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Isabella S.
Last position:
Founder & Consultant at ISA ADVISE
- Independent consulting at the intersection of HR, Finance and IT
- Focus on People Analytics, HR Controlling, Pay Transparency, Compensation & Benefits and HR Transformation
- Analysis of complex HR and business data and development of reliable decision-making foundations for management and HR
- Design of KPI, reporting and BI solutions as well as data-based management models
- Consulting from analysis and concept development through implementation of transformation and optimization projects
- Focus on SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP BW and Power BI
- ISA = Insight · Structure · Alignment
Alfons G.
Last position:
Senior Migration Consultant / Technical Project Lead
Europe-wide re-platforming & centralization
- Independently created the migration concept and implementation plan for the Europe-wide centralization and consolidation of IT services for around 20 European companies as part of a re-platforming program.
- Migration assessment: analysis of the existing IT, infrastructure, application, and service landscapes of the companies as the basis for the migration strategy.
- Development of the centralized target vision and target architecture based on a modern technology stack, taking platform and containerization approaches into account.
- Design of a highly available central infrastructure in an active-active model across two data centers; consideration of cloud, infrastructure, application, CMDB, and IAM services.
- Development of the migration and transformation roadmap, including defining migration waves, dependencies, requirements, and priorities for the move from decentralized services to the central platform.
- Analysis of technical and organizational dependencies, identification of migration risks, and development of a structured approach for step-by-step migration and centralization.
- Creation of target, solution, and implementation views for each service domain; design of the end-to-end join-move-leave process as a blueprint for the European rollout (Jira/Jira Asset Management).
- Alignment of migration strategy and roadmap with European companies, management, IT, providers, and other stakeholders; presentation of the 12-month roadmap to the Managing Director Europe.
Kersten J.
Last position:
IT Controlling, Interim Manager at Fresenius/Kabi
- Implementation of a “New Financial and Legal Models” as well as an IT Operating Model (ITOM)
- Structural improvement of cooperation between the IT organizations
- Increased transparency of IT costs
- Introduction of a global IT budget process
- Implementation of an invoicing process (SAP SD) for IT services, coordination of the teams
- Responsible IT headquarters controller
- Supporting a new CIO during the first months
Andrea C.
Last position:
Founder at SCM Forward
- Consulting project. Member of Program Management Office leading the turnaround of a EUR 5 bil engineering Group, responsible for Indirect Spend reduction and targeting EUR 60 mil savings across 10+ spend categories
Jan P.
Last position:
Operational Readiness / Migration Lead at Worldline
Migration of SEPA direct debits, credit transfers & card clearing to Worldline's internal platform as part of the outsourcing contract
Definition of the MIGR strategy
Mobilization of the community (300+ experts at client & Worldline)
Creation of the MIGR runbook (100+ workshops)
Close collaboration with upstream project streams: BUILD & TEST, as well as with the operating units
Set up of the governance framework, capacity management & reporting
100% of SEPA DD, CT & CC transaction traffic migrated (7 months)
~80 migrations carried out with a success rate of 70% ("first-time right")
Set up technical & manual production monitoring
Established a "fast-track" incident management process in the MIGR & hypercare phases
Set up 20+ exception handling processes
Conducted trainings
Implemented SLAs & billing
Sebastian N.
Last position:
Test Manager: MW/OS Interlocking System (Railway Interlocking Systems) at Pintsch GmbH & Co. KG
- Project for Deutsche Bahn
- Analysis of the current project documents and enhancement of the test concept
- Preparation of checklists for requirements analysis regarding testability and test case review
- Preparation of onboarding documents for new team members
- Participation in presentations and involvement in decisions regarding the hiring of new team members
- Leading the test team with members in Romania, Spain and Germany
- Allocation and supervision of test tasks for my team members
- Definition of the documentation tool to be introduced in consultation with the project manager
- Preparation of a concept for introducing automated tests, including the definition of the test tool
- Hands-on test case creation, execution and reporting
- Participation in management meetings at various levels and taking on tasks for the test team
- Preparation of detailed documentation
- Tools used: TestConductor, Testona (CTE), VectorCast, Parallel, Ubuntu, Visual Studio Code, Google Cloud, IBM ELM landscape, CENELEC, etc
Ming C.
Last position:
German large bank
- Coordination of requirements (collection of documents, quality assurance)
- Coordination of appointments within the IT process landscape
- Execution of the publication process for new/changed sfO
- Processing of adjustments to the process map
- Checking sfO documents for compliance with the methodology
Jerry F.
Last position:
IT Requirements and Test Management in S/4 HANA Implementation Project at Q_PERIOR AG
- Create functional concepts for implementing applications
- Coordinate tests
- Create and execute test cases
- Create test reports
Jihane T.
Last position:
Reporting and Business Intelligence Specialist at Union Investment
- Developing and implementing new reporting requirements based on Oracle DWH with various business intelligence systems (SAP Business Objects and Birt-Eclipse)
Josef P.
