12.11.2025

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  15:00 - 15:45

  What’s new in Overhead Management?

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  • Referenten

  • Janet Salmon

    SAP

  • Birgit Oettinger

    SAP

  Beschreibung

  • New reporting strategies for end user reporting
  • Improvements in project settlement to provide better transparency
  • Improvements in universal allocation
  • Enablement of indirect activity allocation and template allocation in the context of universal parallel accounting

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  15:45 - 16:00

  ***Live Q&A with Janet Salmon and Birgit Oettinger***

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  • Referenten

  • Janet Salmon

    SAP

  • Birgit Oettinger

    SAP

  Beschreibung

  Join speakers Janet Salmon & Birgit Oettinger for a Live Q&A on their session What's new in Overhead Management?

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  16:10 - 16:55

  Elevate Your Group Reporting Process

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  • Referenten

  • Orpheus Birch

    OB Consulting Services

  Beschreibung

  • Streamline the consolidation process to produce timely financial reports.
  • Enhanced Data Integrity: Improve the accuracy and reliability of group financial data.
  • Regulatory Compliance: Ensure compliance with financial reporting standards and regulations.
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  17:00 - 17:45

  SAP S/4HANA Margin Analysis for Beginners

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  • Referenten

  • Marjorie Wright

    Simply FI-CO, LLC

  Beschreibung

  This session aims to provide a beginner-friendly overview of S/4HANA Margin Analysis, highlighting its capabilities beyond the traditional cost-based CO-PA. The session will cover the following key aspects:

  • Posting Cost of Sales in the GL: Understanding how cost of sales is recorded within the General Ledger in the context of S/4HANA Margin Analysis.
  • Posting in the GL to a Specific Market Segment:Learning how to directly assign costs and revenues to defined market segments during the General Ledger posting process.
  • Eliminating Cost Center Allocations to a Market Segment: Exploring how S/4HANA Margin Analysis can reduce or eliminate the need for traditional cost center allocations when analyzing profitability by market segment.
  • Allocating Overhead Costs Across Customers and Products: Discovering how to effectively allocate overhead costs to specific customers and products using the features within S/4HANA Margin Analysis.

  This session promises to be informative for businesses looking to leverage the power of S/4HANA for more detailed and insightful margin analysis.

   

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  17:45 - 18:30

  Introduction to Financial Planning and Analysis in S/4HANA

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  • Referenten

  • Marjorie Wright

    Simply FI-CO, LLC

  Beschreibung

  Selecting a planning tool is an important decision in your move to S/4HANA. This session will highlight the importance of selecting the right tools and then dive into a practical application for Cost Center planning with the "Import Financial Plan Data" Fiori app. The session will cover the following key aspects:

  • Understanding the App's Purpose
  • Prerequisites and Setup
  • Data Preparation
  • The Import Process
  • Post-Import Analysis and Reporting
  • Business Process Design Considerations

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  18:30 - 18:45

  ***Live Q&A with Marjorie Wright***

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  • Referenten

  • Marjorie Wright

    Simply FI-CO, LLC

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  Take this oportunity and address your questions to the expert Marjorie Wright

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  18:45 - 19:45

  By Finance for Finance: Excel Reporting

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  • Referenten

  • Mark Pockl

    insightsoftware

  Beschreibung

  Traditional financial reporting processes might be holding your team back. As the demands on finance professionals continue to grow, organizations relying on rigid, IT-dependent systems often find it challenging to keep up. However, according to IBM, teams embracing flexible, self-service solutions are seeing significant benefits—improving efficiency, reducing errors, and enabling smarter decision-making.    

  Imagine accessing real-time SAP data directly in Excel, building refreshable, drillable reports without IT support, and dedicating more time to strategic initiatives that add value.  

  The advantages are clear—reduce manual effort, enhance data accuracy, and accelerate your reporting processes. 

  During this session, we’ll cover: 

  • Streamlining reporting workflows to save time and resources 
  • Accessing live SAP data in Excel for real-time decision-making 
  • Reducing dependence on IT support with self-service reporting tools 
  • Improving data accuracy to minimize errors and boost confidence 

  Don’t miss this opportunity to move from inefficiency and frustration to empowerment and growth! 

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  19:45 - 20:30

  Evolution of SAP Controlling in S/4HANA

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  • Referenten

  • Tom King

  • Ashish Sampat

    Independent Consultant

  Beschreibung

  • Secondary cost elements as G/L accounts
  • Cost center planning
  • Margin analysis replacing cost-based CO-PA
  • Material ledger is mandatory