Case Study: Shell PLC achieves a real-time financial digital core with SAP S/4HANA for central finance

Building an enterprise-wide SAP S/4HANA for central finance foundation at the heart of Shell’s finance digital transformation

Shell PLC needed to modernize a highly fragmented finance landscape built over decades across many geographies and ERP systems. The lack of common data standards, a single integrated source of truth, and efficient reporting made it hard for Shell PLC to support faster decision-making, comply with growing regulatory demands, and become a more agile finance organization. SAP S/4HANA for central finance was selected as the foundation for its financial digital core.

SAP implemented SAP S/4HANA for central finance to replicate and consolidate finance data from 50+ ERPs into a single enterprise-wide model, with real-time and near-touchless processes supported by SAP Master Data Governance, SAP BTP, and SAP Fiori. The results included more than 500,000 financial documents replicated daily, over 99% posting success rates, and zero downtime or negative impact on source ERPs. SAP also helped Shell PLC cut manual reconciliation work, improve reporting speed and consistency, and create a platform for Group Reporting, AI, and future finance innovation.

Shell PLC

Simon Constant-Glemas

VP Finance ERP Transformation