SAP Concur Highlights Six Reports to Close Spending Loopholes
SAP Concur published a blog recommending six reports within its solution to reduce non-compliant spending and potential fraud. Citing ACFE data, it notes 51% of surveyed respondents uncovered more fraud since the pandemic, and nearly half of reported cases stemmed from a lack of internal controls. The six reports cover route data, receipt attachments, cash versus card spend, approved reports with unviewed receipts, high-risk expense categories, and travel expenses on cash.
Impact and considerations
For finance and travel managers, this article offers specific report types to strengthen spend controls and reduce fraud risk using existing expense system data, helping improve compliance without adding new tools.
Key points
- ACFE data shows 51% of surveyed respondents uncovered more fraud since the pandemic, with nearly half of cases due to lack of internal controls.
- Route data reports prevent manipulation of paper-based mileage claims, ensuring payment only for actual business mileage.
- Receipt attachment reports can identify patterns of missing receipts, repeat offenders, or abused expense categories.
- Cash spend is unaccountable; moving cash spend (including reimbursed personal card spend) to corporate cards improves reconcilable data.
- Reports on approved but unviewed receipts can reveal managers approving expense reports without proper review.
- High-risk categories like gifts, special projects, miscellaneous, or catering should receive extra audit scrutiny.
- Cash travel expenses should be associated with more detail to encourage corporate card use and increase transparency.
Sources and time
- Primary source
- SAP Concur
- Other sources
- 0
- First source publication
- 16 Feb 2023, 17:31
- Page published
- 14 Aug 2026, 08:26
- Last updated
- 16 Feb 2023, 17:31
- Original links
- SAP Concur Blog：Reducing Risk: 6 Reports to Close Your Spending Loopholes (opens in a new tab)Primary source · en · Published 16 Feb 2023, 17:31