Fabrice Giraudin, SAP March 14 th , 2013 SAP Innovations for Finance SAP Lausanne Finance Day
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The “New Normal” for Finance professionals
Increasing
globalization
Increased focus
on risk
Volatility in
economic
conditions
Ability to Make
Sound Decisions
to Benefit the
Organization
Pressure on
margins
Innovative
business models
On-going
changes to
regulatory
requirements
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Means greater expectations of Finance
Increasing Pressures on Finance
Ensure regulatory
compliance and effective
risk management
Outperform financial
objectives and create
sustainable value
Deliver superior service
at reduced cost
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Working days to close
annual books
Finance costs as a
percent of revenue
4/5 best
14.8 average
22 worst
Large Disparity Between Average and Best
SAP Value Engineering Global Figures June 2012
0.4% best
1.2% worst
0.8% average
Day sales
outstanding
43 best
52 average
74 worst
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Real Estate Lifecycle Management
Receivables Management
Invoice to Pay
Travel Management
Shared Services
SAP BusinessObjects enterprise performance management
(EPM) solutions
Treasury and Financial
Risk Management
Manage Enterprise Risk
and Compliance
Accounting
and Financial Close
Manage
Financial
Performance
PLAN &
EXECUTE
STRATEGIZE &
PRIORITISE
MONITOR &
ANALYSE
MODEL &
OPTIMZE
Our Solutions for Finance
Ensure Regulatory
Compliance and Effective
Risk Management
Deliver Superior Service
at Reduced Cost Outperform Financial Objectives and
Create Sustainable Value
SAP ERP Financials Including Controlling modules
and Partner solutions
SAP BusinessObjects governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) solutions
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Regulatory Compliance and Effective Risk Management
Manage Enterprise Risk and Compliance
Access Risk
Management
Continuous
Transaction
Monitoring
Enterprise
Governance, Risk
and Compliance
Global Trade
Management
Accounting and Financial Close
Corporate
Close
Financial
Accounting
Reporting and
Disclosure
Financial Close
Governance Entity Close
Treasury and Financial Risk Management
Cash & Liquidity
Management
Debt and
Investments
Strategies
Payments and
Bank
Communications
Financial Risk
Management
Ensure Regulatory
Compliance and Effective
Risk Management
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Outperform Financial Objectives and Create Sustainable
Value
Manage Financial Performance
Planning, Budgeting
& Forecasting
Profitability and
Cost Analysis
Develop and
Translate strategy
Monitoring
and Reporting
Outperform Financial Objectives
and Create Sustainable Value
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Real Estate Lifecycle Management
Receivables Management
Invoice to Pay
Travel Management
Shared Services
Innovation Strategy for Finance
Treasury and Financial Risk
Management
Manage Enterprise Risk
and Compliance
Accounting
and Financial Close
Ensure Regulatory
Compliance and Effective
Risk Management
Deliver Superior Service
at Reduced Cost Outperform Financial Objectives
and Create Sustainable Value
Manage
Financial
Performance
PLAN &
EXECUTE
STRATEGIZE &
PRIORITISE
MONITOR &
ANALYSE
MODEL &
OPTIMZE
Better insight User experience Higher flexibility and lower TCO
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Applications
Analytics
Mobile Cloud
SAP’s Innovation Strategy
Database and
Technology
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Better insight
along the entire value chain
and down to line item level
Use SAP HANA to consolidate data from
fragmented sources and provide instant
real-time insight to end users
Collaborative exploration of future
possibilities aided by predictive analytics
Non-Disruptive Strategy for Next-Generation Finance Better Insight
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Faster insight into financial performance and results with
in-memory computing
Before in-memory With in-memory
13 seconds
77 minutes
Please refer to the latest SAP HANA Hardware sizing for the latest certified hardware sizes for maximum storage size o SAP HANA 1.0.
Above tests were done in the SAP Lab with customer data-sets.
Runs
355x
faster
0.04 seconds analysis response time
on any device
anywhere, anytime
70 retailers
460 billion records
50 terabytes of data
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How Can In-Memory Transform Finance?
Enable more agile and more
effective Finance processes
Provide instant insight to action
based on real-time information
Provide pervasive modeling,
planning, and simulation
capabilities to better manage the
uncertain
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SAP Business Suite on HANA for the CFO Planned Solutions
Ensure More Effective
Risk and Compliance
Management
Establish Globalized
Finance Service Delivery
Model
Enable the Business to
Better Manage Financial
Performance
• SAP ERP FI/CO Accelerators
• SAP Business Planning and
Consolidation powered by
HANA
• SAP Working Capital
Management
• SAP GR/IR Reconciliation
• SAP Receivables Dashboard
• SAP GRC Analytics powered
by HANA
• SAP Cash Forecasting
powered by HANA
• SAP Financial Consolidation
powered by HANA
• SAP HANA Analytical Framework for the Business Suite
• SAP BW powered by HANA
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Non-Disruptive Strategy for Next-Generation Finance Improved User Experience
Better insight
along the entire value chain
and down to line item level
User experience
in particular in executive and
casual use scenarios
User experience renewal for expert
users. Increase operational efficiency
and overall finance productivity.
