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Lee-Ann Perkins on emerging treasury topics 

As one of our key clients, we had the opportunity to speak with Lee-Ann Perkins to gain some insight on two topics that almost every treasury team at one point or another will have to grapple with – risk management and project management.  During one of our discussions, you mentioned…

Treasury trends 2023

With year-end approaching quickly it is a natural moment to look back, zoom-out a bit and look forward to the coming year(s). Last year was, for most treasurers, a bumpy road. We witnessed another year with uncertainty and volatility in the financial markets due to the residual effects of the…

A new kid on the block – Is SAP Treasury becoming a viable alternative during Treasury Carve-outs?

Having to do this as part of a transaction where part of an existing business is being sold adds a major challenging element: time. Time pressure together with the uncertainty of who will be the ultimate buyer (Financial Investor vs. Strategic Investor with an existing treasury function) requires many key…

Simpler Treasury Implementation – SAP Activate & Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA

Greg Williams, senior manager at Zanders, tells us what this is, how it can accelerate implementations, and informs us about new developments in 2023. In previous articles we covered a perspective on the different types of deployment options available for SAP S/4HANA – i.e. On-Premise, Public Cloud and Private Cloud.…

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Trade finance in SAP – treasury function supporting your global trade process

Initial functionalities to support trade finance were introduced in SAP Treasury Transaction manager relatively recently in 2016, within the ECC EhP 8 version. Covering the obtained and provided guarantees and letters of credit, they offer a seamless integration between the processes in treasury and the purchase-to-pay, order-to-cash area. Trade finance…

SAP S/4 HANA Deployment Options for Treasury Management – Cloud, On-Premise or Hybrid?

Changing IT infrastructure and systems is costly, and executives need the right knowledge to make informed decisions to best meet their current and future demands at the optimal price point. What are the best options? We will start by looking at the features of the various options before taking a…

Digital transformation through a corporate treasury lens

The new landscape is all about a digital real-time experience which is creating the need for change in order to stay relevant and ideally thrive. If we reflect on the various messages from the numerous industry surveys, it’s becoming crystal clear that a digital transformation is now an imperative. We…

Providing possible technical solutions for CLS in SAP Treasury

The CLS system was established back in 2002 and since then, the FX market has grown significantly. Therefore, there is a high demand from corporates to leverage CLS to improve corporate treasury efficiency. In this article we shed some light on the possible technical solutions in SAP Treasury to implement…

SAP treasury reporting for the treasury executive

Over recent years, SAP has added an array of products in the data warehousing, reporting and analytics space to assist decision-making as well as address some of the historical weaknesses in its reporting capabilities. These more recent SAP tools focus on delivering key business drivers in the reporting space –…

Providing possible technical solutions for CLS in SAP Treasury

Continuous Linked Settlement (CLS) is an established global system to mitigate settlement risks for FX trades, improving corporate cash and liquidity management among other benefits. The CLS system was established back in 2002 and since then, the FX market has grown significantly. Therefore, there is a high demand from corporates…

Top priorities driving your Treasury agenda in 2022

Now that we have passed and are still in an uncertain period, it is time to discover opportunities to reposition and prepare for new challenges and developments. How should you, as a treasurer, prepare for another unpredictable year? What can your company, and the treasury organization specifically, do to add…

A Treasury Technology Roadmap to S/4HANA

This is particularly relevant for large complex organizations that are running SAP. The SAP S/4HANA move is complex and presents great opportunities and challenges. For the treasury within these large complex organizations it does not make sense to wait for the enterprise to formulate a roadmap as then the likelihood…

How can treasury become a sustainable function?

One of the key subjects in this re-assessment is the implementation of tangible and transparent Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors into the business. Treasury can drive sustainability throughout the company from two perspectives, namely through initiatives within the Treasury function and initiatives promoted by external stakeholders, such as banks,…

IBOR reform: Enhancement of SAP Treasury

How can SAP technology support organizations with the consequences of IBOR reform? In this article we outline the SAP enhancements relating to the IBOR reform, discuss how to implement these enhancements, and pinpoint specific areas of attention based on our most recent SAP projects on IBOR reform implementation. SAP provides…