SAP Group Reporting

Modern organizations face an increasingly complex financial landscape. Fragmented systems, rising regulations, and faster reporting demands make it hard to trust data and act quickly.

SAP Group Reporting helps streamline consolidation, automate processes, and deliver real-time insights.

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The challenge

The group close should not depend on workarounds

Consolidating financial results across entities is rarely difficult because of one calculation. The complexity comes from getting the right data, people and processes aligned under increasing time pressure.

The close still takes too much manual work

Spreadsheets, uploads and late adjustments slow the close and increase dependency on individual knowledge.

Local and group figures do not connect easily

Finance teams spend too much time explaining differences between local accounting and consolidation.

Intercompany differences surface too late

Mismatches often appear during the close, creating extra reconciliation work under deadline pressure.

Legacy consolidation limits the next step

Rebuilding old processes in SAP S/4HANA risks carrying unnecessary complexity forward.

Our approach

Build the consolidation process around your finance reality

Expertum combines SAP Finance and consolidation expertise to improve the close, not simply replace the tool.

1

Start with how you close today

We map your current process, reporting needs, source systems and main pain points.

2

Challenge complexity before rebuilding it

We simplify, standardise or automate where that genuinely improves the process.

3

Design finance and technology together

We connect consolidation logic, data, intercompany processes and reporting as one design.

4

Stay close through the first real closes

We test the end-to-end process with your finance team and stay involved as it moves into daily use.

Expertum consultant on SAP Group Reporting
What you can expect from us

Finance expertise that stays close to the close

SAP S/4HANA Group Reporting brings financial consolidation closer to the underlying finance data. Expertum helps you turn that integration into a close process that is easier to control, explain and improve.

A faster, more controlled close

Reduce manual work, identify issues earlier and create more control throughout the consolidation process.

Better connected local and group reporting

Create greater consistency between accounting and consolidation, with figures that are easier to trace back to their source.

Earlier insight into intercompany differences

Identify and resolve mismatches sooner, reducing reconciliation work and pressure at period end.

More confidence in consolidated reporting

Use consistent data, validation rules and consolidation logic to improve reporting quality and support better analysis.

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“SAP Group Reporting is not just a consolidation tool – it’s the foundation for trusted financial data and faster decision-making across the organization.”

Paul Theunissen
Finance lead Expertum the Netherlands, part of Expertum Group
PROVEN RESULTS

Customer success

BANK OF MONTREAL

“Our users are thrilled. The ability to drill down into data and make changes in one place has been a big win. We went from 48-second login times to under 5 seconds.”

Cally Hunt, Head of Finance Technology

900+
GL accounts rationalized
$1M+
Annual savings
<5 sec
Login time (from 48s)

A few of the companies we guided to SAP S/4HANA

Frequently asked questions

SAP Group Reporting is SAP’s integrated financial consolidation and reporting solution within SAP S/4HANA. It enables organizations to collect, consolidate, and analyze financial data in real time within a single platform.

SAP Group Reporting helps organizations streamline financial consolidation through:

  • Faster and automated closing cycles
  • Real-time financial insights
  • A single source of truth for financial data
  • Built-in compliance and audit capabilities
  • Seamless integration with SAP S/4HANA

SAP BPC and SAP Group Reporting both support financial consolidation, but they are built for different generations of finance architecture. 

  • SAP BPC is a mature planning and consolidation platform, typically relying on separate BW/BPC models and data loads. 
  • SAP Group Reporting is embedded in SAP S/4HANA Finance and is designed to consolidate financial data closer to the source, with stronger integration, automation, governance and real-time reporting capabilities.

 

Unlike SAP BPC, SAP Group Reporting is fully embedded in SAP S/4HANA. This results in:

  • Reduced dependency on interfaces
  • Faster data processing
  • Lower IT complexity
  • Real-time consolidation and reporting capabilities

Many organizations also use SAP Group Reporting as part of their SAP BPC migration strategy.

Yes. SAP Group Reporting supports integration with SAP S/4HANA, SAP ECC, and non-SAP systems. Through data mapping and integration capabilities, organizations can consolidate financial data across complex and hybrid landscapes.

Yes. SAP Group Reporting supports:

  • Multi-entity and multi-currency consolidation
  • IFRS and local GAAP reporting
  • Mergers, acquisitions, and organizational changes
  • Rapid onboarding of new entities through Group Reporting Data Collection (GRDC)

This makes it a scalable solution for both growing SMEs and global enterprises.

Not strictly, but harmonization significantly reduces complexity and improves maintainability and reporting consistency.

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