At a glance
Aboitiz InfraCapital, the infrastructure arm of one of the Philippines’ leading conglomerates, partnered with High Insight to modernize and automate its financial closing, planning, and consolidation processes.
The project established an integrated enterprise environment combining SAP Business Data Cloud, SAP S/4HANA Group Reporting, and SAP Advanced Financial Closing. By replacing disconnected spreadsheets and manual reconciliation workflows with standardized digital closing tasks and automated consolidation, Aboitiz InfraCapital reduced its financial close cycle by 60%, improved reporting efficiency by 80%, and achieved 100% process automation within six months.
The challenge
Aboitiz InfraCapital manages a complex, expanding portfolio of critical infrastructure assets and investments across sectors such as water, transport, and economic estates. Effective financial governance, timely reporting, and stringent operational controls are essential to support its long-term growth and capital deployment.
Prior to the initiative, the organization's finance teams navigated a multifaceted combination of planning activities, consolidation requirements, and month-end close schedules. Many of these processes depended heavily on spreadsheets, manual reconciliation procedures, and disconnected reporting tools. As transaction volumes and project portfolios scaled, maintaining data consistency, governance, and audit transparency became increasingly difficult, while extending the overall financial closing cycle.
The key objectives were to:
- Modernize spreadsheet-dependent closing, planning, and consolidation processes
- Implement SAP Advanced Financial Closing to streamline and automate closing workflows
- Establish a unified statutory and management consolidation model using SAP S/4HANA Group Reporting
- Integrate financial planning, budgeting, and performance management via SAP Business Data Cloud
- Enhance executive visibility and reporting capabilities through SAP Analytics Cloud integration
- Accelerate financial close timelines and reduce manual reconciliation overhead
- Build a scalable finance foundation capable of supporting continuous infrastructure investments
The High Insight Approach
High Insight brought its specialized domain expertise in SAP Planning, Reporting, Consolidation, and Financial Close management to design and execute an end-to-end finance transformation.
The implementation integrated SAP Business Data Cloud, SAP S/4HANA Group Reporting, and SAP Advanced Financial Closing into a unified operating framework. High Insight worked closely with Aboitiz InfraCapital's finance and technology leadership to assess existing spreadsheet workflows, standardize task governance, automate closing sequences, configure consolidation rules, and integrate real-time dashboards via SAP Analytics Cloud.
The solution was deployed across a six-month timeline, ensuring a smooth transition across all operational units without disrupting active business operations.
The Solution
The solution delivered a comprehensive, integrated suite of financial close, consolidation, and planning capabilities, including:
- Planning Process Automation
- Legal and Management Consolidation
- SAP Advanced Financial Closing Implementation
- Workflow-Based Closing Automation and Task Scheduling
- SAP Analytics Cloud Integration for Executive Reporting
- Financial Statement Planning & Budgeting
- Multi-Entity Reconciliation Controls
- Spreadsheet Modernization & Data Harmonization
Business Impact
Accelerated Closing Cycles
Reduced the end-to-end financial closing cycle by 60%, allowing finance teams to complete period-end activities substantially faster.
80% Reporting Efficiency Gain
Streamlined report generation and eliminated manual data preparation, delivering an 80% improvement in reporting operational efficiency.
100% Process Automation
Automated routine close tasks, workflow triggers, and consolidation rules, eliminating manual intervention and human error.
Enhanced Financial Visibility
Connected SAP Analytics Cloud dashboards provide business leaders with immediate, reliable access to performance indicators and project figures.
Shift to Value-Added Analysis
Empowered finance teams to redirect time away from administrative reconciliations toward financial analysis, forecasting, and investment decision support.
Client perspective
“The implementation has strengthened the way we manage financial operations and has provided our teams with faster and more reliable access to information.”
