Cash Management and Cash Visibility – Research Report

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Ogo Nwanyanwu

Research Director

Key Takeaways

⇨ We see demand from executives for more accurate, timely, and harmonized cash reporting the top driver impacting their organizational approach to cash management. This demand is coming from executives who need better visibility into the cash position of their organizations to make sound business decisions.

⇨ Only 57% of SAPinsiders said they were satisfied with their level of cash visibility from current cash management processes and solutions. The challenges executives face in achieving cash visibility are numerous and varied, but some common challenges include lack of human capital resources for innovation, limited buy-in from decision-makers, data sources that are not integrated, manual processes, and siloed information.

⇨ Cash forecasting and procure-to-pay represent core pain points impacting the cash management process for SAPinsiders.

Cash Management and Cash Visibility

In this report we will discuss why cash management is a critical function for any organization. In order to make sound business decisions, organizations need to be aware of their current cash position and future cash needs. Accurate forecasting is essential to effective management of cash. Organizations need to expect changes in their cash position and take steps to ensure that they have sufficient funds on hand to meet their obligations. A variety of factors can affect an organization’s cash needs, including changes in revenue, expenses, and investment activity.

To better understand the state of cash management and cash visibility for SAP customers in the current operating environment, we surveyed 110 members of our community between April and June 2022. The research identified some major trends in the organizational priorities and challenges around cash management and cash visibility:

We see demand from executives for more accurate, timely, and harmonized cash reporting as the top driver affecting their organizational approach to cash management. This demand is coming from executives who need better visibility in the cash position of their organizations to make sound business decisions.
Only 57% of SAPinsiders said it satisfied them with their level of cash visibility from current cash management processes and solutions. The challenges executives face in achieving cash visibility are many and varied, but some common challenges include a lack of human capital resources for innovation, limited agreement from decision-makers, data sources that are not integrated, manual processes, and siloed information.
Cash forecasting and buy-to-pay represent core pain points affecting the management of the cash process for SAPinsiders.
Organizations are prioritizing initiatives to help implement efficient E2E cash management processes and automation