SAP S/4HANA P2R Business Readiness Consultant

Our client, a IT Services and Consulting company, is looking for a SAP S/4HANA P2R Business Readiness Consultant for their Dearborn, MI location.

Responsibilities:

• Lead business readiness activities for SAP module launches and deployment milestones.
• Conduct business process walkthroughs, readiness assessments, and impact analyses with key stakeholders.
• Coordinate User Acceptance Testing (UAT) activities, including test execution, issue management, defect tracking, and business signoff.
• Partner with business SMEs, product teams, architects, integration teams, testing teams, and program leadership to identify and mitigate launch risks and dependencies.
• Support change management and organizational readiness initiatives to drive successful user adoption.
• Develop and maintain training materials, readiness documentation, launch checklists, stakeholder communications, and executive status updates.
• Drive cutover planning, execution readiness reviews, launch governance activities, and adoption readiness.
• 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, launch approval artifacts, and sign-off materials.
• Support launch events and post-launch stabilization activities to ensure a smooth transition to production operations.
• Collaborate with finance and operational stakeholders to validate business processes, controls, reporting requirements, and readiness for deployment.
• Provide coordination and support throughout SIT, UAT, dress rehearsals, cutover, go-live, and hypercare periods.
• This role is responsible for driving business readiness activities across SAP module launches, ensuring successful adoption, testing, training, cutover execution, go-live readiness, and post-launch stabilization.
• The ideal candidate will possess expertise in SAP S/4HANA Financial Accounting (FI), Controlling (CO), Record-to-Report (R2R/P2R) processes, and ERP deployment readiness activities, combined with strong business-facing consulting skills.
• The successful candidate will partner closely with business stakeholders, product teams, architects, integration 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, change leadership, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Requirements:

• We are seeking experienced SAP S/4HANA Plan-to-Report (P2R) Business Readiness Consultants to support a large-scale ERP transformation and deployment program.
• 4+ years of experience in SAP S/4HANA, SAP ECC, ERP transformation, business readiness, deployment, testing, or launch activities
• Experience supporting large-scale SAP S/4HANA implementation and deployment programs
• Experience participating in system launches through design validation, build/configuration, System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), cutover rehearsals, go-live, and stabilization
• Experience working with business stakeholders, program governance teams, architects, integration teams, and testing teams in enterprise environments
• Experience with cloud integration, data migration, reporting, or related ERP transformation initiatives preferred
• Required skills
• SAP Functional Expertise
• SAP S/4HANA
• SAP ECC
• SAP Financial Accounting (FI)
• SAP Controlling (CO)
• Plan-to-Report (P2R)
• Record-to-Report (R2R)
• Period-End Close
• Financial Reporting
• Reconciliations
• Internal Controls, Compliance, and Governance
• Business readiness & deployment
• Business Readiness Assessments
• User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
• System Integration Testing (SIT)
• Change Management
• Training Readiness and Enablement
• Data Validation
• Cutover Planning and Execution
• Go-Live Readiness
• Hypercare Support
• Defect Management and Resolution Coordination
• Risk and Dependency Management
• Professional skills
• Executive and stakeholder communication
• Business process transformation
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Documentation and governance
• Launch planning and coordination
• Problem-solving and analytical skills
• Hands-on experience with SAP S/4HANA FI/CO and financial business processes.
• Strong understanding of Plan-to-Report (P2R) and Record-to-Report (R2R) processes.
• Experience supporting enterprise ERP transformations and SAP deployment initiatives.
• Knowledge of data migration, integrations, reporting, and business process readiness activities.
• Proven ability to work directly with business stakeholders, SMEs, and program leadership.
• Experience supporting UAT, training, change management, cutover, and go-live readiness efforts.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment.
• Preferred qualifications
• Experience supporting multiple SAP go-live events.
• Exposure to cloud integration and enterprise reporting solutions.
• Experience within manufacturing, automotive, or large-scale global ERP transformation programs.
• Knowledge of SAP deployment governance and readiness frameworks
• Years of experience:
• 17.00 Years of Experience

Why Should You Apply?

• Health Benefits
• Referral Program
• Excellent growth and advancement opportunities