Deloitte

SuperLedger™
powered by Oracle Cloud
Imagine establishing one source of truth and driving digital
transformation of the finance organization now with Deloitte and Oracle.
Should we consolidate everything, something, or nothing? This question arises in relation to nearly every M&A transaction, divestiture, or
significant business event when finance leaders must once again figure out how to aggregate and extract data from multiple ERP systems. The
challenge is that many of the solution options have significant shortcomings. A full-scale ERP consolidation, which is needed to gain true visibility
and establish a single source of truth, can take several years and millions of dollars. A consolidation with roll-ups into summary-level data only
solves immediate needs, while doing little to reduce future manual efforts to gather and reconcile data. And, the simplest option of all, which
is to implement yet another reporting tool on top of the legacy systems, rarely produces enough detail to be meaningful and it does nothing
to tackle the underlying issue of disparate, inconsistent data. In light of rapidly advancing cloud capabilities and digital tools, there has to be a
better way. With the introduction of Deloitte SuperLedger™ powered by Oracle Cloud, now there is.

Summary Consolidation Consolidate some SuperLedger™ Full ERP

(i.e. HFM/FCCS) ERPs
Range of
Solutions
LOW SOLUTION INTEGRATION EFFORT AND VALUE HIGH

WHAT IT DOES HOW IT WORKS

SuperLedger™ is designed to provide an integrated cloud platform Greater than the sum of its parts, SuperLedger™ brings together
for transaction processing and sub-ledger reporting without full ERP several components of Oracle Cloud with Deloitte’s intellectual
consolidation. Because it connects ERPs, it offers similar advantages property to change the game for finance organizations in large,
to large-scale ERP consolidation, but with greater speed and much complex enterprises.
less cost. With SuperLedger™, finance organizations can gain long-
awaited operating synergies and cost reductions while modernizing When companies have a lot of ERPs, corporate accounting often has
their approach to: difficulty closing the books on time. And, when the CFO wants to
see why a particular business is performing in a certain way, or even
• Close and consolidation how someone came up with a number, the finance and accounting
• Financial planning and analysis team has to scramble to figure out what’s going on. As finance
• General accounting leaders know all too well, this triggers a chain of time-consuming
• Transactional finance calls and emails, as financial analysts and corporate accountants
• Reporting and analytics gather data, analyze it, reconcile the numbers, and re-run reports.

The SuperLedger™ value proposition is straightforward. It offers To help eliminate this “chain of pain,” this joint Deloitte/Oracle
a practical answer to the perennial question: How can we gain the solution sits in the middle. It extracts sub-ledger detail from
visibility and insight needed to proactively address challenges and multiple ERPs, standardizes this data, and moves it into a single
opportunities when we have multiple, unintegrated ERPs? “super ledger,” which can be readily accessed and analyzed through
a common, cloud-based digital tool.
WHAT IT DELIVERS HOW DELOITTE HELPS
By enhancing visibility and reducing manual workloads, SuperLedger™ Addressing immediate challenges while enabling digital
helps to give finance organizations the opportunity to: transformation of the finance organization requires a combination
of capabilities, including industry-specific knowledge of leading
• Simplify close, budgeting, and reporting processes practices; functional specialties such as strategy and operations,
• Improve efficiency and quality of financial reporting risk, financial advisory, tax, and cyber security; and a highly
• Establish a single source of truth for all financial reporting and experienced global Oracle practice with deep technical skills
analysis spanning cloud, ERP, and emerging digital technologies.
• Understand financial performance across business units and
geographies, with drill-down capabilities into segment-level In today’s world of disruption, these capabilities are essential,
reporting but they aren’t enough: The human experience must be kept
• Standardize account definitions across business units front and center in order to develop relevant connections and
• Implement shared services as a foundational way to reduce meaningful solutions. At Deloitte, human need drives the design
costs of our innovative Oracle-enabled solutions so we can help finance
• Improve the human experience by eliminating employee organizations to connect and evolve as well as simplify and save.
frustration and freeing analysts and accountants to focus on
more meaningful, value-added activities
• Reduce risk of data errors Turn the talk around
• Jumpstart the digital transformation journey by modernizing
“It takes too long to close the books!”
platforms, including data and analytics
“People are leaving because the work isn’t meaningful.”
“It takes weeks to get the information I need to make
Though all of the above add value, the latter may offer the greatest
decisions, and by then it’s too late.”
returns over the long-term. Digital transformation of the finance
function is becoming a necessity as the role of finance continues
SuperLedger™ has the power to turn those kinds of
to shift from recording transactions to providing business insights
complaints into these types of compliments:
and services. As a Software as a Service offering, SuperLedger™ can
“The analysis is so much easier; the simplicity of it is amazing!”
enable the finance organization to start leveraging digital tools—
“You had me at ‘common chart of accounts.’”
such as automation, natural language generation, chatbots, and
“Self service rocks! I don’t have to ask the CFO to do routine
smart devices—in a more measured way, and ultimately, to begin
inquiries, so they have more time to think.”
changing how work is done.

CONTACT US

Is SuperLedger™ an option for your organization? For far too long, complexity has stood in the way of modernization
for many companies. Finally, there is a simpler way for finance
Any company with a disparate ERP environment can potentially organizations to begin their digital journeys while reducing costs,
benefit from Deloitte SuperLedger™ powered by Oracle Cloud. establishing one source of truth, and making life easier for key
However, it is particularly well-suited for large, complex, global players up and down the finance value chain.
organizations that have one or more of the following objectives:
For more information on Deloitte SuperLedger™ powered by Oracle
• Executing an M&A growth strategy Cloud, watch our introductory video here or contact one of our
• Preparing for divestures Oracle finance leaders today.
• Pursuing several different business models
• Implementing shared services DREW SCAGGS VINCENT SENAWI
Principal Sales Executive
Deloitte Consulting LLP Deloitte Consulting LLP
dscaggs@deloitte.com vsenawi@deloitte.com

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