SAP Connect Day for Finance and Spend Management 2026

The Future of Intelligent Finance, Spend Management and Cloud ERP — powered by AI, compliance and real world expertise

Economic uncertainty, increasing regulatory pressure, and the rapid evolution of artificial intelligence are fundamentally reshaping the role of finance and transformation teams. Organizations are challenged to ensure global compliance, harmonize complex system landscapes, and simultaneously increase efficiency and automation.

The AP Connect Day for Finance and Spend Management brings together leading experts from finance, tax, IT, and cloud transformation to address these challenges head on — with a strong focus on strategic direction, practical insights, and solutions that can be applied in the real world.

Theory meets practice: SAP DRC with Vertex at Siemens — VAT accurate, compliance guaranteed

A key highlight of this year’s agenda is a new customer session by Siemens, presented together with Vertex. This session offers an exclusive look into one of the world’s most complex transformation programs in the areas of SAP S/4HANA, tax determination, and document and reporting compliance.

What to expect:

• How Siemens successfully harmonized a highly heterogeneous ERP landscape
• The use of SAP Document and Reporting Compliance (DRC) combined with the Vertex Tax Engine as a centralized governance model
• Efficient handling of global and local tax requirements, including VAT reporting, e invoicing, and end to end audit trails
• Key learnings around standardization, automation, and risk reduction
• Success factors for a scalable rollout across 30+ countries

This session clearly demonstrates how compliance can go beyond obligation — becoming a strategic enabler for transparency, agility, and long term resilience.