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By 2024, 70% of new artificial intelligence projects in the finance domain will be deployed
using out-of-the-box functionality.
Source: Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud Financial Planning & Analytics Solutions, October 2020, Greg Leiter, Robert Anderson, John Van Decker
More than 50% of surveyed companies will leverage artificial intelligence (AI) for financial
planning and analysis in the next years.
Source: 2020 FP&A Trends Survey « Becoming an Intelligent Enterprise »
Plan
Input / adjustment Predict
Distribution & Time series forecast
allocations Planning proposition
Advanced formulas Scenario planning
Stories
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Predictive planning
How to maximize your chances of success
▪ Dream big, start now! Do not let the terms AI, ML, or
predictive scare you. Predictive planning is proven
and trusted technology, available at your fingertips.
▪ Make sure you have any enough data and that you
have quality data. The rule of thumb is 5 to 1. If you
want to forecast one year head, you’ll need to retrieve
ideally 5 years of historical data into your planning
models.
▪ While we place a clear focus on helping you automate
the predictive forecasts, you need to bring your
expertise to the game as well in terms of selecting the
right data windows to train the predictive models. A
very concrete example is the COVID-19 pandemic
and how it affects business activities across the world.
▪ You can refer to the central Q&A blog for additional
guidance.
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Predictive planning
Additional enablement resources
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Finalize
Prepare
▪ Submit Data
▪ Planning Model
▪ Data Locks
▪ Drivers & Parameters
▪ Forward Data
▪ Master & Actual Data
Success S/4 Group
HR Strategy Reporting
Factors
Collaborate
CX
Marketing Expense Concur
CRM
Plan Predict
▪ Input / Adjustment ▪ Time Series Forecast
▪ Distribution & Allocations ▪ Planning Proposition
▪ Advanced Formulas
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ACDOCA ACDOCP
Data actions
Allocations
Landing Page
to jump-start your project
Continuous innovation
with business content for Finance
https://saphanajourney.com/sap-analytics-cloud/product-updates/
Simulation Cockpit
to innovate & accelerate
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CUSTOMIZATION Expense
Integration of external
▪ Other HR 3rd party solutions can be used in the workforce information
data model
Integration of financial
budgets and retract HR
costs
Strong planning capabilities Link operational and Integrate with enterprise Enhance with
1 to create powerful planning 2 financial planning 3 applications 4 business content
solutions within the company to improve alignment and performance for one source of the truth for fast implementation projects
▪ Staffing
▪ Schedule
▪ Pricing of Suppliers
Transfer to Financial
Configuration &
Planning for
Preparation
SAP S/4HANA Finance
Detailed Planning
▪ Map personnel costs to G/L
accounts
▪ Plan actions for individual employees ▪ Copy HR plan into financial plan
(promotions, transfers, terminations, etc.) (cost center plan, P/L plan)
▪ Create new positions
▪ Calculate & adjust individual costs
▪ Plan HC demand
▪ Plan supply (terminations, hires)
▪ Calculate costs
Plan Internal HC
Demand/Supply
Plan External HC
Demand
▪ Plan on different
aggregated granularities
based on the persona and
use cases ▪ Plan contingent workers per location
▪ Usage of existing ▪ Calculate costs based on external rates
dimensions to aggregate (configured in plan configuration)
Plan Actions
Transfer
▪ Recalculation of personnel
Termination costs based on central
Select drivers and rates
Employment Lvl
Employee ▪ Immediate visibility of
Promotion financial impact on budget
or top-down targets
Salary Adj.
Recalculate
Select Position / Costs
Absence
Employee Planning
Handshake Mapping
Cost Center Cost Center
Company Company
Cost Types G/L Accounts
… …
Overview Page
Aggregated
Planning
Configuration & Transfer to Reports
Preparation Financial Plan
Detailed
Planning
1 2 3 4
INTEGRATED xP&A USE CASES ONE DATA MODEL CUSTOMIZATION
▪ Covers standard HR ▪ Top-down planning on an ▪ One data model to cover ▪ Strong focus on flexibility
planning processes aggregated level for different workforce planning and expandability of
▪ Optimized for SAP internal and external use cases planning dimensions
SuccessFactors and workforce (HC) ▪ Aligned with SAP ▪ Customization can be done
SAP S/4HANA ▪ Bottom-up planning on SuccessFactors and SAP with low effort and no
▪ Loosely coupled with position or employee Fieldglass data structures impact on the data model
SAP Fieldglass detailed level (FTE) ▪ One central data model for ▪ General purpose business
▪ Integrated with other xP&A ▪ Budget comparison for planning and reporting logic easily customizable
content packages like FTE, HC, and costs (Actuals Δ Plan) for more specific use cases
integrated financial between different planning ▪ Based on the new SAC ▪ Data model allows the
planning (IFP) versions model extension of central KPIs
▪ More integrated xP&A ▪ Cost planning for total with low effort
packages will follow workforce
▪ Reporting on total
workforce
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Week 3: Managing the Planning Process
Unit 7: Workforce Planning – Demo
Workforce planning – demo
Planning process – overview
Transfer to Integrated
Configuration &
Planning for
Preparation
SAP S/4HANA Finance
Detailed Planning
▪ Map personnel costs to G/L
accounts
▪ Plan actions for individual employees ▪ Copy HR plan into financial plan
(promotions, transfers, terminations, etc.) (cost center plan, P/L plan)
▪ Create new positions
▪ Calculate costs
Detailed
Planning
Detailed
Planning
Detailed
Planning
Detailed
Planning
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