Shak Akhtar, General Manager of Finance Automation at Redwood Software, possesses extensive experience in finance and IT. With an accounting background from IBM and roles at SAP®, BEA, and Wolters Kluwer/Tagetik, he now leads global initiatives in finance automation and Record to Report, facilitating client-led financial transformation.
Join Redwood’s exclusive workshop and discover how the innovative Touchless Close approach streamlines and elevates R2R processes by reducing manual intervention and improving overall performance for companies who use SAP as their core platform. This workshop will provide you with practical insights into enhancing your financial reporting capabilities. Learn what is truly possible, how to make the case for automation, where to focus your efforts effectively, and gain practical tips from real-world examples. We will cover critical areas such as accruals, provisions and reclassifications, journal entries, reconciliations, intercompany processes, task management and orchestration to ensure a comprehensive understanding of the R2R process landscape and what you can achieve
Workshop highlights
· Real-world strategies: Discover how to achieve the highest level of highly automated, touchless R2R process with minimal manual intervention
· Optimised for SAP: Learn how to leverage automation to elevate accuracy and compliance across your SAP and wider application environments
· Transform your financial close: Make the close process a strategic asset, powered by end-to-end automation
· Customer journeys: Learn how companies like Danone, E.ON, Siemens, Energy Transfer, Schneider Electric, Jabil, and Arla Foods have successfully transformed their R2R operations
Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Shak.
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