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SAP Group Reporting – Group consolidation with SAP\/S4HANA<\/h1>Optimize your consolidation processes with our expertise<\/span>
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SAP Group Reporting – The integrated solution for modern group consolidation, financial closing & reporting<\/h2>\n

SAP S\/4HANA Finance for Group Reporting is the leading solution for group consolidation within the S\/4HANA financial architecture. As a strategic consolidation system of the new SAP generation, it combines local accounting, intercompany reconciliation, currency translation, consolidation measures and reporting in a uniform solution. For companies that require faster financial statements, greater transparency, reliable data quality and modern reporting, Group Reporting is the central platform for accelerating the entire consolidated financial statement process and reducing manual effort. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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Direct integration into the Universal Journal eliminates the tedious merging of individual financial statements from different source systems. Data is available consistently and in real time. The consolidated financial statements can then be posted through in a short time using a comprehensible status monitor. This provides a consolidated view of key financial figures that supports both operational requirements and the strategic management of a group. <\/p>\n

As a long-standing partner in group consolidation, we support companies in their transformation processes towards a fast close. We are at your side during the introduction, migration and optimization of SAP S\/4HANA for Group Reporting and support you in making the closing process structured, transparent and future-proof. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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What is SAP Group Reporting? The consolidation solution of the future <\/h2>\n

SAP Group Reporting combines the established strengths of previous SAP consolidation solutions such as EC-CS, SEM-BCS, SAP BPC and Financial Consolidation in a modern system. The decisive advance here is the complete integration in S\/4HANA: individual financial statements, intercompany processes, consolidation logic and reporting are based on a uniform database – without any redundant data storage. <\/p>\n

In addition, an innovative reporting hierarchy logic makes it easier and faster to create parallel financial statements for subgroups, foreign currency group parts or simulations.<\/p>\n

The consolidated financial statements thus become part of the operational financial architecture. The SAP roadmap clearly shows that Group Reporting is the strategic future of SAP consolidation. Companies that migrate to SAP S\/4HANA will benefit from sustainable investment security and ongoing improvements to this solution. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Ensuring data quality – automation through substitution rules<\/h2>\n

Many companies struggle with missing, unstructured or inconsistent data in their consolidated financial statements. SAP Group Reporting uses substitution rules to automatically close such gaps. This allows values to be enriched, supplemented or adjusted without the specialist departments having to intervene manually. <\/p>\n

This form of intelligent data enrichment not only improves the quality and consistency of the financial statement data, but also the speed and stability of the entire consolidation process. Companies benefit from:
– fewer manual corrections
– greater automation
– clearer traceability
– consistent data for IFRS, HGB, US GAAP or management reporting <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Master data-driven customizing – high flexibility for specialist departments<\/h2>\n

A key advantage of SAP S\/4HANA Group Reporting is the master data-driven customizing, which offers users exceptional flexibility. Validations, eliminations, consolidation groups or reporting structures are based on characteristics in the master data that can be extended or adapted without technical transports. <\/p>\n

The department can therefore:
– Manage consolidation rules itself
– Introduce new Group items
– Adjust elimination mechanisms
– Define capital consolidation measures<\/p>\n

– and without dependence on IT. This close integration of business users ensures significantly more agile closing processes and creates the basis for modern finance organizations. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Capital consolidation – maximum transparency & automation<\/h2>\n

Capital consolidation is one of the most challenging areas of the consolidated financial statements. SAP S\/4HANA Group Reporting offers two methods for this: <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Transaction-related capital consolidation<\/h3>\n

It enables a detailed analysis of all capital measures, changes in shareholdings, changes in goodwill and minority interests. Comprehensive logging allows every capital transaction in the life cycle of a Group company to be tracked precisely. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Rule-based capital consolidation<\/h3>\n

It enables the complete automation of all corporate actions based on the supplied reporting data – ideal for companies that require high process stability and repeatable workflows and can rely on high data quality in S\/4HANA.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Both approaches can be used in parallel and guarantee maximum transparency, traceability and ensure that every step is documented in an audit-proof manner.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Reporting with SAP S\/4HANA Group Reporting – flexible, deeply integrated, future-proof
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Modern financial organizations need reporting formats that provide both operational insights and strategic control. Group Reporting offers an integrated suite of powerful tools for this purpose: <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Embedded Analytics<\/h3>\n

Directly integrated into S\/4HANA, it enables real-time analyses, drill-downs to document level and the retrieval of central reports such as cash flow statements or statements of changes in equity – without additional license costs.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC)<\/h3>\n

For management dashboards and visual analyses. Ideal for decision-making and control levels. SAC is also SAP’s strategic planning application and the central data source for plan consolidation of operational forecast or budget key figures. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Analysis for Office<\/h3>\n

It enables detailed analyses to be carried out directly in Excel. This add-in can be used to create reports that are structured like pivot tables but access data from Group Reporting in real time. <\/p>\n

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All reporting solutions can be used in parallel and thus support <\/span><\/span>thereby<\/span> <\/span>cloud as well as on-<\/span>premise<\/span>-scenarios.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Private cloud<\/span> <\/span>or <\/span><\/span>public <\/span><\/span>Cloud – two paths to efficient consolidated financial statements<\/span><\/span> <\/span>
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SAP Group Reporting is available as a cloud application.
Both variants of the application have their charm and their own license strategy: <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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