The R2R Efficiency Mirage: Is Your Close Actually Automated?
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Most finance teams believe they are more automated than they actually are. While many have digitized individual tasks, the "Efficiency Mirage" reveals a significant gap between perceived progress and operational reality. New research from SSON Research & Analytics exposes "The R2R Efficiency Mirage", the gap between the 71% of organizations that feel more automated and the 63% who admit that more than half of their close remains manual.
This session goes beyond theory to demonstrate how SAP-native orchestration executes work directly within the ERP, eliminating the “Human Glue” required to hold disconnected systems together. While current tools provide digital checklists and approvals, they often leave the heavy lifting—journal entries, accruals, and reconciliations—to be performed in spreadsheets.
Aaron Veach, Executive Director, Finance Transformation from Redwood Software will dive deep into the data showing why 86% of organizations still rely on manual workarounds despite having tools in place. Attendees will learn how to move beyond surface-level digitization to true process orchestration.
Key takeaways include:
- The Reality of the Automation Gap: Understand why 73% of teams are still stuck in manual mode and how to benchmark your own organization against the "Efficiency Mirage".
- The R2R Maturity Framework: Learn how identify strategic and operational blockers that prevent scaling beyond point-level improvements.
- The Path to a Touchless Close: Discover the technical and strategic requirements for 90%+ automation, including the benefits of SAP-native orchestration over traditional middleware.
Speaker
Aaron Veach
Executive Director, Finance Transformation
Redwood Software
Aaron Veach is an Executive Director, Finance Transformation with Redwood Software, providing finance transformation and accounting automation to strengthen and transform organizations. With a strong background in finance processes through market-leading automation platforms, his experience spans across many disciplines, giving him a wholistic view of organizations: global pre-sales solutioning, partner alliances, sales operations, customer experience, project management, and sales training and enablement. Aaron's responsibility at Redwood Software is to help clients to identify pain points and evaluate their impact on organizations, and then to build out strategies for their finance transformation journeys. He brings over 25 years of experience as an accomplished professional with global experience as an individual contributor, manager, and strategic leader for leading technology companies.
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