SAP Business ByDesign Experts in Germany
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David S.
Last position:
Senior Controller at DNS-Net
- Management reporting
- Analysis of COGS and close collaboration with accounting
- Variance analysis vs plan/forecast
- Establishing sales controlling
- Business partnering for the CSO area
Stefan R.
Last position:
Corporate Controller / Private Equity Controller (PE) interim at Amedes Medical Services GmbH
- Responsibility for group-wide financial management with a focus on management, PE, and lender reporting.
- Focus on an integrated financial model (P&L, balance sheet, cash flow), robust liquidity and covenant management, and preparation of decision-ready materials for financiers, auditors, and rating stakeholders.
- Establishment of reporting standards, data logic, and closing routines for high-frequency scalability.
- Further development of an integrated financial model (P&L/BS/CF), including scenario capabilities, sensitivities, and driver-based forecasting logic.
- Design and management of a rolling liquidity plan (short-/mid-term), including working capital mechanisms and financing instruments.
- Preparation and quality assurance of lender reporting, including covenant calculations, bridge analyses, and variance explanations.
- Support for the CFO agenda in financier and stakeholder communication (Q&A, documentation logic, key messages, data consistency).
- Coordination and content input for rating- and financing-related deliverables (e.g., presentations, data rooms, management commentary).
- Management of IFRS/accounting topics (e.g., IFRS 16 lease logic, accrual and reconciliation concepts) to ensure reporting and audit readiness.
- Standardization of reporting structures, templates, and KPI definitions across entities to increase transparency, comparability, and speed.
Marco T.
Last position:
Chief Financial Officer & ExCo Member at Senacor Technologies AG
- Led assessment and preparation for finance and business management transformation including roll-out of SAP S/4 HANA Cloud, Public Edition.
- Enhanced financial and project reporting by streamlining tools and introducing a management dashboard.
- Introduced opportunity management reporting as part of business operations activities.
- Prepared annual financial statements (HGB).
- Directed annual budget development and aligned it with the ExCo.
Michael S.
Last position:
Head of IT Project Management and Software Development DACH at Webhelp Holding Germany GmbH
- Established and developed the IT organization in the DACH region (including Poland and the Balkans)
- Directly reporting to the CTO, handling various special tasks (e.g., GDPR, communication with the works council, data protection support and CISO)
- 9 years of disciplinary and technical leadership of project management teams (internal and external clients) and software development in the DACH region
- 4 years of disciplinary and technical leadership of the IT Service Desk for the DACH region (1st level)
- Defined strategy and developed roadmaps in collaboration with the CTO (infrastructure renewal, digitalization, security, BCM)
- Derived projects from the roadmap, prioritized, planned and executed them
- Team leadership (managing project teams up to 50 people; disciplinary and technical leadership of 12 people)
- Data center build/relocation (one build, three relocations/mergers)
- GDPR implementation (initial registration, maintenance process, procedure directories)
- Managed ISO27001 initial certification and two recertifications (ITSM, IT processes, hardware and software inventory, development guidelines)
- Established and took responsibility for IT requirements management
- Responsible as system owner for in-house developments (automation platform, tracking and security tools)
- Process analysis (gathering, alignment, analysis, improvement, design)
- 6 months as interim CTO (due to the CTO's illness)
Olaf W.
Last position:
Business Processes Principal Consultant, Value Prototyping Team at SAP AG
- Managed proof of concept and prototype projects for SAP Rapid Prototyping across multiple industries
- Conducted As-Is reverse engineering and To-Be business process, requirements and pain-points workshops
- Designed streamlined, pragmatic end-to-end business solutions integrating SAP ERP, PI, APO and legacy systems
- Developed structured project proposals and online repositories for sprint planning, tasks, requirements and documentation
- Encouraged continuous improvement with lean/agile, user-centered project management style
- Executed rapid prototyping to support key design decisions in running systems
- Provided production support and training for midsize and global companies
- Delivered jump-start implementations, upgrade strategies, feasibility studies and risk assessments
Leonid R.
Last position:
IT Business Analyst / Requirements Engineer at S-Payment GmbH / Sparkasse (DSV-Gruppe)
- Business analysis of payments for the introduction of Wero EPI in Germany.
- Analysis and optimization of merchant processes in the context of acquiring and issuing.
- Analysis of interfaces for instant payments.
- Analysis of SCT-Inst processes, settlement mechanisms and reporting processes.
- Identification and clarification of gaps in merchant processes.
- Analysis and documentation of clearing and settlement processes.
- OSPlus process analysis and documentation.
- Coordination and alignment with scheme management as well as various payment service providers and financial institutions on merchant processes.
- Preparation and follow-up as well as active participation in EPI meetings on technical coordination and regulatory topics in payments, including content familiarization and prioritization.
- Preparation and documentation of project and steering committees in the EPI environment.
- Creation of status reports for the subproject.
- Maintenance and structuring of Confluence pages for project documentation.
- Coordination and alignment with the issuing teams on individual customer processes as well as aligning with bank processes and acquirer processes in the Wero environment.
