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SAP FinancialsMastering

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Mastering SAP Financials unites business and IT professionals to embrace innovative solutions, understand best practices and drive high performance teams.

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The Eventful Group recently ran a series of telephonic research

calls, as well as three round table discussions across

South Africa, meeting with Finance professionals from over

50 organisations, to find the challenges facing the South

African community.

Financial Reporting and Analysis for Decision Support

• Developing and maintaining a reporting strategy that is efficient and effective

• Master data maintenance to ensure accurate reporting

• Finding the best reporting strategy for your needs• Cost effective reporting solutions that work well• Understanding the effects bad data can have on

your reports• Managing fixed asset reporting standards• SAP standard reporting capabilities• Is real time financial reporting possible to make on

demand decisions?• Flexible reporting possibilities• Using Business Objects in the cloud for reporting• Collating production, sales and procurement data

for operational reporting

South African Regulatory Considerations for Effectively Managing Finance

• Automated IT14SD integration capabilities• Effective ways to manage Accounts Receivable Age

Analysis• Host-to-host banking solutions offered by SAP• Managing your CAPEX accurately• Cross-border considerations for operating in multiple

countries from a centralised business unit• Meeting the JSE requirements of Integrated

reporting – the link between investment and fixed asset reporting

• Successfully managing VAT using SAP• Foreign currency valuations and translations – best

practice tips & tricks

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Managing Master Data Effectively

• Tools and modules available to assist in managing the master data integrity

• Implications of centralised vs decentralised data management

• Creating a culture of clean data building• Implications of bad data on HANA upgrade• Effective methods of master data management• Fully understanding the cost of errors and

maintenance• Master data governance - consistency and

workflow• Ensuring data integrity - building automated

processes to identify data issues

Training, Change Management & User Adoption

• Effective strategies for changing the corporate culture

• Training to ensure sustainable usage of system implementations

• How to train on a tight budget• Enhancing the relationship between IT and

business to drive maximum usage of systems• Developing a super user community within an

organisation to ensure a transfer of knowledge• Getting staff self-sufficient to operate effectively• Ensuring the corporate culture is right to meet the

organisational needs• Training solutions for optimising reporting standards

within an organisation• Sponsorship and leadership to bring people through

the change process• E-learning solutions for finance

Simplifying Finance

• Simple Finance and the future of finance departments• The impacts and benefits of going simple• Using the new G/L in Simple Finance• Managing finances as they happen• Effective strategies for managing transactions as

they happen• How Simple Finance is helping close the books faster• Understanding the change management effort

involved in implementing Simple Finance• The impact of Simple Finance on BPC• Customer success stories• The role of material ledger in Simple Finance and

simple logistics• Understanding how S/4 HANA enables Simple

Finance

The Impact of a System Upgrade

• What you need to get from your current point to the latest ERP system

• Requirements for upgrading from ECC 4,7 to ECC 6.0• Cost Implications of upgrading• Assessments before the possibility of upgrading• The impact of customisations on an SAP upgrade• Creating an ECC 6.0 upgrade business case• SAP’s support life span on old finance systems• Requirements for getting on the cloud• BPC 10.1 – Integration techniques and considerations• Valuating an ROI on your upgrade• What finance needs to have a smooth upgrade

Easier Operations & Workflow Automation

• Having a Cost Centre vs. personnel structure set up• Using workflow for Master Data Authorisations• Tools that can be integrated using SAP Workflow• Efficient procure-to-pay strategies for efficient cash

management• Understanding the scope of Workflow capabilities • Making the approval process easier

SAP Innovations for Finance

• Debunking Simple Finance – knowing what you get• What to expect from SAP in the finance space• Developing a visual roadmap and the solution

architecture• Cloud security of financial information• Planning tools in the future• SAP roadmap for S/4 HANA• How SAP is making finance simpler, faster and more

accurate than ever before• In-memory computing, mobile and cloud computing,

high-speed analytics and HANA – what is on the horizon for SA companies?

