Our client, a IT Services and Consulting company, is looking for a SAP S/4HANA P2R Business Readiness Lead (FI/CO)/ Consultant for their Dearborn, MI location.
Responsibilities:
- Lead business readiness activities for SAP S/4HANA module launches and deployment milestones.
- Conduct readiness assessments and facilitate business process walkthroughs with key stakeholders.
- Coordinate User Acceptance Testing (UAT) activities, including test execution, issue management, and business signoff.
- Partner with business SMEs, product teams, integration teams, and program leadership to identify and mitigate launch risks.
- Support change management and organizational readiness initiatives to drive successful user adoption.
- Develop training materials, readiness documentation, launch checklists, and stakeholder communications.
- Drive cutover planning, execution readiness reviews, and launch governance activities.
- Track and manage defects, open issues, risks, dependencies, and action items throughout testing and deployment phases.
- Prepare and maintain readiness reports, test evidence, issue logs, cutover documentation, and launch approval artifacts.
- Support go-live events and post-launch stabilization activities to ensure a smooth transition to production operations.
- Collaborate with finance and operational stakeholders to validate business processes and ensure readiness for deployment.
- Provide leadership and guidance throughout system integration testing (SIT), UAT, dress rehearsals, cutover, and hypercare periods.
- Extensive hands-on experience with SAP S/4HANA FI/CO and financial business processes.
- Strong understanding of Plan-to-Report and Record-to-Report processes.
- Experience supporting enterprise ERP transformations and multiple SAP go-live events.
- Proven ability to work directly with business stakeholders and executive leadership.
- Experience leading UAT, training, change management, and cutover activities.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to operate independently in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment.
Requirements:- We are seeking experienced SAP S/4HANA Plan-to-Report (P2R) Business Readiness Leads/Consultants to support a large-scale ERP transformation program. This role is responsible for driving business readiness activities across SAP module launches, ensuring successful adoption, testing, training, cutover execution, and go-live stabilization.
- The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in SAP S/4HANA Financial Accounting (FI), Controlling (CO), and Record-to-Report (R2R/P2R) processes, combined with strong business-facing consulting skills. The successful candidate will partner closely with business stakeholders, product teams, testing teams, and program leadership to ensure operational readiness and successful deployment of new SAP capabilities.
- This is a highly visible role requiring exceptional communication, stakeholder management, and change leadership skills.
- Proven experience supporting large-scale SAP S/4HANA implementations and deployments
- Demonstrated success leading business readiness and go-live activities for ERP transformation programs
- 12+ years of SAP experience
- Multiple end-to-end SAP S/4HANA implementation and go-live cycles
- Experience leading enterprise ERP transformation initiatives
Preferred Background
- Candidates should come from:
- Automotive
- Manufacturing
- Industrial Products
- Aerospace
- Large Enterprise SAP Programs
- SAP Consulting
Required Skills
- SAP Functional Expertise
- SAP S/4HANA
- SAP Financial Accounting (FI)
- SAP Controlling (CO)
- Plan-to-Report (P2R)
- Record-to-Report (R2R)
- Period-End Close
- Financial Reporting
- Reconciliations
- Internal Controls and Compliance
- Business Readiness & Deployment
- Business Readiness Assessments
- User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
- Change Management
- Training Readiness and Enablement
- Cutover Planning and Execution
- Go-Live Readiness
- Hypercare Support
- Defect Management and Resolution Coordination
- Professional Skills
- Executive and stakeholder communication
- Business process transformation
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Risk and dependency management
- Documentation and governance
Why Should You Apply?- Health Benefits
- Referral Program
- Excellent growth and advancement opportunities
