Finance and IT professionals to discuss how to achieve world-class results and performance with SAP

Aug. 17, 2011 - PRLog -- One of the biggest investments a company will make is in SAP, its enterprise resource platform, but many are not using the technology effectively to deliver process excellence.

To help companies avoid and overcome this pitfall, sharedserviceslink.com is presenting Maximising SAP to Enhance Finance Shared Services Excellence for the third year in London.

Exploring the lessons learnt by companies that have recently completed a new implementation or consolidated multiple instances of SAP from across their organisations, delegates are signing up to learn how to improve their use of this powerful tool.

“We know that companies can struggle to convert their SAP systems into value-adding enablers,” says Susie West, CEO and Founder of sharedserviceslink.com. “We are running this event for the third year to bring together professionals in both finance and IT to share their experiences, benchmark against their peers and take practical ideas back to the office.”

Companies sharing their SAP insight include Microsoft, Vodafone, Airbus, Rolls-Royce and BAE Systems. They will explore the thorniest issues affecting finance to ensure delegates understand how to:

* Standardise vendor master data, financial processes and reporting
* Provide an accurate, complete and real-time picture of operational costs and margins
* Manage the organisational change required from a global SAP roll out
* Establish world-class transaction process flows  
* Use SAP to deliver business intelligence

“Getting value from their SAP investment is a huge concern for our clients,” Nigel Kilpatrick, Senior Vice President at Nimbus Partners, lead sponsor of the conference. “Many Nimbus clients – Sony, Cameron and BAE, for example – are using Nimbus Control as a platform for operational excellence in Finance Transformation. Our Learning Lab at this event will focus on how to leverage SAP to its full potential, both in the implementation phase and in continuous improvement. With a packed agenda and an audience of senior delegates, we are delighted to be sponsoring this conference.”

For more information on Maximising SAP to Enhance Finance Shared Services Excellence and to download the agenda, please visit http://www.sharedserviceslink.com/sap2011

A limited number of press passes will be available at this event. Contact media@sharedserviceslink.com to register.

About sharedserviceslink.com
Established in 2007 by Susie West, sharedserviceslink.com is a community for leaders in finance shared services and outsourcing. Bringing together the latest information, case studies and insight on finance transformation via our website and a portfolio of conferences, master classes and webinars, sharedserviceslink.com aims to accelerate the development of shared services and outsourcing for the finance function.

Visit http://www.sharedserviceslink.com for more details or contact:

Sandra Higgison
Content Director
T: +44 (0)20 3176 2626
sandra@sharedserviceslink.com

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sharedserviceslink.com is the community for leaders in finance shared services and outsourcing. Bringing together the latest information, case studies and insight on finance transformation via our website and a portfolio of conferences, master classes and webinars, sharedserviceslink.com aims to accelerate the development of shared services and outsourcing for the finance function.