead time to
customers
50 increase in sales productivity with on-
the-go data access
63Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company
The information contained herein may be changed without prior notice Some software products marketed by SAP SE and its distr ibutors contain proprietary software components
of other software vendors National product specifications may vary
These materials are provided by SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company for informational purposes only without representation or warranty of any kind and SAP or its affiliated
companies shall not be liable for errors or omissions with respect to the materials The only warranties for SAP or SAP affil iate company products and services are those that are
set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services if any Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty
In particular SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation or to develop or release
any functionality mentioned therein This document or any related presentation and SAP SErsquos or its affiliated companiesrsquo strategy and possible future developments products
andor platform directions and functionality are all subject to change and may be changed by SAP SE or its affiliated companies at any time for any reason without notice The
information in this document is not a commitment promise or legal obligation to deliver any material code or functionality All forward-looking statements are subject to various
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements
and they should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions
SAP and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP SE (or an SAP affiliate company)
in Germany and other countries All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies
See httpglobalsapcomcorporate-enlegalcopyrightindexepx for additional trademark information and notices
copy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved
47Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Bank counter-party risk management
ldquoImproving Cash
Management is a priority for
a vast majority of finance
professionalsldquo
Source Next-Generation Needs for Cash Management CFO Research2015
Manage all bank account data and signatory in one
central repository
Automate the data exchange for account opening
maintenance and closure requests through workflow and
integrating payment approval processes
Improve control and compliance through integrated
signatures with BCM payment approval change history
and workflows
Gain insight with bank account master data reports and
bank statement monitoring
Ease of operation with structured processes to open and
close bank accounts bank to bank or third party
transfers as well as cash concentration
Treasury Management
48Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
49Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time receivables and payables management
Credit Collections Dispute
Receivables Manager
Data-driven process control
for team management
Sales Team
Senior
Executives
Cash Collection Team
Cross-system automation
of collections processes to
deliver superior customer
service
Analytics and workflow
align sales AR and
executives to reduce DSO
Optimized for global
business services
deployment
Automate collaboration
with external expertise
Sta
ndard
Re
ce
iva
ble
s
Mobile analytics and
insight to avoid credit
blocks and reduce DSO
Redesigned processes
Automation and
workflow
Rating ExpertsRating Agency Credit Bureau
Update scores as
conditions change
Monitor customers
automatically
Customers
Viewdownload invoices
Send remittance
Make payments
Cloud for Credit
Integration
Cloud for
Customer
payments
Financial Operations
50Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Credit agency
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by the customer during the implementation project
Significant implementation effort per interfaces (= per agency)
Interfaces are XML based
XI PI is required
SAP Credit ManagementIntegration of Credit Risk Agencies in the Past
51Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by an HCP app
Maintenance of interfaces to credit agencies done by SAP
Bulk of the data of external credit reports remains in HCP app
Targeted data fields (like external rating foundation date of a companyhellip) is transferred to SAP Credit Management to
enable scoring based on external and internal data
Credit controller can access detailed data on HCP app with one click from SAP Credit Management screen
Integration of Credit Risk Agencies with
SAP S4HANA Finance Cloud for credit integration
52Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
53Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Clea - Cash Application
PAYMENTS INVOICES
bull Every Account Receivable (AR) team member handles a set of customer accounts differently
bull Every historical AR clearing from all the AR team becomes an important asset for Machine learning
bull For payments that cannot be automatically cleared AR team member can see a list of invoices with the
suggested ratings
Customer
54Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Solution StrategyNon-disruptive automation through SAP HANA CLOUD PLATFORM
55Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
56Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
57Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
58Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What about simulating a
change in my org model
For example in view of MampA (or other)
59Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Financial Statement InsightsIntroducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables finance professionals to reveal hidden
trends and leverage unused potential from
financial information
By
performing personalized ad-hoc analysis
simulating organizational models
based on all relevant financial information
available in S4HANA
in real-time
60Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
The SAP Hybrid Cloud ArchitectureDelivering innovation while keeping a stable Core
Futuristic Not reallyhellip Many organization are already there
62Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Customer success with SAP S4HANA Finance
Growing today with technology for
tomorrow
Turk Telcom wanted to transition from multiple
ledgers to an integrated business with one
software environment and speed up mergers
and acquisitions
Shorter closing period by up to 2 days
Greater clarity and visibility into financial
data
More flexibility in business operations
Simpler processes eliminating
unnecessary workload
Improve expense management
processes with SAP Fraud
management on SAP HANA
Vodafone wanted to automate and become
best in class for TampE claims audit Looking to
extrapolate to other audit systems
100 of claims now automatically
revieiwed before only 10 of employee
claims reviewed through manual process
Now able to investigate different types of
abuse while still saving costs
Increasing Revenue 100 with SAP
S4HANA Finance
Memebox wanted to create a secure
foundation for global business expansion
while improving the accuracy of inventory and
increasing insight into logistic information
100 increase in revenue sing the launch
of SAP S4HANA Finance
30 shorter delivery lead time to
customers
50 increase in sales productivity with on-
the-go data access
63Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company
The information contained herein may be changed without prior notice Some software products marketed by SAP SE and its distr ibutors contain proprietary software components
of other software vendors National product specifications may vary
These materials are provided by SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company for informational purposes only without representation or warranty of any kind and SAP or its affiliated
companies shall not be liable for errors or omissions with respect to the materials The only warranties for SAP or SAP affil iate company products and services are those that are
set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services if any Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty
In particular SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation or to develop or release
any functionality mentioned therein This document or any related presentation and SAP SErsquos or its affiliated companiesrsquo strategy and possible future developments products
andor platform directions and functionality are all subject to change and may be changed by SAP SE or its affiliated companies at any time for any reason without notice The
information in this document is not a commitment promise or legal obligation to deliver any material code or functionality All forward-looking statements are subject to various
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements
and they should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions
SAP and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP SE (or an SAP affiliate company)
in Germany and other countries All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies
See httpglobalsapcomcorporate-enlegalcopyrightindexepx for additional trademark information and notices
copy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved
48Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
49Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time receivables and payables management
Credit Collections Dispute
Receivables Manager
Data-driven process control
for team management
Sales Team
Senior
Executives
Cash Collection Team
Cross-system automation
of collections processes to
deliver superior customer
service
Analytics and workflow
align sales AR and
executives to reduce DSO
Optimized for global
business services
deployment
Automate collaboration
with external expertise
Sta
ndard
Re
ce
iva
ble
s
Mobile analytics and
insight to avoid credit
blocks and reduce DSO
Redesigned processes
Automation and
workflow
Rating ExpertsRating Agency Credit Bureau
Update scores as
