Are public sector and education organisations’ expenses really digital?

Are you really in control of your spend? A six-question checklist for UK public sector and education finance leaders

If you can’t trust your spend data to make daily decisions, you’re not alone — and you’re exposed. This practical eBook walks finance leaders in the UK public sector and education organisations through six critical questions that reveal where control quietly slips and where connected, intelligent automation can bring it back. Learn how to turn uncertainty into audit-ready compliance, clear visibility and smarter, faster decision-making.

What you’ll get

• A simple, actionable checklist of six questions that uncover hidden risk across expense, travel and invoice processes.
• Real-world risks faced by public sector and education organisations: missed VAT recovery, audit gaps, inconsistent approvals and late reporting.
• Practical ways to close gaps with automation, AI and connected workflows — from receipt capture to invoice matching and emissions tracking.
• How to make compliance consistently enforceable so every transaction is reportable and audit-ready.
• Steps to join financial and sustainability data so ESG targets are accurate and visible in the same platform that manages spend.

Why it matters for public sector and education

• Tax rules, policy changes and audit expectations move fast — and manual processes can’t keep up. The result is lost VAT, penalties and reputational exposure.
• Disconnected systems hide spend across cards, apps and suppliers, leaving leaders making decisions from incomplete or outdated data.
• When finance teams are tied up in admin, organisations lose time, confidence and the ability to act strategically.

How SAP Concur helps

• Combine Expense, Travel and Invoice into one connected ecosystem so every pound of spend is visible and auditable.
• Use AI-powered auditing and OCR to check claims automatically and flag anomalies before they become losses.
• Route approvals and match invoices automatically to speed processing while maintaining control.
• Track travel emissions and embed sustainability data into spend reports for accurate ESG reporting.

Download the checklist now and start answering “Yes, really” with confidence. See where your processes are vulnerable, what to fix first, and how to make spend management work for audit-readiness, visibility and sustainability.