SAP Innovation Day for Finance

Unlock Sustainable Growth with Future-Ready Finance

26 June 2025 | 8:30AM - 1:30PM | Conrad Manila, Philippines

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Synopsis:

Finance leaders are confronted with the unprecedented challenges of an era of constant change. Transformative technologies like AI present opportunities to navigate disruptions with innovative digital strategies that make your business agile, intelligent, and future-proof - so that you can unlock sustainable growth in an ever-evolving market.

Join us at SAP Innovation Day for Finance on June 26 to uncover how you can harness SAP’s AI-integrated solutions to ensure your business is adaptable with future-ready finance.

At this exclusive event, discover how SAP's innovative, AI-powered cloud solutions can help your business:

  • Scale, innovator, and deliver extraordinary value with the SAP Business Suite, a fully integrated solution connecting every function of your business end-to-end
  • Enable agile decision-making with AI-powered systems to streamline processes, automate routine tasks, and facilitate real-time data sharing and analytics
  • Mitigate risk and integrated AI insights and recommendations backed by reliable data from all business processes, including financial metrics
  • Future-proof your business and stay compliant with regulations by developing sustainable processes
    Perform true end-to-end planning with the use of unified high-quality data with built-in advanced processes
  • Unlock new operating models and realise new revenue opportunities with flexible business processes, advanced analytics, and embedded AI capabilities

Don't miss this chance to Unlock Sustainable Growth with Future-Ready Finance. Register now to secure your seat!


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Agenda


08:30am - 09:00am

Registration


09:00am - 09:05am

Welcome Address by Jill Santos, Managing Director, Philippines


09:05am - 09:25am

Finance Rewired: Your Role in Shaping the AI-First Enterprise

In a world defined by disruption, CFOs and Finance Teams are stepping into a new era of leadership—where AI, automation, and global risk converge to reshape financial strategy.


This presentation explores how forward-thinkers can harness intelligent tools to drive resilience, innovation, and trust in the face of uncertainty.

Speaker:
Randall Rey Yu
, Office of the CFO, Global Hub Lead, Global Solution Advisory, SAP Southeast Asia


09:25am -  09:55am

Optimizing Business Performance with Financial Planning & Analysis

In today’s dynamic business environment, organizations face increasing pressure to deliver accurate financial insights, streamline planning processes, and drive strategic decision-making. "Optimizing Financial Performance through SAP EPM" explores how enterprises can leverage SAP’s Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) solutions to transform their financial operations.


Explore how SAP EPM tools can be strategically applied across key financial processes. It will cover enterprise-wide consolidation with SAP Group Reporting (GR), collaborative and predictive planning through SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), and advanced cost allocation and profitability analysis at granular-level using SAP Profitability and Performance Management (PaPM). Together, these solutions empower finance teams with integrated, real-time insights to drive performance, ensure compliance, and support strategic

Speaker:

Selveraja K, Director BDC, Solution Advisory, SAP Asia Pacific


09:55am - 10:15am

Strengthening Trust and Resilience: Governance, Risk and Compliance powered by AI

In today’s risk-prone and highly regulated business environment, organizations must go beyond compliance to build trust, ensure operational resilience, and proactively manage risk. This session will explore how SAP’s Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) solutions empower organizations to protect critical assets, enforce policy-driven access, and ensure accountability at every level. We will also examine the Three Lines of Defence framework to create a unified approach to risk management—integrating frontline operations, risk oversight functions, and internal audit into a cohesive system of control, powered by AI.

Speaker:

Vishnu Madadi, Global Solution Advisor, SAP Asia Pacific


10:15am - 10:35am

Morning Break


10:35am - 11:05am

Working Capital Optimization with Cash Management, Treasury & Risk Management & Taulia


Optimize cash flow liquidity, improve working capital management cost and enhance financial resilience with integrated treasury, risk and working capital management solutions from SAP Business Suite and SAP Taulia. Empower your business to achieve scalable growth by gaining real-time visibility and control over cash management, ensuring a more proactive and strategic approach to managing liquidity across the enterprise.

Speaker:

Ho Ket Hyun, Solution Advisory, Finance & Spend Management, SAP Southeast Asia


11:05am - 11:35am

Accounting and Financial Closing Optimization

Streamline accounting and financial closing processes and improve accuracy with efficient financial transaction recording, unified entity and group consolidation within a single source of financial truth with S/4HANA.

Speaker:

Melvin Mangubat, Office of the CFO, Solution Advisory, SAP Asia Pacific


11:35am - 12:05pm

Panel Discussion: Unlocking Value for Finance Transformation

Having heard from finance leaders on their successful journeys and listening to the latest available tools to enhance the finance operations, we would now take a step back and see how CFOs can assess their current state and look for potential areas to unlock value. In this closing session, we will look at some available methodologies to chart the potential transformation journey which will bring immense value to the organization — from driving efficiency and agility to enabling strategic decision-making and sustainable growth. Learn how CFOs can define, measure, and realize the full impact of transformation.

Moderator:

Jasmine Elone, Manager, Office of the CFO Solutions, Customer Advisory, SAP Southeast Asia

Panelists:

1. Ronald Cantong, Director, Deloitte Philippines
2. Trang Nguyen, Chief Financial Officer, SAP Philippines


12:05pm - 12:10pm

Closing Remarks


12:10pm - 01:30pm

Networking Lunch

Our Speakers

Chirag Gidwani
RVP & Head of Finance & Spend Management
SAP Southeast Asia

Jasmine Farah Elone
Manager, Office of the CFO Solutions, Customer Advisory
SAP Southeast Asia

Ho Ket Hyun
Solution Advisory, Finance & Spend Management
SAP Southeast Asia

Jill Santos
Managing Director
SAP Philippines

Randall Rey Yu
Office of the CFO, Global Hub Lead, Global Solution Advisory
SAP Southeast Asia

Selveraja K
Director BDC, Solution Advisory
SAP Asia Pacific

Vishnu Madadi
Global Solution Advisor
SAP Asia Pacific

Melvin Mangubat
Office of the CFO, Solution Advisory
SAP Asia Pacific

Ronald Cantong

Director

Deloitte Philippines

Trang Nguyen

Chief Financial Officer

SAP Philippines

Venue

Conrad Manila

Taft Ballroom, Level 3

Seaside Boulevard corner Coral Way,

Mall of Asia Complex,

Pasay City 1300, Philippines

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