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Fabrice Giraudin, SAP March 14 th , 2013 SAP Innovations for Finance SAP Lausanne Finance Day
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Fabrice Giraudin, SAP

March 14th, 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

Thank You

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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


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