2012 Roadmap for Finance Solutions

James Fisher, SAPBirgit Starmanns, SAP Marketing

Explore the 2012 SAP Roadmap for Its Finance Solutions

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Agenda

Introduction

Overview of SAP solutions for financeOverview of SAP solutions for finance

Planned innovations

Future direction

Wrap-up


Growing pressures that are here to stay

Increasing globali ation

Volatility in markets, commodity prices, globalization

Pressure on margins

Increased focus on risk

y p ,and stocks


New – potentially disruptive –technologies

Regulation is here to stay

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Greater expectations of finance

Increasing pressures on the office of finance


Ensure regulatorycompliance and effective

risk management

Deliver superior serviceat reduced cost

Outperform financial objectives and create

sustainable value

What SAP delivers

Ensure regulatorycompliance and effective

risk management

Deliver superior serviceat reduced cost

Outperform financial objectives and create

sustainable value

Embedded risk management and controls from transactional processing to financial reporting

Embedded, 360° view of enterprise performance with

agile budgeting and actionable profitability reporting

Streamlined support of financial functions and provision of self-service reporting and analysis

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Agenda

Introduction


Planned innovations

Future direction

Wrap-up


Invoice to PayTreasury and Financial Risk

How they are delivered

Ensure RegulatoryCompliance and Effective

Risk Management

Deliver Superior Serviceat Reduced Cost

Outperform Financial Objectives and Create Sustainable Value

Real Estate Lifecycle Management

Receivables Management

Invoice-to-Pay

Travel Management

Shared Services

Treasury and Financial Risk Management

Manage Enterprise Risk and Compliance

Accountingand Financial Close

Manage FinancialPerformance

SAP Enterprise Performance Management

(EPM) solutions


SAP ERP Financials,Including Controlling modules

and Partner solutions

(EPM) solutions

SAP Governance, Risk, and Compliance

(GRC) solutions

On-premise On-demand In-memoryOn-device

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Overview of SAP roadmap for LoB* Finance

Treasury and financial risk management


Business networks and

standards

Fast and compliant

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Risk-based performance management

Improve userexperience and TCO

Insight to action

Manage enterprise risk and compliance

Accounting and financial close

Manage financial performance

Invoice-to-pay

Receivables management

Travel management

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Planned innovations Future directionSolution today

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Shared service for financials

Real estate lifecycle management



Overview of SAP roadmap for LoB Finance (cont.)




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Solution highlights Key benefits

Treasury and financial risk managementSolution overview

Manage treasury and financial risk to manage your cash liquidity effectively and protect yourorganization from unseen risks

So ut o g g ts ey be e ts

Support for hedge managementProper accounting treatment of riskIntegration with the SAP General Ledger applicationSupport for complete array of financial instrumentsStandard reporting

Streamlined risk exposure managementComprehensive control of hedging Increased ability to comply with International FinancialReporting Standards (IFRS) for hedging transactionsOne system of truth – integrated with SAP software for accounting Automated: Fewer manual interfaces and processes

Customer examples


Solution today

500% reduction in time taken to reconcile banking30% increase in productivity in the finance function

Reduced costs due to more efficient use of capitalAutomated over 97% of bank transactions


Manage enterprise risk and complianceSolution overview

Manage risk and compliance to improve visibility and insight into enterprise risks that affect business performance


Formal integration of risk management with strategyAutomated control of testing and monitoring across heterogeneous environmentsAutomated segregation-of-duties analysis and monitoringPrevention of improper and unauthorized access to key systems and applicationsIdentification, management, and prioritization of risk exposure across the global supply chain

Increased strategic effectiveness, with automated monitoring of risks Reduced costs and improved efficiencies for risk and compliance processes Increased efficiency and visibility across core compliance functions Insurance of full regulatory trade compliance, which helps avoid fines and penalties

Customer examples


Solution today

Reduced segregation of duties risk by 80%Cut time-to-approve access by 70%

Reduced annual cataloging expenses by $1 millionReduced annual compliance costs by $2.5 million

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Accounting and financial closeSolution overview

Manage accounting and financial close to secure an accurate, timely, and efficient close cycle– while maintaining organizational compliance


