Oct 6, 2023
•11 minute read
financial consolidation
Performing Horizontal Business Combinations or Horizontal Mergers in SAP Group ReportingMergers & Acquisitions is a very complex topic, and SAP Group Reporting has many M&A Scenarios that support your financial process using the difference Consolidation Activities used as part of the Consolidation of Investments (COI) Task. Some of the scenarios that SAP Group Reporting can perform are:
• Increase in capitalization.
• Reduction in capitalization
• Step acquisition
• Capitalization of manual goodwill.
• Partial transfer
• Total Transfer
• Vertical Business Combination
• Horizontal Business Combination
• Total Divestiture
• Partial Divestiture
In this document you will learn:
• What is a Horizontal Merger?
• Get familiar with the activity-based configuration for Consolidation of Investments (COI)
• Explore the changes to Consolidation Group App required for the Horizontal Merger to happen.
• Configuration required to implement Horizontal Merger using SAP Group Reporting on HANA 2022.
Benefits of Bringing Consolidation and Financial Reporting Processes OnlineAs businesses grow more complex, the need for accurate and timely financial reporting has never been greater. Unfortunately, legacy and manual methods for financial reporting often need help to keep up with the pace of business. Early findings from our Financial Close Transformation benchmark report, exploring the strategic priorities of SAP organizations across the financial […]
Oct 28, 2022
•5 minute read
Creating a Real-Time Cash Flow Report Using SAP S/4HANA Group ReportingThe significant complexities involved in creating a real-time cash flow report using your SAP system can prevent companies from including the level of detail that they need. Understanding the cash flow process and new reporting functionalities in SAP S/4HANA can help organizations simplify these complexities. This article provides several updates for creating a cash flow report using SAP S/4HANA Group Reporting.
Read this article and learn:
- An overview of the cash flow process;
- How to use SAP S/4HANA Group Reporting to deliver your cash flow report using new reporting functionalities;
- How to automate your cash flow report process; and
- How to report your data using SAP BusinessObjects Analysis for Microsoft Office.
Aug 26, 2020
•16 minute read
SAP S/4HANA Finance for Group Reporting (On-Premise)Integrating financial consolidation tools with SAP S/4HANA source data, ensuring a smooth monthly close, and remaining agile in changing business environments remains a concern for SAP customers. To address these concerns SAP created SAP S/4HANA Finance for group reporting. Initially released in version 1809, the new and improved functionality is available in version 1909. Learn how to utilize this next generation software for financial consolidation, which provides an option to close on-premise or in the cloud.
After reading this article you will be able to:
- List the functionality in the newest version of SAP S/4HANA Finance for group reporting;
- Explain how SAP S/4HANA Finance integrates with SAP Analytics Cloud and how the integration relates to reporting and management of master and transaction data;
- Understand the updates made to SAP S/4HANA Finance for group reporting in SAP S/4HANA 1809 to SAP S/4HANA 1909; and
- Apply updates and new functionality in SAP S/4HANA Finance for group reporting to achieve better financial consolidation.
Jun 2, 2020
•7 minute read
Hershey’s Minimizes Management Adjustments to Financial CloseAbout 31% of the SAPinsider Community chose the “need to reduce time required to generate data and reporting at period close” as a key driver for their SAP S/4HANA Finance strategy, according to SAPinsider’s upcoming research on the “SAP S/4HANA Finance: State of the Market.” Additionally, 58% of the same survey’s respondents chose financial close as one of their top three pain points within the finance function. In Hershey’s case, the company improved the efficiency of its financial close by implementing SAP S/4HANA for central finance foundation and SAP Account Substantiation and Automation by BlackLine.
Apr 28, 2020
•5 minute read
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