For CFOs leading digital transformation, financial accuracy, real-time accruals, timely book closures, and SLA commitments are non-negotiable. However, many organizations still rely on SAP for incentive compensation, even as SAP phases out CallidusCloud and forces customers onto S/4HANA—a move that requires a costly reimplementation with minimal business benefits.

Enterprises who are already using Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) or considering transitioning to it, staying with SAP for incentive compensation introduces unnecessary complexity, hidden costs, and slower processing speeds. The smarter choice is Oracle Fusion Incentive Compensation (IC)—a real-time, cloud-native solution built on Fusion that is fully integrated with Oracle ERP, eliminating inefficiencies while delivering superior financial control, AI-driven automation, and actionable insights.

AI-driven transparency and efficiency

Oracle is leading the way in AI-powered incentive compensation, enabling greater clarity, accuracy, and strategic alignment between incentive plans and fiscal goals. By reducing disputes and misaligned incentives, Oracle IC lowers administrative costs and ensures employees and partners are focused on driving the right financial outcomes. “AI agents are the next phase of evolution in enterprise applications and just like with existing applications, business leaders need the flexibility to create specific functionality to address their unique and evolving business needs,” said Steve Miranda, executive vice president of applications, Oracle. “With the agents already embedded in Fusion Applications and our new AI Agent Studio, customers will be able to further extend automation and ultimately, achieve more while spending less.”

With AI-driven analytics and automation, Oracle IC can process 10 million transactions in under an hour—4x faster than SAP Callidus, even on 10x the volume for nightly batch runs.1 Here’s why CFOs should make the switch:

  1. Real-time accruals and forecasting to close books faster: Unlike SAP’s batch-based processing, which delays accruals and financial forecasting, Oracle IC delivers real-time accruals, ensuring CFOs can proactively adjust budgets, close books on time, and meet SLAs without surprises. With 94% faster pay cycle processing, Oracle eliminates last-minute financial risks and improves cash flow predictability.
  2. Minimized revenue leakage with AI-driven accuracy: Migrating to SAP S/4HANA forces a rewrite of compensation rules, increasing the risk of payout errors and financial misstatements. Oracle’s AI-powered, rules-based processing ensures precise, dispute-free payouts, preventing revenue leakage and improving back-office efficiency by 300%.1
  3. Unmatched performance and scalability: For organizations already using or moving to Oracle ERP, staying with SAP for incentive compensation means dealing with slower, batch-based processing and fragmented integrations. Oracle IC outperforms SAP Callidus by 4x on 10x the volume1, ensuring CFOs can handle high-volume compensation calculations quickly and accurately, ensuring CFOs can handle high-volume compensation calculations quickly and accurately—with real-time visibility into earnings and payouts.
  4. AI-enhanced integration with Oracle ERP for planning and execution: SAP customers often rely on multiple third-party tools for compensation management, creating disjointed workflows and increased IT overhead. Oracle IC integrates natively with Oracle ERP, Human Capital Management (HCM), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), and Enterprise Planning Management (EPM), ensuring incentive plans align with financial objectives while reducing administrative burden and disputes.
  5. Automated bookings and ERP connectivity for faster payroll processing: SAP’s hybrid compensation setup requires manual adjustments and additional integrations, slowing down payroll and incentive payouts. Oracle IC automatically syncs commission data with Oracle ERP, enabling real-time financial reporting and automated incentive postings, eliminating costly manual work while enhancing SLA compliance.
  6. Superior budget traceability and AI-driven insights: CFOs using SAP often struggle with tracking payouts across multiple tools, leading to delays in audits, compliance risks, and SLA breaches. Oracle’s AI-powered analytics provide full auditability and traceability, ensuring that compensation data is accurate, secure, and always available for compliance reporting—while identifying potential financial risks before they impact the bottom line.

For Oracle ERP customers, the choice is clear.

If your organization is already using Oracle ERP or planning to transition, there’s no reason to stay with SAP for incentive compensation. Oracle Incentive Compensation is built for Oracle ERP customers, ensuring:

✅ Stronger financial control with AI-driven insights

✅ 4x faster processing than SAP Callidus on 10x the volume1

✅ Accurate, automated payroll and accruals processing

✅ 300% improvement in operational efficiency1

✅ A seamless, cloud-native solution integrated with Oracle ERP

✅ Reduced disputes and better-aligned incentives through AI-driven transparency

Already on Oracle ERP or considering the move? Now is the time to transition your incentive compensation system.

Make the switch today—request a demo of Oracle Incentive Compensation.

1 As reported by a leading global financial institution.