PwC and SAP S/4HANA Finance

Helping Finance become a true strategic business partner leveraging SAP S/4HANA Finance

Today the Office of the CFO is expected to play a leading role in accelerating strategic growth across the enterprise. Technology is a key driver for improving efficiency and transparency. SAP S/4HANA Finance is one of the technologies available that supports the evolution of the finance function of the future. But it is not an easy journey, and companies need to develop a business case that will support their strategic vision. PwC has a broad knowledge in SAP S/4HANA Finance. We offer the right skills as a transformation advisor to help our clients to make informed decisions, remove the complexity and overcome major challenges.

What are the benefits executives can experience implementing finance technology?

CFO:

Improved business performance monitoring
Improved input and execution of enterprise strategy
Real-time delivery of finance services
Increase development of talent in finance
Enhanced integrated business planning

CIO:

Enterprise wide finance solution
Potential reduction in batch processing, cost, risk and maintenance effort
Improved deployment and maintenance options
Improved and real-time access to information
Non-disruptive technology solution

Other stakeholders:

Drive integration of information across enterprise
Real-time self service access to single version of finance data
Agility to respond to market situations due to access to planning & forecasting models that use the same data/real-time access to data
Improved business productivity

How we help our clients

By leveraging the right finance technology innovations, the finance executive can maintain global regulatory compliance, control of accounting and tax standards, enhance finance processes and engage with the business to jointly drive value. PwC can help you get there:

Step 1: Overview – SAP S/4HANA Finance and scope

We will present and explain functions, technical requirements and different ways of using SAP S/4HANA Finance

Step 2: Assessment – Fit Gap analysis

We will capture your business/IT Strategy, finance operating model, and reporting requirements
We will assess your current system to identify potential for improvement
We will examine the readiness of technical prerequisites and functional requirements

Step 3: Cost benefit analysis

We will assess the functional capabilities in comparison to the cost benefit analysis
We will demonstrate relevant implementation options (e.g. Central Journal, Greenfield/Brownfied, etc)

Step 4: SAP S/4HANA Finance roadmap

We enable you to make an informed decision
We will work with you to develop a tailored SAP S/4HANA Finance implementation approach (key decisions, activities, dependencies, timelines, etc.)