September 12-13, 2018 Madrid, Spain

International SAP Conference on Central FinanceDriving Finance Transformation. Imagine. Innovate. Simplify.

Carsten HilkerDirector, Global Business DevelopmentSAP

Patricia Clemas SanchezSVP, Global EventsT.A. Cook Conferences

WelcomeJoin the central finance community – customers, partners, SAP executives and solution experts – all under one roof in Madrid this September. You will have the opportunity to attend innovative case studies delivered by international organisations, executive keynote and roadmap presentations from SAP, deep-dive workshops, live demos, interactive working groups, extensive networking opportunities and more.

Don’t miss this unique opportunity to discover how you can transform your finance data ahead of the pack and drive your business in an innovative direction.

We look forward to meeting you there.

Kind regards,

These preconference workshops led by industry experts will feature presentations, demos and real-life scenarios. Our work-shop leaders have vast experience of working with SAP solutions across a variety of business situations.

Please note that you cannot switch between parallel workshops. Each workshop will include refreshment breaks and lunch.

The following workshops will take place between 09:00 and 12:30

Workshop 1: SAP Central Finance Implementation – Challenges, Pitfalls, Tricks and Tips for a Successful Project (Room: Canogar, Level E)

Join this preconference workshop to learn about the key factors that drive a successful central finance implementation project. We address the challenges, pitfalls, tricks, and tips you and your team can use to expedite the introduction of central finance into your organization without disruption or delay.

Specifically designed for those looking to gain a better understanding and overview of the central finance software from SAP this introductory session offers the perfect opportunity for you to ask SAP experts your questions, inform yourself about implementation best practices, and share input with other industry professionals.

The workshop provides an overview that covers the following topics:• Pre-implementation scoping and prioritization• Deployment (platform) options and how to get started quickly• Development of an iterative roll-out plan• Key design decisions to be taken

Carsten Hilker, SAPAlessandro Valletta, SAP

Workshop 2: Functional Deep Dive into Central Finance – A Stepping Stone to SAP S/4HANA (Room: Saura, Level E) Join this preconference workshop to get a more detailed understanding of the functional capabilities and business value proposition of central finance. This deep-dive session will cover advanced reporting, scalable process execution and finance transformation aspects.

To ensure you can transform your finance data ahead of the pack, we will share existing customer use cases on process centralization and shared services, mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, system and application consolidation and using central finance as a stepping stone to SAP S/4HANA. Already implemented central finance and looking to utilise its functionalities? Then this is the workshop for you and your team!

Key workshop take-aways will include: • Key central finance use cases• Advanced segment, entity and group reporting – examples and demo• Scalable local and central process execution – examples and demo• Customer stories

Javaid Awan. SAP

Preconference WorkshopsWednesday September 12, 2018

08:00 Registration and Welcome Refreshments

09:00 Pre-Conference Workshops (Location: Level E)These preconference workshops led by industry experts will feature presentations, demos and real-life scenarios. Our workshop leaders have vast experience of working with SAP solutions across a variety of business situations. Find out more on page 3.

12:30 Lunch and Visit the Exhibition Area

13:30 Welcome from the Executive Sponsor and Event Host (Room: Paso I & II) Alex Michnov and David Ormerod, SAP

13:45 Opening SAP Keynote: Finance in the Digital Economy (Room: Paso I & II)• Digitalize your financial processes with real-time access to data to make insightful, data-driven planning and budgeting decisions • Find out more about the challenges and opportunities in the digital economy• Learn about the options for SAP customers to move toward a digital finance organizationMichel Haesendonckx, SAP

14:30 Opening Customer Keynote: Achieving a Fast Closing Process and Finance Innovation in a Complex IT Landscape(Room: Paso I & II) • Project starting point and key pain points we wanted to solve• Moving to a single source for finance and controlling information, focusing on:

• Design and execution of our harmonized closing process• Improving intercompany reconciliation at line item level• How we combine both financial and managerial reporting on a single platform

• Tangible benefits of our financial transformation journey and lessons learnedPasquale Depascalis, ENEL

15:15 Afternoon Refreshments and Visit the Exhibition Area

16:00 Expert Insight: E2E Process and Data Management for a Successful Implementation of SAP S/4HANA(Room: Paso I & II) • Adopting a content-driven approach for a successful greenfield implementation of SAP S/4HANA• Utilizing proven templates with best-in-class end-to-end finance processes• Ensuring completeness of accounting processes and integration with controlling processes • Overview of master data sheets prefilled for SAP S/4HANA• Achieving complete integration of all elements in the Financial Integration Template (FIT)René Linsner and Martin Kreuzer, Horváth & Partner GmbHChristian Straub, SAP

