SAP Financials Forum (WENFIT)

April 24–26, 2023

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Agenda – Monday, April 24, 2023
Option 1 (APJ / EMEA)
09:00 – 09:15 a.m.* Welcome
Magnus Metzler, Cem Uysal
09:15 – 10:45​ Delta and Outlook in Management Accounting Universal Parallel Accounting – Innovations in Value Chain Analysis (VCA) – New financial solution
for SAP S/4HANA, Release 2022 Accounting for SAP S/4HANA with special in SAP S/4HANA
Janet Salmon consideration of Asset Accounting Dirk Warntje
Michael Hohendorf
10:45 – 11:00 Break
11:00 – 12:30 Quick Path to SAP S/4HANA Cloud Organizational Flexibility – Profit Center Leveraging SAP S/4HANA Cloud with
Michel Haesendonckx Reorganization in SAP S/4HANA SAP Central Business Configuration
Marei Dornick Fabian Ackermann
12:30 – 12:45 Break
12:45 – 13:30 p.m.* Customer Insights on projects in the context of migration to SAP S/4HANA
N.N.

Option 2 (EMEA / Americas)

14:30 – 14:45 p.m.* Welcome
Magnus Metzler, Cem Uysal
14:45 – 16:15 Delta and Outlook in Management Accounting Universal Parallel Accounting – Innovations in Value Chain Analysis (VCA) – New financial solution
for SAP S/4HANA, Release 2022 Accounting for SAP S/4HANA with special in SAP S/4HANA
Janet Salmon consideration of Asset Accounting Dirk Warntje
Michael Hohendorf
16:15 – 16:30 Break
16:30 – 18:00 Quick Path to SAP S/4HANA Cloud Organizational Flexibility – Profit Center Leveraging SAP S/4HANA Cloud with
Michel Haesendonckx Reorganization in SAP S/4HANA SAP Central Business Configuration
Marei Dornick Fabian Ackermann
18:00 – 18:15 Break
18:15 – 19:00 Customer Insights on projects in the context of migration to SAP S/4HANA
N.N.

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Agenda – Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Option 1 (APJ / EMEA)
09:00 – 10:30 a.m.​* Steering Effectiveness with SAP Analytics Cloud New Solution for the Management of Internal How Sustainability is Shifting the Role of Finance
Michel Haesendonckx Controls: SAP Financial Compliance Management Stephan Müller
Martin Stecher
10:30 – 10:45 Break
10:45 – 12:15​ Accounting for Maintenance Service Symphony – How Intelligent SAP Solutions Payments and Bank Communication in
Management Play Together in the Financial Close SAP S/4HANA Cloud
Sebastian Doll Michel Loehden Bernhard Sternegger
12:15 – 12:30 Break
12:30 – 13:00 p.m.* Meet the Expert
N.N.

Option 2 (EMEA / Americas)

14:30 – 16:00 p.m.​* Steering Effectiveness with SAP Analytics Cloud New Solution for the Management of Internal How Sustainability is Shifting the Role of Finance
Michel Haesendonckx Controls: SAP Financial Compliance Management Stephan Müller
Martin Stecher
16:00 – 16:15 Break
16:15 – 17:45 Accounting for Maintenance Service Symphony – How Intelligent SAP Solutions Payments and Bank Communication in
Management Play Together in the Financial Close SAP S/4HANA Cloud
Sebastian Doll Michel Loehden Bernhard Sternegger
17:45 – 18:00 Break
18:00 – 18:30 Meet the Expert
N.N.

*Please note: Time zone is CEST (Central European Summer Time). Please calculate the lecture times according to your own time zone.

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Agenda – Wednesday, April 26, 2023
Option 1 (APJ / EMEA)
09:00 – 09:45 a.m.* SAP’s Strategy for Digital Learning
Timo Schuette
09:45 – 10:00 Break
10:00 – 11:15​ The Future of the Finance Portfolio – Practical Insights into a New Learning Experience
N.N.
11:15 – 11:30 Break
11:30 – 13:00​ p.m.* Results Analysis, Event-Based Revenue Intelligent Process Automation in Finance Central Finance and Central Asset Accounting
Recognition, Revenue Accounting – with SAP Enterprise Service Management Stefan Fischer, Marlene Katzschner,
When to Use What? Robin Bau Elke Romanov
Volkmar Zahn, Gabriele Hoffmann

Option 2 (EMEA / Americas)

14:30 – 15:15 p.m.* SAP’s Strategy for Digital Learning

Timo Schuett
15:15 – 15:30 Break
15:30 – 16:45​ The Future of Finance Portfolio – Practical Insights into the New Learning World
Trainer
16:45 – 17:00 Break
17:00 – 18:30​ Results Analysis, Event-Based Revenue Intelligent Process Automation in Finance Central Finance and Central Asset Accounting
Recognition, Revenue Accounting – with SAP Enterprise Service Management Stefan Fischer, Marlene Katzschner,
When to Use What? Robin Bau Elke Romanov
Volkmar Zahn, Gabriele Hoffmann

*Please note: Time zone is CEST (Central European Summer Time). Please calculate the lecture times according to your own time zone.

