Case Study: Great-West Financial SAP BPC on HANA Journey

Follow Great-West Financial (GWF) SAP BPC on HANA journey. Review the driving force to move the budgeting process from SAP CO to SAP BPC. Look at the BPC schedulers’ and how they automated business requirements and driver driven calculations – including merit and benefits. Do a walk through of security roles, training and how GWF distributes templates to the users. Gain an understanding of BPC’s reporting capabilities including creating manual templates and using the BPC database to better understand the intersection required for reporting.

In this case study you will:

• Walk through the implementation process including design, business processes, and hierarchy structures.
• Explore GWF Excel templates and how we utilize them to budget operating expenses at a summary and detail level and headcount including existing employees, new hires, transfers and terminations.
• Dive into GWF’s allocations process and reporting to the lines of business.

Leave this session with a list of GWF’s lessons learned.