Apr 9, 2026
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SAP S/4HANA Finance
Life After SAP BFC and SAP BPC: How Finance Teams Are Rethinking the Next PhaseSAP BFC and SAP BPC are reaching end of life, forcing finance teams to rethink planning, consolidation, and reporting. This article examines how organizations are redesigning finance architectures for SAP S/4HANA and modern CPM platforms.
SAPinsider Pre-Con Session Urges Finance Teams to Treat SAP S/4HANA as an Architecture TransformationSAPinsider speaker Mitresh Kundalia emphasizes that successful SAP S/4HANA Finance transitions hinge on strategic architectural decisions made prior to migration, as automatic simplification is a misconception and legacy complexities may persist unless deliberately restructured.
Mar 16, 2026
•4 minute read
NTT DATA and Absa Deepen SAP Partnership to Modernize Finance SystemsAbsa has extended its partnership with NTT DATA to support its SAP S/4HANA finance transformation program. The five-year agreement aims to standardize financial operations, strengthen governance, and establish a unified financial data foundation across the bank’s African markets.
Mar 9, 2026
•2 minute read
The Future of FinanceEmmaleigh spoke about the evolution, and more excitingly, the future of finance departments. She also discussed how finance teams can transform from ‘keeping the lights on’ to delivering the necessary insights for efficient business steering, and how managers can enable and empower the future generation of accountants. As well as discussing the transformation of finance departments more generally, she will also be showcasing some of the automation and other efficiencies in S/4HANA, as well as what it means to have a single source of truth with real time reporting and analytics at your fingertips.
Jun 15, 2023
•1 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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