conditions change
Monitor customers
automatically
Customers
Viewdownload invoices
Send remittance
Make payments
Cloud for Credit
Integration
Cloud for
Customer
payments
Financial Operations
50Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Credit agency
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by the customer during the implementation project
Significant implementation effort per interfaces (= per agency)
Interfaces are XML based
XI PI is required
SAP Credit ManagementIntegration of Credit Risk Agencies in the Past
51Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by an HCP app
Maintenance of interfaces to credit agencies done by SAP
Bulk of the data of external credit reports remains in HCP app
Targeted data fields (like external rating foundation date of a companyhellip) is transferred to SAP Credit Management to
enable scoring based on external and internal data
Credit controller can access detailed data on HCP app with one click from SAP Credit Management screen
Integration of Credit Risk Agencies with
SAP S4HANA Finance Cloud for credit integration
52Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
53Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Clea - Cash Application
PAYMENTS INVOICES
bull Every Account Receivable (AR) team member handles a set of customer accounts differently
bull Every historical AR clearing from all the AR team becomes an important asset for Machine learning
bull For payments that cannot be automatically cleared AR team member can see a list of invoices with the
suggested ratings
Customer
54Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Solution StrategyNon-disruptive automation through SAP HANA CLOUD PLATFORM
55Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
56Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
57Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
58Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What about simulating a
change in my org model
For example in view of MampA (or other)
59Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Financial Statement InsightsIntroducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables finance professionals to reveal hidden
trends and leverage unused potential from
financial information
By
performing personalized ad-hoc analysis
simulating organizational models
based on all relevant financial information
available in S4HANA
in real-time
60Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
The SAP Hybrid Cloud ArchitectureDelivering innovation while keeping a stable Core
Futuristic Not reallyhellip Many organization are already there
62Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Customer success with SAP S4HANA Finance
Growing today with technology for
tomorrow
Turk Telcom wanted to transition from multiple
ledgers to an integrated business with one
software environment and speed up mergers
and acquisitions
Shorter closing period by up to 2 days
Greater clarity and visibility into financial
data
More flexibility in business operations
Simpler processes eliminating
unnecessary workload
Improve expense management
processes with SAP Fraud
management on SAP HANA
Vodafone wanted to automate and become
best in class for TampE claims audit Looking to
extrapolate to other audit systems
100 of claims now automatically
revieiwed before only 10 of employee
claims reviewed through manual process
Now able to investigate different types of
abuse while still saving costs
Increasing Revenue 100 with SAP
S4HANA Finance
Memebox wanted to create a secure
foundation for global business expansion
while improving the accuracy of inventory and
increasing insight into logistic information
100 increase in revenue sing the launch
of SAP S4HANA Finance
30 shorter delivery lead time to
customers
50 increase in sales productivity with on-
the-go data access
63Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company
The information contained herein may be changed without prior notice Some software products marketed by SAP SE and its distr ibutors contain proprietary software components
of other software vendors National product specifications may vary
These materials are provided by SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company for informational purposes only without representation or warranty of any kind and SAP or its affiliated
companies shall not be liable for errors or omissions with respect to the materials The only warranties for SAP or SAP affil iate company products and services are those that are
set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services if any Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty
In particular SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation or to develop or release
any functionality mentioned therein This document or any related presentation and SAP SErsquos or its affiliated companiesrsquo strategy and possible future developments products
andor platform directions and functionality are all subject to change and may be changed by SAP SE or its affiliated companies at any time for any reason without notice The
information in this document is not a commitment promise or legal obligation to deliver any material code or functionality All forward-looking statements are subject to various
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements
and they should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions
SAP and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP SE (or an SAP affiliate company)
in Germany and other countries All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies
See httpglobalsapcomcorporate-enlegalcopyrightindexepx for additional trademark information and notices
copy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved
49Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Real-time receivables and payables management
Credit Collections Dispute
Receivables Manager
Data-driven process control
for team management
Sales Team
Senior
Executives
Cash Collection Team
Cross-system automation
of collections processes to
deliver superior customer
service
Analytics and workflow
align sales AR and
executives to reduce DSO
Optimized for global
business services
deployment
Automate collaboration
with external expertise
Sta
ndard
Re
ce
iva
ble
s
Mobile analytics and
insight to avoid credit
blocks and reduce DSO
Redesigned processes
Automation and
workflow
Rating ExpertsRating Agency Credit Bureau
Update scores as
conditions change
Monitor customers
automatically
Customers
Viewdownload invoices
Send remittance
Make payments
Cloud for Credit
Integration
Cloud for
Customer
payments
Financial Operations
50Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Credit agency
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by the customer during the implementation project
Significant implementation effort per interfaces (= per agency)
Interfaces are XML based
XI PI is required
SAP Credit ManagementIntegration of Credit Risk Agencies in the Past
51Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by an HCP app
Maintenance of interfaces to credit agencies done by SAP
Bulk of the data of external credit reports remains in HCP app
Targeted data fields (like external rating foundation date of a companyhellip) is transferred to SAP Credit Management to
enable scoring based on external and internal data
Credit controller can access detailed data on HCP app with one click from SAP Credit Management screen
Integration of Credit Risk Agencies with
SAP S4HANA Finance Cloud for credit integration
52Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
53Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Clea - Cash Application
PAYMENTS INVOICES
bull Every Account Receivable (AR) team member handles a set of customer accounts differently
bull Every historical AR clearing from all the AR team becomes an important asset for Machine learning
bull For payments that cannot be automatically cleared AR team member can see a list of invoices with the
suggested ratings
Customer
54Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Solution StrategyNon-disruptive automation through SAP HANA CLOUD PLATFORM
55Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
56Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
57Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
58Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What about simulating a
change in my org model
For example in view of MampA (or other)
59Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Financial Statement InsightsIntroducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables finance professionals to reveal hidden
trends and leverage unused potential from
financial information
By
performing personalized ad-hoc analysis
simulating organizational models
based on all relevant financial information
available in S4HANA
in real-time
60Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
The SAP Hybrid Cloud ArchitectureDelivering innovation while keeping a stable Core
Futuristic Not reallyhellip Many organization are already there
62Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Customer success with SAP S4HANA Finance
Growing today with technology for
tomorrow
Turk Telcom wanted to transition from multiple
ledgers to an integrated business with one
software environment and speed up mergers
and acquisitions
Shorter closing period by up to 2 days
Greater clarity and visibility into financial
data
More flexibility in business operations
Simpler processes eliminating
unnecessary workload
Improve expense management
processes with SAP Fraud
management on SAP HANA
Vodafone wanted to automate and become
best in class for TampE claims audit Looking to
extrapolate to other audit systems
100 of claims now automatically
revieiwed before only 10 of employee
claims reviewed through manual process
Now able to investigate different types of
abuse while still saving costs
Increasing Revenue 100 with SAP
S4HANA Finance
Memebox wanted to create a secure
foundation for global business expansion
while improving the accuracy of inventory and
