SAP S/4HANA for Finance

1 SAP S/4 HANA for FinanceVa lu e Drive rs a n d So lu tio n En a b le rsReduce Days to Close Annual BooksEliminate the need for reconciliation by using a single transaction table forgeneral ledger, controlling, asset accounting, and inventory accountingitems. Eliminate the need to store items in a special ledger by doingintercompany reconciliation with real-time access to open items inaccounts receivable and accounts Days Sales Outstanding (One Time Benefit)Cut days sales outstanding with insight into customer positions duringevery interactionReduce Finance CostEliminate the need for reconciliation between the general ledger andsubledgers.

2 Decrease costs through automated postings, self-servicetools, and mobile access to key informationReduce Losses due to FraudImprove compliance and risk management by automating andstandardizing processes, and enforcing corporate and legal policiesReduce Audit CostReduce cost of audits through audit trails, an audit information system,and retention and reporting of tax dataAccounting &ClosingOperations!General ledger!Asset accounting!Inventoryaccounting!Accounts payable!Accounts receivable!Revenue and costaccounting!

3 Closing operations!Financial ReportingCostManagement!Cost management!Product costmanagementAnalytics!Profitability and costanalysis!Va r i o u stransactional andreporting analyticsSAP S/4 HANA FOR FINANCEColt realized significant savings with SAP S/4 HANA"London-basednetworkcompanyfocused ontelecommunicationsand managedServices"Network, Voice &Data CentreServices"4800+employees"Over from S/4 HANA for Finance #Increasing the speed and accuracy of decisionmaking#Enabling the decommissioning of complex legacysystems#Building a flexible platform for innovativesolutions to adapt to business model changes#Driving cost savings and reducing headcounts25%Ta r g e t e dheadcountreduction inFinance30%Cost savings inoperations2 daysFa ste r g l o ba lmonthly closeSAP S/4 HANA FOR FINANCEI nnovabee implements S/4 HANA in 6 weeks to changeits

4 Finance "Software andconsulting companyfocused on medium-sized customers"30 year oldcompany withalmost 100employees"Will have 4 liveS/4 HANA customers in June2016I already have a lotof experience withfinancial systems,both as a user andfrom thecustomers perspective. ButSAP S/4 HANAF inance is Weber,CEOUse of S/4 HANA Finance with the Fioriapps improves 3 areas:Liquidity forecast to help acceleratefinancial decisions12%Reduction in days sales outstanding64%Reduction in the data footprint2xReduction in time to completeoutstanding items including reportsand financial clarificationsSAP S/4 HANA FOR FINANCEC onvergent.

5 Supporting 200% Growth with SAPS/4 HANA"HeadquartersCalgary, Canada"IndustryProfessionalServices"Prod ucts andServicesUser experience andmobile solutions forenterprises"Employees30"RevenueNT $8 billion(USD $244 million)" SAP S/4 HANA islike going from atricycle for small-business accountingsoftware to a race car. Ithas enabledConvergent to continueour fast-paced growthand simplified ourbusiness Syvertsen,Managing Partner,Convergent ISObjectives Support 200% annual growth as international business expands with multiplecurrencies and foreign exchange risk Create the framework to support a new professional services business line Manage business processes like financial close, invoicing, and supply chainWhy SAP?

6 Tr u s t b a s e d o n a l o n g t i m e p a r t n e r s h i p a n d p r o v e n s u c c e s s f o r c u s t o m e r sResolution Moved to a digital business foundation, with SAP S/4 HANA providing thebusiness with a single source of truth Rolled out the SAP Fiori user experience (UX) to support critical businessprocesses Used the Build tool to help project teams collaborate with business users andcreate prototypes of enterprise applications with real dataBenefits Gave the sales team insight into account-specific net margins Tr a c k e d h o u r s i n r e a l t i m e f o r a c c u r a t e i n v o i c e s a n d p r o j e c t m a r g i n a n a l y s i s Improved business asset visibility for informed investment decisions Tr a i n e d n e w e m p l o y e e s w i t h

7 A s i m p l e a n d p e r s o n a l i z e d u s e r e x p e r i e n c e48%Reduction indays salesoutstanding12%Improvement invendor spendmanagementcompliance12daysCut from periodclose processingSAP S/4 HANA FOR FINANCEC hinese electronics manufacturer uses S/4 HANA toimprove productivity"Customer producesvarious automotiveelectronics, homeappliances, security& defense solutionsas well a range ofother solutions withthe application inhealthcare, energy,and industrialautomation"It is one of the "Top100 DomesticElectronicEnterprises" inChinaWe wouldrecommendS/4 HANA toanother ManagerInformation Technology"S/4 HANA has a very goodinfrastructure as an ERP system" Finance "Financial end users have fewerreports and perform at higher speed"SAP S/4 HANA FOR FINANCES wiss Re significantly cuts time to close books"HeadquartersZurich, Switzerland"IndustryFinancial Services,Insurance"Products andServicesInsurance /Re-Insurance in P&Cand L&H"Employees12.

8 000+"RevenueUSD $ billion(2014)" 's fulfilling thepromises of simplifyingthe architecture andgiving us quickerresponse Schmid, CIOM ember of Swiss Re'sGlobal ManagementBoard11xReduction in closeperiod: from 55 to 5days Providing a single source of truthbetween transactions andanalytics to streamline andeliminate cycle times andreconciliation of the data New on-the-fly capabilitiesformoving Finance processing,such as month-end activities, frombatch to real time Drive massive IT simplification withan architecture that removesreplications and aggregatesSAP S/4 HANA FOR FINANCEE verest Textile.

9 Real-time enterprise"HeadquartersTa i n a n C i t y , Ta i w a n"IndustryMill Products"Products andServicesTe x t i l e s"Employees3,000"RevenueNT $8 billion(USD $244 million)" "PartnerInfoFab SAP S/4 HANAF inance in place is a bigplus for us. It certainlyreinforces our image forproduct innovation andprocess improvement,which in turnstrengthens ourcompetitiveness andopens up new Tseng, ChiefInformation Officer,Everest Textile Co. Support business growth in today's digital and connected economy with anintegrated, comprehensive business solution Consolidate and integrate business data across 3 factories to operate and optimize all mission- critical processes in real time Reduce data delays and improve access to connect insight to actionsWhy SAP?

10 Proven success of the SAP S/4 HANA Finance solution as a single source ofreal-time information to drive end-to-end business processes Strong brand influence and technology leadershipResolution Implemented SAP S/4 HANA Finance to support 500 users Provided an integrated solution covering 3 production sites and numerous linesof business including product development, sourcing, procurement, supplychain, manufacturing, Finance , accounting, sales, and service Created a single data management environment that lets users access andanalyze the latest data as soon as it is captured, leading to substantialproductivity gainsFuture Plans Use SAP S/4 HANA software to automate the value chain, unlock the potentialof the Internet of Things, and realize Industry Allocate resources in real time when receiving a shop order by instantly runningpredictive analytics to consolidate production capacity, stock.