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S I R Congressfor software-based corporate accounting 2009

S I R S a a r b r ü c k e r I n s t i t u t f ü r R e c h n u n g s l e g u n g S I R G m b H

Univers i ty o f Saar land, Campus, Bui ld ing A 1 1 , 66123 Saarbrücken

SAP/BO Financial Consolidationor SEM-BCS or SAP BPC?

– a major concept comparison –

Speakers

Dr. Christoph Ernst

SAP

Dr. Mark-Ken Erdmann

Bertelsmann

Dr. Stefan Knopf

SAP

Stanislas Caudrelier Bertelsmann

Dr. Elke FockenBertelsmann

Benoît DagetBertelsmann

Marc HansmannBertelsmann

Dr. Günther JauckPwC Österreich

Dr. Ulf Meyer Bertelsmann

Hugues Prestigio

VISEA Consulting

Raoul Vogel

PwC Österreich

Dr. Johannes Wirth

University of Saarland

External reporting•

Harmonization of internal and external reporting•

Corporate planning•

Simulations and scenario management•

December 2-3, 2009, Vienna



Focus on corporate accounting Aim of the event

Corporate accounting today

Corporate accounting has changed signicantly over the last few years.

While for many years it had been an activity carried out exclusively in order

to satisfy legal requirements, it has now become a key tool for manage-

ment-information. As regulations have become much more complex – in

particular IFRS 3 (2008), IAS 36, IFRS 5 and IFRS 8 – so have the softwaresupport requirements.

Software support by SAP

SAP AG now offers a broad range of corporate accounting software solu-

tions. First of all, there are the open (generic) systems SAP/BO Financial

Consolidation and SAP BPC, which are based on a standard version (star -

ter kit) and individually expanded and developed by users (and their consul-

tants). Secondly, there is SAP AG with SEM-BCS and EC-CS, i.e. products

which are supplied with extensive programmed consolidation know-how

and where further development is carried out in a centralized manner by

the manufacturer.

Presentation of the performance features

of the open consolidation systems

How can you implement an open platform such as SAP/BO Financial Con-

solidation? Do these products also support complex issues such as capi -

tal consolidation in multi-level corporate groups? And what can you expect

from a starter kit? Questions like these are currently being intensively dis -

cussed in user forums. The benchmark is provided by the functionalities of the SEM-BCS and EC-CS product family. The performance features of the

open systems, on the other hand, are frequently unknown.

Highlighting the advantages and

disadvantages of the product families

Which software solution can be best adapted to meet individual require -

ments? What are the possibilities offered by open consolidations systems

compared to xed-programmed systems? What are the limits of such sy -

stems? We will answer these questions at our for thcoming SIR Congress in

order to help you in making a decision and present the respective consoli-

dation functionalities using a case study from the eld of practice, which is

also the subject of the book by Kagermann/Küting/Wirth.

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09.00 – 09.15 Welcome

Comparison of the consolidation systems

SAP/BO Financial Consolidation and SEM-BCS

using a standardized case study

09.15 – 10.15 Basic functionalities of the software systems

10.15 – 11.00 Consolidation scope, consolidation scope hierar -

chies, matrix problems

11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break

11.30 – 12.15 Data collection and associated monitoring

Data transfer to an internally-externally harmo-•

nized consolidation system

Flexible uploads/interfaces to previous systems•

12.15 – 13.15 Lunch break

13.15 – 14.15 Solutions for Intercompany Management

14.15 – 15.00 Debt consolidation Set-off-procedure and evaluation options using•

types of document type/Audit-IDs


Overview of the event (Day 1)

15.30 – 16.15 Debt consolidation (continued)

Treatment of valuation-related set-off differences•

16.15 – 18.15 Capital consolidation

First consolidation•

Subsequent consolidation•

Divestiture•

From 19.30 Dinner together at hotel ‚The Imperial Riding School‘ Vienna

further

information

Some of the presentations on SAP/BO Financial

Consolidation will be given in English.

The system comparison will be made without live ac-

cess to the systems; however, system access will be

available during the breaks for explanatory purposes.

This event is being supported by:

BO Financial Consolidation vs. SEM-BCS

www.Berte lsmannBus inessConsul t ing.com



9.00 – 10.30 Excursus: Corporate accounting with SAP BPC

Basic functions and parallels to•

SAP/BO Financial Consolidation

Data collection•

Debt consolidation•

Capital consolidation•


11.00 – 12.30 Special issuesSimulations and scenario management•

Options for harmonization with internal reporting•

Supporting the consolidated corporate planing•

Cash-ow reporting•

Value-based management•

12.30 – 13.30 Lunch break

13.30 – 14.15 International accounting and reporting – implication

of the nancial crisis

Raoul Vogel, PwC Österreich

14.15 – 15.00 Corporate Performance Management:

Results of an empirical survey

Dr. Günther Jauck, PwC Österreich


15.30 – 16.30 Podium discussion:

Pros and cons of the two product families

Overview of the event (Day 2)

Date:

December 2-3, 2009

Venue:

Hotel Imperial Riding School Vienna

Ungargasse 60, 1030 Wien - Austria

www.imperialrenaissance.com

Price:

€ 1,100 plus VAT

The price of the seminar includes the seminar documents and all entertainment

costs (including dinner). A certain number of rooms are available at the confe -

rence hotel at discounted rates (€105 per night for a single room including break-

fast). These can be reserved if you mention that you will be attending the event.

Registration:

Via the internet portal of the Saarbrücker Institut für Rechnungslegung

(www.rechnungslegungsseminare.de) or by Fax: +49 681 302 64912.

