SAP S/4HANA P2R Business Readiness Lead (FI/CO)/ Consultant

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:

• 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.
• 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.

Requirements:

• 12+ years of SAP experience
• Multiple end-to-end SAP S/4HANA implementation and go-live cycles
• Experience leading enterprise ERP transformation initiatives
• Proven experience supporting large-scale SAP S/4HANA implementations and deployments
• Demonstrated success leading business readiness and go-live activities for ERP transformation programs
• We are seeking experienced SAP S/4HANA Plan-to-Report (P2R) Business Readiness Leads/Consultants to support a large-scale ERP transformation program.
• 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.

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