SAP Simple Finance the new financial solution from SAP. Joachim Mette April 2015

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1 SAP Simple Finance the new financial solution from SAP Joachim Mette April 2015

2 What does it mean to simplify? 2

3 Analogy: sending a photograph to someone far away 3

4 Camera Film Darkroom Paper Postal Service Recipient 4

5 Camera Internet Recipient 5

6 SAP Simple Finance The world s leading Finance solutions reinvented 6

7 Simple Data Model Abolishment of pre-defined aggregates Less Locking Significantly reduced memory consumption Non-disruptive Higher flexibility in reporting Drill-down to line item level All relevant dimensions Customer-specific dimensions 7

8 Simple Data Model Global financial solution on a modern in-memory platform Harmonized internal and external reporting (Universal Journal) Account driven data model Significantly reduced reconciliation effort 8

9 Simple Applications & Processes Instant Insight Elimination of multiple reconciliation tasks due to the universal journal Secondary cost elements are now G/L accounts Intercompany Reconciliation on the Fly Real-time profitability by earlier derivation of market segment Correct asset acquisition values at any time - now also for valuation areas with special items 9

10 Simple Applications & Processes Instant Insight Significant speed-up of asset depreciation run Appendix Ledger concept, e.g. management views on top of legal data Financial Planning and Analysis Treasury and Financial Risk Management: Liquidity Planning, Bank Account Management, Exposure Hub OLTP and OLAP together 10

11 Intuitive User Experience Personalized user experience with instant access to any financial insight on any device Role-based to get the job done the way finance users work Instant access anywhere with drill-down to lowest detail 11

12 Simple Deployment Simpler IT with choice of deployment on-premise, cloud, or hybrid Flexibly choose your own non-disruptive evolutionary path towards real time 12

13 SAP HANA SAP Business Warehouse powered by SAP HANA SAP Business Suite powered by SAP HANA SAP Simple Finance powered by SAP HANA In-memory platform Real-time analysis Real-time reporting Real-time business OLAP and OLTP together SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud for SAP Business Suite on SAP HANA Instant financial insight No aggregates Single source of truth Simplified data model New user experience Advanced processing Choice of deployment

14 Demo 14

15 Your Journey to Simple Finance 15

16 5 Experience Journey Map for SAP Simple Finance: simplefinance.sapjourneymap.com 4 Deploy 3 Try 2 Identify 1 Explore For customers already using SAP Finance, Simple Finance is delivered as an add-on to ECC 6.0 Enhancement Pack 7 SAP HANA migration and Simple Finance installation can be done together Minimal disruption: logic stays the same while the physical architecture is different Existing reports, processes, and customizations run via views Interfaces for other apps remain the same Migrate any time within reporting period 16

17 Zurich wanted to be one of the first customers to evaluate the financials innovation delivered with SAP HANA. Deployed as a simple add-on for SAP Business Suite powered by SAP HANA, we are really impressed by the results in terms of the performance, simplification, and agility it could bring to our finance community. Wilco Boosman, Director, SAP Convergence Zurich Insurance Group Our first experience with SAP Simple Finance, powered by SAP HANA, has proven to be the right solution to drive our key financial processes and reporting in real time. Our finance users were really impressed by the ability to perform reporting and analytics on item levels. Reconciliations of costs and financial accounting can now be done at any time. I m fully confident this is the way forward to run finance at DSB. Ken Kastrup Nielsen, IT Finance Specialist DSB (Danish State Railways) Sanofi has been collaborating with SAP on the next-generation finance solutions, and we have significant experience with SAP HANA as we use it within our own financial systems. The role of the CFO and the CFO s team continues to evolve, and this new wave of innovation will allow finance professionals to access information in new ways, enabled by the speed and power of SAP HANA. This will help to drive ongoing finance transformation as we see it at Sanofi. Jan Waals, Principal and Global SAP Practice Leader Sanofi Consulting LLP 17

18 Our students live in a technological era, and we must provide a consistent environment so that their learning life and their social life can seamlessly blend. Our teaching staff and researchers must also have administrative overhead lifted from them so they can concentrate on their core activities. As an example, with SAP Simple Finance, our finance organization will be able to focus on the most essential tasks and get the job done in real time. John Dewar, President & Vice Chancellor La Trobe University (Australia) As a leader in high security technology, innovation is critical for us, which includes implementing our internal processes, such as finance, on the latest technology platform. SAP, with its SAP HANA technology, is definitely ahead of the competition with its database technology and speed. We have run SAP ERP since 2002, and will now change our platform to SAP HANA, to enable us to take advantage of SAP s continuing innovations such as SAP Simple Finance, to meet our goal of being a technology leader both in our own business, as well as in our internal support processes. Christian Helfrich CFO, Bundesdruckerei (Germany) The financials add-on for SAP Business Suite powered by SAP HANA was deployed in less than two months without any disruption to our business. We now have one common platform for both regulatory and managerial accounting as well as onthe-fly financial processes. This innovation will help us deliver stronger financial leadership through better advice on strategic and operational plans that impact the business performance and effectiveness of SAP. Luka Mucic Chief Financial Officer, SAP SE 18

19 1 1. S/4 HANA is a new suite built to take full advantage of SAP HANA 2. SAP Simple Finance is the first Exchange Innovation in SAP S/4HANA 2 3. Simplified data model + simplified UX = value for IT and Finance both 3 4. The value in reducing redundancy is really flexibility S/4HANA Foundation License promotion through October

20 SAP Simple Finance Journey Maps SAP Simple Finance simplefinance.sapjourneymap.com SAP Business Suite on HANA soh.sapjourneymap.com SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud hec.sapjourneymap.com Line of Business for Finance Charles succeeds with SAP Simple Finance SAP CFO and Finance Leadership Center 20

21 Thank you 21