The Road to Centralised Payments
Lessons on transforming global payment operations within SAP environments
This video is a recording of a live event that took place on 14 May 2026.
Payment centralisation has become a priority for many treasury teams, but the practical journey from fragmented payment operations to a unified global structure can look very different from one organisation to another.
In this session, treasury and finance leaders share their own experiences of redesigning payment infrastructure within SAP environments – from tackling spreadsheet-driven processes and fragmented intercompany settlements, to modernising long-standing centralised structures and building fully integrated payment and receipts factories.
Each organisation sits at a different point along the centralisation journey. Together, their stories reveal how treasury teams are addressing real operational challenges: simplifying bank connectivity, improving visibility across global cash flows, and strengthening the data foundations needed for modern treasury operations.
Rather than focusing on theory, the discussion explores what transformation looks like in practice – the decisions treasury teams must make, the challenges encountered along the way, and the operational benefits that emerge once centralisation begins to take hold.
Speakers
- Peter Wolf, Senior Managing Director Treasury Services, Serrala
- Michael Dillon, Assistant Treasurer, Sun Chemical
- Rohan Chaddha, Vice President Finance & Assistant Treasurer, RTX
- Christine Wang, Principal, Corporation Treasury, Chevron Corporation
- Ben Poole, Editorial Team, TMI (Moderator)
Key Takeaways
- How global corporates approached payment centralisation from very different starting points
- Why intercompany settlements — often one of treasury's biggest hidden cost and risk drivers — can be the ideal starting point for broader centralisation
- What happens when legacy payment infrastructure reaches its limits
- How organisations are simplifying bank connectivity and standardising formats
- How centralised structures improve reconciliation, reduce bank fees and accelerate settlement cycles
- What migrating to modern ERP payment platforms means for treasury operations
- How improved payment architecture strengthens controls, auditability and reporting
- What treasury teams gain once they achieve true global visibility across payments, cash and FX exposures