New mobile solutions for executive and
casual users. Get valuable financial
insights anytime, anywhere.
Use SAP HANA to consolidate data from
fragmented sources and provide instant
real-time insight to end users
Collaborative exploration of future
possibilities aided by predictive analytics
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Improved User Experience
From
expert usage
To
casual usage
From
standard
transactions
To
complex
exceptions
From PC
To
new devices
From
data
structuring
To information sharing
and collaboration
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How Can Mobility Transform Finance?
Enable the business to make
better decisions in real time,
anytime, anywhere
Enable Finance executives to
manage their operations more
effectively
Accelerate key process cycle
times and eliminate approval
bottlenecks
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Non-Disruptive Strategy for Next-Generation Finance
Higher flexibility and
lower TCO
for deploying new functions
and enhancing existing functions
Better insight
along the entire value chain
and down to line item level
Improved
user experience
in particular in executive and
casual use scenarios
Focused innovation in process modeling
and rapid deployment capabilities
Selected replacement of current Finance
solutions by new cloud solutions
Use SAP HANA to consolidate data from
fragmented sources and provide instant
real-time insight to end users
Collaborative exploration of future
possibilities aided by predictive analytics
User experience renewal for expert
users. Increase operational efficiency
and overall finance productivity.
New mobile solutions for executive and
casual users. Get valuable financial
insights anytime, anywhere.
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SAP Rapid Deployment Solutions in Finance
What does RDS bring to your
SAP Finance sales arsenal?
Enablement Guides and educational material
speed end user adoption
Service Fixed scope and price provides
maximum predictability and
lowers risk
Software Quickly address the most
urgent business processes
Content SAP best practices,
templates and tools make
solution adoption easier
Start Fast!
Grow, Extend,
Innovate
SAP Treasury and Risk Management RDS
SAP Shared Service Framework RDS for
financials
SAP ERP RDS for finance and controlling
SAP ERP RDS for profitability analysis with
SAP HANA
SAP ERP RDS for accelerated finance and
controlling with SAP HANA
SAP Real Estate Management RDS
SAP Dispute resolution and collections
management RDS
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Planned innovations Future direction Solution today
Overview of SAP road map for SAP Finance
*Line of business
In memory
computing
SAP
Financials
OnDemand
Mobile
User experience
and TCO
New
regulatory
standards
Treasury and financial risk management
Manage enterprise risk and compliance
Accounting and financial close
Manage financial performance
Invoice to pay
Receivables management
Travel management
Real estate lifecycle management
Financial shared services
Treasury and financial risk management
Manage enterprise risk and compliance
Accounting and financial close
Manage financial performance
Invoice to pay
Receivables management
Travel management
Real estate lifecycle management
Financial shared services
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Key trends driving future innovation areas for SAP
Finance
Future direction
In memory computing:
Further acceleration of Financial Close and
other critical business processes
Improved data insight by data aggregation from
fragmented systems in central data repository
Support for (embedded) planning, modeling,
and simulation
In memory computing
SAP
Financials OnDemand
Mobile User
experience and TCO
New
regulatory
standards
SAP Financials OnDemand:
Core financials for specific industries
and subsidiaries
New focused on-demand solutions
– Business partner networks
– Enterprise performance
management
Mobile:
Analytical mobile solutions for line
managers and finance executives
Mobile workflow approvals
New regulatory standards:
standards for IFRS/US-GAAP
Other local regulations JGAAP
EBA for Banking
Solvancy II for Insurance
User experience and TCO:
New dedicated solutions for executives
and
casual users
Focused user-experience renewal of core
financials
Extension of Rapid Deployment Solutions
offering
What’s Next? Experience it yourself at our new CFO and Finance
Leadership Center by visiting: www.sapcfo.com
And subscribe to our monthly newsletter:
www.sap.com/finance-newsletter
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Treasury and financial risk management
Integrate cash, liquidity and treasury and risk management. Integrate treasury functions with banks.
Improve reporting, mitigate financial risks, improve returns and institute better financial controls
Cash & Liquidity
Management
How do I improve cash and
liquidity forecasting and gain
more accurate and timely
insight into global cash
balances?