Ensure readiness for IFRS and local accounting standardsExecute and monitor close activities on an entity levelPerform intercompany reconciliationsUse a solution for the corporate close that supports both SAP and non-SAP environmentsEnjoy consolidated financial reportingManage regulatory disclosures, including XBRL, to support the last mile of finance

Accelerated entity closeAccelerated corporate closeAccelerated reporting and disclosure Faster peer-to-peer intercompany reconciliationsFreed up time for value-added activitiesImproved accuracy of entire close processImproved control of all financial close activitiesImproved reliability of financial reports

Customer examples


Solution today

Customer examples

A 60% reduction in the reporting cycleReduced risk associated with regulatory reporting

Some 15 days taken off the quarterly close with improved controls and data qualityReduced risk of errors to achieve IFRS readiness


Manage financial performanceSolution overview

Manage financial performance to make more confident decisions to control costs and execute organizational strategies


Align financial plans with operational plans and strategic objectives and goalsUnified planning and consolidated reporting solutionRegular, detailed, and reliable reporting of cost and profitabilityScenario modeling involving products, customers, channels, and resourcesIncreased efficiency of planning processes to allow more focus on strategic contentIn-memory delivery of profitability analysis functionalities

Improved planning accuracy and associated costsImproved balance sheet and growth Enablement of more timely decision makingMaximized corporate profitability to grow market capitalization and shareholder valueAbility to create and maintain more sophisticated planning models


Solution today

Customer examples

A 13% increase in revenuesBudgeting process reduced from weeks to days

Reduced annual operating expenses by £1.4 billionIncreased accuracy of forecasts

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Invoice-to-paySolution overview

Automate invoice-to-pay processes and cycles to manage invoicing costs and vendor relations efficiently within increasingly complex compliance standards


Automate invoice management to enable electronic invoice verification and storage, and to support accounts payable (AP) departments in processing and preparing invoices for paymentRetain and archive documents, utilizing internal controls to handle receipt and processing of invoicesEnable bank communication management to enable cash managers, AP teams, and treasurers to implement electronic payment to suppliers in a controlled mannerUse a mobile application for payment approvals

Automated and streamlined AP processes to improve productivityAccelerated payments processes with vendorsReduced lost discounts and late payments to vendorsAbility to handle large volumes of invoicesGreater control over scheduling and release of electronic payments

Customer examples


Solution today

A 15%-20% improvement in productivity in the finance department A 75% reduction in billing cycle

Improved billing productivity by 66% and accounts payable productivity by 33%Reduced IT support by 50%


Receivables managementSolution overview

Accelerate receivables processes to improve your days sales outstanding (DSO) and working capital, while maintaining superior customer relationships


Proactive management of collections and overdue receivablesComplete automation of billing dispute management through workflow and automatic escalations – across teams and departmentsCredit management with real-time credit allocation and monitoringElectronic bill presentment for payments and receivables automationMobile application for reviewing customer financial status

Streamlined processes and decision support functions to accelerate collections and dispute processesMinimized bad debt write-offs through quicker resolution of disputesLowered DSO and accelerated cash flowFaster credit checks to reduce bad debt riskLower cost and resource demands for invoicing, including printing and postage fees


Solution today

Customer examples

Average time to resolve disputes reduced by 29%Working capital tied up in disputes slashed by 25%

Cut 20% off its days sales outstandingReduced bad debt write-off by 10%

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Travel managementSolution overview

Streamline the entire trip life cycle, from planning and approval to expense reporting and reimbursement, for convenient control over travel budgets


Travel requests with pre-trip approvalsOnline booking with travel profiles and integration to travel agency systemsTravel planning by integration to third-party travel booking provider, such as Amadeus and SabreTravel expenses and reimbursementVisibility into bookings and travel costsMobile applications for expense processing

Assurance of international legal compliance with localized expense regulations and policiesImproved compliance with company travel policies, and negotiated travel contractsReduced costs by automating approval and expense processes and workflowImproved cash flow with accelerated expense accounting cycles


Solution today

Customer examples

Time to process expenses reduced from 2 days to 1 hour Travel cash management efficiency increased by 98%

Reduced the number of invoices issued by 80%While reducing invoicing errors from 15% to practically zero


