November 12, 2026
Use the 2027 BW deadline to fix the close, not just to change platforms
Thursday 12 November 2026 · 11:00 to 11:30 AM CT · 30 min · Live (GoToWebinar)
What this webinar is about
Is month-end still a mix of reconciliations, spreadsheet extracts and debates over whose number is right? For many finance teams, the reporting built on SAP BW (SAP Business Warehouse, SAP’s older data-warehouse and reporting platform) over the years has become part of the problem. KPIs are defined differently across business units, the same data sits in several places, and analysts spend most of their time preparing numbers instead of explaining them.
With SAP BW 7.5 mainstream maintenance ending in 2027, companies have to modernize anyway. This session is about using that deadline to fix the close itself, not just to change platforms. Drawing on SimpleFi’s experience in data warehousing, Group Reporting and FP&A, Eric Blondin compares a typical close today with one running on SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC), SAP’s managed data platform, and shows where the time and effort come out.
What you will take away
One set of numbers everyone trusts. Define margin, DSO and other key KPIs once and use them everywhere, so there are fewer reconciliation adjustments and less month-end debate between finance, business units and leadership.
A shorter, calmer close. How S/4HANA and Group Reporting data can flow directly into consolidated reporting, without extract-and-reload cycles, so the team spends its time on analysis instead of data preparation.
Measurable results and a clear starting point. Which metrics to track (days to close, adjustment volume, analyst hours) and how to build a business case for your own organization.
Who should attend
SAP BW owners weighing what the 2027 deadline means for their reporting. Data and analytics leads moving to SAP Business Data Cloud, Datasphere or SAC. Controllers, consolidation and Group Reporting leads who live the close. And FP&A teams tired of preparing numbers instead of explaining them.
If your modernization is already on the roadmap, this session is about making it pay off in the close, not just on the platform.
Why attend this SAP BW deadline session
Because you are going to modernize anyway, and the deadline is the one moment you will have real budget and real attention for the close. Spend it on a platform swap and you get the same close on new software. Spend it on one version of the truth and you get a shorter, calmer month-end. Thirty minutes, live, with time for questions.
Your speaker
Eric Blondin
VP Technology and Client Partner Data Management at SimpleFi Solutions
He leads SimpleFi’s data management work across warehousing, Group Reporting and FP&A, so the session compares the close you have now with the one you could have, from someone who has built both.
Date and Time
Thursday, November 12, 2026
11:00 to 11:30 AM Central
12:00 PM Eastern · 10:00 AM Mountain · 9:00 AM Pacific
30 minutes, live and virtual. A recording goes to everyone who registers.
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