Benefits For Finance Moving From ECC To S4HANA Partners (March 2021)

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the benefits for Finance
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Agenda
 SAP Vision for Finance Transformation
 SAP S/4HANA delivering on the vision of Finance Transformation
 Moving to SAP S/4HANA
 Recommendations for add-on licenses
 Discussion
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SAP’s Vision of Finance Transformation
From daily routine to supporting growth and forward looking insight
Predictive
Predictive Insights
Insights
Insights Advanced Forward
looking
Analytics
Real-time
Insights
Real-time
Automation Backward Insights
Operations looking
Backward
looking
Operations Operations
Running Deliver Support

the Business Insights Strategy
Cost-efficient Proactive
and compliant business
finance processes steering

Agenda
 Discussion

Benefits for Finance from SAP S/4HANA
Consistent, Intuitive An Integrated Data undamental

F
& Efficient Platform Enhancements to Core
User Experience Finance Processes
delivering a positive experience
providing a single version of that will make your life
working with both Analytics and
financial truth easier
Transactions


F
& Efficient Platform Enhancements to Core
User Experience Finance Processes
Transactions

Intuitive Assisted User Experience
Fiori will help extend the use of S/4HANA to even casual users…
Viewport Notifications
Me Area
 Single Entry Point

 Domain-specific information and actions
 Enter details and explore in depth
 1700+ Fiori apps for SAP S/4HANA, 600+ specific to Finance
 Fiori does need to be switched on and deployed…
Find out how you can take advantage of SAP Fiori with our SAP Fiori lighthouse scenarios designed to deliver immediate business benefit to SAP S/4HANA
customers.
SAP S/4HANA Embedded Analytics
 Role based
analytical insights
 One company wide KPI
repository
 Based on
SAP Virtual Data Models
 One click away from the
Fiori Launchpad

SAP S/4HANA with Fiori accelerated Business Processes
Reduced manual interactions increases business efficiency and simplifies users life
Process receivables Clear incoming payments Post incoming payments

Click-through video* Click-through video Click-through video
SAP GUI SAP Fiori SAP GUI SAP Fiori SAP GUI SAP Fiori
Duration: 2:12 min Duration: 0:47 min Duration: 2:25 min Duration: 1:07 min Duration: 1:26 min Duration: 0:59 min
Clicks: 39 Clicks: 11 Clicks: 49 Clicks: 22 Clicks/Tabs: 27/2 Clicks/Tabs: 17/2
Screen changes: 8 Screen changes: 2 Screen changes: 26 Screen changes: 1 Screen changes: 14 Screen changes: 2
Fields filled: 5 Fields filled: 2 Fields filled: 9 Fields filled: 3 Fields filled: 14 Fields filled: 7
64% (85 sec) reduction in duration 53% (78 sec) reduction in duration 31% (27 sec) reduction in duration
71% (28) reduction of clicks 55% (27) reduction of clicks 37% (10) reduction of clicks/tabs
75% (6) reduction in screen changes 96% (25) reduction in screen changes 86% (12) reduction in screen changes
60% (3) reduction of fields filled 66% (6) reduction of fields filled 50% (7) reduction of fields filled
Post General Journal Entry Analyze Financial Balance Sheet Manage vendor line item
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SAP GUI SAP Fiori SAP GUI SAP Fiori SAP GUI SAP Fiori
Duration: 49 sec Duration: 49 sec Duration: 7:10 min Duration: 4:40 min Duration: 52 sec Duration: 50 sec
Clicks: 12 Clicks: 13 Clicks: 97 Clicks: 57 Clicks: 26 Clicks: 11
Screen changes: 7 Screen changes: 4 Screen changes: 7 Screen changes: 4 Screen changes: 9 Screen changes: 2
Fields filled: 17 Fields filled: 12 Fields filled: 7 Fields filled: 2 Fields filled: 7 Fields filled: 2
35% (150 sec) reduction in duration 4% (2 sec) reduction in duration
0% (0) reduction of clicks
41% (40) reduction of clicks 58% (15) reduction of clicks
43% (3) reduction in screen changes
43% (3) reduction in screen changes 78% (7) reduction in screen changes
29% (5) reduction of fields filled
71% (5) reduction of fields filled 71% (5) reduction of fields filled
Customers Drive Efficiency and Automation
Business Transformation Study, Customer Reference Slide Business Transformation Study, Customer Reference Slide
“With SAP S/4HANA, we’ve built “SAP S/4HANA is helping us to

a cornerstone for successfully drive digitization across the company,
expanding our global market allowing us to work in a more
share and business operations.” streamlined and integrated way.”
Jongmin Kim, General Manager of the Planning Team, Huvitz Co. Ltd. Wolfgang Sabelgunst, SAP Project Manager, Bundesdruckerei GmbH
30% 7 days 40%

