Many organisations using SAP have already taken a big step forward by digitising travel and expense processes. Tools like SAP Concur help standardise policies, approvals and reporting. But in most businesses, the hardest part still happens outside the system: the moment money leaves the account. That is where month end surprises, out of policy spend and manual chasing begin. Traditional approaches often allow spend to happen first, then attempt to fix compliance after the fact, leaving finance reactive and employees waiting for reimbursement.
In this UKISUG session, Rory Choudhuri (Head of Product Marketing) will share a practical framework for moving from digitised processing to proactive spend control. The focus is not on adding more checks at the end of the workflow. Instead, it is about making spending rules actionable before the money leaves the account, so compliance is designed in and visibility is available in real time.
Using real examples from finance teams, the webinar will explore why modern finance is being pushed in two directions at once: giving more people the ability to spend to keep the business moving fast, while also maintaining tighter control and visibility over every pound. It will also connect these operational challenges to what employees and finance leaders report in recent research. For example, around 1/3 of finance leaders say their biggest frustration is employees assuming everything will be reimbursed, with late submissions and missing documentation close behind.
Key Takeaways:
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A simple framework linking Governance, Payments and Reviews for proactive control Attendees will learn how to shift from after the fact policing to rules that are set before money leaves the account. This helps reduce month end surprises and makes compliance easier to achieve consistently
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Better visibility with less manual work The session will show why improved visibility changes the day to day workload for finance, especially around chasing receipts, reconciling transactions, and spotting issues too late. Attendees will take away practical ways to simplify these steps so month end becomes less of a scramble
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A spend experience employees will actually follow Research shows how uncertainty and friction can lead to late submissions, questionable claims or employees paying out of pocket. Attendees will learn what changes when the process is designed to remove
As this is a Partner sponsored webinar, there may be some restriction on which members can attend. This means that even if your initial booking is accepted, we may contact you to cancel your booking.
Please note by booking a place on this webinar you will not automatically be sent the recording. This will be available to download under Event Resources on this page after the webinar.
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