Sr. Architect - SRARCH

Ipolarity LLC; Dearborn (MI); On-site; USD 123,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Ipolarity LLC is seeking an experienced SAP S/4HANA Plan-to-Report Business Readiness Consultant for a 6–12 month onsite engagement in Dearborn, MI. You will drive readiness across FI/CO, P2R and R2R processes, coordinating with stakeholders, testing teams, and program leadership to ensure smooth go-live and post-launch stabilization.

The role requires extensive experience in SAP S/4HANA FI/CO, P2R/R2R, and deployment readiness, with strong communication and change-management skills to support

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in SAP S/4HANA, SAP ECC, ERP transformation, 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, SIT, 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.

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 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.

Skills

SAP S/4HANA

SAP FI

SAP CO

P2R

R2R

Period-End Close

Financial Reporting

Reconciliations

Internal Controls

Governance

Business Readiness

Deployment

UAT

SIT

Change Management

Training Readiness

Data Validation

Cutover Planning

Go-Live Readiness

Hypercare

Defect Management

Risk & Dependencies

Job description

Job Title: SAP S/4HANA Plan-to-Report (P2R) Business Readiness Consultant

Location: Dearborn, MI (Onsite)

Work Model: Candidates must be willing to work onsite at the client location as required.

Duration: 6 Months to 1 Year

Rate: ####05/hr

Job Summary

We are seeking experienced SAP S/4HANA Plan-to-Report (P2R) Business Readiness Consultants to support a large-scale ERP transformation and deployment program. 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.

Experience

• 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

Key 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.

Qualifications

• 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.