Improved accuracy of To complete the accounting Time saved on generation
of financial reports
cost analysis by product closing process
60x 10x
10x Faster calculation
aster creation of monthly
F Faster data inquiries of salaries
accounting journals
>3x
Faster security
authorization reviews

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& Efficient User Platform Enhancements to Core
Experience Finance Processes
delivering a positive experience providing a single version of that will make your life
working with both Analytics and financial truth easier
Transactions

Simplification of the Data Platform
Enables users to access information in a radically different way
Sales Finance
Document
Header Item incl. Indices Document Totals Indices
incl. Status Status Header Item
GLT0 KNC1 KNC3 BSIS BSAS BSIK
Sales Order VBAK VBAP VAKPA VAPMA GL, AR, AP BKPF
BKPF BSEG
BSEG
LFC1 LFC3 BSID BSAD BSAK
Delivery LIKP
LIKP KIPS
LIPS VLKPA LKPMA
FAGLF FAGL FAGL
New GL FAGLF
ACDOCA BSAS
Billing Document VBRK VBRP VRKPA VRPMA LEXA* LEXT* BSIS
CO COBK FAAT_DOC_IT
COEP COSS COSP
Status Info VBUK VBUP
Index for Rebates
AA ANEK FAAT_YODA
ANEP ANEA ANLC ANLP
PRCD_
Conditions KONV
ELEMENTS (new) VBOX
ML MLHD*
FAAT_PLAN
MLIT*
_VALUES MLCD* MLCR* BSIM* CKMI1*
VBFA
SAP
Document Flow VBFA
(simplified)
Material Values Business Suite Material Quantities

On the fly aggregation and compatibility views
for indices and obsolete tables
Valuation in MM or Valuation in ML Aggregates History
Aggregates Stock Aggregates
Used for Master

Hybrid: Master Data
Data with
only History ML Valuation MSSA MSSL MSSQ MSSAH MSTBH MSSQH
Valuated Stock Material Document
CKMLCR MATDOC_
MBEW
MBEW MBEWH CKMLCR MATDOC
MKPF MSEG
EXTRACT MSTE MSTQ MSTB MSTEH MSTQH
Inventory
EBEW
EBEW EBEWH CKMLPP
CKMLPP movements Hybrid: Master Data
Used for with Data
Master Stockonly
Aggregates MARCH MARDH MKOLH
QBEW
QBEW QBEWH MCHB MARC MARD MSKU MSLBH MCHBH MSKUH
OBEW
OBEW OBEWH MSKA MKOL MSPR MSLB MSKAH MSPRH

Simplification of the Data Platform
Enables users to access information in a radically different way
Sales Finance
Document
Header Item incl. Document
incl. Status Status Header Item
VBAK VBAP BKPF BSEG
LIKP KIPS
ACDOCA
SAP S/4HANA Benefits
VBRK VBRP
FAAT_DOC_IT
FAAT_YODA
 Simplified Data model
PRCD_
ELEMENTS (new)
FAAT_PLAN
_VALUES
(Real-time in-Memory database)
VBFA
 Real-time ad-hoc analytics

(simplified)
On the fly aggregation and compatibility views (no aggregations)

Material Values for indices and obsolete tables Material Quantities
Used for Master Data only

 Faster processing allowed
MBEW
ML Valuation
CKMLCR
Material Document
MATDOC MATDOC_
reengineering of processes
(no batch jobs required)
EXTRACT
EBEW CKMLPP Used for Master Data only
QBEW MCHB MARC MARD MSKU
OBEW MSKA MKOL MSPR MSLB

SAP Business Suite - Modular Data Platform
 No real-time reconciliations
General Ledger  No real-time aggregations S Profitability Analysis
Operating Market
Profit …
Ledger Company Account
Center
… Concern Segment
Management Accounting Material Ledger

Controlling Company Product …
Cost Element …
Area
Asset Accounting
Company Fixed Asset …

SAP S/4HANA Finance Universal Journal
Benefits of the single Source of Truth
 No Reconciliation needed
General Ledger  No Replication needed Profitability Analysis
Operating Market
Ledger Company Account
Profit
Center
… Universal Journal Concern Segment
…
Ledger Company Account/Cost Profit

Element Center
Coding Fixed Market

Block Asset Segment
Customer
Product Fields
Management Accounting Material Ledger
Controlling
Powered by SAP HANA Company Product …
Cost Element …
Area
 No Stored Aggregations  Instant Insight

Asset Accounting
 Drill to Detail  Flexible Real Time Analytics
Company Fixed Asset …

What Does the Universal Journal Look Like?