- Communication with payment service providers regarding merchant and bank processes in the Wero environment.
- Organizational support for project management in special tasks in the EPI and Wero environment.
- Digital filing and documentation in Confluence and Microsoft Teams.
- Planning, implementation and tracking of work packages and steps.
- Quality assurance and project control.
- Consulting on IT strategy, IT architecture and interface management in the EPI and Wero environment.
- Technical environment: Jira, Confluence, XML, JSON, MS Office (Word, Excel, Teams, PowerPoint), SharePoint, Draw.io, Innovator, 3rd-level support, ITIL, creation and updating of software documentation, interface management, OSPlus, Scrum, KYC, payment, European Payments Initiative (EPI), Wero, Microsoft Loop, Instant Payments, SCT-Inst.
Özgür T.
Last position:
Management Consultant – Interim Manager at Self-employed Management Consultant – Interim Manager
- Managing ongoing bookkeeping – DATEV, ODOO, SAP FI
- Abacus/Davinci
- Support in preparing annual financial statements – HGB
- BPMN 2.0
- Modeling and automating business processes – RPA & BPMN
- Blockchain
- Advising on the implementation of artificial intelligence in accounting – Hypatos
- Data modeling and creating interactive dashboards – MS Power BI
- CAD
- Building and monetizing websites – current project Instagram @finanzabflug
- Canva
- Dapps
- Datev
Gurpreet D.
Last position:
Anonymous – German building materials manufacturer
- Creation of the profit center report and statistical metrics report
- Gathering and analysis of requirements regarding the forecast for revenue and costs
- Implementation of various time series analyses and optimization of forecasts
- SAP process knowledge, SQL, Python
- Python with various libraries for time series analysis and Machine Learning
Stephan H.
Last position:
President (CEO) at Lenermia eG
- Consulting, CFO-as-a-Service, Interim Management
- Support of companies from various industries (e.g. IDnow, Vizrt, EasyVista)
- (Financial) controlling, FP&A, process optimization, PMI
Christian E.
Last position:
Product Owner Mobile Integration at PAYBACK
- Create epic and user stories for seamless integration of PAYBACK features in PAYBACK partner apps
- Discuss solution with partner dev teams to kickoff integration on partner side
- Create roadmap 2023 for Partner Integration Crew
- Mentor internal Product Owners
Bettina W.
Last position:
Financial Accountant at Medela Medizintechnik GmbH & Co. KG
- Independent preparation of monthly and quarterly financial statements as well as annual financial statements in accordance with HGB using SAP
- Contact person for auditors and tax advisors
- Support for the team in day-to-day business
- Process and system optimization
- Support with the introduction of CCM in SAP S4HANA
Joerg S.
Last position:
Senior Solution Architect at Serrala
Klaus H.
Last position:
Project Manager and Scrum Master at Autobahn GmbH des Bundes
- Customizing Scrum to customer-specific needs for Autobahn GmbH
- Introducing Scrum at Autobahn GmbH for 3 SAP IDM teams
- Teaching, facilitation, mentoring and coaching as Scrum Master
- Conducting quality gates according to the definition of done
- Program and project planning and controlling as project manager
- Optimizing DevOps processes
- Risk management
- Stakeholder management
- Reporting to steering committee and line organization
- Technologies used: SAP IDM, SAP HCM, SAP SuccessFactors, SAP S/4HANA, SAP Analytics Cloud, Azure DevOps, ServiceNow, Confluence
Jörg S.
Last position:
Interim Enterprise Architecture Manager at BayWa r.e. AG
- Strategic IT consulting
- Enterprise Architecture Management
- Designing a global enterprise architecture strategy for the entire BayWa r.e. group with 150 country subsidiaries
- Aligning the strategy with all relevant stakeholders, top management, the holding company and corporate functions (Cyber Security, Information Security, Data Protection, IT Service Management)
- Coordinating the strategy with all business units (Wind Projects, Solar Projects, Services, IPP Asset Management, IPP Energy Trading, Solar Distribution, Energy Solutions)
- Analyzing, designing and consolidating the different target landscapes of all business units into a consistent, aligned overall target landscape
- Reducing IT risks, standardizing and harmonizing the application landscape
- Implementing a cloud-first strategy and further developing or replacing the strategic systems
- Managing the selection process, handling technical and commercial contract negotiations, and developing the implementation concept for a new EA application (LeanIX)
- Operational responsibility for the EA team, participating in daily business, and selecting candidates for open positions
Michael V.
Last position:
Project Manager and IT Consultant at Freelance
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Statistics of experts using SAP Business ByDesign
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
21 years
Position duration
4.2 years
Positions per freelancer
12
Top business areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Finance
Top industries
Information Technology, Professional Services, Manufacturing
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Accounting
Bachelor's degree or higher
92%
Master's degree or higher
77%
Doctorate
8%
Certifications per freelancer
3
Most common languages
German, English, Spanish
Speak two or more languages
94%
Based on our profile pool as of 19 Sep 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of freelancers in this technology in Germany are distributed, based on recent contracts on our platform. Each bar covers a rate range — its height shows how many freelancers charge within that range.
