• How to leverage a full S/4 Finance implementation ? – Architecture
    (7/8/2020) by André Almeida - This is the second of a series of LinkedIn posts where Stampa & Partners answers the question: “How to leverage a full S/4 Finance implementation for budgeting and legal and management consolidation purposes?” SAP Group Reporting is a tool built on the S/4HANA platform which addresses the objectives of an efficient consolidation process. In this second post we want to present the most relevant differences between the SAP R/3 vs. S/4 HANA landscape. The main practical difference resides on the simplification and flexibility of S/4 architecture. In a legacy (R/3) world, an ERP booking is either extracted directly to the… Read More
  • How to leverage a full S/4 Finance implementation ? – Introduction
    (7/1/2020) by André Almeida - In the upcoming weeks, Stampa & Partners will release a series of weekly LinkedIn posts to answer the question "How to leverage a full S/4 Finance implementation for budgeting and legal and management consolidation purposes?" and take this chance to present an SAP solution that can help businesses doing that. As experts in delivering solutions for Analytics, Planning, Consolidation and Reporting we can assess and help you defining effective and efficient consolidation and budgeting tools adapted to your business. We have an extensive experience on different consolidation tools (e.g. SAP Financial Consolidation, SAP Business Planning and Consolidation), so we can… Read More
  • Reduce burden to adapt to a new regulation
    (6/10/2020) by André Almeida - This is the fifth and last of a series of LinkedIn posts where Stampa & Partners answers the question: “How CFOs can use tools to achieve goals and overcome challenges?” The adoption of a new accounting standard or regulation usually represent a significant investment, it is time-consuming and expensive. Compliance with new rules generally translates into an increasing effort to raise awareness and therefore, more training for relevant people. It also often results in a heavy restructuring or replacement of existing systems. As for CFOs, especially in a time when they can be made accountable for compliance violations, it is… Read More
  • Improve reporting process, auditability and traceability
    (6/3/2020) by André Almeida - This is the fourth of a series of LinkedIn posts where Stampa & Partners answers the question: “How CFOs can use tools to achieve goals and overcome challenges?” One of the most time-consuming, routine tasks for finance teams is the regular periodic reporting (i.e. monthly, quarterly and yearly close). This is a time when accountants face a significant increase in the workload to collect and process basic data. A better use of their time would be to dedicate it to analyse this data and by doing it support CFOs in the decision-making process. In the past several solutions supported Finance… Read More