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LastweekattheSAPinsiderFinancialsconferencein
Vienna
PostedbyElizabethMilneinSAPBusinessTrendson28Jun201617:58:28
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Lastweek,June19thto23rd,manyfinanceandITprofessionalsfromallovertheworldgatheredin
Vienna,AustriafortheatSAPinsiderFinancialsconference.Theconferencecoveredvarioustopics
suchasFinancialAccounting,Treasury,SharedServices,S/4HANAandothers.Ipersonallywas
mostinterestedintheAccountingandFinancialClosetopicsparticularlythelatestdevelopments
aroundSAPBusinessObjectsEnterprisePerformanceManagementsuiteofproducts.

http://sapinsiderevents.wispubs.com/2016/Vienna/FINGRCHRBIHANA/Financials
Ienjoyedpresenting3sessions:
1.AnendtoendtourofSAPsolutionstoacceleratethefinancialcloseanddisclosure
process
Thiswasa3hourjumpstartsessiononSundaywherewewentintoAccountingand
FinancialClosedetailcovering:
Accelerateandreducetheeffortofintercompanyreconciliations
Achieverealtimeinsightintothefinancialcloseprogressandfinancialresults
onyourmobiledevice
Automatefinancialconsolidation,acceleratethecloseprocess,andremove
errorpronemanualprocesses
Improvefinancialstatementproductionandmanagementreporting
2.TipsandtechniquestocloseyourbooksmoreefficientlywithSAPS/4HANA
Finance
ThisOnehoursessiononMondaycovered:
Typicalpainpointsthatslowdownthefinancialhardcloseandsoftclose
capabilitiesofSAPERPpoweredbySAPS/4HANAFinanceforfasterperiod
endprocesses
NewandplannedcapabilitiesofSAPAccountingpoweredbySAPS/4HANA
Financethatsupportsoftfinancialcloses
Solutionsforfinancialinsightandclosemonitoringonmobiledevices

3.The"C"inBPC:UnderstandandexploittheconsolidationfunctionalityofSAP
BusinessObjectsPlanningandConsolidationandSAPS/4HANAFinance
ThisonehoursessiononTuesdaywasextremelywellattended,theroomwasfull.
Wecovered:
Managingcurrencytranslation,automatingconsolidationcalculations,
validations,andcontrols
Automating,standardizingandcentralizingyourprocessestoachieveashorter
andmoretransparentfinancialclose
TakingadvantageofthefinancialconsolidationoptionsavailablewithSAP

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S/4HANAFinance

Thack Brown and Ivo Bauermann did a fantastic KeynoteAddress: Finance is live:
Reimagine financial management and risk for the digital economy. Here Ivo and Damien
Fribourg Share the stage delivering a SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation
OptimizedforS/4HANAdemo:

ItwasextremelywellattendedandallthefeedbackIheardwasextremelypositive,itisan
excitingtimetoworkinFinance.
IalsosupportedtheSolutionCenterforFinancewhereattendeeswereabletosetuponeon
onesessionswithvaiousexpertstohelppersonalizethevariousFinancetopicindiscussions
that were focused on the customers requirements specifically. I met with many different
customerscoveringvaioustopicsincludingEntityCloseManagementwithSAPFinancial
ClosingCockpitandConsolidationwithSAPBusinessObjectsPlanningandConsolidation
OptimizedforS/4HANA.

Ilookforwardtofutureconferences:www.sapinsider.wispubs.com/Conferences
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