Navigation

Home About NLC Solutions

Audit & Risk

Internal Audit Sales Process Audit Risk and Control Assessment GRC & Governance

Cyber & Resilience

Cybersecurity IAM & SoD Continuity & Crisis ISO 27001 & 22301 Certification

Finance & Deals

SAP Licensing Asset Recovery Valuation & M&A Fastrack Due Diligence

More

Case studies Testimonials Contact

Platforms · Audit & Risk

NLC | RiskRisk management NLC | AuditInternal audit

Platforms · Governance & Access

NLC | GovernanceCorporate and AI governance NLC | SOD IntelligenceAccess and segregation of duties Book a meeting Sign in to platforms
PortuguêsEnglishEspañol
Home/Solutions/SAP Licensing
SAP Licensing Financial Governance

The silent financial drain in SAP. Recover EBITDA in the contract.

Unnecessary premium profiles, unused licenses, unregularized indirect access and idle modules. We find the waste in your SAP contract and turn it into recurring savings, without disrupting operations and with no financial risk to you.

23,2%average reduction per contract
100%of companies assessed had waste
< 30 daysto the first saving
20× – 47×documented ROI
The problem

EBITDA leaking without anyone noticing.

The CFO sees the total cost of SAP. What nobody sees is the waste inside it. And the most dangerous waste is the one nobody measures, because it grows month after month.

Unnecessary premium profiles

Employees who changed roles keep high-cost profiles. Every unreviewed profile raises the contract's monthly cost.

Licenses with no value

On average, 28% of users consume a license with no real use: cost drained every month, with no operational return.

Hidden contractual risks

Unregularized indirect access can trigger multimillion payouts in an SAP audit. A silent liability on the balance sheet.

Shelfware: idle capital

Modules bought and never used cost the purchase plus about 22% a year in maintenance. Wasted EBITDA.

The numbers

More than 30 companies assessed. The result was universal.

COMPANIES100%had risk or waste
REDUCTION23,2%average per contract
PROFILES44%of classifications cause overcost
USERS28%consume a license without adding value

Estimated waste by SAP footprint

500 TO 1,000 USERS

R$150K to R$600K per month

Estimated monthly waste.

3 years: R$5M to 22M5 years: R$9M to 36M
1,000 TO 3,000 USERS

R$400K to R$2M per month

Estimated monthly waste.

3 years: R$14M to 72M5 years: R$24M to 120M
MORE THAN 3,000 USERS

R$1M to R$5M per month

Estimated monthly waste.

3 years: R$36M to 180M5 years: R$60M to 300M

Estimates based on the 23.2% average reduction observed across more than 30 companies of every size and industry.

What we do

7 integrated phases, from analysis to recurring savings.

Without disrupting operations and in full compliance with the contract.

01

Executive Assessment

Financial map of the SAP landscape in 5 business days.

02

Contract & Baseline

Active contract and real cost baseline.

03

Usage Intelligence

Real use of each profile versus contracted cost.

04

Financial Leakage

Each waste vector quantified in currency.

05

Rightsizing

Waste removed with full compliance.

06

Negotiation

Data-driven support in negotiating with SAP.

07

Continuous governance

Monthly routine to sustain and grow savings.

Illustrative cases

Savings captured, in board language.

Industrial company · 3,200 users

4-year contract with no financial review

Waste
R$1.1M/mo
Saving
R$13.2M/yr
ROI
47×

44% of profiles with unnecessary premium classification, 31% of active users with no real use and shelfware costing R$280K a year in maintenance.

Post-merger company · duplicate contracts

Landscape unified after M&A

Waste
R$1.5 to 6M/mo
Saving
R$18 to 72M
ROI
35×+

Overlapping modules from both landscapes, users kept on both contracts and unregularized indirect access after integration.

Mid-market · SAP cost of R$2.4M/mo

Executive waste dashboard

Waste
R$556K/mo
Payback
< 30 days
ROI
20× – 47×

23.2% of the monthly cost identified as waste and turned into projected savings of R$556K per month.

Examples based on real projects, with aggregated data and no client identification.

Financial model

You don't pay for promises. You pay for savings captured.

01

Reduced monthly retainer

A low initial investment covering the assessment, methodology and tools. Minimal risk from day one.

02

Success fee on savings

The main fee is paid only after real savings are proven. No verified savings, no success fee.

03

Recurring governance

Monthly support to keep the savings, prevent waste from returning and ensure compliance throughout the SAP contract.

Retainer below 1 week of wastePayback in under 30 daysDocumented ROI of 20× to 47×
Why NLC

Independence, technology and a value mindset.

100% independent from SAP

No commercial relationship with SAP and no conflict of interest. The only focus is your company's financial result.

The right profiles, with evidence

License optimization combined with SoD and role mining by NLC | SOD Intelligence specialized AI agents: lower cost, with no new access conflicts.

Board-level language

Technical findings translated into EBITDA, payback and ROI, ready for leadership, the board and M&A processes.

The question is not whether there is waste. It is how long it will keep leaking.

100% of the companies assessed had waste in their SAP contract. Book a free Executive Briefing.

Book an Executive Briefing
Exclusive content

Follow NLConsulting on LinkedIn

Insights on GRC, cybersecurity, audit and applied AI, straight to your feed.

Follow us on LinkedIn