Real Results, Real Fast: How Rio2 Built World-Class Finance in 9 Months

Discover how Rio2 built a world-class finance operation across three countries in under nine months, achieving faster close cycles, greater efficiency, and improved forecasting with SAP S/4HANA Cloud.

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This webinar will take place on:
3 December, 2026
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM EST


What if your most ambitious project stopped overnight – and when the green light came, you had months to build a finance operation across three countries?

That was Rio2's reality.

The company needed enterprise-grade financial control without the cost or complexity of a custom-built system. Their answer: SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition, deployed out-of-the-box in under nine months.

Join us to hear from Mark Monroe, Solution Advisor Domain Expert – Finance, SAP, and Chris Diaz, Director of Finance at Rio2, as Chris shares how a 50-person team outperformed companies many times their size: 40% faster financial close, 30% faster procurement, 20% finance efficiency gain, and 15% better forecast accuracy.

Rio2 proves you don't need to be a global enterprise to run like one. By trusting SAP's best-practice blueprint, they built a future-ready finance operation without added complexity. If you're managing multi-entity finance, buried in manual processes, or preparing for growth, this session delivers a practical roadmap – and proof from someone who lived it.

Attendees will gain: 

  • A practical blueprint for rapid, multi-entity finance transformation: Learn how Rio2 established standardized financial controls across three countries and deployed SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition in under nine months.
  • Evidence that public cloud can enable agility without sacrificing control: See how a lean finance team used a configure-don't-customize model to reduce complexity.
  • A clear path from today's ERP decision to tomorrow's finance function: Understand how a modern cloud ERP foundation can support growth – while balancing speed, scale, governance, and risk.

Speakers

Mark Monroe Mark Monroe
Solution Advisor Domain Expert - Finance
SAP

Mark is a Finance Domain Expert and Solution Advisor at SAP with 26 years of experience spanning roles from end user and developer to IT auditor and program manager, all focused on Financials. His combination of hands-on SAP expertise and prior accounting and finance roles across multiple industries enables him to translate complex technology into clear, practical insights for modern finance organizations.

Sponsored By

SAP America Inc.

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