SBN Finance Function Day

08:15-08:30

Networking

Coffee and networking

Host:    

08:30-08:40

Welcome

Introducing the Finance Function Day

08:40-09:20

Recording:

[The PDF slides are found on this link if available]

S/4HANA Finance – The New Frontier
(Presentation in English)

In this session we will be talking about SAP S/4HANA Finance.

To really reap the benefits of SAP S/4HANA, with it’s new approach and functionality, you need to get involved now. Otherwise, you may risk ending up with a technical upgrade only and miss out on the opportunity for real transformation that everyone wants.

Join us to discover;

1. A new way of working  => With Fiori – which enables a completely different user experience for Finance
2. Accessible information => With the Universal Journal – providing a 360° view of your finance
3. New possibilities => Local and group accounting together – for continuous accounting

09:20-10:00

Recording:

[The PDF slides are found on this link if available]

7 ways how S/4HANA Finance improve process efficiency and enable effective decisions
(Presentation in English)

In this session we will share lessons learned from recent implementations with use cases from Finance and embedded analytics.

10:00-10:15

Break

10:15-10:55

Recording:

[The PDF slides are found on this link if available]

SAP Process Automation in Finance
(Presentation in English)

This session will explain how SAP Process Automation can help to automate processes in Finance in the context of S/4HANA.

Agenda:

1. Why Process Automation? - Become an intelligent, sustainable organization
2. Use Cases - Get inspired, pick yours and start today
3. Low-code/No-code Process Automation with SAP - Automate simpler, faster and confidently
4. Demo
5. Customer examples

10:55-11:35

Recording:

[The PDF slides are found on this link if available]

BTP and S/4HANA - AI services in Finance
(Presentation in English)

Deep Dive into concrete solutions in Business Technology Platform for Finance based on ML and AI - AI Services for Finance:

1. SAP BTP
2. SAP Business Services
3. S/4 AI Scenarios (CashApp , Document Informaton Extraction)
4. Sample Use cases, Automation, Account Recommender (DAR)

11:35-12:15

Lunch and networking

12:15-12:55

Recording:

[Selena Kelly's PDF slides are found on this link if available]

[Nijat Wendisch's PDF slides are found on this link if available]

Contineoues Accounting - what it means for SAP and what it may mean for you
(Presentation in English)

This session will show you how SAP is working internally to transforming Record-to-Report to low/no touch process leveraging latest S/4HANA products, Robotics, ML and AI services to achieve continuous accounting and faster close.

Agenda is as follows:

1. Overview of Record to Report Roadmap to achieve continuous accounting and faster close (Selena Kelly, Head of R2R Process Management)
2. Deep Dive into Shared Services Framework (Nijat Wendisch, Product Owner R2R Automation Swarm)
   1. R2R Structure
   2. What is SSF?
   3. How will SSF transform Global Shared Services?
3. Advanced Financial Closing and its impact on closing procedures at SAP (Nijat Wendisch, Product Owner R2R Automation Swarm)
   1. If time permits a live demo of AFC

12:55-13:35

Recording:

[The PDF slides are found on this link if available]

SAP Integrated Financial Planning - Overview & Live Demo
(Presentation in English)

Integrated Financial Planning is running on SAP Analytics Cloud which is the strategic planning product of SAP. It offers rich planning, simulation & predictive capabilities as well as best-practice content that can be leveraged to quickly start with Integrated Financial Planning. This session will give you a good overview of what SAP has to offer in this area including a live demo of the product.

13:35-13:50

Break

13:50-14:30

Recording:

[The PDF slides are found on this link if available]

SAP SAC Planning at Utilities industry
(Presentation in English)

This session will be focused on SAP Analytics Cloud Planning and Reporting capabilities. We will explore a real implementation scenario on a company operating in the United Kingdom Utilities sector, having had a goal of rationalizing their corporate tools and replacement of legacy planning solution. The presentation will cover Cost, Price and Finance planning processes and compare the architectural decisions that supported these areas. Furthermore, we will showcase a live reporting module, Procurement, using BW/4HANA data as a source.

14:30-15:10

Recording:

[The PDF slides are found on this link if available]

A case for change toward Enterprise Planning at a leading consumer goods company leveraging SAC, S4 and SAP IBP

Moving from local and non-integrated processes to integrated Enterprise Planning across the organization connecting volumes and values and provide full financial insights, forecasts and planning capabilities. Enterprise Planning is a critical process to build a single version of the truth and converge to “one number”. Aims to produce aligned scenario-based plan which optimizes business and financial performance. It requires strong alignment across involved functions (Commercial, Supply Chain, Finance), to overcome  predominance of their own goals.

15:10-15:15

Wrap up + Survey