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Transforming Finance: Achieving Streamlined Operations through S/4 HANA Implementation

Bosch SDS implemented a comprehensive S/4 HANA-led technology transformation for a global financial corporation, optimizing processes and enhancing operational efficiency across multiple business functions.

Industry: Financial Sector

Challenge:

The client needed to streamline revenue recognition, reorganize organizational structure, improve lease management, and upgrade various business processes to meet modern financial standards and operational demands.

Solutions used:

  • Implemented S/4HANA 1709 for optimizing REFX, HCM, P2P, O2C, PS & FICO processes
  • Used SAP REFX for lease out and reservation processes
  • Salesforce integration for streamlining revenue recognition for UAE VISA process
  • Ariba integration with S4/HANA for improved P2P process
  • S/4 HANA advantages improved existing processes
  • Multidimensional reporting implemented for advanced analytics

Tech stack

S/4HANA

Sales Force

Ariba

FAMS

TenTwenty

Impact

Streamlined Visa process revenue recognition
Reorganized the organization’s structure per IFRS standards
Improved lease and reservation management
Enhanced P2P and business partner processes

Business problem

Immersive Journey

The financial sector faces ongoing challenges in maintaining operational efficiency, ensuring regulatory compliance, and adapting to rapidly evolving market demands. These issues significantly impact industry players, necessitating advanced technological solutions to stay competitive and meet stakeholder expectations.

The global financial corporation encountered specific challenges that hindered its operational effectiveness. These included inefficient revenue recognition for Visa processes, misalignment of organizational structure with IFRS standards, suboptimal lease management, outdated procurement systems, and ineffective business partner management due to legacy CRM systems. These issues collectively impacted the organization’s efficiency, financial accuracy, and decision-making capabilities, prompting the need for a comprehensive technology transformation.

Bosch SDS in action

Leveraging its expertise in SAP implementations and deep understanding of the financial sector, Bosch SDS proposed a holistic S/4 HANA-led technology transformation. This approach addressed the client’s immediate challenges while future-proofing their technology infrastructure

Bosch SDS implemented the following measures:

Deployed S/4HANA 1709, implementing key modules including REFX, HCM, Sales, Procurement, Finance and Controlling.
Integrated multiple systems with S/4HANA, including SalesForce, TenTwenty, Ariba, Supplier Portal, and FAMS
Enhanced existing processes using S/4HANA's advanced capabilities
Implemented advanced analytics and multidimensional reporting
Improved user experience through mobile and tablet integration

Shaping timeless impact

The S/4 HANA-led transformation delivered by Bosch SDS addressed key challenges and unlocked new capabilities for the global financial corporation. The solution's impact extended across multiple areas of the business, resulting in:

Streamlined revenue recognition through integrated Sales Force for Visa process management

Enhanced lease management using SAP REFX best practices

Improved business partner management with integrated S/4HANA and Sales Force

Enhanced reporting with state-of-the-art dashboards on HANA

Better system performance maintaining efficiency with increased data volumes

Optimized organizational structure aligned with IFRS and management reporting requirements

Modernized Procure to Pay processes leveraging S/4HANA capabilities

Advanced analytics enabling profitability analysis at multiple levels

Improved user experience through mobile and tablet integration

Strengthened fraud prevention through smart anomaly detection

The Bosch SDS edge

Immersive Journey

Bosch SDS delivered measurable gains by reengineering the client’s sales and customer engagement processes, turning every customer interaction into a strategic growth opportunity. Our approach combined best-of-breed platforms with custom-built tools, ensuring flexibility, scalability, and adaptability to evolving market conditions and regulatory standards. Bosch SDS also empowered the client to unlock rapid improvements in efficiency, customer engagement, and sales conversion—all while maintaining regulatory alignment and operational transparency. This future-ready lead management framework now forms the backbone of the client’s growth strategy, positioning them for success in a highly competitive and regulated market.

Immersive Journey
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