• Demystifying uncertainties of the future of SAP tools

Optimising Processes on a Budget

• Maximising SAP standard finance tools• Tips and tricks within SAP standard• Effectively managing data• Creating an ROI analysis for upgrading• Cost effective strategies for staff training• Best of breed vs holistic SAP

Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC)

• Best practices for integrated GRC reporting• Understanding the various elements of GRC from SAP• How to make a risk-aware corporate culture• Security implications of using GRC in the cloud• Ways to ensure corporate buy-in and GRC ownership• Creating an organisation-wide risk appetite• Cross functionality communication to achieve

efficient business practices• Proper operational risk management checks• Business process mapping to understand rules and

processes

BPC – Getting Closer to the Data

• How to reduce planning and budgeting cycles• Improve forecast accuracy• Understanding the planning capabilities within

Simple Finance• Methods for lowering compliance and auditing

costs• Making better planning decisions in a volatile

market• Benefits of BPC in the budgeting process• Using Integrated Business Planning (IBP) to drive

rolling, integrated plan off one set of numbers• Bridging the gap between function and technology

to grow revenues, improve margins and optimise operational efficiencies.

• Best practice capital planning processes

Mobility & End User Experience

• Reporting possibilities using mobility for finance executives

• Developing a fully integrated mobility solution• Getting the best reports on mobile• Using mobility for P2P approvals• Special consideration for mobile interfaces• Efficiency improvement using mobility• Determining how mobile technology will impact your

organisation• Identifying relevant scenarios for deploying mobile

software solutions• Designing a clear mobile strategy and preparing for

implementation and development• Developing user-centric mobile apps that meet your

unique business needs• The latest in dashboards and Design Studio• Technical prerequisites for going mobile• Insights into using Fiori

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Opening Keynote: SAP’s Roadmap for Finance: Discover the Future of FinanceJoachim Mette - Director/Business Innovation & IT - Strategic Initiatives, SAP SE (GER)

Keynote Presentation: Simpler, Faster, Stronger: Building a Blueprint for Integrated PlanningDavid Roberts - Vice President, Platform Solutions, Under Armour (USA)

Optimising Your Finance and Controlling ModulesJohn Jordan - CEO, ERP Corp. (USA)

Special Interest Discussion 1: Change Management Techniques for the Finance-Minded – A Practical Guide to OCMMichael DeLeo - Director; Manufacturing & Distribution Accounting, Becton Dickinson and Company (USA)

How BD Leverages SAP Business Planning & Consolidation to Master the Budgeting and Forecasting ProcessMichael DeLeo - Director; Manufacturing & Distribution Accounting, Becton Dickinson and Company (USA)

Outpacing the Competition: How Under Armour Leverages ‘In-Time’ Analytics to Win the RaceDavid Roberts - Vice President, Platform Solutions, Under Armour (USA)

Building a Great Team: The Foundation for a Winning CultureDavid Roberts - Vice President, Platform Solutions, Under Armour (USA)

BPC 10.1 – A Journey of DiscoveryDirk Cremer - BPE Controlling Manager, Sappi Ltd

How PPC Automated Creditor Reconciliations, Debtor and Bank Clearing Using SAP Add-OnsThemba Mncube - Group Credit Control Manager & Naweed Abdulla - Finance Business Analyst, PPC Ltd

SAP Runs SAP: Experiences from 1+ Year Simple Finance @ SAP SEJoachim Mette – Vice President, SAP SE (GER)

Guest Keynote Presentation: Poles Apart, with Some Pointy Bits in BetweenSean Disney - CEO and World Renowned Adventurer

Closing Panel Discussion - The Future of Finance: Insights from Our Keynote Speakers

How to Process Your IT14SD Reconciliation the Smart WaySharon Zunga - Tax Accountant, MultiChoice Africa (Pty) Ltd