Shared service for financialsSolution overview

Enable financial shared services to turn administrative functions into a service for business performance


Portal functionality for business unit managersSupport for multiple business functions through one shared service centerService-level monitoring for shared-service performance analysisIntegration with SAP applications and non-SAP applications

Reduced operational cost of managing shared service for financeAccelerated rollout of finance shared servicesImproved service-level delivery to line-of-business customers (internally)Scalable model for other enterprise shared-service functions

Customer examples


450% increase in buyer productivity24% increase in processed transactions

Reduction of business processes from 120 to 35 and cost of complexity by 30% Handling a record 30 million start-of-year postings in 2 days

Solution today

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Real estate lifecycle managementSolution overview

Effective real estate lifecycle management requires alignment between several stakeholders with differing objectives


Investment and Construction: Integrated process linking investment planning, property acquisition, and construction project managementSales and Marketing: Match vacant space and interest of prospective tenants, track opportunities, provide lease abstracts and offersLease and Space Management: Comprehensive lease and space management through monitoring of costs and revenues, utilization, critical datesMaintenance and Repair: Integrate, streamline, and automate facilities operations

Full transparency across all investment alternatives, complete project insight, effective budget controlsEffectively advertise available space, identity potential tenantsHigher rental income and lower rental expenses, faster lease-outs, better space managementKeep projects within budget, lower processing costs, allocate energy costs by location


automate facilities operationsCustomer examples

Better support for real estate lifecycle management with SAPTight integration of all data on real estate, maintenance, and financials

Optimized property portfolio and cost control with SAPFull insight into the size and structure of the Group’s real estate portfolio

Solution today

Delivered a significant stream of innovations in 2011Strong early adoption of new solutions

Shared Services Framework for Financials

EPM and GRC 10Business Intelligence 4.0

E-Invoicing CO-PA Add-On for HANA


Solution Today

Disclosure ManagementNotes Management

Travel and ExpensePayment Approval

Financial Risk Management for Commodities

Travel Receipts Management by OpenText

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Shared services framework for financials


Solution today

SAP’s unique new Shared Service Framework for improved service and productivity with rapid implementation – all driving down the cost of core financial functions

Delivering content through embedded analytics

Integration with BI 4.0 enables embedded analytics and delivery of free content to support key processes, including cash, collections, credit, and dispute management


Solution today

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Disclosure management in the financial close

Disclosure management solutions reduce the risk of regulatory disclosures and improve productivity through close-process automation


Solution today

Mobilizing finance processes

Streamline core finance processes with mobileprocesses with mobile solutions, including approval of critical invoices and payments –helping optimize cash and liquidity


Solution today

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Launching first finance solutions on-demand

Exciting new on-demand solution for travel and expense management represents next step in enabling finance processes in the cloud


Solution today

Enhancing finance with the power of SAP HANA

SAP CO-PA Accelerator is designed to give users real-time insight into “big data,” allowing them to leverage vast amounts of information for analysis, planning, and forecasting and simulationsg


Solution today

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Improving usability in the SAP Business Suite

Improved usability with new side panels delivering contextual information and functionality, including the capture and review of notes and attachments, new analytical content and links,

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Solution today

and Web services, including new document flows

Agenda

Introduction


Planned innovations

Future direction

Wrap-up


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Overview of SAP roadmap for LoB Finance





Invoice-to-pay


Travel management

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Insight to action




Invoice-to-pay


Travel management

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Future directionSolution today Planned innovations

Shared service for financialsShared service for financials

Real estate lifecycle management Real estate lifecycle management

Planned innovations for 2012Continued stream of new solutions

Finance collaboration In-memory-enabled planningBanking services network FI/CO Accelerators


Planned Innovations

IFRSClose Management

Posting verificationCustomer financial fact sheet

Dynamic cash management Travel OnDemand (Wave 3)

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Planned innovations for LoB FinanceOverview (1/4)

Key innovations

Treasury and fi i l i k

SAP Commodity Risk Management C ti i t i i f l tilit i dit k tfinancial risk

managementContinuous improvements arising from volatility in commodity markets

SAP Treasury and Risk Management applicationRegulatory exigencies – regulation of OTC derivatives market in the United States and EuropeanUnion; IFRS requirements