Benefits of the Universal Journal
Imagine being able to:

 Build a steering model where the profit and loss
statement and detailed profitability reporting are
sourced from the same document
 Access asset and inventory details without

jumping to a separate sub-ledger
 Improve transparency into production and

maintenance thanks to additional reporting fields,
such as work center and operation, in the journal
entry
 Enrich project reports with customer and product

details


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& Efficient User Platform Enhancements to Core
Experience Finance Processes
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SAP S/4HANA Finance What’s Changed?
Finance & Risk Chief Financial Officer
Vice President, Head, Corporate Head, Finance Head, Corporate Risk, Compliance
CISO, CIO
Finance Reporting Operations Treasury & Audit Officer
Financial Planning Accounting Finance Treasury Enterprise Risk

Security & Privacy
& Analysis & Financial Close Operations Management & Compliance
Planning, Budgeting, Payments and Bank Enterprise Risk Access Governance

Financial Accounting Record to Report
and Forecasting Communications Management and Identity Management
Profitability and Cash and Liquidity Controls and Compliance Single Sign-on and
Entity Close Order to Cash
Cost Management Management Management Authentication
Debt and Investment Automated Monitoring

Management Reporting Corporate Close Procure to Pay Access Monitoring
Management and Screening
Financial Risk Policy Lifecycle Data Loss Prevention
Financial Reporting Indirect Tax Management
Management Management Cybersecurity
Risk Management Data Protection and
Direct Tax Management Real Estate Management Audit Management
for Commodities Privacy Governance
Financial Close Travel and Expense International Trade
Treasury Governance
Governance Management Management
Financial Shared
Service Management
Financial Process
Governance

SAP S/4HANA Finance What’s Changed?
Finance & Risk Chief Financial Officer
Vice President, Head, Corporate Head, Finance Head, Corporate Risk, Compliance
CISO, CIO
Finance Reporting Operations Treasury & Audit Officer
Financial Planning Accounting Finance Treasury Enterprise Risk

Security & Privacy
& Analysis & Financial Close Operations Management & Compliance
Planning, Budgeting, Payments and Bank Enterprise Risk Access Governance

Financial Accounting Record to Report
and Forecasting 1 Communications Management and Identity Management
Profitability and Cash and Liquidity Controls and Compliance Single Sign-on and
Entity Close Order to Cash
Cost Management Management Management Authentication
2 6 8 9 10 7
Debt and Investment Automated Monitoring
Management Reporting Corporate Close Procure to Pay Access Monitoring
Management and Screening
4 Financial Reporting
3 Indirect Tax Management
Financial Risk Policy Lifecycle Data Loss Prevention
Management Management Cybersecurity
Risk Management Data Protection and
5 Direct Tax Management Real Estate Management
for Commodities
Audit Management
Privacy Governance
Financial Close Travel and Expense International Trade
Treasury Governance
Governance Management Management
Financial Shared
Service Management
Summary and
Financial Process
Governance next Section…
Financial Close (Continuous Close)
Execute a faster or even continuous close with less effort
Current Challenges SAP S/4HANA Benefits
Fast close
 Closing the period in SAP  Universal Journal is reconciled
ECC requires numerous, by design which means fewer
time consuming steps closing tasks to perform
including reconciling GL and
sub-ledgers  Many tasks can be run in real-
time providing better visibility
 Many batch processes are throughout the period and
only run at period end due to reducing the period-
time constraints - delaying Continuous close end workload
management and statutory
reporting  Earliest, high-quality, multi-
dimensional managerial
 Little to no visibility during insights using real-time
the period since the close derivations and predictive
process is so demanding accounting for some scenarios

