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4 Reasons Small and Medium Sized Businesses Love Concur Expense

SAP Concur team | 11-06-2025

Manual expense processes don’t just waste time, they hide blind spots in your budget. Concur Expense flips that hassle into a streamlined, mobile-first workflow designed for lean finance teams. 

If end-of-month still means hunting for taxi dockets and key-ing mileage sheets into spreadsheets, you’re leaking time and money. An SAP-commissioned study found that 74 % of businesses say automating travel & expense cuts admin time so teams can focus on growth.

Four key benefits of Concur Expense

Connect your financial data and take control of expenses with Concur Expense to automate your spending processes and empower your business to run efficiently on the go and in the moments you need it.

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That’s exactly what Concur Expense was built for: effortless capture, policy-proof compliance, and finance-grade visibility—without the IT heavy-lift. 

  1. Know Your Cash Flow (in Real Time): Connecting card feeds and supplier data means fewer manual keystrokes and a clear view of every open (even unapproved) claim. Smarter data lets you plan with confidence instead of guesswork.
  2. Minimise Risk—Without Extra Headcount: Automated imports from travel suppliers and corporate cards wipe out “fat-finger” errors and surface policy breaches the moment they happen. When rules change, update them once and the system flags overspend instantly.
  3. Streamline Workflows & Win Back Hours: Snap a receipt, tap submit, done. Employees spend less time on admin; finance gets an accurate, timely picture of spend. The result? Up to $54K annual savings, a 47% drop in missing receipts, and 148 hours per week back for AP teams.
  4. ShapeEnable Scalability & Growth: Expanding into new regions? Adding currencies? Concur Expense scales with you—complete with app-store partners, seamless ERP integrations, and optional Concur Travel pre-populating every business-trip claim.

Stat to remember: 74 % of businesses worldwide say automated T&E cuts admin time so they can focus on strategic planning.

Why SMB Finance Leaders Are Jumping In 

  • Fast ROI & Happy Users: An intuitive mobile app drives quick adoption; automatic updates mean zero maintenance burden.  
  • Data You Can Trust: Real-time feeds create a single source of truth for strategic decisions—no more “best-guess” budgets. 
  • Room to Grow: As claims volume or regulatory complexity rises, the same platform scales right along with you. 

Ready to See Concur Expense in Action? 

Stop chasing paperwork and start steering the business. Download the full “4 Benefits of Concur Expense” brochure today and put every dollar—and every minute—back to work. 
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