How Deloitte and Basware are Driving Finance Transformation
With their expanded partnership, Deloitte and Basware have created a practice-based Centre of Excellence to support enterprises in accelerating digital finance transformation.
This expansion comes in response to increasing demand driven by large-scale SAP S/4HANA migrations, heightened global e-invoicing compliance mandates and the need for cost optimisation through accounts payable (AP) automation.
With a mix of Deloitte's deep finance and compliance expertise with Basware's industry-leading invoice lifecycle management platform, the duo will create scalable, automated solutions for organisations in EMEA that enhance compliance, reduce costs and drive operational efficiencies.
With governments throughout the EMEA placing much stricter e-invoicing and tax compliance regulations, requiring companies to adapt quickly or rise the risk of penalties, operational disruptions and increased costs.
At the start of 2025, Germany placed a mandate for companies to be able to receive e-invoices, with larger companies mandated to issue e-invoices by January 1, 2027 – while France will follow a phased roll-out from September 1, 2026, requiring the mandatory reception of e-invoices for all companies.
With the pair's Centre of Excellence (CoE), it will give enterprises a seamless, fully automated AP solution – which will ensure compliance while unlocking substantial financial benefits and operational efficiencies. Chosen by hundreds of companies for AP as they migrate to S/4HANA, Oracle Fusion and other platforms.
Kevin Farrell, SVP, Business Development and Alliances at Basware says: "With regulatory pressures and the pace of digital transformation intensifying, businesses need to take immediate action to modernise their finance operations.
"By integrating Deloitte's expertise in finance transformation and the COE with Basware's advanced invoice lifecycle management platform, we deliver unmatched operational efficiency, ensure robust compliance and drive tangible financial success for our clients — helping them stay ahead of the curve."
Accelerating compliance, reducing costs and futureproofing AP operations
The CoE has already started to give customers project value, as it continues to develop the joint go-to-market strategy to reach a wider audience of CFOs and finance leaders, enhancing compliance innovation and the delivery of Basware's solutions through Deloitte consultants.
Henri Lhomme, Managing Partner, Head of Technology & Performance Management at Deloitte France, adds: "As regulatory pressures and digital transformation accelerate, businesses must act now to modernise their finance operations.
"Combining Deloitte's reach and expertise with Basware's AP automation capabilities, we empower the office of the CFO to streamline accounts payable, ensure full compliance and unlock significant cost savings."
Delivering measurable business impact
- Help enterprises achieve up to 89% touchless invoice processing, significantly reducing manual intervention and processing times
- Ensure organisations stay ahead of evolving global and local e-invoicing compliance mandates without costly last-minute adaptations
- Enable companies to capture early payment discounts, reduce fraud risk and optimise working capital, potentially saving millions annually
- Provide a pool of Deloitte-certified consultants trained on Basware's platform to drive successful financial transformation projects
This partnership's power has already been showcased. Carglass France, a leader in automotive glass repair and replacement, has already successfully implemented Basware's digital invoicing solution with Deloitte's expertise – achieving full deployment in just seven months.
By integrating automation alongside its Oracle ERP migration, Carglass improved invoice-to-PO matching rates to 83%, accelerated supplier payments by 55% and ensured seamless compliance with France's upcoming e-invoicing mandates.
This highlights how enterprises can future-proof financial operations and drive measurable efficiencies through the Basware-Deloitte alliance.
Jason Kurtz, CEO at Basware, says: "Enterprise finance leaders can no longer afford to take a 'wait and see' approach to e-invoicing compliance and AP transformation. Regulatory deadlines are fast approaching and the cost of inefficiency is rising. With the massive wave of ERP cloud migrations – especially to SAP S/4HANA - businesses need a seamless way to embed AP automation directly into their core financial operations.
"Acting now means mitigating compliance risks and improving cash flow, reducing fraud and eliminating manual bottlenecks. Our expanded alliance with Deloitte brings best-in-class automation and expert guidance to enterprises in EMEA, ensuring they gain a competitive edge while achieving compliance certainty."
Transforming finance operations at scale
As ERP migrations increase in speed and regulatory requirements tighten, enterprises in EMEA are required to work at speed to modernise their finance operations. As the expanded partnerships help customers to de-risk, the ERP migration process provides the fastest, most efficient path to AP automation, compliance and cost optimisation – helping CFOs, as well as CIOs, stay ahead in an increasingly complex financial landscape.
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