How SAP Group Reporting supports from Motion To Direction with Finext
Finance teams have bought new systems and run AI pilots. The close still takes eight days. On 3 September, Robert Jan Bronsema shows how one enterprise on S/4HANA moved its month-end to T+0 as part of the SAP CFO Webinar Series 2026 Benelux
The monthly test
The organization aligns to a plan through the numbers it sees, and you set those numbers in the close. Most finance teams still run that close as a batch. Your team reconciles at the end of the period, weeks after the first subsidiaries submitted. The group numbers hold for a day, and then the business moves past them.
The case: T+8 to T+0
Robert Jan takes one large enterprise running S/4HANA with SAP Group Reporting. Their team rebuilt month-end around the flow of data instead of the calendar.
Before, they closed at T+5 to T+8. They reconciled at the end, and the reporting stayed current for one day.
Now they validate each submission on arrival and match intercompany through the month. Their team publishes group numbers at T+0 or T+1.
Your takeaways
- A starting point if your close still runs as a batch, and the one change that pays back first
- The effect of validation on arrival and continuous intercompany matching on your month-end schedule
- SAP Group Reporting as a consolidated view that satisfies your external reporting requirements and reads in the terms your organization uses
- The demands this puts on your data and your people, alongside the system
Who should attend
CFOs, group controllers, and consolidation and reporting leads at organizations on S/4HANA or planning the move.
Practical details
- Date: Thursday 3 September 2026
- Time: 13:00 – 13:30 CEST
- Format: Online, 30 minutes
- Language: English
