With Central Finance, SAP provides a lean deployment option for SAP S/4HANA. In this guide, see how Central Finance works, what it can do, and when to deploy it. Want to keep your existing ERP landscape? Learn how. Regularly undergo mergers and acquisitions? Plan ahead! Ground yourself in the system architecture and get step-by-step instructions for implementation. With details on Central Finance operations, master data management, and reporting, this is your one-stop shop for everything Central Finance!

Central Finance and SAP S/4HANA (First Edition) (SAP PRESS)

Carsten Hilker

Javaid Awan

Julien Delvat

Computers & Technology

SAP Press

Product Description 
Are you starting your SAP S/4HANA journey? If deploying Central Finance is your first step, get the answers you need to the questions you have! How does Central Finance fit in to your IT landscape? How will it impact your finance processes, reporting, and master data? Evaluate the process to deploy it and explore the finance and IT possibilities that arise when you do. With step-by-step instructions for implementation and tips for project management, this is your one-stop shop for everything Central Finance! 
*See how Central Finance with SAP S/4HANA improves financial processes and reporting*Set up Central Finance in your IT environment step by step*Apply best practices for implementation and operations*Up to date for SAP S/4HANA 1909 
Business CaseReady to get started? Develop your business case for Central Finance! Identify key stakeholders, evaluate your landscape and potential challenges, determine key value drivers for your company, and assess the cost and ROI. Begin your Central Finance journey today! 
FunctionalityExplore the what and the how of Central Finance! Map Central Finance against your core processes: planning and reporting, operations, and financial close. Then explore the data logging, replication, mapping, and reconciliation capabilities that enable centralized finance processing in SAP S/4HANA. 
ImplementationFrom system setup through the initial data load, follow step-by-step instructions to implement Central Finance in your IT landscape. Apply best practices gleaned from recent Central Finance projects to ensure yours is successful. 
*Architecture*Finance processes*DeploymentEntity and group reporting*Implementation and operations*Master data management*Project planning* Mergers and integrations*Platform and finance transformation*Business case development 
 About the Author 
Carsten Hilker is a global solution owner for Central Finance. He is the host of the annual SAP Financial Excellence Forum, an event for SAP customers to network and interact with domain experts and thought leaders in finance and management accounting. Carsten has been working in the field of financial and management accounting for more than 20 years in various roles including development, consulting, and product management. His past and current professional affiliations include ASUG, the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA), Consortium for Advanced Management International (CAM-I), the Resource Consumption Accounting Institute (RCA-I), Society of Cost Management (SCM), and the International Controller Association (ICV). 
Javaid Awan is a global solution owner for Central Finance and a qualified accountant with more than 25 years of hands-on experience in software applications. He has held roles as a member of IT leadership teams, CIO, transformation director, DevOps director, chief architect, and head of shared services, and he has led large-scale delivery for major transformations globally. Javaid has worked in finance, treasury, sales, HR, procurement, supply chain, and analytics in the consumer goods, life sciences, oil and gas, telecoms, media, manufacturing, and public sector industries.

Central Finance and SAP S/4HANA (2nd Edition) (SAP PRESS)

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David Dixon

Marc Six

Finance

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