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SimpleFi builds EPM and Data Solutions on SAP Business Data Cloud, and every week we put innovation on screen. Here are the 3 most recent recordings.
24 Sep 2026Accelerate Your SAP EPM + Data Projects with AIWatch the recording
17 Sep 2026Trusted Business Context at Scale: SAP Datasphere and SAP Business Data CloudWatch the recording
10 Sep 2026PlaniFi Month End Close Agent WebinarHalf of your close is accounting and half is administration that runs the same way every month. Dan Skiendziel runs the agent live against the second half.Watch the recording AI is 4 problems wearing one word.
Which is why the conversation goes in circles. Nobody in the room is talking about the same thing, and everyone assumes they are. Pick the sentence closest to your last board meeting and we will show you which of the 4 you are standing in.
“We ran a pilot. It went fine. Nothing changed.”
The pilot worked. The organization did not. Nothing changed because nobody's week changed, and that is the first place AI has to land.
“Honestly? I want AI to make most of my department unnecessary.”
A CFO told us this in 2023. He was not being callous, he was saying the quiet part: most of the week goes on assembling numbers, not deciding anything. That is the third pillar, and it is third for a reason.
“I want to change my organization but I need board approval.”
A board does not approve a pilot. It approves a sequence with a number on each step. That is a two-page conversation, and we have it often.








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Taming Intercompany Reconciliation Across Disparate SystemsIntercompany reconciliation eats days out of every close when trading entities sit on different systems. See how automated matching on SAP Datasphere, reviewed in SAP Analytics Cloud, turns the spreadsheet scramble into one reconciliation view across every system.Reserve my seat 14 OctWed 2026In person, Montreal
SimpleFi sponsors SAP Connect Day for AI and Data Leaders in MontrealSimpleFi is a sponsor and exhibitor at the 2026 SAP Connect Day for AI and Data Leaders in Montreal, October 14 to 15. A customer will present the data work behind getting ready for AI.Learn more 15 OctThu 202611:00 AM CT30 min
Unlocking Cash with SAP Business Data Cloud: A Walkthrough of the Working Capital Insights Intelligent ApplicationWorking capital is the fastest lever a CFO has for freeing up cash, but the data sits scattered across receivables, payables and inventory. See SAP's Working Capital Insights app on SAP Business Data Cloud pull it together out of the box, and…Reserve my seat 22 OctThu 202611:00 AM CT30 min
Recs Without the Chaos: Smarter Account Reconciliations Built Right Into SAP Analytics CloudAccount reconciliations without the spreadsheet chaos: built right into SAP Analytics Cloud, so reconciliation data lives alongside your reporting, automation replaces the manual effort, and there is no separate platform or extra license to own.Reserve my seat 29 OctThu 202610:00 AM CT45 min
Modeling Datasphere for SAC: Designing the Semantic Layer Consumers Actually GetMost Datasphere projects look healthy until month three, then the story crawls and a measure totals to something finance will not sign. None of that is an SAC problem. Ingo Hilgefort walks the layers in a live tenant and hands you a…Reserve my seat 5 NovThu 202611:00 AM CT30 min
The Plan That Argues BackMost planning tools will happily accept a number nobody can deliver. See a margin scenario built live on the PlaniFi Value Driver Tree, and watch an over-ambitious growth target get flagged and revised before it reaches the plan.Reserve my seat 12 NovThu 202611:00 AM CT30 min
Beyond the BW Deadline: Closing the Books Faster with One Version of the TruthIs month-end still reconciliations, spreadsheet extracts and debates over whose number is right? BW 7.5 maintenance ends in 2027, so you have to modernize anyway. See how to use that deadline to fix the close itself, with one version of the truth…Reserve my seat 19 NovThu 202610:30 AM CT120 min
SAP Consolidations – Extending Group Reporting with SAP Business Data CloudDiscover how finance leaders are leveraging SAP Business Data Cloud to unify SAP and non-SAP data, and strengthen financial and management consolidation. See how EPM leaders are modernizing consolidation in SAP Business Data Cloud to accelerate close cycles, strengthen control, and deliver…Reserve my seat 24 NovTue 202611:00 AM CT30 min
Is your SAP Business Data Cloud data ready for AI? Measuring it before your agents find out the hard wayCan an AI agent trust your SAP data models? Ingo Hilgefort shows the AI Readiness Monitor, which scans SAP Datasphere models for the patterns that make agents confidently wrong, then tests real business questions against known answers. Live, 30 minutes.Reserve my seat 10 DecThu 202611:00 AM CT30 min
From BW Archaeology to Datasphere Blueprint: An Evidence-Driven Approach to BW Migration/ What is still used in your SAP BW system, and what can be retired? Ingo Hilgefort shows the PlaniFi Migration Accelerator for SAP BW: a full BW inventory, real usage evidence, and Datasphere artifacts generated from the captured metadata. Live, 30…Reserve my seat 
















































































