Special Interest Discussion 2: Financial Localisation Plan for SAP – Assessing the Requirements.Andrea Differding - Local Product Manager Africa, SAP South Africa (Pty) Ltd

Mobility: NamPower SAP Fiori ProjectIsac Tjombonde – Chief Executive, Nampower (Pty) Ltd (Namibia)Excel-Based, Real Time Reporting

From SAPMarilé van der Westhuizen - Regional Executive: Finance, Polyoak Packaging (Pty) Ltd

Training Your Entire Company to be the Super User on SAP Suzanne Harrilal - Senior Manager: Finance Systems and Business Development, Toyota SA Motors (Pty) Ltd

Creating a High Performance Team to Drive Project Success: A Local Customer Panel

Architecting Order from Chaos: Multiple Business Models on a Single SAP SystemDeon Valks - Business Analyst, RCL Foods Ltd (Sugar & Milling Division)

Simple Finance: Removing the Complexity of Finance with Effortless InnovationSteve Dunford – Financial Director, K5 Business

Special Interest Discussion 3: Architecting the High-Velocity Finance OrganisationDavid Axson – Managing Director, Accenture (USA) & Eliseo Belmonte – Managing Director, Accenture South Africa (Pty) Ltd

Creating a Risk Free Work Environment Through GRC Access ControlMartin Rossouw - Risk Services General Manager, Mediclinic International & Werner Carstens – Senior Manager, PwC

Automating the Manual Approval & Capturing of Finance Data into SAP, Without Development.Charl Wentzel - Project Manager, Toyota Automation Project

Evolution of Finance – The Key to Business SuccessFrancois Beyleveld - Solutions Manager Enterprise Performance Management, SAP, South Africa (Pty) Ltd

Defining Mobility Possibilities for Finance – An Interactive Session With EOHHeman Kassan - Competency Head: ERP Solutions, EOH

SAP BPC – Roadmap and OpportunitiesStephen Owens – Managing Director, Epi-Use

Financial Shared Services Success in a SAP Environment: Three Key LessonsRobin Beetge – Managing Director, Readsoft by Lexmark Enterprise Software, Africa

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Opening Keynote: Considerations for Migrating to the SAP Simple FinanceJohn Jordan - CEO, ERP Corp. (USA)

Workshop 1: Unlocking the Power of Digital Technologies in FinanceDavid Axson – Managing Director, Accenture (USA)

Workshop 2: Turbo-Charge Your Existing Financials Landscape by Optimising Standard SAP FunctionalityJohn Jordan - CEO, ERP Corp. (USA)

Keynote presentation: GRC in 2015 – Are You Using a Ferrari to Shelter from the RainChris Johnston – Vice President, Sales, (EMEA) GRC, SAP (UK)


Meet some of the key influencers working in the finance divisions across the best companies in South Africa.

Be inspired and encouraged by their fresh thinking, ideas and insights into driving a high performance organisation through streamlining intiatives. Build a business case for investing in new technologies by realising the benefits of big picture thinking in your business.

Joachim Mette Director/Business Innovation & IT - Strategic Initiatives,

SAP SE (Germany)

SAP’s Roadmap for Finance: Discover the Future of Finance

CFOs want their finance departments to essentially accomplish three things; become more strategic to the business, support the drive for constant innovation and improve decision makers’ “time to action” with real-time, meaningful data.

The SAP Simple Finance paves the way for a radical change in the way you can manage your business and is the logical starting point for introducing S/4HANA.


David Roberts Vice President, Platform Solutions

Under Armour (USA)

Simpler, Faster, Stronger: Building a Blueprint for Integrated Planning

Globalisation, Diversification and “Abbreviation” (shorter attention spans for consumers) has led to an increasingly complex environment for businesses and public organisations.

The greatest challenges are (1) predicting business outcomes, (2) planning investments and operations based on predictions and (3) executing with precision to preserve the organisation’s precious resources.