increasing insight into logistic information
100 increase in revenue sing the launch
of SAP S4HANA Finance
30 shorter delivery lead time to
customers
50 increase in sales productivity with on-
the-go data access
63Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company
The information contained herein may be changed without prior notice Some software products marketed by SAP SE and its distr ibutors contain proprietary software components
of other software vendors National product specifications may vary
These materials are provided by SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company for informational purposes only without representation or warranty of any kind and SAP or its affiliated
companies shall not be liable for errors or omissions with respect to the materials The only warranties for SAP or SAP affil iate company products and services are those that are
set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services if any Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty
In particular SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation or to develop or release
any functionality mentioned therein This document or any related presentation and SAP SErsquos or its affiliated companiesrsquo strategy and possible future developments products
andor platform directions and functionality are all subject to change and may be changed by SAP SE or its affiliated companies at any time for any reason without notice The
information in this document is not a commitment promise or legal obligation to deliver any material code or functionality All forward-looking statements are subject to various
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements
and they should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions
SAP and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP SE (or an SAP affiliate company)
in Germany and other countries All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies
See httpglobalsapcomcorporate-enlegalcopyrightindexepx for additional trademark information and notices
copy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved
50Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Credit agency
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by the customer during the implementation project
Significant implementation effort per interfaces (= per agency)
Interfaces are XML based
XI PI is required
SAP Credit ManagementIntegration of Credit Risk Agencies in the Past
51Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by an HCP app
Maintenance of interfaces to credit agencies done by SAP
Bulk of the data of external credit reports remains in HCP app
Targeted data fields (like external rating foundation date of a companyhellip) is transferred to SAP Credit Management to
enable scoring based on external and internal data
Credit controller can access detailed data on HCP app with one click from SAP Credit Management screen
Integration of Credit Risk Agencies with
SAP S4HANA Finance Cloud for credit integration
52Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
53Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Clea - Cash Application
PAYMENTS INVOICES
bull Every Account Receivable (AR) team member handles a set of customer accounts differently
bull Every historical AR clearing from all the AR team becomes an important asset for Machine learning
bull For payments that cannot be automatically cleared AR team member can see a list of invoices with the
suggested ratings
Customer
54Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Solution StrategyNon-disruptive automation through SAP HANA CLOUD PLATFORM
55Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
56Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
57Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
58Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What about simulating a
change in my org model
For example in view of MampA (or other)
59Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Financial Statement InsightsIntroducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables finance professionals to reveal hidden
trends and leverage unused potential from
financial information
By
performing personalized ad-hoc analysis
simulating organizational models
based on all relevant financial information
available in S4HANA
in real-time
60Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
The SAP Hybrid Cloud ArchitectureDelivering innovation while keeping a stable Core
Futuristic Not reallyhellip Many organization are already there
62Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Customer success with SAP S4HANA Finance
Growing today with technology for
tomorrow
Turk Telcom wanted to transition from multiple
ledgers to an integrated business with one
software environment and speed up mergers
and acquisitions
Shorter closing period by up to 2 days
Greater clarity and visibility into financial
data
More flexibility in business operations
Simpler processes eliminating
unnecessary workload
Improve expense management
processes with SAP Fraud
management on SAP HANA
Vodafone wanted to automate and become
best in class for TampE claims audit Looking to
extrapolate to other audit systems
100 of claims now automatically
revieiwed before only 10 of employee
claims reviewed through manual process
Now able to investigate different types of
abuse while still saving costs
Increasing Revenue 100 with SAP
S4HANA Finance
Memebox wanted to create a secure
foundation for global business expansion
while improving the accuracy of inventory and
increasing insight into logistic information
100 increase in revenue sing the launch
of SAP S4HANA Finance
30 shorter delivery lead time to
customers
50 increase in sales productivity with on-
the-go data access
63Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company
The information contained herein may be changed without prior notice Some software products marketed by SAP SE and its distr ibutors contain proprietary software components
of other software vendors National product specifications may vary
These materials are provided by SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company for informational purposes only without representation or warranty of any kind and SAP or its affiliated
companies shall not be liable for errors or omissions with respect to the materials The only warranties for SAP or SAP affil iate company products and services are those that are
set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services if any Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty
In particular SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation or to develop or release
any functionality mentioned therein This document or any related presentation and SAP SErsquos or its affiliated companiesrsquo strategy and possible future developments products
andor platform directions and functionality are all subject to change and may be changed by SAP SE or its affiliated companies at any time for any reason without notice The
information in this document is not a commitment promise or legal obligation to deliver any material code or functionality All forward-looking statements are subject to various
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements
and they should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions
SAP and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP SE (or an SAP affiliate company)
in Germany and other countries All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies
See httpglobalsapcomcorporate-enlegalcopyrightindexepx for additional trademark information and notices
copy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved
51Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Credit agency
Credit agency
Integration of external credit agencies done by an HCP app
Maintenance of interfaces to credit agencies done by SAP
Bulk of the data of external credit reports remains in HCP app
Targeted data fields (like external rating foundation date of a companyhellip) is transferred to SAP Credit Management to
enable scoring based on external and internal data
Credit controller can access detailed data on HCP app with one click from SAP Credit Management screen
Integration of Credit Risk Agencies with
SAP S4HANA Finance Cloud for credit integration
52Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
53Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Clea - Cash Application
PAYMENTS INVOICES
bull Every Account Receivable (AR) team member handles a set of customer accounts differently
bull Every historical AR clearing from all the AR team becomes an important asset for Machine learning
bull For payments that cannot be automatically cleared AR team member can see a list of invoices with the
suggested ratings
Customer
54Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Solution StrategyNon-disruptive automation through SAP HANA CLOUD PLATFORM
55Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
56Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
57Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
58Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What about simulating a
change in my org model
For example in view of MampA (or other)
59Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Financial Statement InsightsIntroducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables finance professionals to reveal hidden
trends and leverage unused potential from
financial information
By
performing personalized ad-hoc analysis
simulating organizational models
based on all relevant financial information
available in S4HANA
in real-time
60Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
The SAP Hybrid Cloud ArchitectureDelivering innovation while keeping a stable Core
Futuristic Not reallyhellip Many organization are already there
62Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Customer success with SAP S4HANA Finance
Growing today with technology for
tomorrow
Turk Telcom wanted to transition from multiple
