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Digging Into Essentials of Automated Expense Management

A SAP Concur blog post cites a 2022 Analysys Mason study finding that nearly half of finance leaders worldwide say fraud and risk management are their biggest challenges, and 44% cannot make informed decisions due to lack of timely financial information. The article highlights that manual expense management is costly, while automated solutions can mitigate fraud and noncompliance risks and improve productivity and profitability. The study estimates a T&E solution saves 13 hours weekly per finance or accounting team member. One customer reports spending 65% less time processing expense reports. 72% of businesses believe digital transformation is key to growth.

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Impact and considerations

Automated expense management can significantly save time and costs, reduce fraud risk, and provide timely data for decision-making. For finance leaders, it is a key tool for improving compliance and strategic insight.

Key points

  • Nearly half of finance leaders worldwide say fraud and risk management are their biggest risk and compliance challenges.
  • 44% of finance leaders cannot make informed decisions involving cash flow, budgeting, and forecasting due to lack of timely financial information.
  • Manual expense management leads to missing receipts, time-consuming reports, non-compliant purchases, and unclaimed VAT.
  • Automated expense management solutions can mitigate fraud and noncompliance risks and improve productivity and profitability.
  • The study estimates a T&E solution saves 13 hours weekly for each finance or accounting team member.
  • One customer reports spending 65% less time processing expense reports.
  • 72% of businesses believe digital transformation is key to their growth.

Sources and time

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SAP Concur
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First source publication
26 Jan 2023, 17:00
Page published
14 Aug 2026, 08:27
Last updated
26 Jan 2023, 17:00
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