In this session, you will hear how Under Armour successfully bridged the gap between function and technology to grow revenues, improve margins and optimise operational efficiency.

John Jordan

CEO

ERP Corp. (USA)

Considerations for Migrating to SAP Simple Finance

SAP Simple Finance is a HANA based accounting solution which allows Finance team members (CFOs, Controllers, Financial Analysts, Accountants etc.), to gain instant insight to financial information and allows for more centralisation, harmonisation and automation of financial data.

This session helps to provide a roadmap for migrating from your existing ERP solution to Simple Finance and highlights the functionality that exists in Simple Finance, which will benefit your organisation and possibly justify the cost of an implementation.


Chris Johnston Vice President, Sales (EMEA) GRC

SAP (UK)

GRC in 2015 – Are You Using a Ferrari to Shelter from the Rain

The Open Compliance and Ethics Group (OCEG) defines the purpose of GRC as ‘driving principled performance’.

It is well understood that a well-designed, integrated GRC framework can offer risk awareness, continuous process efficiency and strategic insight which streamlines and optimises a business like a well-tuned performance car.

However, for many, GRC is implemented in a disjointed, fragmented way and only answers siloed concerns...it’s like supercharging a Ferrari and then using it to shelter from the rain!

Sean Disney

CEO, Author & World Renowned

Adventurer

Poles Apart, with Some Pointy Bits In Between

With 20 years of outdoor leadership experience, he has co-authored a book called ‘Poles Apart with Some Pointy Bits In Between’. In his leading presentation, Sean encompasses a range of analogies relating to leading teams in a risky, ever-changing and unsure environment.

He is the first South African to complete the Adventurers Grand Slam - the seven summits and the two poles combined; this makes him one of 30 in the world.

As a speaker, Sean has a presentation that is an inspiring journey through the Adventurer’s Grand Slam to become the first South African to climb the seven summits and to ski to the North and South Poles with emphasis on achieving your personal, business and team goals.

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Over the next 5 years, Accenture projects that finance function costs will decline by 40% from today’s average; shared services for delivering finance support will increase from 27% to more than 80% and finance staff productivity will increase two to three-fold. Why? Digital technologies. Cloud, analytics, mobile, social, robotics and process automation tools are ushering in a new era of finance transformation.

In this session, David Axson will describe how:

• Robotics,processautomationandotherdigitaltechnologiesare driving 40% improvements in finance process efficiency• Digitaltechnologiesaretransformingtheanalyticinsightthatfinance can deliver• Theincreasingadoptionofadvancedmanagementtoolssuchas scenario planning, driver based forecasting and analytics are providing richer insight into managing in an increasingly volatile world• Thedigitalrevolutionischangingtheskillsthatfinanceprofessionals need to excel

Mastering your existing financials landscape is the key to operational success. The implementation of SAP systems can improve your company’s operational performance. Understanding the full capabilities of this system is imperative to ensure your company runs optimally.

In this session we will be covering 8 core topics that will leave you feeling inspired and enabled to work to your systems full capability. The topics include;

• SettingupPlannedandUnplannedDeliveryCosts• AutomatingtheBankReconciliationProcess• Addingapercentageupchargetostandardcosts• AchievingActualCostingwithSAPMaterialLedger• CreatingProfitCenterFinancialStatementswithSAPGeneralLedger• UsingcostofsalesaccountingwithSAPGeneralLedger• UnderstandingAccountDeterminationTechniques• UtilisingAccount-BasedProfitabilityAnalysis

Unlocking the Power of Digital Technologies in Finance

David Axson Managing Director

Accenture (USA)

John Jordan CEO ERP Corp. (USA)

workshop 1 workshop 2Turbo-Charge Your ExistingFinancials Landscape by Optimising Standard SAP Functionality

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A diverse mix of SAP customers, partners and experts. With thought provoking and authentic stories, all speakers were carefully chosen by the Conference Advisory Team for their proven best practices to the challenges, opportunities and investment plans around which this conference has been created.