16:45 Expert Insight: Considering an SAP Central Finance Deployment? Key Use Cases to Help Drive Change Within Your Organization (Room: Paso I & II) • Learn how customers are using SAP Central Finance for more harmonized reporting and harmonized master data• Better understanding the role that embedded analytics plays within an SAP Central Finance deployment• Corporate FP&A and Central Finance: Gain a clear understanding on why customers are looking to SAP Central

Finance to streamline the FP&A process• Find out how financial consolidation utilizing SAP BPC can be a key driver for SAP Central FinanceScott Cairncross and Julien Delvat, TruQua Javaid Awan, SAP

17:30 Case Study: Journey to Business Simplification (Room: Paso I & II)• SAP Central Finance – an evolutionary approach to SAP S/4HANA• Project background – disparate systems, data harmonization, process standardization• Implementation strategy and solution architecture• Issues and challenges overcome• Project results, benefits, and future outlookHaroon Arshad, Asahi Beverages Australia

18:15 Close of Day One

18:30 Evening Reception

Agenda Day 1Wednesday September 12, 2018

Agenda Day 2Thursday September 13, 2018

08:00 Registration and Welcome Refreshments

08:55 Welcome Back from the Event Hosts (Room: Paso I & II) Carsten Hilker and David Ormerod, SAP

09:00 SAP Insight: Central Finance Overview – Processes and Live Solution Demo (Room: Paso I & II) • Learn more about the boundaries and capabilities of central finance software in an interactive, demo-

based process walkthrough• Hear about which processes are good candidates, which processes customers typically focus on, and

what business value they aim to achieve• Overview of the available complementary partner solutionsJavaid Awan and George Kamtsioras, SAP

09:45 Case Study: Lufthansa - Project “FORward - Common Finance” (Room: Paso I & II) • Starting position and requirements• Selection for the implementation approach• “FORward - Common Finance” project structure• Lessons learned from our SAP Central Finance implementationJoachim Hannappel, Deutsche Lufthansa AG

10:30 Case Study: SAP Central Finance at Airbus Defence and Space – The Starting Point for Our SAP S/4HANA Journey (Room: Paso I & II) • Airbus Defence and Space at a Glance• Airbus Finance Group vision: Overview of our information management strategy• The SimpliFI Project: Introducing Central Finance at Airbus• SAP S/4HANA strategic approach: ERP roadmap programFrank Graeve, Airbus Defence and Space

11:15 Morning Refreshments and Visit the Exhibition Area

12:00 Interactive Session: Central Account Payables and Account Receivables – Deep Dive (Room: Canogar, Level E)• Gain a deeper understanding of the central

payables and receivables process• Get a detailed overview of system specifics and

process and data flow• Explore where order-to-cash and procure-to-pay

start in the source systems and where handover todownstream processing in central finance occurs

• Identify how vendor invoice management can help and how SAP Cash Application software canintroduce machine learning into the process

Javaid Awan, SAP

Interactive Session: Exploring the Advantages of the Universal Journal in SAP S/4HANA for the Controller (Room: Feito, Level E)• Clarify why the universal journal is a real game

changer for your business• Discuss which challenges you and your team might

encounter and how to overcome them• Explore how central finance software can “fast-

track” your organization’s access to the next-generation steering model

Carsten Hilker, SAPMichel Hasendonckx, SAP

12:45 Expert Insight: Transform Your Financial Close Process - Efficiency, Control and Visibility (Room: Canogar, Level E)• Learn how you can close 70% faster by

automating your financial close accountingactivities with cloud-based software built tocomplement your investment in SAP ERP

• Add efficiency, control, and visibility to youraccount balance substantiation process

• Improve the accuracy and timeliness ofcompliance reporting

Andrew Wright, BlackLineChristian Straub, SAP

Expert Insight: Leverage Microsoft Excel and Z Option’s GLSU to Automate Creating and Posting SAP Financial Documents (Room: Saura, Level E)• Learn how you can execute mass tests of financial

postings• Achieving client build approval with preconfigured

postings• Data migration of financial postings• Enhance daily business e.g. fuel station with cards

or direct payment postingsHartmut Schmidt, and Andre Zange, KPSTim Curtin, Z Option

13:30 Lunch and Visit the Exhibition Area

14:30 SAP Insight: Key Considerations When Planning the Move to Central Finance Software from SAP (Room: Paso I & II)• Consider key points you and your team should keep in mind when looking into and implementing central

finance• Hear how the cloud can be used for both project and productive use• Learn how central finance can be used in merger and acquisition scenarios• Discover a stepping stone in your journey toward SAP S/4HANAJavaid Awan, SAP

