Executive Leaders Network: Finance, Procurement & HR Transformation Summit - May 2022

1. Bryn Cowling, Regional Manager, SAP Concur
May 2022
Why Automated Spend Management Can Lead to
Business Growth

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Company spend control
Settlement
Spend
Enablement
Guidance,
Oversight &
Control
Controls and
Compliance
The results
of automation
Spend
Management
Employee
Experience

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Growth Strategy
68%
Utilize Technology
81%
Improve Visibility
43%
Increase Efficiency
68% of firms consider using
technology to improve efficiency and
productivity to be an important
strategic objective.1
81% of finance leaders don’t have
complete visibility over travel, expense
and invoice spend.2
Business value highlights include
“43% more efficient auditing staff.”3
1. AMI-Partners Report, 2020, Why Financial Decision Makers (FDMs) Need to Focus on the Employee Experience
2. SAP Concur and Vanson Bourne, 2017, Connecting the Dots on Travel, Expense and Invoice Spend
3. IDC, 2021, SAP Concur Helps Organizations Optimize Their Employee Spend Management While Improving Business Efficiency

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Spend Management
Automation of Spend Management
Increase accounts
payable efficiency.
Maximize VAT
Reclaim
Improve budget
compliance or spend
against budget.
Reduce non-
compliant or
wasteful spend.

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Controls and Compliance
Automatic Detection Proactive Requests Near real-time analytics
Quickly Adapt and Protect Your Organization
Apply policy controls
Leverage intelligent tech
Validate every entry
Safe, necessary travel
Hybrid working scenarios
Quickly refine budgets
Evaluate and adapt

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Controls and Compliance
The Business Outcomes of Doing Compliance Right
Improved audit
efficiency
Reduced
processing time
Better regulatory
compliance
Less opportunity for
human error
Reduced non-
compliant spend
Regulatory Compliance

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Employee Experience

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Employee Experience
Employees Feel the Impact of Software Solutions
62%
of employees feel they
weren’t reaching
potential because of
software mismatch.1
1. G2, 2019, State of Software Happiness Report
2. SAP Concur Solutions, 2020, Global Travel Manager Report
52%
of employees are
unhappy because of
software mismatch.1

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Employee Experience
How Can You Improve Employee Experience?
Make approvals
and reviews easy
and mobile.
Prove that you value
employees time by
removing obstacles.
Give employees
clear, proactive
direction.
Make post-purchase,
expense process as
effortless as possible.

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The results of Automation

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Productive
Mobility
Visibility
Control
Security
Manual
Spreadsheets, paper
No data
Lack of insight
Risk - fraud and
compliance
Automation
The reality
Automation – why wait?

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of finance’s time
can be saved by
fully automating
their processes
Reduction in processing
costs by automating
accounts payable
processes
26% 60%
Reduction in time from expense
claim submission to
reimbursement
80%
Manage and control Spend
Improve Compliance
Positive Employee Experience
= Increases Stability and Fuels Growth

13. Contact information:
Bryn Cowling
Regional Manager
Bryn.cowling@sap.com
07876 137750
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