BPC 10.1 - A Journey of Discovery Dirk Cremer BPE Controlling Manager, Sappi LtdSSA currently has a long, cumbersome process to arrive at a forecast or budget profit result. The process is sequential so the next activity can only begin after the previous is completed. It entails many iterations and takes about five months. Sappi Group IT investigated the capability of the SAP Business Planning & Consolidation tool - workshops held across 3 x Sappi Regions. They identified a number of business opportunities where BPC functionality could be used. SSA don’t have the ‘appetite’ nor the resources for a ‘big bang’ SAP BPC project and decided to rather implement SAP BPC by ‘function/module’. Headcount Planning was identified as first business opportunity.

Change Management Techniques for the Finance-Minded – A Practical Guide to OCMMichael DeLeo Director, Manufacturing & Distribution Accounting, Becton Dickinson and Company (USA)This session will discussion a practical step-by-step guide to Operational Change Management (OCM) with real life examples to reinforce (OCM) from the perspective of a Finance/Accounting-minded professional.

Outpacing the Competition: How Under Armour Leverages “In-Time” Analytics to Win the RaceDavid Roberts Vice President, Platform Solutions, Under Armour (USA)Inaccuracies, inconsistencies and inconclusive data are the typical symptoms faced by today’s executive. Complexity of data models and reporting tools have forced analyst into the ubiquitous data dump to MS Excel - filled with errors. In this session, you will hear how Under Armour changed the inadequate analytics landscape into an outstanding, real-time decision support platform.

Financial Localisation Plan for SAP - Assessing the Requirements.Andrea Differding Local Product Manager Africa, SAP South Africa (Pty) LtdGlobalisation Services is a special department at SAP in charge of adapting solutions across the entire portfolio, in order to ensure coverage of legal requirements as well as local business best practices, translation and technical enablement of a system to operate globally. Join me for a discussion on the Financial localisation, where we can review what we currently have as part of the South African country version and what are the measures we are putting in place to improve coverage.

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Themba Mncube Group Credit Control Manager, PPC Ltd

Naweed Abdulla Finance Business Analyst, PPC Ltd

Evolution of Finance – The Key to Business SuccessFrancois Beyleveld Solutions Manager Enterprise Performance Management, SAP South Africa (Pty) LtdAs the finance function makes an increasingly strategic contribution to business activity, individuals in this essential role will need to re-evaluate the proportion of time and cost spent on transaction processing and reporting. The paradox here is that increased complexity in compliance and reporting is coupled with an expectation that costs to achieve this will be reduced.

Training Your Entire Company to be the Super User on SAP Suzanne Harrilal Senior Manager: Finance Systems and Business Development, Toyota SA Motors (Pty) LtdToyota Finance Division is pivotal in driving the SAP training challenge within the organisation in an effort to resurrect the training, thereby improving user skills, maintaining a “live” link between users and process changes, counter effects of staff turnover, changing business conditions and knowledge erosion.

Optimising your Finance and Controlling ModulesJohn Jordan CEO, ERP Corp. (USA)This session will help you make the most of your investment in SAP Financials, by showing you strategic and tactical techniques which will help you to increase productivity, reduce the time to close, and save money on the implementation of customised solutions. The ideas that are recommended in this session are the product of several years of working within the system and trying to find a smarter ways of utilising its functionalities as opposed to resorting arduous manual tasks or offline solutions.

SAP BPC - Roadmap and OpportunitiesStephen Owens Managing Director, EPI-USESAP BPC has been widely implemented for planning, forecasting and consolidation by SAP and non-SAP clients alike. However, with the release of version 10.1 that includes Embedded and Standard versions for NetWeaver, a stand-alone Microsoft SQL Server version, as well as the Integrated Business Planning solution contained within SAP Simple Finance and Cloud Planning for HANA; the roadmap and upgrade path for users is oftentimes confusing. This session will look at the various planning, forecasting and consolidation solutions in the SAP landscape and consider the benefits and limitations of using each of these solutions.

