Operations
The basis for your financial reporting are logistical transactions. If these transactions are not accurate, your numbers are not correct (e.g. wrong stock levels because of inaccurate materials movements, inaccurate costing because of unfinished transactions). To protect yourself you want to make sure that logistics handles the financial part accurately.
Closing
International closing is a complicated process with many people involved. You have to trust that all actions are correctly done before you close your books. The ERP system itself can be used for this process and support your fast closing.
Net Working Capital
Reduction of NWC is a permanent task of all CFOs. Many sources of high NWC are in logistical process execution. Knowing these sources helps you to lower Net Working Capital.
Second Opinion
You are also responsible for IT and want to make sure that the risks are well managed. We can provide a Second Opinion or an ERP Review on SAP related matters.