Functional Lead SAP Hana
Posted 3 days ago by Vend Tech Group
£600 Per day
Outside
Hybrid
City Of London, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The role of Project Manager / Functional Lead focuses on leading a SAP S/4 process transformation programme in London. The candidate will assess current processes against SAP S/4 best practices, producing fit-gap analyses and design outputs. This hands-on contract requires collaboration with business and functional stakeholders to validate requirements and provide actionable recommendations. The position is hybrid and outside IR35, suitable for someone with extensive experience in SAP transformations.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead functional deep-dives across SAP S/4 out-of-the-box processes and configuration scenarios
- Translate SAP S/4 best-practice flows into business-specific comparison frameworks for workshops and stakeholder reviews
- Prepare variant considerations and configuration implications across relevant process areas
- Validate SAP inputs, demo content and configuration materials ahead of workshops
- Perform detailed comparison of current-state vs SAP S/4 standard across process, data, roles and controls
- Identify configuration changes, enhancement requirements and technical constraints
- Validate functional outputs and challenge alignment with business needs
- Capture functional dependencies, integration touchpoints and design implications
- Produce impact summaries across roles, data, controls and workflow
- Build structured fit-gap narratives including configuration options, limitations, impacts and recommendations
Key Skills:
- Proven experience delivering SAP S/4 transformation or major ERP/process change programmes
- Strong understanding of SAP best-practice process design
- Experience running fit-gap analysis, workshop preparation and functional assessment activity
- Ability to assess as-is vs to-be processes across process, data, controls and workflow
- Experience identifying configuration impacts, design dependencies and integration touchpoints
- Strong stakeholder management and workshop delivery skills
- Able to produce clear documentation, impact assessments and decision-support materials
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced transformation environment
Salary (Rate): £600 daily
City: City Of London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Project Manager / Functional Lead - SAP S/4 Process Transformation
Location: London / Hybrid
Contract: 3 months
Rate: £500-£600 per day
IR35: Outside IR35
Overview
We are looking for an experienced Project Manager / Functional Lead to support a SAP S/4 process transformation programme. This role will focus on leading functional assessment activity across key process areas, comparing current-state ways of working against SAP S/4 best practice, and producing clear fit-gap, impact and design outputs. This is a hands-on contract suited to someone who can work across business and functional stakeholders, structure delivery activity, validate requirements, and turn findings into practical recommendations.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead functional deep-dives across SAP S/4 out-of-the-box processes and configuration scenarios
- Translate SAP S/4 best-practice flows into business-specific comparison frameworks for workshops and stakeholder reviews
- Prepare variant considerations and configuration implications across relevant process areas
- Validate SAP inputs, demo content and configuration materials ahead of workshops
- Perform detailed comparison of current-state vs SAP S/4 standard across process, data, roles and controls
- Identify configuration changes, enhancement requirements and technical constraints
- Validate functional outputs and challenge alignment with business needs
- Capture functional dependencies, integration touchpoints and design implications
- Produce impact summaries across roles, data, controls and workflow
- Build structured fit-gap narratives including configuration options, limitations, impacts and recommendations
Key Skills & Experience
- Proven experience delivering SAP S/4 transformation or major ERP/process change programmes
- Strong understanding of SAP best-practice process design
- Experience running fit-gap analysis, workshop preparation and functional assessment activity
- Ability to assess as-is vs to-be processes across process, data, controls and workflow
- Experience identifying configuration impacts, design dependencies and integration touchpoints
- Strong stakeholder management and workshop delivery skills
- Able to produce clear documentation, impact assessments and decision-support materials
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced transformation environment