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Build-A-BearBuild-A-Bear Uses SAP SuccessFactors for Financial Close
Build-A-Bear, a consumer discretionary organization in the United States, uses SAP SuccessFactors from SAP to support record to report for controllers and shared services.
SAP is how Build-A-Bear keeps financial close visible to people who have to act on it.
“Consumer Discretionary work at Build-A-Bear spans more than one site, even when headquarters sits in the United States.”
“Controllers and shared services asked for a shared way to run record to report without freezing local judgment.”
Independent write-up. Figures come from public sources or are illustrative.
Value results
| Category | Value result |
|---|---|
| Capability | Named workflow replaces ad hoc routing for financial close |
| Capability | Record to report stays visible to adjacent teams through SAP SuccessFactors |
| Capability | Controllers and shared services work from the same SAP SuccessFactors record for financial close |
Story
Consumer Discretionary work at Build-A-Bear spans more than one site, even when headquarters sits in the United States. Financial close was splitting across regional habits. Controllers and shared services asked for a shared way to run record to report without freezing local judgment.
SAP (SAP SuccessFactors) is what they standardized on. SAP is the global leader in enterprise resource planning software, with S/4HANA, business technology platform services, and industry cloud applications. Build-A-Bear uses it as the system of record for financial close, with controllers and shared services as the primary operators and other groups coming in through the same queue.
Leaders get a picture they can actually walk. Teams get fewer mystery statuses. The story is about operating change, not an unpublished percentage.
