SAP S/4HANA Finance Data migration Lead
Posted 3 days ago by Experis IT
Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
London, UK
Summary: The SAP S/4HANA Finance Data Migration Lead will oversee the data validation and reconciliation testing strategy during a significant SAP Finance transformation from SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA. This role requires collaboration with Finance SMEs, D&T teams, and System Integrator partners to ensure data integrity and compliance throughout the migration process. The ideal candidate will possess extensive SAP Finance data expertise and experience with AI-driven tools to enhance testing efficiency. The position is hybrid and has a duration of 3 months with a possibility of extension.
Key Responsibilities:
- Define and own the Finance data migration strategy.
- Establish reconciliation principles across SAP ECC and SAP S/4HANA.
- Define data validation checkpoints for each test phase (SIT, UAT, Dress Rehearsal, Go-Live).
- Ensure compliance with audit and financial control requirements.
- Validate migrated data including General Ledger balances, Open AP/AR items, Fixed Assets, Cost Centres and Profit Centres, Vendor and Customer master data.
- Lead trial migration validation cycles.
- Define automated reconciliation frameworks.
- Ensure financial sign-off readiness.
- Leverage AI tools to automate reconciliation comparisons, identify anomalies, accelerate root cause analysis, and support intelligent sampling.
- Improve efficiency and accuracy of financial data testing.
- Work closely with Data Migration Leads and SI teams to resolve defects.
- Partner with Finance SMEs to validate financial accuracy and business usability.
- Collaborate with D&T colleagues to ensure integration data consistency.
- Support internal and external audit queries related to data migration.
- Validate final migration loads.
- Support dress rehearsals and cutover readiness assessments.
- Provide data validation support during hypercare.
- Ensure a clean transition to BAU with reconciled and signed-off data.
Key Skills:
- 8+ years SAP Finance experience with a strong focus on data migration and testing.
- Proven experience supporting SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA transformations.
- Deep understanding of SAP Finance tables, data structures, and reconciliation processes.
- Strong financial controls and audit awareness.
- Experience using AI or advanced analytics tools for data validation and reconciliation.
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills across Finance, D&T, and SI environments.
- Retail sector experience is desirable.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Job Title SAP S/4HANA Finance Data Migration Lead
Start Date: ASAP
Location: London (hybrid)
Duration: 3 months (possibility of extension)
Role Overview
We are seeking a highly experienced SAP S/4HANA Finance Data Test Lead to own and drive the data validation and reconciliation testing strategy across a major SAP Finance transformation.
The organisation is migrating from SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA, where high-quality, reconciled, and audit-compliant financial data is critical to programme success. This role will work closely with Finance SMEs, D&T teams, Data Migration Leads, and System Integrator (SI) partners to ensure data integrity across all testing phases and through to go-live.
The successful candidate will bring deep SAP Finance data expertise, alongside experience leveraging AI-driven tools to accelerate reconciliation, validation, and defect analysis.
Key Responsibilities
Data Test Strategy & Governance
- Define and own the Finance data migration strategy.
- Establish reconciliation principles across SAP ECC and SAP S/4HANA.
- Define data validation checkpoints for each test phase (SIT, UAT, Dress Rehearsal, Go-Live).
- Ensure compliance with audit and financial control requirements.
Data Migration & Reconciliation
- Validate migrated data including:
- General Ledger balances
- Open AP/AR items
- Fixed Assets
- Cost Centres and Profit Centres
- Vendor and Customer master data
- Lead trial migration validation cycles.
- Define automated reconciliation frameworks.
- Ensure financial sign-off readiness.
AI-Enabled Data Acceleration
- Leverage AI tools to:
- Automate reconciliation comparisons between ECC and S/4HANA
- Identify anomalies and data inconsistencies
- Accelerate root cause analysis of migration defects
- Support intelligent sampling and risk-based validation
- Improve efficiency and accuracy of financial data testing.
Stakeholder Collaboration
- Work closely with Data Migration Leads and SI teams to resolve defects.
- Partner with Finance SMEs to validate financial accuracy and business usability.
- Collaborate with D&T colleagues to ensure integration data consistency.
- Support internal and external audit queries related to data migration.
Cutover & Hypercare
- Validate final migration loads.
- Support dress rehearsals and cutover readiness assessments.
- Provide data validation support during hypercare.
- Ensure a clean transition to BAU with reconciled and signed-off data
Skills & Experience Required
- 8+ years SAP Finance experience with a strong focus on data migration and testing.
- Proven experience supporting SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA transformations.
- Deep understanding of SAP Finance tables, data structures, and reconciliation processes.
- Strong financial controls and audit awareness.
- Experience using AI or advanced analytics tools for data validation and reconciliation.
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills across Finance, D&T, and SI environments.
- Retail sector experience is desirable.