ledgers to an integrated business with one
software environment and speed up mergers
and acquisitions
Shorter closing period by up to 2 days
Greater clarity and visibility into financial
data
More flexibility in business operations
Simpler processes eliminating
unnecessary workload
Improve expense management
processes with SAP Fraud
management on SAP HANA
Vodafone wanted to automate and become
best in class for TampE claims audit Looking to
extrapolate to other audit systems
100 of claims now automatically
revieiwed before only 10 of employee
claims reviewed through manual process
Now able to investigate different types of
abuse while still saving costs
Increasing Revenue 100 with SAP
S4HANA Finance
Memebox wanted to create a secure
foundation for global business expansion
while improving the accuracy of inventory and
increasing insight into logistic information
100 increase in revenue sing the launch
of SAP S4HANA Finance
30 shorter delivery lead time to
customers
50 increase in sales productivity with on-
the-go data access
63Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company
The information contained herein may be changed without prior notice Some software products marketed by SAP SE and its distr ibutors contain proprietary software components
of other software vendors National product specifications may vary
These materials are provided by SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company for informational purposes only without representation or warranty of any kind and SAP or its affiliated
companies shall not be liable for errors or omissions with respect to the materials The only warranties for SAP or SAP affil iate company products and services are those that are
set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services if any Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty
In particular SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation or to develop or release
any functionality mentioned therein This document or any related presentation and SAP SErsquos or its affiliated companiesrsquo strategy and possible future developments products
andor platform directions and functionality are all subject to change and may be changed by SAP SE or its affiliated companies at any time for any reason without notice The
information in this document is not a commitment promise or legal obligation to deliver any material code or functionality All forward-looking statements are subject to various
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements
and they should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions
SAP and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP SE (or an SAP affiliate company)
in Germany and other countries All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies
See httpglobalsapcomcorporate-enlegalcopyrightindexepx for additional trademark information and notices
copy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved
52Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
53Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Clea - Cash Application
PAYMENTS INVOICES
bull Every Account Receivable (AR) team member handles a set of customer accounts differently
bull Every historical AR clearing from all the AR team becomes an important asset for Machine learning
bull For payments that cannot be automatically cleared AR team member can see a list of invoices with the
suggested ratings
Customer
54Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Solution StrategyNon-disruptive automation through SAP HANA CLOUD PLATFORM
55Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
56Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
57Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
58Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What about simulating a
change in my org model
For example in view of MampA (or other)
59Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Financial Statement InsightsIntroducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables finance professionals to reveal hidden
trends and leverage unused potential from
financial information
By
performing personalized ad-hoc analysis
simulating organizational models
based on all relevant financial information
available in S4HANA
in real-time
60Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
The SAP Hybrid Cloud ArchitectureDelivering innovation while keeping a stable Core
Futuristic Not reallyhellip Many organization are already there
62Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Customer success with SAP S4HANA Finance
Growing today with technology for
tomorrow
Turk Telcom wanted to transition from multiple
ledgers to an integrated business with one
software environment and speed up mergers
and acquisitions
Shorter closing period by up to 2 days
Greater clarity and visibility into financial
data
More flexibility in business operations
Simpler processes eliminating
unnecessary workload
Improve expense management
processes with SAP Fraud
management on SAP HANA
Vodafone wanted to automate and become
best in class for TampE claims audit Looking to
extrapolate to other audit systems
100 of claims now automatically
revieiwed before only 10 of employee
claims reviewed through manual process
Now able to investigate different types of
abuse while still saving costs
Increasing Revenue 100 with SAP
S4HANA Finance
Memebox wanted to create a secure
foundation for global business expansion
while improving the accuracy of inventory and
increasing insight into logistic information
100 increase in revenue sing the launch
of SAP S4HANA Finance
30 shorter delivery lead time to
customers
50 increase in sales productivity with on-
the-go data access
63Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company
The information contained herein may be changed without prior notice Some software products marketed by SAP SE and its distr ibutors contain proprietary software components
of other software vendors National product specifications may vary
These materials are provided by SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company for informational purposes only without representation or warranty of any kind and SAP or its affiliated
companies shall not be liable for errors or omissions with respect to the materials The only warranties for SAP or SAP affil iate company products and services are those that are
set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services if any Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty
In particular SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation or to develop or release
any functionality mentioned therein This document or any related presentation and SAP SErsquos or its affiliated companiesrsquo strategy and possible future developments products
andor platform directions and functionality are all subject to change and may be changed by SAP SE or its affiliated companies at any time for any reason without notice The
information in this document is not a commitment promise or legal obligation to deliver any material code or functionality All forward-looking statements are subject to various
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements
and they should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions
SAP and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP SE (or an SAP affiliate company)
in Germany and other countries All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies
See httpglobalsapcomcorporate-enlegalcopyrightindexepx for additional trademark information and notices
copy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved
53Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Clea - Cash Application
PAYMENTS INVOICES
bull Every Account Receivable (AR) team member handles a set of customer accounts differently
bull Every historical AR clearing from all the AR team becomes an important asset for Machine learning
bull For payments that cannot be automatically cleared AR team member can see a list of invoices with the
suggested ratings
Customer
54Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Solution StrategyNon-disruptive automation through SAP HANA CLOUD PLATFORM
55Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
56Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
57Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
58Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What about simulating a
change in my org model
For example in view of MampA (or other)
59Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Financial Statement InsightsIntroducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables finance professionals to reveal hidden
trends and leverage unused potential from
financial information
By
performing personalized ad-hoc analysis
simulating organizational models
based on all relevant financial information
available in S4HANA
in real-time
60Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
The SAP Hybrid Cloud ArchitectureDelivering innovation while keeping a stable Core
Futuristic Not reallyhellip Many organization are already there
62Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Customer success with SAP S4HANA Finance
Growing today with technology for
tomorrow
Turk Telcom wanted to transition from multiple
ledgers to an integrated business with one
software environment and speed up mergers
and acquisitions
Shorter closing period by up to 2 days
Greater clarity and visibility into financial
data
More flexibility in business operations
Simpler processes eliminating
unnecessary workload
Improve expense management
processes with SAP Fraud
management on SAP HANA
Vodafone wanted to automate and become
best in class for TampE claims audit Looking to
extrapolate to other audit systems
100 of claims now automatically
revieiwed before only 10 of employee
claims reviewed through manual process
Now able to investigate different types of
abuse while still saving costs
Increasing Revenue 100 with SAP
S4HANA Finance
Memebox wanted to create a secure
foundation for global business expansion