Cancellation:

Cancellations shall be subject to the cancellation terms and conditions of

the Saarbrücker Institut für Rechnungslegung, which are available at

www.rechnungslegungsseminare.de.

Important information for the event



BO Financial

Consolidation-

experience of

the speakers

The speakers on this topic are from Bertelsmann.

SAP/BO Financial Consolidation has been used suc-

cessfully throughout this Group for a number of years

for the purposes of statutory reporting and the month-

ly reporting of actual gures as well as corporate

planning. The exibility of the software solution allows

this platform to also be used to carry out tasks which

strictly speaking are outside the area of corporate re-

porting (such as tax and HR reporting). The membersof the team of speakers have many years of product

experience and are actively involved in the process of

preparing nancial statements for Bertelsmann.

Individual speakers:

Stanislas

Caudrelier

Due to his previous work at Capgemini, Mr. Caudrelier

is able to draw on extensive experience using Car -

tesis Magnitude/SAP/BO Financial Consolidation. He

possesses a wide-ranging expertise in designing and

customizing this consolidation solution as well as re-

covering historical data.

Benoît

Daget

Benoît Daget joined Bertelsmann Business Consul-

ting after having acquired broad experience in conso-

lidation and systems. He specializes in the overall in-tegration and customizing of the system and acquired

his extensive knowledge working as a consultant for

various rms, including VISEA Consulting and Deloi-

tte. Benoît Daget has several years’ experience sup-

porting implementation and maintenance projects for

a range of international companies.

Team of Speakers

Dr. Elke

Focken

Dr. Elke Focken is an expert on consolidation issues

at Bertelsmann. In addition to her academic compe-

tence, she has well-founded business management

and system-based practical know-how which she

gained working for various major international compa-

nies for a number of years. With her comprehensive

knowledge of accounting regulations, Dr. Focken is

also very familiar with the consideration of these re-

gulations in the customizing of the software tool.Marc

Hansmann

Mr. Hansmann has been working in corporate nanci-

al reporting at Bertelsmann AG for a number of years

and has extensive specialized knowledge in the are-

as of IFRS and value-based management. His area

of responsibility at Bertelsmann Business Consulting

includes policy issues relating to international accoun-

ting standards and managing consolidation systems.

He has a number of years of experience using this

software tool at Group level.

Dr. Ulf Meyer As a proven expert on international accounting stan-

dards, Dr. Ulf Meyer has many years of experience in

the area of IFRS policy issues. Before becoming CFO

of Bertelsmann Business Consulting he played a key

role in the introduction of integrated reporting at Ber -

telsmann AG and managed the roll-out of SAP/BO Fi-nancial Consolidation within the Bertelsmann Group.

Hugues

Prestigio

Hugues Prestigio is an expert in business manage-

ment as well as system-related aspects of reporting

and consolidation. He was a co-founder of the French

consulting rm W&A Conseil, which was the precursor

of VISEA Consulting. After the consulting rm beca-

me independent from Deloitte and changed its name

to VISEA Consulting, Hugues Prestigio became CEO

of the new rm.

Team of Speakers



SEM-BCS-

Speakers‘

experience

Dr. Johannes Wirth has been working as resear -

cher since 1996 on the team led by Prof. Dr. Karlheinz

Küting dealing with corporate accounting questions.

In a close partnership between the chair of Prof. Kü-

ting and SAP he has dealt with the products FI-LC,

EC-CS, BO Financial Consolidation, and particularly

intensively with SEM-BCS. He is a permanent spe-

cialized consultant to SAP AG on matters concerning

the development of SEM-BCS. He has been givinglectures on this software for many years and is co-

author of the book by Kagermann/Küting/Wirth, IFRS

Consolidated Financial Statements with SAP, the se-

cond edition of which was published in 2008.

SEM-BPC-

Speakers‘

experience

Robert Jozic has many years of experience as a con-

sultant on issues relating to software support for cor -

porate accounting and reporting. In this connection he

has also managed consolidation projects using SAP

BPC (formerly Outlooksoft).

SAP partici-

pants in podium

discussion

Dr. Christoph Ernst, and Dr. Stefan Knopf will

among other things be giving presentations and an-

swering questions from the perspective of SAP du-

ring the podium discussion on questions concerning

product classication and the strategic orientation of

product families.Dr. Christoph Ernst is responsible for Product Ma-

nagement ERP Financials.

Dr. Stefan Knopf ist Divisional Manager of Business

User Global Sales.

PwC partici-

pants in podium

discussion

Raoul Vogel, Director, PwC Austria.

Team of speakers

Autumn 2009

Corporate accounting in practice – advanced seminar

Sept. 16-18, 2009

IFRS-accounting in practice – basic seminar

Sept. 24-25, 2009

The new german accounting law – case studies onthe changeover to the new system

Sept. 22-23, 2009

Expert seminar – new features and solutions incorporate accounting

Oct. 1-2, 2009

IFRS consolidated nancial statementswith SAP (SEM-BCS)

Oct. 15-16, 2009

IFRS capital consolidation with SAP (SEM-BCS) Oct. 29-30, 2009

www.rechnungslegungsseminare.de

Other upcoming seminars



Saarbrücker Institut für Rechnungslegung: an overview

Postal address:

University of Saarland, Building A 1 1, 66123 Saarbrücken

Contact details:

Tel. : +49 681 302 64916Fax: + 49 681 302 64912

Internet: www.rechnungslegungsseminare.deE-Mail: [email protected]

Contact:

Organization: Marion Deiters: [email protected]: Dr. Johannes Wirth: [email protected]

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