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Presentations at a glance – Monday, April 24, 2023
Topics
Delta and Outlook in Management Accounting for
SAP S/4HANA, Release 2022
Universal Parallel Accounting – Innovations in Accounting
for SAP S/4HANA with special consideration of Asset
Accounting
Value Chain Analysis (VCA) – New financial solution in
SAP S/4HANA
Quick Path to SAP S/4HANA Cloud
Organizational Flexibility –
Profit Center Reorganization in SAP S/4HANA
Leveraging SAP S/4HANA Cloud with
SAP Central Business Configuration
Journey to Treasury in SAP S/4HANA – a Consultant’s
Project View in a Nutshell
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Contents
▪ Universal parallel accounting – controlling by ledger
▪ Event-based product controlling – the new cost object controlling
▪ Updates in universal allocation
▪ Updates in margin analysis
▪ Enhanced Parallel Accounting Capabilities in Financial Accounting
▪ End-to-end support of parallel currencies and deviating fiscal year variants
▪ Detailed insight into Asset Accounting, new revised configuration, new asset master data and processes (“Intelligent Asset
Accounting”)
▪ In a digital world it is more and more important to have information available which supports your business and your business
decisions. Currency exchange rates, prices for raw material, production costs, shipment fees, taxes, restrictions, changes in
supply chains, in legal and in group view, carbon foot print – everything has impact on your business.
▪ What is the value chain and how can your company gain a competitive advantage?
▪ Learn how SAP S/4HANA Value Chain Analysis support you and your company to make the right decisions
▪ T.b.d.
▪ Scope of the profit center reorganization in SAP S/4HANA
▪ Functions of the profit center reorganization in detail: reorganization process, changes to master data and transfer postings,
new SAP Fiori apps for controlling and reporting the reorganization
▪ System demo
▪ Roadmap
▪ Get a general introduction about the new configuration tool SAP Central Business Configuration
▪ Learn about its key features and how it supports the implementation of SAP S/4HANA Cloud
▪ See all major process steps including scoping, the setup of the organizational structure, and configuration in a live demo
▪ Learn about additional resources and learning materials for self-study
▪ Project scope (setup, requirements, implementation strategies, …)
▪ Procedure (project phases, timelines, …)
▪ Stumbling blocks, lessons learned, and benefits
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Presentations at a glance – Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Topics Contents
Steering Effectiveness with SAP Analytics Cloud ▪ T.b.d.

New Solution for the Management of Internal Controls: ▪ Document and perform controls
SAP Financial Compliance Management ▪ Automated procedures reduce control workload
▪ Detected process-issues can be resolved immediately

How Sustainability is Shifting the Role of Finance ▪ Finance departments need to navigate and manage an increasingly complex policy and reporting landscape
▪ Digital solutions will help to manage new rules and standards and enable finance departments to transform their enterprise
▪ How can SAP prepare finance departments to lead the transition to a more sustainable business

Accounting for Maintenance Service Management ▪ Statement of direction

▪ Accounting for maintenance service (Successor of customer service)
▪ Demo
▪ Benefits of th new finance integration

Symphony – How Intelligent SAP Solutions Play Together ▪ Typical challenges in today’s financial closing cycles
in the Financial Close ▪ How to get to a modern and intelligent financial closing process
▪ Process areas covered by the SAP solution portfolio during the financial close
▪ Optimal orchestration of all subprocesses

Payments and Bank Communication in SAP S/4HANA ▪ Centralize payment activities with the SAP S/4HANA Cloud for advanced payment management solution
Cloud ▪ Message exchange with the SAP Multi-Bank Connectivity solution
▪ Digital payment processes in Accounts Receivable

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Presentations at a glance – Wednesday, April 26, 2023

Topics Contents
The Future of Finance Portfolio – Practical Insights into the ▪ Overview of the new digital finance courses
New Learning World ▪ System demo
▪ Compact hands-on session

Results Analysis, Event-Based Revenue Recognition, ▪ Overview of revenue recognition procedures with practical examples of event-based revenue recognition and revenue accounting
Revenue Accounting – When to Use What? based on SAP S/4HANA (release 2022) and S/4HANA Cloud (release 2302)
▪ System demo
▪ Outlook for event-based revenue recognition and revenue accounting

Intelligent Process Automation in Finance with SAP ▪ Overview of SAP’s automation strategy
Enterprise Service Management ▪ Added value from the SAP Enterprise Service Management solution leveraging artificial intelligence, robotic process automation
(RPA), and workflows
▪ Practical examples
▪ Outlook

Central Finance and Central Asset Accounting ▪ Central finance overview

▪ Central finance and central asset accounting
▪ Intercompany reconciliation and group reporting with central finance

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