Position Summary
We are seeking a highly experienced SAP consultant to lead cutover planning, deployment readiness, and go-live execution for a large-scale SAP S/4HANA transformation program.
This individual will work across Finance, Supply Chain, Asset Management, Human Resources, Data Migration, Reporting, Integration, Security, Basis, Development, Testing, and Business teams to ensure all business and technical activities are fully coordinated and successfully executed during deployment.
The ideal candidate brings deep SAP implementation experience, strong business process knowledge, and a proven track record leading complex SAP cutovers and enterprise go-lives.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and manage the integrated cutover strategy, plan, and execution roadmap.
- Lead deployment readiness assessments, mock cutovers, dress rehearsals, and Go/No-Go reviews.
- Coordinate activities across all functional, technical, data, reporting, and business workstreams.
- Drive management of dependencies, risks, issues, and mitigation plans.
- Oversee data conversion, reconciliation, business validation, and production deployment activities.
- Lead command center activities during go-live and hypercare.
- Provide regular status reporting and deployment readiness updates to program leadership.
Required Qualifications
- 15+ years of SAP consulting experience.
- Minimum 5 full lifecycle SAP ERP and/or SAP S/4HANA implementations.
- Proven experience leading multiple SAP cutovers and production go-lives.
- Strong SAP Finance background with experience in: General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Fixed Assets, Cost and Profit Center Accounting, Financial Close and Reconciliations.
- Broad understanding of: Supply Chain Management, Procurement and Inventory, Enterprise Asset Management (EAM), Human Resources / SuccessFactors.
- Experience coordinating large cross-functional teams including Data Migration, Reporting, Security, Integration, Basis, Development, Testing, and Business Readiness.
- Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
- Experience working with or for a major systems integrator (SI).
- Utility industry experience preferred.
- SAP IS-U experience preferred.