Margin Analysis
Determine gross margin faster, simpler and with more granularity
 Difficult to get end-to-end visibility as  Full visibility across all elements

the elements of margin are split of margin, including dimensionality
across modules, resulting in high such as market segment inherent in
reconciliation efforts the Universal Journal
 While CO-PA can be used it lacks  SAP S/4HANA combines

flexibility functionality from CO-PA with
innovations based on the Universal
 Large complex Excel spreadsheets Journal to provide flexibility
are built using extracted information
and are arduous and error prone  Embedded Analytics in SAP
S/4HANA makes information easily
accessible

Inventory Accounting
Extending and simplifying the understanding of your inventory value
 Multiple storage options for inventory  SAP S/4HANA integrates material

valuation, resulting in unnecessarily ledger in the Universal Journal,
complexity and risk of high data resulting in a simplified data
footprint. structure and reporting, making
inventory accounting available in
 Complex processes and reporting, three currencies by default
limiting the way in which details can
be reported on as well as currencies  Valuation based on a single material
in which analyses can be performed. documents table, radically
improving system performance.
 Due to performance constraints
additional systems are leveraged to  Radically simplified actual costing
provide visibility to understand cost setup, gaining more interest due to
structures at considerable effort and limitations of standard costing in
expense volatile business environment

Universal Allocations
Deliver a standard approach to allocations
 Allocations are run in multiple places  Process is simplified and harmonized

Universal
requiring extensive maintenance Cost center allocation: allowing the business user can create
typically managed by IT 24 transactions Allocation different types of allocations in a
single way using the Fiori UX
 No orchestration across different Profit center allocation:
Harmonized
allocations which may overlap 24 transactions
applications:  A step by step approach is available
causing errors providing transparency and auditability,
Top down distribution: • Manage
across actuals and plan
separate transactions
 External systems or spreadsheets • Run
replicate data requiring time … • Results  Reconciliations are no longer required
consuming reconciliations traceability saving time for more value-added
activities
• Flow

Predictive Accounting
Provide forward looking financial insights based on operational transactions
 No visibility to the financial impacts  Predictive (projected) entries are

of operational activity recorded in the generated from sales order
ERP system transactions, reducing forecasting
efforts
 Forecasting the impact of sales orders
& purchase orders is manual, time  Simulated transactions can be
consuming & error prone generated isolated from GAAP
relevant postings (using an extension
 Simulating transactions is limited and ledger) and used for internal
not possible cross application reporting purposes
 A more accurate view of future

financial impact with drill-down to
the operational transactions and
analysis capabilities

Integrated Intercompany Matching & Reconciliation
Reconcile intercompany transactions before consolidation eliminations enabling a continuous close
 SAP ECC inter-company reconciliation  Transactional-level matching in real-

(ICR) was limited and often required time eliminating cumbersome ETL
additional intercompany solutions processes
which added complexity to the
process  Greater transparency with Fiori apps for
built-in reporting and matching/
 Difficult to drill down to find the reconciliation rules owned by
reasons for any inconsistencies often business users
requiring reliance on IT
 Fully automated process with built-in
 System limitations required time- workflow and approvals to facilitate
consuming processes which couldn’t cross-team communication
start until period end often delaying
the close process

Managing Security, Protection and Privacy
Administer and control security and privacy risk
 Ensuring data protection and  Security and governance are

security is a complex moving target simplified with integrated access
governance and HANA-based real
 Limited visibility into system time monitoring
activities
 Data is protected with policy-based
 Difficult to determine business access, key management, and native
impact of traditional security encryption
processes
 Enhanced reporting and analytics
 Limited controls and automation for provide unified actionable features
privacy compliance
 Support privacy-by-design when
integrated with privacy governance

Managing Receivables
Unified view, real-time analytics, and streamlined design

(included in S/4HANA Finance)
 Decentralized view on customer  Unified Master Data – single view of

accounts (including expensive, hard the customer, allowing for a guided
to maintain, 3rd party solutions) focus on key customer accounts and
result in limited insight into team management of receivables across
efficiency and effectiveness multiple business units
 ERP screens and transactions  Unique combination of operational

overloaded with unnecessary and transactional data for better
entry fields not needed for task decisions – in real time, on any device
execution
 Enhanced ease of use and improved
 Transactions, forecasts, productivity
recommendations and simulations
often after-the-fact based instead of  Option to upgrade to S/4HANA
predictive Receivables Management with
enhanced automation for cash
Customers with SD-Credit Management collection and credit processes
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SD Credit Management
Unified master data
SAP S/4HANA Credit