while improving the accuracy of inventory and
increasing insight into logistic information
100 increase in revenue sing the launch
of SAP S4HANA Finance
30 shorter delivery lead time to
customers
50 increase in sales productivity with on-
the-go data access
63Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company
The information contained herein may be changed without prior notice Some software products marketed by SAP SE and its distr ibutors contain proprietary software components
of other software vendors National product specifications may vary
These materials are provided by SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company for informational purposes only without representation or warranty of any kind and SAP or its affiliated
companies shall not be liable for errors or omissions with respect to the materials The only warranties for SAP or SAP affil iate company products and services are those that are
set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services if any Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty
In particular SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation or to develop or release
any functionality mentioned therein This document or any related presentation and SAP SErsquos or its affiliated companiesrsquo strategy and possible future developments products
andor platform directions and functionality are all subject to change and may be changed by SAP SE or its affiliated companies at any time for any reason without notice The
information in this document is not a commitment promise or legal obligation to deliver any material code or functionality All forward-looking statements are subject to various
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements
and they should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions
SAP and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP SE (or an SAP affiliate company)
in Germany and other countries All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies
See httpglobalsapcomcorporate-enlegalcopyrightindexepx for additional trademark information and notices
copy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved
54Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Solution StrategyNon-disruptive automation through SAP HANA CLOUD PLATFORM
55Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
56Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
57Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
58Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What about simulating a
change in my org model
For example in view of MampA (or other)
59Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Financial Statement InsightsIntroducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables finance professionals to reveal hidden
trends and leverage unused potential from
financial information
By
performing personalized ad-hoc analysis
simulating organizational models
based on all relevant financial information
available in S4HANA
in real-time
60Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
The SAP Hybrid Cloud ArchitectureDelivering innovation while keeping a stable Core
Futuristic Not reallyhellip Many organization are already there
62Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Customer success with SAP S4HANA Finance
Growing today with technology for
tomorrow
Turk Telcom wanted to transition from multiple
ledgers to an integrated business with one
software environment and speed up mergers
and acquisitions
Shorter closing period by up to 2 days
Greater clarity and visibility into financial
data
More flexibility in business operations
Simpler processes eliminating
unnecessary workload
Improve expense management
processes with SAP Fraud
management on SAP HANA
Vodafone wanted to automate and become
best in class for TampE claims audit Looking to
extrapolate to other audit systems
100 of claims now automatically
revieiwed before only 10 of employee
claims reviewed through manual process
Now able to investigate different types of
abuse while still saving costs
Increasing Revenue 100 with SAP
S4HANA Finance
Memebox wanted to create a secure
foundation for global business expansion
while improving the accuracy of inventory and
increasing insight into logistic information
100 increase in revenue sing the launch
of SAP S4HANA Finance
30 shorter delivery lead time to
customers
50 increase in sales productivity with on-
the-go data access
63Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company
The information contained herein may be changed without prior notice Some software products marketed by SAP SE and its distr ibutors contain proprietary software components
of other software vendors National product specifications may vary
These materials are provided by SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company for informational purposes only without representation or warranty of any kind and SAP or its affiliated
companies shall not be liable for errors or omissions with respect to the materials The only warranties for SAP or SAP affil iate company products and services are those that are
set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services if any Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty
In particular SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation or to develop or release
any functionality mentioned therein This document or any related presentation and SAP SErsquos or its affiliated companiesrsquo strategy and possible future developments products
andor platform directions and functionality are all subject to change and may be changed by SAP SE or its affiliated companies at any time for any reason without notice The
information in this document is not a commitment promise or legal obligation to deliver any material code or functionality All forward-looking statements are subject to various
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements
and they should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions
SAP and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP SE (or an SAP affiliate company)
in Germany and other countries All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies
See httpglobalsapcomcorporate-enlegalcopyrightindexepx for additional trademark information and notices
copy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved
55Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Value scenarios across the entire value chain
Mergers and
Acquisitions
Dynamic planning
and analysis
Real time customer
and product
profitability
Continuous
accounting
Continuous
consolidation
Real time amp
predictive insight to
action
Real-time plan to
actual cash cycle
Bank counter-party
risk management
Foreign exchange
risks
Real-time AR amp AP
management
Automated cash
application
processes
Buyer-supplier
integration
Corporate real
estate management
Three lines of
defense
Fraud management
and screening
Access governance
and cybersecurity
International trade
management
Financial Planning amp
AnalysisAccounting amp
Financial CloseTreasury Management
Financial
Operations
Governance Risk amp
Compliance
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
56Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
57Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
58Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What about simulating a
change in my org model
For example in view of MampA (or other)
59Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Financial Statement InsightsIntroducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables finance professionals to reveal hidden
trends and leverage unused potential from
financial information
By
performing personalized ad-hoc analysis
simulating organizational models
based on all relevant financial information
available in S4HANA
in real-time
60Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
The SAP Hybrid Cloud ArchitectureDelivering innovation while keeping a stable Core
Futuristic Not reallyhellip Many organization are already there
62Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Customer success with SAP S4HANA Finance
Growing today with technology for
tomorrow
Turk Telcom wanted to transition from multiple
ledgers to an integrated business with one
software environment and speed up mergers
and acquisitions
Shorter closing period by up to 2 days
Greater clarity and visibility into financial
data
More flexibility in business operations
Simpler processes eliminating
unnecessary workload
Improve expense management
processes with SAP Fraud
management on SAP HANA
Vodafone wanted to automate and become
best in class for TampE claims audit Looking to
extrapolate to other audit systems
100 of claims now automatically
revieiwed before only 10 of employee
claims reviewed through manual process
Now able to investigate different types of
abuse while still saving costs
Increasing Revenue 100 with SAP
S4HANA Finance
Memebox wanted to create a secure
foundation for global business expansion
while improving the accuracy of inventory and
increasing insight into logistic information
100 increase in revenue sing the launch
of SAP S4HANA Finance
30 shorter delivery lead time to
customers
50 increase in sales productivity with on-
the-go data access
63Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company
The information contained herein may be changed without prior notice Some software products marketed by SAP SE and its distr ibutors contain proprietary software components
of other software vendors National product specifications may vary
These materials are provided by SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company for informational purposes only without representation or warranty of any kind and SAP or its affiliated
companies shall not be liable for errors or omissions with respect to the materials The only warranties for SAP or SAP affil iate company products and services are those that are
set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services if any Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty
