FinanceAugust 04, 2026

Practical steps for CFOs to turn AI pilots into proven finance ROI

Key Takeaways

  • SAP, CCH Tagetik, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft Power BI can operate as a unified finance ecosystem, enabling end-to-end workflows from operational data and forecasting through consolidation, analysis, and executive reporting.
  • SAP Joule and CCH Tagetik are positioned as enabling conversational and AI-assisted finance processes, while allowing finance teams to continue working in familiar tools such as Excel to maintain governed, auditable outputs and established workflows.
  • By connecting ERP and CPM platforms and orchestrating AI across monthly close and forecast review processes, organizations can reduce data silos, improve forecasting accuracy, and translate operational signals into actionable financial insights and executive-ready reports.
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Finance teams are under pressure to move faster, forecast more accurately, and deliver insight, not just reports. Yet data and workflows remain fragmented across systems. What if your ERP, consolidation platform, and spreadsheets could operate as a connected, intelligent layer where AI works alongside your team to accelerate decisions?

Join Breakaway Technologies and Wolters Kluwer to see how three solutions come together to power a seamless, end-to-end finance workflow — from operational insight with SAP, to governed financial impact in CCH Tagetik, plus analysis and communication in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Power BI.

Through practical demonstrations, you’ll see how predictive AI, automation, and familiar tools accelerate planning, consolidation, analysis, and reporting — without disrupting how finance teams work today. Learn how to connect systems, eliminate silos, and orchestrate AI across ERP and CPM platforms through a monthly close and forecast review scenario, while keeping Excel as the trusted interface for controlled, auditable outputs.

Key takeaways:

  • How SAP Joule and CCH Tagetik enable conversational finance workflows across ERP and CPM
  • Practical ways to integrate AI-driven insights into Excel without disrupting existing processes
  • Strategies to connect planning, consolidation, and analysis across platforms
  • Real-world examples of how finance teams move from operational signals to financial impact through executive-ready outputs

Speakers:

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Keith Cambra
Manager, Consulting Services, Breakaway Technologies
With over 25 years of experience in various accounting and FP&A roles, Keith Cambra brings a unique perspective to each engagement by bridging the gap between business and technical requirements specific to financial software system implementations. Keith has over 15 years of experience implementing CPM-EPM across various systems. In addition to his systems experience, he brings tremendous knowledge in project management, business processes, and financial systems. Keith's skills include project management, business process improvement, in-depth financial analysis and reporting, consolidations, forecasting, and planning.
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Tom Leung
Senior Solution Architect, Breakaway Technologies
Tom Leung has ten years of experience in enterprise analytics, integration, and SAP Basis. During his career at Breakaway, Tom has held various technical roles throughout the end-to-end development lifecycle, including development, support, deployment, and training for complex SAP BPC/BW/HANA/SAC models and the BTP Integration Suite. His focus has been on installations, transports, ABAP programming, routine development, data feed integration, server configuration, performance tuning, HANA-embedded modeling, HANA calculation views, planning sequence, API Proxies, Integration flows, and report and input query development. In early 2025, Tom diversified his experience to CCH Tagetik and recently completed his Tagetik Consolidation Solution Pro Certification.
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Graham Hunter
AI/ML Solution Architect, Wolters Kluwer
Graham Hunter is a Solution Architect focused on AI, ML, and other advanced planning and analytics technologies at Wolters Kluwer CCH Tagetik. His background in the corporate performance management space blends innovation, product management, finance transformation consulting, and AI strategy roles. He supports clients wanting to explore the leading edge of finance solutions while quantifying value and ROI.

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