Last position:
Self-employed at Self-employed
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Statistics of experts using SAP BW
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
24 years
Position duration
1.9 years (Germany: 3.5 years)
Positions per freelancer
13 (Germany: 14)
Top business areas
Project Management, Information Technology, Operations
Top industries
Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Professional Services
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Quality Assurance
Bachelor's degree or higher
90% (Germany: 89%)
Master's degree or higher
50% (Germany: 58%)
Doctorate
10% (Germany: 5%)
Certifications per freelancer
3
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
100% (Germany: 98%)
Based on our profile pool as of 29 Oct 2026.
Daily rate distribution
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Average rates of experts in Frankfurt using SAP BW
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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 29 Oct 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
SAP BW 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 (80%)
- Banking and Finance (70%)
- Professional Services (70%)
- Manufacturing (50%)
- Automotive (30%)
- Food and Beverage (30%)
- Pharmaceutical (30%)
- Telecommunication (30%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
What SAP BW does
SAP BW, formerly known as SAP Business Information Warehouse, is SAP’s platform for collecting, integrating and analysing business data. It turns information from SAP ERP, S/4HANA and external systems into governed reporting structures for finance, sales, supply chain and operations.
Core data work
SAP BW specialists design the path from source data to trusted insight. They model master data, transactional data and key figures, define transformations, schedule data loads and create queries that support consistent business reporting.
- Build and maintain data flows from SAP and non-SAP sources
- Create InfoObjects, DataStore objects, CompositeProviders and queries
- Reconcile figures across operational and analytical systems
- Improve load schedules, monitoring and error handling
Ecosystem and tooling
The surrounding landscape can include SAP HANA, BW/4HANA, SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP BusinessObjects and SAP Data Services. Strong specialists understand SQL, authorisations, transport processes and performance tuning, while adapting their approach to classic BW or newer HANA-focused models.
When companies need support
Companies often bring in freelance expertise during migrations, reporting redesigns, S/4HANA programmes, carve-outs or periods of heavy backlog. A specialist can assess an existing model, restore failed data chains, document fragile logic or prepare a controlled move toward BW/4HANA. In Frankfurt, collaboration may involve local finance, manufacturing, logistics or service teams alongside remote delivery groups.
- Reporting requirements keep changing faster than the data model
- Batch loads are slow, unreliable or difficult to monitor
- Business users do not trust figures across reports
- Internal teams need temporary capacity for a migration
What strong specialists bring
Quality goes beyond knowing transaction codes or building a single query. Strong professionals trace figures back to their source, challenge unclear definitions, protect data quality and explain trade-offs to both business and technical stakeholders. They leave behind maintainable models, clear documentation and repeatable operations.
Choosing the right fit
Assess whether the professional has worked with the exact SAP landscape, release path and reporting needs involved. Ask for examples of data modelling, extraction, performance analysis and production support, then discuss availability, remote or on-site work in Frankfurt, German-language collaboration and access requirements before delivery begins.
Frequently asked questions
Quick answers to the questions that come up most around SAP BW.
SAP BW is used to collect, organise and analyse data from SAP and external systems. Companies use it for governed management reporting, planning support, operational analysis and consistent financial or supply chain figures.
SAP BW provides data warehousing capabilities with strong integration into SAP applications, business content and authorisation concepts. A general cloud data warehouse may offer broader technology choice, but it usually requires more design work to reproduce SAP-specific extraction and semantics.
A capable SAP BW specialist may also work with SAP HANA, BW/4HANA, S/4HANA extraction, SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP BusinessObjects. SQL, data governance, authorisations, transport management and performance tuning are valuable alongside core modelling skills.
A freelance SAP BW professional can help when a company faces a migration, reporting redesign, urgent production issue or temporary capacity gap. This is especially useful when internal teams understand the business but need focused experience with data flows, modelling or performance.
The right level depends on the scope and risk of the work. A small query change may need focused delivery experience, while a migration or enterprise data model requires a professional who can handle extraction, architecture, testing, authorisations and production operations.
Yes, much SAP BW work can be completed remotely through secure access, structured workshops and clear transport procedures. On-site sessions in Frankfurt can still help with stakeholder alignment, process discovery and sensitive cutovers, while German or English communication should match the project team.
Review how the SAP BW professional validates source-to-report figures, documents transformations and handles failed loads. Ask them to explain performance decisions, testing coverage, monitoring and how business definitions are kept consistent across reports.
Companies may weigh SAP BW against SAP Datasphere, a cloud data warehouse or a broader lakehouse architecture. The choice depends on SAP integration, existing models, governance, cloud direction, reporting needs and the effort the organisation can support during transition.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used SAP BW in their recent projects is 110 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 881 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used SAP BW in their recent projects, 90% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 50% hold at least a Master's degree, and 10% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used SAP BW in their recent projects have 24 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 1.9 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used SAP BW in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and French (40%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used SAP BW in their recent projects are Information Technology (80%), Banking and Finance (70%), and Professional Services (70%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used SAP BW in their recent projects are Project Management (100%), Information Technology (90%), and Operations (60%).
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