15:15 Case Study: Generali Italy – Accounting Transformation Program (Room: Paso I & II)• Future: A world of uncertainties, even for accounting• SAP S/4HANA as an enabler for future needs and requirements• A comprehensive accounting data model• Next step: IAS, IFRS17Cristina Morgan Forza, Generali ItaliaGianluca Pracek, Generali Italia

16:00 SAP Closing Keynote: SAP Central Finance Future Roadmap (Room: Paso I & II)• Reporting with SAP Fiori• Central account payables and account receivables• Enhanced VAT/TAX configuration check• Third party interfacesStefan Fischer, SAP

16:45 Close of the Conference

Interested in bringing your team? Make the most of our group offer and register four colleagues for the price of three. Visit the event website for more details.

Agenda Day 2Thursday September 13, 2018

BlackLine

BlackLine is a provider of cloud-based solutions that support finance and accounting (F&A) processes and centralise and streamline financial close operations and other key F&A processes for midsize and large organizations. Designed to complement enterprise resource planning and other financial software systems, the BlackLine Finance Controls and Automation Platform increases operational efficiency, real-time visibility, control, and compliance to ensure end-to-end financial close management. The platform fuels confidence throughout the accounting cycle.

BlackLine’s mission is to improve the quality, accuracy, and efficiency of F&A activities by centralizing key functions on a single, unified cloud platform. BlackLine cloud solutions enable customers to move beyond outdated processes and point solutions to a continuous accounting model. By embedding real-time automation, controls, and period-end tasks in day-to-day activities, BlackLine solutions help companies achieve the status of modern finance through more accurate and insightful financial statements and a more efficient financial close process.

Over 1,700 companies with users in approximately 150 countries trust BlackLine to ensure the integrity of their balance sheets and reinforce confidence in their financial statements.

For more information, visit www.blackline.com

Horvath

Horváth & Partners is an independent international management consulting company with over 800 highly qualified employees. Founded in 1981 and headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany, it has offices in Germany, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. Horváth & Partners is a proud member of the Cordence Worldwide global management consulting partnership. This alliance strengthens the ability of Horváth & Partners to undertake consulting projects in important economic regions of the world with the highest professional expertise and precise knowledge of local circumstances.

Horváth & Partners provides specialists who manage and optimize corporate performance for private and public sector organizations. It offers its clients consulting services that range from developing the business concept to establishing solutions within a company. Its approach to consulting is based on intensive partnership and cooperation with its clients. Fair, team-oriented interaction in project teams, with a constant eye on results, is a key success factor for Horváth & Partners. It is especially important when it comes to combining knowledge about the client’s specific situation with the external view the experienced consultants from Horváth & Partners bring to the project. In this way, Horváth & Partners develops powerful business concepts; implements them in structures, processes, and IT systems; and helps employees adopt the new solutions in their daily work.

For more information, visit www.horvath-partners.com/en/home/.

Gold Sponsors

Gold Sponsors

TruQua Enterprises LLC

TruQua Enterprises LLC is an SAP partner specializing in software solutions, project implementations, and deployment strategies. Its areas of expertise include SAP S/4HANA, SAP S/4HANA for central finance foundation, the SAP ERP application, the SAP NetWeaver technology platform, the SAP HANA business data platform, and enterprise performance management solutions. For more information, please visit: www.truqua.com

Z Option Inc.

Z Option Inc. is a leading provider of Microsoft Excel®–based software solutions for the user of financial software from SAP. By leveraging basic Microsoft Excel skills, you can build spread-sheet templates and post data directly into SAP® software. Z Option’s products allow you to automate your everyday business processes, improve efficiency when doing repetitive tasks, and free up your IT department to focus on other projects. Z Option, an SAP silver partner, has been providing easy-to-use solutions to hundreds of customers and thousands of users worldwide for over 18 years. Free 30-day product trials are available upon request.

For more information, please visit: www.zoption.com

OpenText Corporation OpenText Corporation, The Information Company™, is a market leader in enterprise informa-tion management software and solutions. It enables enterprises to manage, leverage, secure, and gain insight into their enterprise information, whether it resides on-premise or in the cloud.

Thousands of customers run digital and run cloud with SAP® software and the award-winning solutions from OpenText provided as SAP Solution Extensions. OpenText offers the digital content platform to digitalize, manage, deliver, and control unstructured data with SAP solutions, including SAP S/4HANA®, SAP SuccessFactors® solutions, and SAP Hybris® solutions. With OpenText’s suite of products for SAP software, organizations can map out and deliver a transformation strategy in an SAP software environment across the organization and beyond.

For more information, visit www.opentext.com

Silver Sponsor

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