In particular SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation or to develop or release
any functionality mentioned therein This document or any related presentation and SAP SErsquos or its affiliated companiesrsquo strategy and possible future developments products
andor platform directions and functionality are all subject to change and may be changed by SAP SE or its affiliated companies at any time for any reason without notice The
information in this document is not a commitment promise or legal obligation to deliver any material code or functionality All forward-looking statements are subject to various
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements
and they should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions
SAP and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP SE (or an SAP affiliate company)
in Germany and other countries All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies
See httpglobalsapcomcorporate-enlegalcopyrightindexepx for additional trademark information and notices
copy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved
56Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
57Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
58Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What about simulating a
change in my org model
For example in view of MampA (or other)
59Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Financial Statement InsightsIntroducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables finance professionals to reveal hidden
trends and leverage unused potential from
financial information
By
performing personalized ad-hoc analysis
simulating organizational models
based on all relevant financial information
available in S4HANA
in real-time
60Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
The SAP Hybrid Cloud ArchitectureDelivering innovation while keeping a stable Core
Futuristic Not reallyhellip Many organization are already there
62Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Customer success with SAP S4HANA Finance
Growing today with technology for
tomorrow
Turk Telcom wanted to transition from multiple
ledgers to an integrated business with one
software environment and speed up mergers
and acquisitions
Shorter closing period by up to 2 days
Greater clarity and visibility into financial
data
More flexibility in business operations
Simpler processes eliminating
unnecessary workload
Improve expense management
processes with SAP Fraud
management on SAP HANA
Vodafone wanted to automate and become
best in class for TampE claims audit Looking to
extrapolate to other audit systems
100 of claims now automatically
revieiwed before only 10 of employee
claims reviewed through manual process
Now able to investigate different types of
abuse while still saving costs
Increasing Revenue 100 with SAP
S4HANA Finance
Memebox wanted to create a secure
foundation for global business expansion
while improving the accuracy of inventory and
increasing insight into logistic information
100 increase in revenue sing the launch
of SAP S4HANA Finance
30 shorter delivery lead time to
customers
50 increase in sales productivity with on-
the-go data access
63Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company
The information contained herein may be changed without prior notice Some software products marketed by SAP SE and its distr ibutors contain proprietary software components
of other software vendors National product specifications may vary
These materials are provided by SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company for informational purposes only without representation or warranty of any kind and SAP or its affiliated
companies shall not be liable for errors or omissions with respect to the materials The only warranties for SAP or SAP affil iate company products and services are those that are
set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services if any Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty
In particular SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation or to develop or release
any functionality mentioned therein This document or any related presentation and SAP SErsquos or its affiliated companiesrsquo strategy and possible future developments products
andor platform directions and functionality are all subject to change and may be changed by SAP SE or its affiliated companies at any time for any reason without notice The
information in this document is not a commitment promise or legal obligation to deliver any material code or functionality All forward-looking statements are subject to various
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements
and they should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions
SAP and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP SE (or an SAP affiliate company)
in Germany and other countries All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies
See httpglobalsapcomcorporate-enlegalcopyrightindexepx for additional trademark information and notices
copy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved
57Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Mergers and Acquisitions (MampA)
Non - SAP
Systems
Integrated
Business Planning
SAP
Systems
Central
Finance as
MampA Hub
Dedicated SAP Central Finance environment acts as a
MampA Hub
Accelerate integration and consolidation (synergies)
during restructuring and MampA without disruption
Consolidated financial and management reporting -
roll-up and growth (re-org MampA) extrapolations
Central processing and planning available
Ensures compliance with existing and new standards
Financial Planning amp Analysis
58Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What about simulating a
change in my org model
For example in view of MampA (or other)
59Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Financial Statement InsightsIntroducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables finance professionals to reveal hidden
trends and leverage unused potential from
financial information
By
performing personalized ad-hoc analysis
simulating organizational models
based on all relevant financial information
available in S4HANA
in real-time
60Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
The SAP Hybrid Cloud ArchitectureDelivering innovation while keeping a stable Core
Futuristic Not reallyhellip Many organization are already there
62Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Customer success with SAP S4HANA Finance
Growing today with technology for
tomorrow
Turk Telcom wanted to transition from multiple
ledgers to an integrated business with one
software environment and speed up mergers
and acquisitions
Shorter closing period by up to 2 days
Greater clarity and visibility into financial
data
More flexibility in business operations
Simpler processes eliminating
unnecessary workload
Improve expense management
processes with SAP Fraud
management on SAP HANA
Vodafone wanted to automate and become
best in class for TampE claims audit Looking to
extrapolate to other audit systems
100 of claims now automatically
revieiwed before only 10 of employee
claims reviewed through manual process
Now able to investigate different types of
abuse while still saving costs
Increasing Revenue 100 with SAP
S4HANA Finance
Memebox wanted to create a secure
foundation for global business expansion
while improving the accuracy of inventory and
increasing insight into logistic information
100 increase in revenue sing the launch
of SAP S4HANA Finance
30 shorter delivery lead time to
customers
50 increase in sales productivity with on-
the-go data access
63Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company
The information contained herein may be changed without prior notice Some software products marketed by SAP SE and its distr ibutors contain proprietary software components
of other software vendors National product specifications may vary
These materials are provided by SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company for informational purposes only without representation or warranty of any kind and SAP or its affiliated
companies shall not be liable for errors or omissions with respect to the materials The only warranties for SAP or SAP affil iate company products and services are those that are
set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services if any Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty
In particular SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation or to develop or release
any functionality mentioned therein This document or any related presentation and SAP SErsquos or its affiliated companiesrsquo strategy and possible future developments products
andor platform directions and functionality are all subject to change and may be changed by SAP SE or its affiliated companies at any time for any reason without notice The
information in this document is not a commitment promise or legal obligation to deliver any material code or functionality All forward-looking statements are subject to various
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements
and they should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions
SAP and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP SE (or an SAP affiliate company)
in Germany and other countries All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies
See httpglobalsapcomcorporate-enlegalcopyrightindexepx for additional trademark information and notices
copy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved
58Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
What about simulating a
change in my org model
For example in view of MampA (or other)
59Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Financial Statement InsightsIntroducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables finance professionals to reveal hidden
trends and leverage unused potential from
financial information
By
performing personalized ad-hoc analysis
simulating organizational models
based on all relevant financial information