Current Challenges for customers
Management Benefits
using SD Credit Management (Basic Version – no license
fee)
 Lots of manual and often  Unified Master Data – provides one

customized processes can be single view of the customer to manage
error prone credit limits across multiple business units
 No single view of the customer  Up to date exposures available to

as information is scattered across control credit in real time making use of
various systems embedded Fiori analytics
 Expensive, hard to maintain, 3rd  Determine the financial situation of a

party solutions are often leveraged customer or group of companies
which don’t provide real-time and recognize early warning signals
exposures
 Easy upgrade to Full Version* (add-on
license) with advanced automated credit
management including automatic credit
risk assessment
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Cash Management
Better data architecture and UI for reporting/monitoring Cash

(Basic version – included)
 ECC data structures are  S/4 One Exposure table combines more
complex and disparate and data sources allowing for a full cash
not all the information for a full flow (aka FF7AN and FF7BN)
cash flow is available
 Extended functionality available with
 Only basic house bank account Fiori Theme interfaces and Apps such
mgmt., basic cash position as Monitor Payments app, basic Bank
and liquidity are available Account Management and Liquidity
forecast
 Missing flexible Bank Account
Management (BAM)  Option to upgrade to S/4HANA Cash
Management (*requires additional
license)

Legal and Tax Reporting
A centralised solution
S/4HANA Benefits
Current Challenges (Basic Advanced Compliance
Reporting - included)
 Cumbersome processes with  More efficient statutory reporting

no common user interface process with automated creation
and heterogeneous single of reporting tasks and a single
point solutions for every entry point
country
 Broader range of reports, real
 Error prone manual report time, without data replication
data extraction, collection and and reconciliation with better
generation auditability
 Lack of visibility to reporting  Dashboard provides streamlined

status and cumbersome data overview of due dates, reporting
display and review status, including corrections

Key Benefits for Finance moving to SAP S/4HANA
Fiori simplifies learn and use for both Analytics and Operational transactions,
Intuitive Assisted User Experience coherent across all devices
Flexible ad-hoc reporting and insight to action, based on live transactional

Embedded Reporting and Analytics data in a single financial truth
Continuous Close Integrated Intercompany

High-quality multidimensional insight, earlier and with less effort Reconcile intercompany transactions at source before consolidation elims
Margin Analysis Embedded Secure Data Access

Continuous, high granular analytics of margin, reconciled by design Business role concept enabling effective management & control
Inventory Accounting Managing Receivables

Simplifying material valuation, product cost analysis and actual costing Unified view, real-time analytics, and streamlined design
Universal Allocations Cash Management

Increased transparency in cost allocation modeling and execution Better data architecture and UI for reporting & monitoring Cash
Predictive Accounting Advanced Compliance Reporting

Future-fact-based decision making based on operational information Centralised Legal and Tax Reporting increases compliance
Agenda
 Discussion

SAP S/4HANA: The right fit for every organization
ONE Data Model • ONE Semantic • ONE User Experience
As a Service As a Product
SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud SAP S/4HANA On-Premise
Complete, modern, SaaS ERP Cloud value, traditional flexibility & full scope Total control and individualization
Our strategic choice for companies Designed to provide innovation and Innovative, intelligent ERP for
ready to embrace the future of ERP cloud value while allowing customers customers that require maximum
with a new implementation and to retain their investments by control of their ERP system,
pre-defined content converting their existing system(s) usually in their own data centers
or with existing IaaS partnerships

SAP S/4HANA Transition Paths
New or existing SAP customer

New Legacy SAP S/4HANA Cloud
implementing a new SAP S/4HANA
Implementation System or SAP S/4HANA Cloud system
SAP S/4HANA with an initial data load
Complete conversion of an
System SAP ECC 6.x SAP S/4HANA Cloud
Conversion Any Enhancement existing SAP Business Suite

Pack
SAP S/4HANA
system to SAP S/4HANA
System A
Transformation of one or multiple
System/Landscape SAP S/4HANA Cloud
Transformation
System B Business Suite systems into
System C
SAP S/4HANA
one global SAP S/4HANA
System A Replication of current fragmented

SAP S/4HANA Cloud
Central Finance System B finance (only) landscape into one
System C
Instant data replication
central SAP S/4HANA Finance system
SAP S/4HANA

