SAP | SAP Executive Exchange for Finance: Transforming Planning into Strategic Advantage

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SAP Executive Exchange for Finance
Transforming Planning into Strategic Advantage

April 10, 2025 | 8:30-14:00 | Copenhagen

Join us and transform planning into strategic advantage

Join us on April 10 at the SAP office in Copenhagen, to discuss how you can redefine finance’s role in your organization to drive greater performance, improve planning, and create a competitive edge and how you can transform uncertainty into sustainable growth and help steer your business towards long-term success.

In today’s fast-changing world, companies are rethinking the role of finance. With uncertainty, accelerated innovation, and digital transformation reshaping the business landscape, finance leaders are no longer confined to back-office functions. Instead, finance must be at the heart of strategy—closer to the business and more integrated than ever before.

Join us and experience:

Real-World Use Cases: Hear from peers who have successfully redefined finance’s role in their organization, driving smarter decision-making and better performance across departments.
Networking Opportunities: Connect with SAP experts, fellow finance executives, business leaders, and implementation partners who specialize in delivering SAP solutions. Their expertise will be invaluable if you're looking to optimize your solution or accelerate your digital transformation.
Actionable Insights: Walk away with practical, innovative strategies to transform your planning processes and position finance as a key partner in driving business success.

Note that this is an exclusive customer event with limited seats, first and foremost for SAP customers, potential prospects. You will get a final confirmation of your registration after our approval.

Speakers

Malene Kovaltsenko Ludvigsen

Head of ERP

Energinet

Jan Nørgaard

Principal Expert

Salling Group

Martin Bregninge

Principal Expert

NTT Data Business Solutions

Frank van Vliet

Sales & Consulting Nordic

MSG Global

Andreas Kroon

Senior Manager

Innologic

Jonty Simmonds

Senior consultant

Innologic

Christian Pedersen

CFO, SAP Nordic & Baltic region

SAP

Arndt Schmidt

Head of Workforce Controlling

SAP

Søren Binderup

Business Architect

SAP

Agenda

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08:30 - 09:00 | Breakfast & Registration

09:00 - 09:10 | Welcome

Speaker:

Christian Pedersen, CFO, SAP Nordic & Baltic region, SAP

09:10 - 09:50 | SAP's view on xP&A and focus on workforce planning

Description:

At SAP, we utilize intelligent, AI-based planning solutions to automate and forecast personnel development and costs. SAP Analytics Cloud facilitates a data-driven planning process, enhancing transparency on workforce trends and expenses. Business AI aids in predicting hiring volumes and turnover. This integrated approach, combined with unified data and actionable planning, reduces manual work and improves accuracy. Focusing on validation over creation boosts flexibility and quality, offering SAP a competitive edge through efficient resource use.

Speaker:

Arndt Schmidt, Head of Workforce Controlling, SAP

09:50 - 10:15 | Discover how Salling Group designed their own innovative ESG reporting system with SAC Planning and Datasphere.

Description:

The key challenge in ESG reporting lies in the fragmented nature of data, with relevant information often scattered across unstructured formats and siloed among various employees. SAC offers a comprehensive suite of tools to address this challenge:

SAC Planning for easy manual data entry or importing of Excel sheets.
SAC Planning advanced features to calculate estimations in limited datasets.
SAC Calendar to ensure timely and organized data collection.
SAC Reporting for creating dynamic, interactive dashboards tailored to our needs.
SAP Datasphere acts as a centralized data repository, simplifying CO2e factor calculations while integrating ESG data with the core business data foundation.

By combining SAC with Datasphere, we gain unmatched flexibility and scalability, laying the groundwork for addressing evolving ESG reporting needs in the years ahead.

Speaker:

Jan Nørgaard, Principal Expert, Salling Group

10:15 - 10:40 | The Power of Driver-Based Planning

Description:

Join us for an insightful demo session on driver-based planning and discover how to harness volume data from supply chain forecasts to enhance financial forecasting. Learn how integrating supply chain data can provide actionable financial insights and automate your planning cycle.

Speaker:

Martin Bregninge, Principal Expert, NTT Data Business Solutions

10:40 - 11:00 | Break

11:00 - 11:25 | Energinet – Dynamic Budgeting & Forecasting with SAP Analytics Cloud Planning

Description:

Discover how Energinet transformed its budgeting and forecasting with SAP Analytics Cloud Planning. By adopting a new approach to base-budget creation, the solution improved financial prediction accuracy, optimized resource allocation, enabled flexible partner requests for additional funding, and eliminated time-consuming manual processes.

Speakers:

Malene Kovaltsenko Ludvigsen, Head of ERP, Energinet
Andreas Kroon, Senior Manager, Innologic

11:25 - 11:50 | Fast track planning with rapid business content - Rapid FP&A Suite for S/4HANA

Description:

Spreadsheet chaos can be a thing of the past with an integrated planning solution. Join us to learn about the Rapid FP&A Suite for S/4HANA, designed to facilitate the xP&A process and boost efficiency. This session will cover how leveraging an SAP Analytics Cloud Planning -based solution can refine your financial planning, enhance departmental collaboration, and speed up decision-making. Find out how to implement this robust solution in just three months and transform your financial planning cycle.

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