available in S4HANA
in real-time
60Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
The SAP Hybrid Cloud ArchitectureDelivering innovation while keeping a stable Core
Futuristic Not reallyhellip Many organization are already there
62Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Customer success with SAP S4HANA Finance
Growing today with technology for
tomorrow
Turk Telcom wanted to transition from multiple
ledgers to an integrated business with one
software environment and speed up mergers
and acquisitions
Shorter closing period by up to 2 days
Greater clarity and visibility into financial
data
More flexibility in business operations
Simpler processes eliminating
unnecessary workload
Improve expense management
processes with SAP Fraud
management on SAP HANA
Vodafone wanted to automate and become
best in class for TampE claims audit Looking to
extrapolate to other audit systems
100 of claims now automatically
revieiwed before only 10 of employee
claims reviewed through manual process
Now able to investigate different types of
abuse while still saving costs
Increasing Revenue 100 with SAP
S4HANA Finance
Memebox wanted to create a secure
foundation for global business expansion
while improving the accuracy of inventory and
increasing insight into logistic information
100 increase in revenue sing the launch
of SAP S4HANA Finance
30 shorter delivery lead time to
customers
50 increase in sales productivity with on-
the-go data access
63Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company
The information contained herein may be changed without prior notice Some software products marketed by SAP SE and its distr ibutors contain proprietary software components
of other software vendors National product specifications may vary
These materials are provided by SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company for informational purposes only without representation or warranty of any kind and SAP or its affiliated
companies shall not be liable for errors or omissions with respect to the materials The only warranties for SAP or SAP affil iate company products and services are those that are
set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services if any Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty
In particular SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation or to develop or release
any functionality mentioned therein This document or any related presentation and SAP SErsquos or its affiliated companiesrsquo strategy and possible future developments products
andor platform directions and functionality are all subject to change and may be changed by SAP SE or its affiliated companies at any time for any reason without notice The
information in this document is not a commitment promise or legal obligation to deliver any material code or functionality All forward-looking statements are subject to various
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements
and they should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions
SAP and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP SE (or an SAP affiliate company)
in Germany and other countries All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies
See httpglobalsapcomcorporate-enlegalcopyrightindexepx for additional trademark information and notices
copy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved
59Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
SAP Financial Statement InsightsIntroducing a new world of Digital Finance
Enables finance professionals to reveal hidden
trends and leverage unused potential from
financial information
By
performing personalized ad-hoc analysis
simulating organizational models
based on all relevant financial information
available in S4HANA
in real-time
60Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
The SAP Hybrid Cloud ArchitectureDelivering innovation while keeping a stable Core
Futuristic Not reallyhellip Many organization are already there
62Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Customer success with SAP S4HANA Finance
Growing today with technology for
tomorrow
Turk Telcom wanted to transition from multiple
ledgers to an integrated business with one
software environment and speed up mergers
and acquisitions
Shorter closing period by up to 2 days
Greater clarity and visibility into financial
data
More flexibility in business operations
Simpler processes eliminating
unnecessary workload
Improve expense management
processes with SAP Fraud
management on SAP HANA
Vodafone wanted to automate and become
best in class for TampE claims audit Looking to
extrapolate to other audit systems
100 of claims now automatically
revieiwed before only 10 of employee
claims reviewed through manual process
Now able to investigate different types of
abuse while still saving costs
Increasing Revenue 100 with SAP
S4HANA Finance
Memebox wanted to create a secure
foundation for global business expansion
while improving the accuracy of inventory and
increasing insight into logistic information
100 increase in revenue sing the launch
of SAP S4HANA Finance
30 shorter delivery lead time to
customers
50 increase in sales productivity with on-
the-go data access
63Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company
The information contained herein may be changed without prior notice Some software products marketed by SAP SE and its distr ibutors contain proprietary software components
of other software vendors National product specifications may vary
These materials are provided by SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company for informational purposes only without representation or warranty of any kind and SAP or its affiliated
companies shall not be liable for errors or omissions with respect to the materials The only warranties for SAP or SAP affil iate company products and services are those that are
set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services if any Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty
In particular SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation or to develop or release
any functionality mentioned therein This document or any related presentation and SAP SErsquos or its affiliated companiesrsquo strategy and possible future developments products
andor platform directions and functionality are all subject to change and may be changed by SAP SE or its affiliated companies at any time for any reason without notice The
information in this document is not a commitment promise or legal obligation to deliver any material code or functionality All forward-looking statements are subject to various
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements
and they should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions
SAP and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP SE (or an SAP affiliate company)
in Germany and other countries All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies
See httpglobalsapcomcorporate-enlegalcopyrightindexepx for additional trademark information and notices
copy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved
60Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
The SAP Hybrid Cloud ArchitectureDelivering innovation while keeping a stable Core
Futuristic Not reallyhellip Many organization are already there
62Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Customer success with SAP S4HANA Finance
Growing today with technology for
tomorrow
Turk Telcom wanted to transition from multiple
ledgers to an integrated business with one
software environment and speed up mergers
and acquisitions
Shorter closing period by up to 2 days
Greater clarity and visibility into financial
data
More flexibility in business operations
Simpler processes eliminating
unnecessary workload
Improve expense management
processes with SAP Fraud
management on SAP HANA
Vodafone wanted to automate and become
best in class for TampE claims audit Looking to
extrapolate to other audit systems
100 of claims now automatically
revieiwed before only 10 of employee
claims reviewed through manual process
Now able to investigate different types of
abuse while still saving costs
Increasing Revenue 100 with SAP
S4HANA Finance
Memebox wanted to create a secure
foundation for global business expansion
while improving the accuracy of inventory and
increasing insight into logistic information
100 increase in revenue sing the launch
of SAP S4HANA Finance
30 shorter delivery lead time to
customers
50 increase in sales productivity with on-
the-go data access
63Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company
The information contained herein may be changed without prior notice Some software products marketed by SAP SE and its distr ibutors contain proprietary software components
of other software vendors National product specifications may vary
These materials are provided by SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company for informational purposes only without representation or warranty of any kind and SAP or its affiliated
companies shall not be liable for errors or omissions with respect to the materials The only warranties for SAP or SAP affil iate company products and services are those that are
set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services if any Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty
In particular SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation or to develop or release
any functionality mentioned therein This document or any related presentation and SAP SErsquos or its affiliated companiesrsquo strategy and possible future developments products
andor platform directions and functionality are all subject to change and may be changed by SAP SE or its affiliated companies at any time for any reason without notice The
information in this document is not a commitment promise or legal obligation to deliver any material code or functionality All forward-looking statements are subject to various
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements
