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René LinsnerMartin Kreuzer

E2E Process and Data Management for a Successful Implementation of SAP S/4HANA

Finance Integration Template FIT by Horváth & Partners

Madrid, September 12, 2018


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our competences

Corporate Performance ManagementandPerformance Optimization are our core competences

13 Offices in 8 countries

>800 employees

Together with our“Cordence Worldwide” network, we can offer additional >2500 professionals all around the world

Additional >50 offices in more than 15 countries within our partner firms in the “Cordence Worldwide” network

our industries

Automotive, Banking, Chemicals, Consumer Goods, High Tech, Industrial Goods, Insurance, Logistics, Media, Oil, Pharmaceuticals, Public Sector, Retail, Telecom, Travel, Transportation, Utilities

TransformDesign Realize

Performance Optimization

Corporate Performance Management

ControllingOperations &

ProcurementSales

Organization

& Processes

Strategy

& Innovation & FinanceIT

Our network

“Cordence Worldwide” with its 11 member firms offers expertise and consulting for clients all over the globe

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S/4HANA defines the next level of accounting, controlling and logistics with significant business benefits, but also change requirements

Horváth owns a strong client base and profound expertise in S/4HANA due to feasibility studies, detailed concept definition and support of implementation projects

Clients

Horváth and SAP together carry out S/4HANA events (e.g. S/4HANA Roadshow) in the area of Controllingand Accounting

Further conferences (incl. “Stuttgart Controller Forum”) with topics linked to digital planning and performance management based on S/4HANA

Partnership

Over the past 30 years we have played a decisive role in shaping and designing concepts, processes and controlling instruments for multiple industries based on SAP

Several publications in the area of S/4HANA (e.g. within “Der Controlling-Berater”) prove this expertise

Expertise

Road-show

…


JohnCFO

LauraHead of

Accounting

PaulHead of IT

We have to bring the system back to standard to reduce costs!

The transition should be as

smooth as possible. I don’t

want the investment at risk

The new system must enhance our process efficiency. We have to ensure

compliance and completeness.



Financial Management Transformation: A major challenge is to find the best solution approach

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Finance function as provider of operational support

Provision of transactional services

Finance function in siloes

Manual / ad-hoc reaction to incidents

Disparate cultures with no unifying vision or target

Incompatible systems based on multiple data models

From transactional management...

Position the Financial Management function as a trusted advisor and provider of decision support

Provide User-centric Services to support planners and strategic advisors

Establish coordinated approaches for the finance function

Allow predictable, reliable, automated controls / risk management

Enable Culture and build talent for shaping the workforce of the future

Provide powerful & optimized standard tools and a common environment

…to strategic & value-added management

Challenge: Choosing the best solution approach to achieve these objectives


Finance Integration Template FIT by Horváth & Partners: A proven project approach with predefined content boosts your project!

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Ready to Use Content

Project structure and organization

Project plan and work breakdown structure

Guiding principles based on the typical project goals

Completeness and integration checks

Posting patterns

Standardized master data and methodologies

Best-practice end-to-end processes

Organizational model, role model and authorizations

Defined RACI matrix

Proven Project Approach


Pull(consump-

tion)

With the FIT approach Horváth & Partners ensures the match of data & information production AND consumption


Controlling

Accounting

Tax

Treasury

…

Finance data model: Governance & harmonization of master data

Finance process model: Governance & optimization of end-2-end processes

Planning & reporting

Cost accounting

Accounting treatment

TransactionalAccounting

PUSH (production)

■New chart of accounts

■Accounting guideline

■Accounting processes

■Valuation

■Preparation of financial statements in the relevant GAAPs

■Value flows, cost accounting and allocation

■Cost type, cost center and cost object accounting

■Performance analysis

■P/L and balance sheet statement

■Financial reporting

■Planning and forecasting


The posting patterns ensure the integration between information request (Pull) and production (Push)


Master Data

Process

Accounting Guideline

Pu

sh

Reports / Business Steering

Pu

ll

GuidingPrinciples

GuidingPrinciples

PostingPattern


Our posting patterns integrate the business processes and transactions with master data to fill the SAP Universal Journal


Standardized & predefined master data for the whole

SAP data model

Posting patterns for all existing business

transactions

SAP S/4HANAUniversal Journal

(ACDOCA/P/U)

Account Profit center …

Posting logic Account assignmentBusiness transactions

Perfect FIT to the SAP S/4HANA capabilities


Best-practice processes linked to our posting patterns ensure a 360º coverage of your finance requirements


Best-practice processes Posting patterns

Best-practice process data base with additional information to SAP transactions, interfaces and useful add-ons directly linked to our posting patterns

Impacts on organizational model and on authorization requirements are considered

Link between business transactions to processes within the posting patterns ensures completeness

Detailed account assignment specification defines information requirements (e.g. for interfaces)

The FIT approach develops your organization and processes to best-in-class


In order to be ready for an S/4 HANA implementation and leverage efficiencies, a strong focus on end-to-end processes is key


Controlling FinanceLogisticsProcurement ManufacturingSales

Master Data Management

Rec

ord

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po

rt

Purchase-to-Pay

Order-to-Cash

Buy-to-Scrap

Make-to-Stock

Support Processes (HR, …)

Target Operating Model

Illustrative


Central Finance

Purchase-to-Pay

Order-to-Cash

Buy-to-Scrap

Make-to-Stock

Support Pro-cesses (HR, …)

With SAP Central Finance selected process steps can be shifted to the central platform one by one resulting in a less disruptive transition


Rec

ord

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po

rt

Illustrative

Master Data Management


Focusing on the Order-to-Cash process, there are a number of process steps that could be covered with Central Payments in a cFIN platform


Ord

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n Order confirmationCreate proposalCredit assessment

Treasury Sales

Customer request

Sales

SAP SDSAP Receivables

Management SAP SD

Ord

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g Register orderOutgoing goods/

shippingPlanning,

implementationCredit assessmentPre-payment

Sales Accounts receivable Production Treasury Logistics

SAP SD SAP FI SAP MMSAP Receivables

Management SAP MM

Invo

icin

g Posting of paymentReminder Receipt of paymentInvoice Credit

Sales, AR Accounts receivable Treasury, AR Accounts receivable

SAP SD SAP FI SAP TR/ FI SAP FI

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Based on centralized operations of specific process steps, the doors are opened for further efficiency gains and optimization potentials


Core task

Process flow Credit Management

1

System-supported credit assessment and credit limit

grading

Billing & E-Invoicing

2

Provisioning of a customer payment portal resp. of a online payment process

Dispute Management

3

Comprehensive processing of dispute cases in the event of

disagreements with customers

Collections Management

4

Proactive collections management through collection strategies

The use of SAP Receivables Managements offers the following comprehensive benefits…

SAP Receivables Management can further leverage Central Payment operations

The interconnected artefacts of the FIT methodology result in a ready to use concept for implementation


TransactionalImplementation

Information Model, Business Model & Management Control Model

Compliance Requirements

Existing profiles for all SAP organization

structures and data objects

Value FlowsAccount assignment

guidelineMaster Data End-to-End Processes Posting Patterns

Comprehensive standard process reference

model including a direct link to the value flows

Complete business transaction related definition of posting patterns considering all necessary account assignments (basis for

field status group)

Predefined and adaptable value flows based on the

underlying business model

Account assignment guideline tool to

visualize all posting relevant information

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