Cashback: How the audit department pays off with duplicate payments
It is not always easy for the auditor to point out and communicate the value contribution of the audit department to the company. The audit department is often regarded as a regulatory necessity. Of course, it is much easier if the insights of an audit save money. That is why I dedicate this four-part series […]
Quick Guide: Reducing the identified amount of postings
In the fourth part of this series, you will learn how to further reduce the results from last post and find actual outliers. You will then be able to question the operating departments even more specifically. Part IV of the series: “FI documents posted during weekend” 1. What postings during weekend have to do with the […]
Postings during weekend you should definitely not ignore
In today’s blog post, we will analyze which types of documents posted during weekend must be inspected closely. For this purpose, we will use the analytics of the SQL statements of the previous series. Part III of the series: “FI documents posted during weekend” 1. What postings during weekend have to do with the fraud triangle2. How to […]
How to identify postings during weekend
In the second part of this series, you will learn how to explicitly analyze FI documents posted during weekend in your SAP system. You will receive the technical equipment to perform adequate data analytics. Part II of the series: “FI documents posted during weekend” 1. What postings during weekend have to do with the fraud triangle2. […]
What postings during weekend have to do with the fraud triangle
In this four-part series, I will introduce you to the risks and analysis options about the subject of “documents posted during weekend” in SAP systems. Without a doubt, documents posted during weekend are not unusual in many companies. But… Part I of the series: “FI documents posted during weekend” 1. What postings during weekend have […]
Two graphics for evaluating high incoming invoices
In the final part of this series, I will show you how to visually recognize and evaluate incoming invoices with high invoice amounts. For this matter, we will use simple Excel tools and illustrate the described approach with two graphs. Part 4 of the series: “Very high incoming invoice amount” 1. Where Topmanagers should keep an […]
Analytics of high incoming invoices
In today’s blog post, I will show you how to use Excel to implement the analytics of high incoming invoice amounts from Part II of this series. It is easy to understand, so everybody can use this. Part 3 of the series: “Very high incoming invoice amount” 1. Where Topmanagers should keep an eye on2. Getting serious: What […]
Getting serious: What are high incoming invoice amounts?
Part II of this series shows you how to use simple statistical considerations to determine which invoices from a vendor are exceptionally high and thus represent an statistical outlier. Part 2 of the series: “Very high incoming invoice amount” 1. Where Topmanagers should keep an eye on2. Getting serious: What are high incoming invoices?3. Analytics of high […]
Data Analytics where Topmanagers should keep an eye on
This four-part series deals with the analytics of very high incoming invoice amounts. In an audit of the purchasing process, you want to be quickly familiar with the risk-based transactions, because: high amounts of invoices = major potential risks. I will show you what is scientifically justified by high amounts of invoices and how to recognize them. With this […]
Advanced Analytics: What you should also know about SAP super users
The fourth and last part of the series “Operations done by super users” is called “Advanced SAP Analytics”. It is about dialog users who may be taken advantage of for batch inputs. In this blog article, I will show you how to illustrate and analyze the operations of SAP super users while using Excel, a Pivot […]