How to Process Your IT14SD Reconciliation the Smart WaySharon Zunga Tax Accountant, MultiChoice Africa (Pty) LtdSARS IT14SD requirements are costing companies millions of Rands each year to ensure accurate reconciliations. MultiChoice were able to create an in-house solution for the IT14SD requirements by creating a unique partnership between the tax accountants and the IT department. The results; Reconciliation takes 5 minutes to perform and accuracy is 100%. This session will show you the solution to your reporting requirement.

Excel-Based, Real Time Reporting from SAPMarilé van der Westhuizen Regional Executive: Finance, Polyoak Packaging (Pty) LtdAre you wasting time each month end trying to get your financial reporting done? Are you aware how many simple spreadsheet reporting mistakes have resulted in up to 50% losses in company share price? Are you dependent on others to constantly create and update your financial reports?

As the leading supplier of cement in Southern Africa, PPC has large creditors and debtors functions. Although PPC had successfully implemented SAP, the standard SAP functionality does not cater at all for supplier statement reconciliations, or automatic customer remittance advice and bank statement allocations. Hence a large part of these key finance processes was still manual and outside of SAP. See how PPC employed SAP Add-ons to automate creditors, debtors and bank processing. Automation and improved controls in SAP have resulted in optimisation of this working capital.

Architecting Order from Chaos: Multiple Business Models on a Single SAP SystemDeon Valks Business Analyst, RCL Foods Ltd (Sugar & Milling Division)RCL Foods Sugar & Milling operates in a complex and varying environment, with multiple legal entities and divergent business models spanning across industries.RCL Foods Sugar & Milling has mastered the effective use of standard SAP functionality to accommodate these operations in a single SAP system. Financial information feeds into the same operational chart of accounts across all companies.

David Axson Managing Director, Accenture (USA)

Eliseo Belmonte Managing Director, Accenture South Africa

Like other functional areas of business, finance organisations need to be ready to move at speed to capture the transformational power of digital to deliver growth and competitive advantage. Join Accenture experts to learn how to prepare the finance function for the digital age. We will share our latest findings on how CFO’s are Managing volatility, Navigating complexity, The CFO as architect of business value, The rise of digital on the CFO agenda, and how High-performance businesses have more influential CFOs. In addition you will have the opportunity to know more about digital technologies such as cloud, analytics and in-memory computing to achieve unified financial and management accounting, accelerate reporting through logical documents, reap the benefits of real-time close, deliver a next-generation user experience and integrate business planning and enterprise wide consolidation using a central journal.

Architecting the High-Velocity Finance Organisation

How PPC Automated Creditor Reconciliations, Debtor and Bank Clearing Using SAP Add-Ons

Financial Shared Services Success in a SAP Environment: Three Key LessonsRobin Beetge Managing Director, Readsoft by Lexmark Enterprise Software, AfricaCompanies are increasingly seeking a more streamlined approach to business management and processes and are seeing the benefits of centralising their services - increasing accuracy and efficiency as well as reducing costs. Robin will share three amazing lessons from three South African companies leading the way through innovation or just an innovative approach.

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Simple Finance: Removing the Complexity of Finance with Effortless InnovationSteve Dunford Financial Director, K5 BusinessWhat does Simple Finance mean to you? SAP Simple Finance is a redesign of SAP ERP as we know it. To take advantage of the power and speed of the HANA database and to provide a single source of truth, Financial Totals and Index tables have been made redundant and with line item stored at the same level of granularity and linked 1:1. This facilitates high-speed real-time analytics, reducing the reconciliation effort, shortening month-end processes, providing the ability to report on full details across application boundaries and enhance the extraction of big data on the fly.

