SAP SIMPLE FINANCE

on HANA with Infosys

Simplify your finance function with our
state-of-the-art finance and HANA capabilities

Faster, smarter, simpler Get the most out of SAP Simple

Finance on HANA

Challenges faced by the finance function

New financial regulations across the globe

Thats why it is of the utmost importance to

best finance software in the marketplace:

are necessitating change. This, coupled

let Infosys empower your business with the

SAPs new Simple Finance suite on HANA.

with the need for lightning fast financial

reporting has created an enormous
opportunity for savvy enterprises. The
traditional siloed finance accountant

Performance
improvement

who is out of touch with the day-to-day

Real-time
Reporting

operations of a large-scale organization,

is a thing of the past. The future is the

Highest
granularity
for more
flexibility

connected enterprise with enterprisewide information available at the finance

departments fingertips.

Simplification

Simple
Finance on
HANA

The world of data is changing swiftly

Integration
with SAP
Fiori Apps
(mobility)

Single
source
of truth

and financial operations must deal with

enormous amounts of data processed at
higher speeds. There is then the granularity

Futureproofed
solution

of the data, and not to mention the

flexibility required in reporting. Against this
backdrop, entire set of processes that deal

Figure: SAP Simple Finance addresses todays business challenges, forming the
future and setting a new trend toward simplification

with closing financial transactions have

necessitated faster closing and reporting.

The Infosys solution for Simple Finance

The Infosys Simple Finance solution is

as Instant Fiori, Account-based COPA

significantly reduce the implementation

preconfigured and tailored to deliver

Designer for profitability, and deployment

timeline by up to 30% and unlock the

maximum value for your investments. The

architecture options tailored to suit your

complete potential of Simple Finance.

solution leverages SAP rapid deployment

unique needs. It can be hosted on a private

along with Infosys proprietary tools such

cloud or on-premise, an approach that will

Preconfigured Finance
Preconfigured and fully tested FICO solution integrated for multiple industries enables rapid
deployment of Finance modules leveraging SAP RDS and our industry solutions

SFIN deployment
Infosys SFIN architecture options leverages our experience with clients across diverse industries
tailored per your organization with minimal disruption to your existing IT infrastructure. It supports
centralized as well as decentralized implementation with multiple SAP and non-SAP ERPs

Instant Fiori
Rapid implementation of over 100 analytical and transactional apps enabled using your
organization structure and master data with zero development effort

COPA Migrator
Our Account-based COPA Designer (ABCD) enables rapid migration to new account-based
COPA enabling accelerated deployment of Simple Finance

Private cloud/on-premise deployment

Infosys provides option of hosting the infrastructure on private
cloud with our partner Virtuestream, or on-premise

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Typical Simple Finance implementation

Prep
Prep

Design and
prototype
Demo
and Design

Realization

Realize

Test

Testing

Cut over and

go live

Cut over and

go live

Reduction

Simple Finance implementation with Infosys

Solution components of Infosys Simple Finance offering
CFO dashboard
Accounting on
Cash management
/SAP smart business
HANA
on HANA
cockpit on Fiori
Account-based COPA

New asset
accounting

Fiori Transactional
apps

Central Finance

Real-time
Intercompany
reconciliation

Integrated business
planning on HANA

Finance integration
architecture

Fast closing on
HANA

Excel-based
interactive reporting

How can your organization benefit from Simple Finance on HANA?

In this competitive marketplace, speed

architecture also eliminates data

instant insights anytime, anywhere, theyre

matters. Simple Finance users will

redundancy, thus reducing the data size

able to make more nimble decisions that

experience much greater execution speeds,

of your organization to a fraction of what

affect the overall strategy of the enterprise.

in some cases, even a thousand times

is needed today. The new user interface

faster than normal. It removes bottlenecks

tools such as Fiori, office analysis Excel

from closing processes, eliminates time

will revolutionize user experience. All

and effort needed for reconciliations, and

these translate into one main advantage:

provides real-time business performance

business value. When finance departments

information to stakeholders. The new

and CFOs receive reliable and consistent

4000%

1
250%

10%
Initial
run-time
for
closing
process

1000%

Custom Report

Inbound Idoc

FX
revaluation

Regrouping

Reporting/
Consolidation
preparation
Initial
run-time
for closing
process

50%

2000%

ECC 6.0

CO/FI
allocations

100%

Line Item Report

Based on customer validations for Simple

Finance, instant improvements were
observed in operational performance as
well as closing processes which were seen
to be 5X faster than before. Below are some
of the results:

Outboud Interface Batch Processing

Simple Finance

Further optimized

Figure: Comparison of run-time for general ledger reports and

processing enabled by Simple Finance

10%

1%
20%

Optimized
closing 20%

Simple Finance is reducing the run-time of a close and can significantly simplify
the overall close process and make it faster by 5X

Figure: Substantial reduction in closing time realized during

customer validation program accompanied by Infosys

How Infosys can unlock value for your business

With the Infosys offering, you can realize

also collaborating across industries to

these benefits faster. Why? We have

develop business cases for Simple Finance

30% faster. Therefore, we are uniquely

positioned to lead your organization into

worked with Simple Finance on HANA, in

implementation.

the next era of finance transformation.

Together with our expertise in financial

management, deep expertise in SAP,
Simple Finance accelerators, and a team
of highly skilled Simple Finance experts,
we can implement this solution up to

As the first step, Infosys can assess

partnership with our clients and SAP even

before its release. This work has included
extensive testing to make sure Simple
Finance delivers what our customers
need. We have ongoing Simple Finance
implementations for customers and are
Prep
Introduction meeting

Value discovery workshop

Introduction meeting to
give an overview of
Simple Finance
Architectural change
Functionalities
General advantages
Experiences made with
other customers
Infosys service oering

Identification of current pain

points
Potential areas for value
realization through
implementation of simple
finance
End-to-End business process
optimization
Interdisciplinary team with
finance and IT representative
to look into the current
situation and into the future

your finance landscape and provide

recommendations on how you can iron out
complexities and ease up your functional
landscape, to put an end to your worries.

Business case calculation

Implementation road map

Project setup

Innovation and optimization

use cases are categorized
into quick wins, use cases,
and visions
Business case definition by
taking a look at cost drivers,
productivity savings, business
benefits, and project costs

An assemble of potential
implementation plans is
defined with dierent
flavors, e.g., fast track to
Simple Finance
Evaluation of the dierent
implementation options
with pros and cons

Team and knowledge setup

to reach required design skills
Prototyping and proof of
concept for defined use cases
Definition of process redesign
based on proven use cases
Project setup and execution

Send us an email on sap@infosys.com to speak to us to understand how Infosys can collaborate with your organization to lead your finance
transformation

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