Scope

The Deployment Manager – Account to Report (A2R) is responsible for leading the successful deployment of SAP S/4HANA finance capabilities across markets, regions, and business units handled by GBS. This role oversees the end-to-end delivery of ATR processes—General Ledger, Fixed Assets, Intercompany, Financial Close, Group Reporting, and Compliance—ensuring alignment with global templates, business readiness, and post‑go‑live stabilization.

The Deployment Manager acts as the primary interface between Global Process Owners (GPOs), GBS ATR and FP&A Tower Leadership, the ATR ESPHORA program team, and external implementation partners to ensure a smooth and standardized rollout of SAP S/4HANA

Duties & responsibilities

 Deployment Leadership & Program Management

·        Lead the planning, execution, and governance of SAP S/4HANA deployments for the ATR process stream

·        Ensure compliance to deployment roadmaps, timelines, resource plans, and risk mitigation strategies

·        Coordinate with cross-functional teams (Record-to-Report, Order-to-Cash, Procure-to-Pay, Controlling, IT)

·        Facilitate deployment ceremonies: fit-gap workshops, design reviews, cutover planning, and go-live readiness.

Process & Template Governance

·        Ensure adherence to the global A2R template across markets and entities

·        Support localization requirements while protecting standardization and compliance as decided by ATR process lead and GPO

·        Provide expert guidance on:

•          Universal Journal (ACDOCA)

•          General Ledger Accounting

•          Asset Accounting (FI-AA)

•          Financial Close & Consolidation

•          Group Reporting (S/4HANA GR)

•          Cost Controlling

•          Management Reporting

Testing & Quality Assurance

·        Oversee test strategy and execution: SIT, UAT, Regression, and Cutover Testing

·        Ensure completeness of A2R scenarios including month-end close, asset transactions, and intercompany flows

·        Track defects, manage resolution activities, and validate fixes before deployment waves

Data, Migration, & System Readiness

·        Oversee ATR master data readiness

·        GL accounts, cost elements

·        Financial statement versions

·        Asset classes, depreciation areas

·        Validate migration cycles, mock conversions, reconciliation, and financial balances migration

·        Ensure compliance with internal controls and audit requirements

Change Management & Training

·        Work closely with Change Management to prepare markets for deployment

·        Review and validate training content for ATR processes

·        Deliver executive-level communication and user engagement sessions

·        Drive business readiness assessments, cutover communications, and hypercare playbooks

Go-Live, Hypercare & Stabilization

·        Lead cutover execution for the A2R stream, ensuring accurate balances, master data, and open items

·        Serve as the escalation lead for A2R issues during hypercare and early stabilization

·        Monitor KPIs, adoption metrics, and system performance; drive early improvements

Continuous Improvement & Transformation

·        Identify opportunities for optimization post-deployment

·        Influence roadmap decisions for enhancements and future waves

·        Ensure new features and SAP innovations are evaluated for A2R relevance