Building a Great Team: The Foundation for a Winning CultureDavid Roberts Vice President, Platform Solutions, Under Armour (USA)Under Armour uses The Four Pillars of Greatness to drive success in every aspect of the business - Build a Great Product, Build a Great Team, Provide Great Service and Tell a Great Story. All of these components are embedded into the fabric and culture that is Under Armour. Understanding of The Four Pillars is taught within the first week with the team (Class UA101) and reinforced through corporate and personal goals in the Talent Management solution.

How BD Leverages SAP Business Planning and Consolidation to Master the Budgeting and Forecasting ProcessMichael DeLeo Director; Manufacturing & Distribution Accounting, Becton Dickinson and Company (USA)In this session BD, a global healthcare organisation, will share how they utilise SAP Business Planning and Consolidation (BPC) to plan workforce, cost centre and capital planning activities.

SAP Runs SAP: Experiences From 1+ Year Simple Finance @ SAP SEJoachim Mette Director/Business Innovation & IT, Strategy Initiatives, SAP SE (GER)SAP SE went live with Simple Finance in April 2014. Simple Finance offers one common basis for both, regulatory and managerial accounting, as well as for both transactional and analytical processes by removing aggregates and by bringing FI and CO closer together. This session will share lessons learned, business benefits and show various productive FIORI Apps.

The Journey to Getting Nampower MobileIsac Tjombonde Chief Executive, Namibia Power Corporation (Pty) Limited (NA)Mobility solutions and device management are typically expensive. We looked at cost and effort, however, user enquiry did not warrant the expenditure. Users still complained about SAP user interface and ease of use. We’re also faced with many project-focused supervisors/managers who are on site most of the time, and thus delay releases/approvals etc. Fiori seemed to be a cost-effective way of introducing a new UI, enabling off-site processing and making the end-user more comfortable with SAP as just another smartphone app.

Automating the Manual Approval and Capturing of Finance Data into SAP, without Development.Charl Wentzel Project Manager, Toyota Automation ProjectWinshuttle enabled clients to save time and manual effort, by automating the uploading of captured information into SAP directly from Excel and web forms. No more re-capturing nor manual entering of data. Templates are now electronically work-flowed for approval, with no access to SAP required and automatically uploaded into SAP, with an audit trail. This has saved time, cost and manual effort across key financial functions including customisations.

Defining Mobility Possibilities for Finance – An Interactive Session with EOHHeman Kassan Competency Head: ERP Solutions, EOHCome and join a panel of mobility experts, led by Heman Kassan in an interactive session on the possibilities of mobility for finance. This will be an amazing chance for you to see the future of finance where approvals are done instantly, financial positions of an organisation can be accessed from wherever you are and interactive dashboards can provide instant reports on your chosen device.

Martin Rossouw Risk Services General Manager, Mediclinic International

Werner Carstens Senior Manager, PwC Southern Africa

After their initial SAP implementation Mediclinic found the managing of SAP access risks challenging. They lacked a clear view of their access risks and had no mechanism to monitor risk violations. Mediclinic partnered with PwC to guide them in identifying relevant access risks and to assist in implementing SAP GRC Access Control to monitor and address risk violations on a day-to-day basis.

During this talk the following areas will be covered:

· Technical and process challenges in implementing a central SAP GRC instance for multiple locations around the world · Organisational change management and creating risk awareness.

Creating a Risk Free Work Environment Through GRC Access Control


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The hub of the Mastering SAP Financials conference experience is the solutions showcase. Here one can engage with leading technology and services providers who are serious about helping you make the smartest business and IT investments for your organisation.

Giving finance the visibility to lead Learn how to achieve a 360-degree view of the enterprise and drive financial excellence. Gain insights and strategies to increase total shareholder value, maintain both external and internal confidence and improve finance efficiency.

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The CFP® mark asserts that the financial planning professional has met stringent qualification and competency requirements and adheres to an uncompromising code of ethics and professional standards.

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