and they should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions
SAP and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP SE (or an SAP affiliate company)
in Germany and other countries All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies
See httpglobalsapcomcorporate-enlegalcopyrightindexepx for additional trademark information and notices
copy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved
Futuristic Not reallyhellip Many organization are already there
62Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Customer success with SAP S4HANA Finance
Growing today with technology for
tomorrow
Turk Telcom wanted to transition from multiple
ledgers to an integrated business with one
software environment and speed up mergers
and acquisitions
Shorter closing period by up to 2 days
Greater clarity and visibility into financial
data
More flexibility in business operations
Simpler processes eliminating
unnecessary workload
Improve expense management
processes with SAP Fraud
management on SAP HANA
Vodafone wanted to automate and become
best in class for TampE claims audit Looking to
extrapolate to other audit systems
100 of claims now automatically
revieiwed before only 10 of employee
claims reviewed through manual process
Now able to investigate different types of
abuse while still saving costs
Increasing Revenue 100 with SAP
S4HANA Finance
Memebox wanted to create a secure
foundation for global business expansion
while improving the accuracy of inventory and
increasing insight into logistic information
100 increase in revenue sing the launch
of SAP S4HANA Finance
30 shorter delivery lead time to
customers
50 increase in sales productivity with on-
the-go data access
63Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company
The information contained herein may be changed without prior notice Some software products marketed by SAP SE and its distr ibutors contain proprietary software components
of other software vendors National product specifications may vary
These materials are provided by SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company for informational purposes only without representation or warranty of any kind and SAP or its affiliated
companies shall not be liable for errors or omissions with respect to the materials The only warranties for SAP or SAP affil iate company products and services are those that are
set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services if any Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty
In particular SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation or to develop or release
any functionality mentioned therein This document or any related presentation and SAP SErsquos or its affiliated companiesrsquo strategy and possible future developments products
andor platform directions and functionality are all subject to change and may be changed by SAP SE or its affiliated companies at any time for any reason without notice The
information in this document is not a commitment promise or legal obligation to deliver any material code or functionality All forward-looking statements are subject to various
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements
and they should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions
SAP and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP SE (or an SAP affiliate company)
in Germany and other countries All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies
See httpglobalsapcomcorporate-enlegalcopyrightindexepx for additional trademark information and notices
copy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved
62Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Customer success with SAP S4HANA Finance
Growing today with technology for
tomorrow
Turk Telcom wanted to transition from multiple
ledgers to an integrated business with one
software environment and speed up mergers
and acquisitions
Shorter closing period by up to 2 days
Greater clarity and visibility into financial
data
More flexibility in business operations
Simpler processes eliminating
unnecessary workload
Improve expense management
processes with SAP Fraud
management on SAP HANA
Vodafone wanted to automate and become
best in class for TampE claims audit Looking to
extrapolate to other audit systems
100 of claims now automatically
revieiwed before only 10 of employee
claims reviewed through manual process
Now able to investigate different types of
abuse while still saving costs
Increasing Revenue 100 with SAP
S4HANA Finance
Memebox wanted to create a secure
foundation for global business expansion
while improving the accuracy of inventory and
increasing insight into logistic information
100 increase in revenue sing the launch
of SAP S4HANA Finance
30 shorter delivery lead time to
customers
50 increase in sales productivity with on-
the-go data access
63Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company
The information contained herein may be changed without prior notice Some software products marketed by SAP SE and its distr ibutors contain proprietary software components
of other software vendors National product specifications may vary
These materials are provided by SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company for informational purposes only without representation or warranty of any kind and SAP or its affiliated
companies shall not be liable for errors or omissions with respect to the materials The only warranties for SAP or SAP affil iate company products and services are those that are
set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services if any Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty
In particular SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation or to develop or release
any functionality mentioned therein This document or any related presentation and SAP SErsquos or its affiliated companiesrsquo strategy and possible future developments products
andor platform directions and functionality are all subject to change and may be changed by SAP SE or its affiliated companies at any time for any reason without notice The
information in this document is not a commitment promise or legal obligation to deliver any material code or functionality All forward-looking statements are subject to various
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements
and they should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions
SAP and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP SE (or an SAP affiliate company)
in Germany and other countries All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies
See httpglobalsapcomcorporate-enlegalcopyrightindexepx for additional trademark information and notices
copy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved
63Publiccopy 2017 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company All rights reserved ǀ
Find more information here
wwwsapcomfinance
Experience the journey maps4hanafinancesapjourneymapcom
Read the digital finance whitepaperRegister for the digital finance whitepaper
Join the conversationSCN Business Trends ndash Finance
SAP S4HANA Finance
What do you think
Contact information
Michel Haesendonckx
Senior Director Finance Solutions
(Global Solution Owner FPampA Management accounting)
SAP SE
michelHaesendonckxsapcom
+32 472 491 699
No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company
The information contained herein may be changed without prior notice Some software products marketed by SAP SE and its distr ibutors contain proprietary software components
of other software vendors National product specifications may vary
These materials are provided by SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company for informational purposes only without representation or warranty of any kind and SAP or its affiliated
companies shall not be liable for errors or omissions with respect to the materials The only warranties for SAP or SAP affil iate company products and services are those that are
set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services if any Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty
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any functionality mentioned therein This document or any related presentation and SAP SErsquos or its affiliated companiesrsquo strategy and possible future developments products
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in Germany and other countries All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies
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The information contained herein may be changed without prior notice Some software products marketed by SAP SE and its distr ibutors contain proprietary software components
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companies shall not be liable for errors or omissions with respect to the materials The only warranties for SAP or SAP affil iate company products and services are those that are
set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services if any Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty
In particular SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation or to develop or release
any functionality mentioned therein This document or any related presentation and SAP SErsquos or its affiliated companiesrsquo strategy and possible future developments products
andor platform directions and functionality are all subject to change and may be changed by SAP SE or its affiliated companies at any time for any reason without notice The
information in this document is not a commitment promise or legal obligation to deliver any material code or functionality All forward-looking statements are subject to various
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements
and they should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions
SAP and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP SE (or an SAP affiliate company)
in Germany and other countries All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies
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