Get Involved!
Make sure of your seat at the table to secure benefits for Finance…

SAP S/4HANA Move Planning Tools
Readiness Business Scenario Fiori Apps

Check (RC) Recommendations (BSR) Recommendations (FAR)
For IT Leaders For Project Leaders For Business and IT Leaders
Checks the readiness of the running SAP ERP Drive innovation adoption Fiori app recommendations for Finance
6.x system to migrate to SAP S/4HANA. Identify business scenarios benefiting from Based on actual usage in production system
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Small / Midsized Business Large Customers Strategic Customers

Making the Business Case with help from SAP Value Lifecycle Manager
http://valuemanagement.sap.com/
 How can S/4HANA improve process  Interactive scorecard to measure

performance and maturity ? capability gap between SAP
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BENCHMARK PROCESS MATURITY BUILD BUSINESS CASE REALIZE VALUE

Understand and benchmark process maturity in Build the business case – from Vision to Value – by linking Optimize value by comparing key metrics pre-
becoming an Intelligent Enterprise process to capability to value (benefits, costs, ROI) and post implementation and revisit
transformation plans
SAP VLM – Performance Benchmarking SAP VLM - Guided Business Case SAP VLM – Performance Benchmarking

Agenda
 Discussion

Recommended Add-On Licenses
There are significant potential benefits for Finance moving from ECC to S/4HANA…
… but for a relatively small incremental cost the BENEFIT CAN BE MUCH BIGGER
SAP recommends that every customer moving to S/4HANA from ECC implements the following
solutions for which additional licenses are required:
 SAP Analytics Cloud (for reporting, analysis and financial planning)

 SAP S/4HANA Group Reporting (for financial consolidation)
 SAP S/4HANA Cash Management (basic cash management is already included with S/4HANA)

Integrated platform supporting pro-active business steering
Intelligent Analytics, Planning & Consolidation, Integrated to the Source
Collaborative
Integrated Planning and
enterprise planning, Consolidation
Sales
from Strategy to
Operations Workforce Supply
Collaborative Chain
Enterprise Planning
Across all Marketing IT

domains &
company-wide
Finance
Horizontally integrated Consolidation/

(Analytics/Planning/ Group close
Consolidation)
Integrated entity
&
and group close
Vertically integrated Accounting/Local close
(to the source
transactional data) Single financial truth

SAP S/4HANA Group Reporting
More transparent, more efficient group consolidation
Converting to S/4HANA With S/4HANA Group

Without S/4HANA Group Reporting
Reporting
 Traditional consolidation tools require multiple  Group consolidation is in the ERP –

extract, transform and load steps – inefficient, working directly on the Universal
time-consuming and restricted to period-end Journal ensuring accelerated
processing and full drilldown to detailed
 Limited dimensionality in the consolidation entries
system for financial analysis with limited
drilldown  Sophisticated financial analysis across
dimensional detail of universal journal
 Frequent black box for items in consolidated
financial statement  Consolidated financial statement fully
substantiated by accounting journals
 Distinct technologies with separate data models
and user experience  Shared technology, data model, apps,
master data, user experience

SAP Analytics Cloud for Financial Planning
Converting to S/4HANA without SAP Analytics Cloud

SAP Analytics Cloud for Financial Planning
Analytical Planning
 Traditional planning tools require Reports Content  Live analytics means data does not
multiple extract, transform and load have to be transferred between
Financial statement
steps – inefficient and time SAC/DBR
planning & capex
systems
dashboards
consuming planning
Sales and  Out-of-the-box templates for Real-
KPI and financial
 Master data must be maintained in statement reports
Profitability time analysis of plan vs actual
multiple places Planning
Trend reports
Product cost  Multiple iterations of plan and budget
simulation
 Allocation logic has to be duplicated for can be stored in the Cloud without
actuals and plans Variance reports
Cost and Activity
impact on the ERP
(Actual vs. Plan,
Planning
YOY)
 Roles and security have to be  Flexible private versioning by user
maintained in multiple systems – and Headcount & prior to submission
Reconciliation Employee-related
kept synchronised to avoid breaches Expense Planning
 Shared master data between
Local & Global Currency
S/4HANA and the FP&A process