Average rates of experts in Germany using SAP Business ByDesign
Rates are based on recent contracts and do not include FRATCH margin.
The average daily rate is the mean of all daily rates from recent contracts of comparable freelancers on our platform.
The median daily rate is the middle value of all daily rates — half of comparable freelancers charge less, half charge more. Unlike the average, it is barely affected by outliers.
Calculated based on our freelancers’ daily rates as of 19 Sep 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
SAP Business ByDesign experts industry focus
See which industries our matched freelancers work in most often — every figure is calculated live from the freelancers on FRATCH.
- Information Technology (89%)
- Professional Services (83%)
- Manufacturing (50%)
- Banking and Finance (39%)
- Telecommunication (33%)
- Energy (28%)
- Food and Beverage (28%)
- Healthcare (28%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
Cloud ERP foundation
SAP Business ByDesign is a cloud ERP suite for growing and mid-sized companies that need connected business processes without managing their own ERP infrastructure. It brings finance, purchasing, sales, customer service, project work and supply chain operations into one business system.
Core business processes
Companies use Business ByDesign to standardize workflows from quotation and order management through invoicing, procurement and financial close. It also supports project-based work, inventory control, production planning, service operations and consolidated reporting across business units.
- Finance and management accounting
- Sales, purchasing and customer service
- Inventory, supply chain and production
- Project management and business analytics
Ecosystem and integration
Strong SAP ByDesign professionals work with business configuration, master data, authorization concepts and reporting. They also handle integration with SAP and non-SAP applications through web services, APIs, integration middleware and partner solutions. Knowledge of SAP Business Technology Platform can support extensions and connected workflows.
When companies need specialists
Freelance expertise is useful during a new rollout, a country or entity expansion, a process redesign or a difficult data migration. Companies also bring in specialists when internal teams need help with release changes, testing, reporting, integration faults or adoption across departments.
- Assess existing processes and map them to standard functionality
- Configure workflows, forms, roles and reporting
- Prepare data migration, testing and user enablement
- Connect external systems and resolve integration issues
Germany delivery context
In Germany, projects often involve finance, manufacturing, wholesale, professional services or subsidiaries operating across borders. A specialist may work remotely with process owners and IT teams, while workshops, cutover planning or training may benefit from on-site collaboration. German and English communication can both matter, depending on the organization.
What strong professionals bring
The best specialists combine SAP Business ByDesign knowledge with a clear understanding of finance, procurement, sales or supply chain operations. They distinguish configuration from unnecessary customization, document decisions and protect data quality. Look for someone who can explain trade-offs to business stakeholders, manage testing rigorously and leave the internal team able to operate the solution confidently.
Frequently asked questions
What clients ask us most about SAP Business ByDesign — answered in short.
SAP Business ByDesign is used to run connected finance, sales, purchasing, customer service, project and supply chain processes in the cloud. Companies choose it when they want a standardized ERP foundation with less infrastructure to manage themselves.
SAP Business ByDesign is generally aimed at growing and mid-sized organizations seeking broad, preconfigured cloud ERP processes. SAP S/4HANA Cloud is often considered for more complex enterprise structures, deeper process requirements or a larger transformation program, so the right choice depends on scope and operating model.
A strong SAP ByDesign freelancer should understand the business area in scope, such as accounting, procurement, sales or supply chain. Integration methods, data migration, testing, reporting, authorization design and change enablement are also valuable alongside configuration skills.
The required depth depends on whether the work covers a focused process change or a full rollout across entities and functions. For Business ByDesign, prioritize a professional who has handled the relevant scope, integrations, data work and stakeholder decisions rather than relying on a generic ERP background.
Much of SAP Business ByDesign configuration, documentation, testing and integration work can be handled remotely with shared access and structured workshops. On-site sessions may still help with process discovery, key-user training or cutover coordination, especially when German-language collaboration is important.
Ask a SAP ByDesign specialist to explain how they would map a real business process to standard functionality and where they would avoid customization. Review examples of test planning, migration controls, documentation and integration troubleshooting, then check how clearly they communicate with non-technical stakeholders.
Before hiring an SAP Business ByDesign expert, define the business entities, processes, integrations, reporting needs and current pain points involved. Existing process maps, master-data ownership, system documentation and a clear decision structure help the specialist start productively.
SAP Business ByDesign can fit organizations that need to connect cloud ERP processes with other SAP products or external applications. The feasibility depends on the required data flows, integration approach, process ownership and the degree of standardization the company is prepared to adopt.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used SAP Business ByDesign in their recent projects is 119 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 953 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used SAP Business ByDesign in their recent projects, 92% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 77% hold at least a Master's degree, and 8% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used SAP Business ByDesign in their recent projects have 21 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 4.2 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used SAP Business ByDesign in their recent projects are German (100%), English (94%), and Spanish (22%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used SAP Business ByDesign in their recent projects are Information Technology (89%), Professional Services (83%), and Manufacturing (50%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used SAP Business ByDesign in their recent projects are Information Technology (89%), Project Management (72%), and Finance (56%).
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