SAP Bank Communication Management applicationReduced total cost of ownership (TCO) in bank communications

Banking services networkCloud-based payment network

Dynamic cash managementPowerful forecasting functionalities and real-time visibility for cash flow management


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Audit management integrationImproved customization of end-user access requests Validation, escalation, and aggregation of risksRoot cause analysis for access risk Continuous monitoring of transactions for integration of controls and risksIntegration of supply chain performance management


Key innovations

Accounting and fi i l l

SAP ERP FinancialsE h t f fi i l ti d t tifinancial close Enhancements for financial accounting and tax reporting

SAP Financial Closing cockpitEnhanced entity close management

Business consolidation with SAP SEMEnhanced business consolidation functionality with the SAP Strategic Enterprise Management application

SAP ERP rapid-deployment solution for accelerated finance and controlling with SAP HANA Faster response times, deeper business insight, and accelerated financial close

SAP Planning and Consolidation, version for the Microsoft platformEnhanced controls, consolidation monitor, and integration to disclosure management


Planned innovations

SAP Planning and Consolidation, version for SAP NetWeaver®

Enhanced integration of master data, intercompany, and disclosure management, performance enhancements in reporting via SAP HANA

SAP Financial Consolidation, SAP IntercompanyEnhanced integration of master data, intercompany, and disclosure management

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Key innovations

Accounting and fi i l l

SAP Disclosure ManagementPlanned support for additional regulatory formats and filings and simplified usability and XBRL taggingfinancial close

(continued)Planned support for additional regulatory formats and filings and simplified usability and XBRL tagging

SAP Notes ManagementEnhanced integration and compatibility with strategic SAP solutions and Microsoft Office solutions

Financial close starter kitsEnhancements to the scope of delivered content and regulatory rules

SAP rapid-deployment solution for financial close and disclosure managementFaster legal compliance – reduced implementation effort


SAP Strategy ManagementImproved ease of use and lower cost of ownership with industry-specific content

SAP Planning and Consolidation


Planned innovations

SAP Planning and ConsolidationIn-memory-enabled planning processes for the Microsoft platform and SAP NetWeaver

SAP Profitability and Cost ManagementAdvanced integration with market-leading business intelligence solutions

SAP ERP rapid-deployment solution for accelerated finance and controlling with SAP HANA Faster response times, deeper business insight, and accelerated financial close


Key innovations

Receivables t

SAP Collections and Dispute Management rapid-deployment solutionQuicker and more affordable implementation and automation of business processes for keymanagement Quicker and more affordable implementation and automation of business processes for key receivables managementProactive management of disputes that arise out of customer invoicesProactive management and collection of overdue receivables

Travel management

SAP Travel OnDemand Enhanced mobility, process automation, compliance, and analyticsOptical character recognition for receipts

SAP Travel Expense Report mobile appViewing of credit card charges and adding them to reportsCreation of travel expense reports


Automatic form request ticketing for enhanced, comprehensive services


Planned innovations

for financials


SAP Real Estate Management rapid-deployment solutionLease-out process IFRS-compliant lease accounting

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Agenda

Introduction


Planned innovations

Future direction

Wrap-up



Overview of SAP roadmap for LoB Finance





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Future directionPlanned innovationsSolution today

Shared service for financialsShared service for financials

Real estate lifecycle management Real estate lifecycle management

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Key trends driving future innovation areas for LoB Finance

Business networks and regulatory standardsRegulatory requirements like XBRLTax management to meet requirements across the globeTax management to meet requirements across the globe

Financial closeProcess management and workflow across finance solutionsExtended management of risk and complianceRegulatory standards, like IFRS

Risk-based performance managementConvergence of risk, strategy, and planning

Improved user experience and TCO


standards

Fast and compliant

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Improve user experience and TCO

Insight to action


Continued reliance on planning interfaces, such as Microsoft Excel

Insight into actionPreconfigured dashboardsIntroduction of in-memory analytics

Future direction

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Agenda

Introduction


Planned innovations

Future direction

Wrap-up


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Thank you

James FisherVice President MarketingAnalytics Solutions

Birgit StarmannsSenior DirectorEPM and Finance Solutions

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