SAP Cash and Liquidity
Management
SAP Bank Communication
Management
SAP Liquidity Planning
(powered by SAP HANA)
Debt and
Investments Strategies
How do I ensure investment
or borrowing at best rates
and lowest costs?
SAP Treasury and Risk
Management
Rapid Deployment Solution
for SAP Treasury and Risk
Management
Payments and
Bank Communications
How do I ensure high secure
and quick payments and
minimize external fees?
SAP Bank Communication
Management
SAP In-House Cash
SAP Integration Package
for SWIFT
SAP Payment Approvals
mobile app
Financial Risk
Management
How do I pinpoint my
financial risks and take more
effective steps to mitigate
them?
SAP Treasury and Risk
Management
SAP Commodity Risk
Management
So
lution
s
Ch
alle
ng
e
German energy company Vattenfall implemented SAP Treasury
and Risk Management and SAP In-House Cash to better manage
assets and accounts in multiple currencies and locations
Reduced costs due to more efficient use of capital
Automated over 97% of bank transactions...
Ensure Regulatory
Compliance and Effective
Risk Management
TeliaSonera Group uses SAP software to run all aspects of its
business including its centralized treasury services
Achieved a 5-year ROI of over 400% and a payback period of
approximately 1 year
Saved 1 FTE p.a. by automating rejected payment processes
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Brazilian mining company Samarco implemented SAP
BusinessObjects Access Control to ensure segregation of
duties
Reduced segregation of duties risk by 80%
Cut time to approve access by 70%
Manage Enterprise Risk and Compliance
A unified approach to GRC maximizes performance by cost-effectively managing regulations and
policy compliance, while proactively mitigating all types of business risk
Access Risk
Management
How do I prevent the
unauthorized access into
sensitive and key corporate
assets?
SAP BusinessObjects
Access Control
SAP GRC Access
Approver - mobile
application
Continuous Transaction
Monitoring
How do I detect errors, fraud
and abuse to minimize revenue
leakage and control audit
costs?
Endorsed Business
Solution by partner
Oversight
SAP BusinessObjects
Process Control
Enterprise Governance,
Risk and Compliance
How do I proactively mitigate
risk, maintain a proper balance
of risk and reward, and gain a
competitive advantage?
SAP BusinessObjects Risk
Management
SAP BusinessObjects
Process Control
SAP GRC Policy Survey -
mobile application
So
lution
s
Global Trade Management
How do I fully comply with
complex trade regulations and
maximize trade value by
reducing duties, taxes, fines
and delays?
SAP BusinessObjects
Global Trade Services
SAP BusinessObjects
Electronic Invoicing for
Brazil
Ensure Regulatory
Compliance and Effective
Risk Management
Cha
lleng
e
Global auction house Sotheby’s implemented SAP
BusinessObjects Global Trade Services to improve service and
reduce compliance costs
Reduced annual cataloging expenses by $1M
Reduced annual compliance costs by $2.5M
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Accounting and Financial Close
Streamline processes and increase governance for financial accounting, entity close, corporate
close, and disclosures to make them faster, more accurate, and less costly to execute
How do I provide
consolidated financial
data for multiple
accounting standards at
tightened schedules?
SAP BusinessObjects
Planning and
Consolidation
SAP BusinessObjects
Financial Consolidation
SAP BusinessObjects
Notes Management
Corporate Close Financial
Accounting
How do I support multiple
accounting standards
and other compliance
requirements in a highly
automated way?
SAP ERP Financials
SAP ERP rapid-
deployment solution
for finance and
controlling
How do I streamline
reporting and the disclo-
sure of financial state-
ments and adhere to new
regulations like XBRL?
SAP BusinessObjects
business intelligence
(BI) solutions
SAP BusinessObjects
Disclosure
Management
Reporting and
Disclosure
How do I ensure sound
processes, consistent
master data, and
transparency across the
whole E2E process?
SAP Master Data
Governance for
financial data
SAP BusinessObjects
Process Control
Financial Close
Governance Entity Close
How do I provide timely
and accurate financial
reporting on entity level
without over- taxing my
organization?
SAP Financial Closing
cockpit
SAP Central Process
Scheduling by Redwood
SAP BusinessObjects
Intercompany
SAP BusinessObjects
Financial Information
Management
So
luti
on
s
Ch
all
en
ge
Increased productivity and reduced risks in financial
reporting by implementing SAP Business Planning and
Consolidation
60% reduction in the reporting cycle
Reduced risk associated with regulatory reporting
Implemented SAP Financial Consolidation and SAP
Intercompany to improve data quality and increase
productivity of the financial close
15 days taken off the quarterly close with improved controls
and data quality
Reduced risk of errors to achieve IFRS readiness
Ensure Regulatory
Compliance and Effective
Risk Management