SAP S/4HANA Cash Management
Full visibility of company-wide cash position, cash forecast and global Bank account Management
S/4HANA Conversion with With full

only Basic Cash Management S/4HANA Cash Management
 Manage complete day-in-the-life of a cash
 Can do the minimum - manage daily manager with advanced monitoring, cash
cash position and cash forecast positioning and analytics
 Liquidity planning is done off-line or  Manage complete lifecycle of payments with
with customized planning tools • AP/AR end-to-end visibility utilizing workflow-based
Alliance Lite 2
 Only Basic Bank Account • Payroll collaboration and control
Direct Bank Integration
Management capabilities • Treasury
 Centralize bank account management
• In-house
 Non-standardised/harmonised Cash processes integrated with cash and payment
payment processes with different • Other… SAP Multi- management processes
S/4HANA
tools and portals Bank
Manage
Bank
Capture
Bank
Forecast
/
Process
Paymen
Bank
Message
Connectivity*  Initiate FX and Money market trades from
Account
s
Balance
s
Planning t Transmission
Bank Account Management and Cash Management
s
cash management views
Business Integrity Screening
Governance and Control
 Monitor & analyse data – with deep
drilldowns into cash flows utilizing intuitive
user interfaces
* SAP Multi-Bank Connectivity offers seamless connectivity with the banks  Leverage bank connectivity for seamless
for payments, statuses and account statements for ECC and all S/4 processing of payments, payment statuses
landscapes. Required for S/4HANA Cloud deployments.
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enterprise.
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Custom Code
Analyzer,
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Check, SAP Learning
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Agenda
 Summary & Discussion

SAP S/4HANA’s Unique Formula for an Intelligent Finance
The unbeatable combination of ingredients creates the power to transform core finance processes
• Proactive business contextual assistance

Assisted User Interface • Business situation support and alerts
• Speech controlled assistance
• Redesigned, simplified & automated processes

Intelligent Finance Applications • Embedded anytime Analytics with prediction
• Cross-company integration
It’s time to
Intelligent Technologies
•
•
AI / Machine learning
Predictive analytics
move to
• Single journal entry – no redundancy
SAP
Single
Universal Journal •
•
Actual, plan, simulation data
Reconciled and consistent by design S/4HANA !
Financial
Truth • Transactional and analytical data
Integrated Data Platform • Real-time speed
• Unlimited drill-down

Take-Aways
There are significant benefits across a range of

Finance & Risk topics in moving from ECC to
S/4HANA
Customers can simply convert from ECC to

S/4HANA but we highly recommend taking
advantage of this opportunity to transform
Finance processes
The benefit case for moving to S/4HANA will be

strengthened by investing in a minimum set of
recommended additional licenses
Where to go for More Information
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Release Info Roadmap Viewer Cloud Customer Com
munity
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Roadmaps
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Moving to SAP S/4HANA

 SAP Vision for Finance Transformation

 SAP S/4HANA delivering on the vision of Finance Transformation

 Moving to SAP S/4HANA

 Recommendations for add-on licenses

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 SAP S/4HANA delivering on the vision of Finance Transformation

 Moving to SAP S/4HANA

 Recommendations for add-on licenses

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Consistent, Intuitive An Integrated Data ​ undamental

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 Single Entry Point

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Process receivables Clear incoming payments Post incoming payments

“With SAP S/4HANA, we’ve built “SAP S/4HANA is helping us to

30% 7 days 40%

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Consistent, Intuitive An Integrated Data ​ undamental

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Material Values Business Suite Material Quantities

Aggregates Stock Aggregates

Used for Master

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 Real-time ad-hoc analytics

On the fly aggregation and compatibility views (no aggregations)

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 No Stored Aggregations  Instant Insight

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Imagine being able to:

 Access asset and inventory details without

 Improve transparency into production and

 Enrich project reports with customer and product

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Consistent, Intuitive An Integrated Data ​ undamental

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Finance & Risk Chief Financial Officer

Financial Planning Accounting Finance Treasury Enterprise Risk

Planning, Budgeting, Payments and Bank Enterprise Risk Access Governance

Debt and Investment Automated Monitoring

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Finance & Risk Chief Financial Officer

Financial Planning Accounting Finance Treasury Enterprise Risk

Planning, Budgeting, Payments and Bank Enterprise Risk Access Governance

Current Challenges SAP S/4HANA Benefits

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Current Challenges SAP S/4HANA Benefits

 Difficult to get end-to-end visibility as  Full visibility across all elements

Consistent, Intuitive An Integrated Data undamental

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