SAP BW Experts in Hamburg
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Manfred P.
Last position:
Senior IT Project Manager EfA / OZG Online Services at Senatskanzlei ITD Hamburg, Dataport, Police Hamburg
The online service "Special Use of Streets and No-Parking Zone" was in a partially completed state. The following tasks had to be carried out to reach final completion:
- Preparation of an expert report on the status of the online service, and recommendations for action
- Ensuring that all LEIKAS to be used are available (service catalog / service descriptions of the authorities)
- Creating and aligning concepts for complex IT projects (business/IT concepts, architecture, interfaces, roadmaps)
- Requirements management
- Multi-project management with 3 stakeholders (Police, Dataport, development company)
- Determining resource needs
- Coordination to identify technical requirements through the IT architects
- Creating use cases and test cases
- Creating action items
- Managing external IT service providers
- Coordination and management of all activities
- Conflict resolution / business mediation
- User Acceptance Test (UAT) and acceptance by Hamburg Police (Traffic Directorate, Policy Department, Central Road Traffic Authority)
Technical environment: .NET, EfA minimum requirements, Leikas, Administrative Procedure Act (VwVfG), HWG (Hamburg Roads Act), Atlassian Jira, Confluence, MS Office
Dominik P.
Last position:
Head of IT at Aarsleff Spezialtiefbau GmbH
- Disciplinary and professional leadership of the IT and service team
- Definition and documentation of the Current Mode of Operation (CMO) in Confluence: application landscape, infrastructure, networks, backup & storage
- Development of the Future Mode of Operation (FMO) including process analysis & stakeholder interviews with all departments using BPMN and flowcharts
- Optimization of license management: reduction of ongoing software costs by approx. 17% p.a.
- Introduction and establishment of Jira as the central tool for project and service management
- Introduction and rollout of the HR software MindKey to digitize HR processes
- Introduction of a VoIP solution with Microsoft Teams incl. PSTN connection to replace classic telephony
- Introduction of the production and planning software OptiControl to digitize operational processes
- Rollout of Intune as a Mobile Device Management solution for Windows, iOS and Android
- Build-up of Power BI dashboards for machine park monitoring and financial reporting
- Planning and execution of the IT consolidation of two locations for 170 users
- Introduction of automated penetration testing with Pentera
- Coaching and mentoring the team in agile methods & project management
- Operational support in day-to-day business: administration, incident & change management
- Management of external service providers and assurance of the quality of outsourced IT services
- Responsibility for the IT budget incl. planning and controlling
- Direct reporting line to management with regular management reports on IT KPIs, budget and project status
Shahram D.
Last position:
IT Project Manager & Consultant (Concept and implementation of EU regulations) at Witt Group / Otto Group
- Planning, steering, and monitoring the Corporate Responsibility Tech Enablement project for IT
- Concept and implementation of the EUDR (EU Deforestation Regulation)
- Concept and implementation of the Eco-Design Regulation
- Continued support of projects within the Corporate Responsibility strategy
- Definition and review of guidelines (e.g. governance, success metrics) and, if needed, analysis of issues and their solutions
- Overall project management, marketing, communication, and quality assurance for the projects
- Creation of the project plan including timeline/roadmap, budget, and resources
- Ensuring compliance with budget and deadlines
- Defining guidelines for project control, methods, and priorities
- Planning and tracking resources and effort, also together with other IT teams
- Evaluation of projects and preparation of results (reporting to management)
- Identification and reduction of risks
- Regular communication with stakeholders
- Steering internal and external stakeholders and service providers (Jira, Confluence, backlog management, task tracking, SharePoint, MS 365 platform etc.)
- Development of standards and process automation
Label: Azure Cloud, Jira, Confluence, Power BI, SAP BW, AWS, Miro, Bee360, Draw.io, SharePoint, MS 365 platform, Trello etc.
Sven C.
Last position:
Interim Head of Controlling – Technology Management & Service Engineering at Nordex Energy SE & Co. KG
Controlling business partner for the central department managing complex quality projects in plant operations
Bridging vacancy: Operational leadership of the controlling team in Germany, Spain and India, knowledge transfer and onboarding of the new Head of Controlling
Year-end closing: Calculation and audit-ready documentation of various scenarios for provisions for impending losses and performance obligations
Process improvements: Increasing transparency of the monthly quality cost forecasts, partial automation of provision calculation with PowerQuery/PowerPivot
Timo W.
Last position:
Project Manager, Requirements Manager, Business Analyst, Solution Architect at Service Provider for Heat Quantity Measurement
Supporting integration testing
Writing and creating the cut-over script
Conducting workshops to clarify requirements
Gathering business requirements
Business process modeling
IT design
Project planning
Supporting migration tests
Executing a greenfield S/4HANA conversion. A DATEV application and an AS400 are to be replaced by an S/4HANA system in a public cloud. The DATEV system runs the general ledger and accounts payable. The AS400 handles accounts receivable and business partners. The payables and receivables will be migrated to S/4HANA and the DATEV solution decommissioned.
Alain B.
Last position:
Interim Manager | Product Manager | AdTech & CDP Expert | Technical Transformations at Freelancer
- Hands-on product and portfolio analyses with actionable recommendations
- Skilled in consulting, concept development, and agile project management
- Technical leadership & team empowerment – for smooth agile delivery with foresight and guardrails
Walid H.
Last position:
Senior Tester within the IT & Digital Roadmap at VTG-Aktiengesellschaft
- Consulting, planning, and adapting (extension and rebuild) of the existing test framework to cover necessary test cases as part of quality assurance for initiative implementations
- Executing cross-team manual test cases during regular sprint cycles
- Setting up test automation
- Advising front-end and back-end development on quality assurance aspects
- Building a framework for end-to-end test cases
- Performing software quality assurance across various projects within a program
- Supporting the creation of test cases
- Coordinating within the team with all relevant stakeholders
Finn H.
Last position:
Data Architecture at NTT Global Ltd.
Design and implementation of a big data energy reporting infrastructure for operational data from data centers in EMEA for aggregated client reporting and the energy efficiency register (EnEfG)
Integration of data from over 50 systems, including GridVis, Robotron, Niagara, ShowIT, and Salesforce
Sebastian E.
Last position:
Interim Project Manager (Introduction of new cash register systems in Turkey) at Tchibo GmbH
- Project management (integration of new cash register software in Turkey under time pressure)
- Professional leadership of 5 employees
- Support of the support team – process revision / adjustment (ServiceNow)
- Integration of new agile processes (ticket process in JIRA, documentation requirement in Confluence)
Dirk H.
Last position:
Controlling Consulting at JobRad GmbH
- Design of C-level reports
- Identification of key figures and creation of dashboards
Thomas R.
Last position:
Freelance SAP BI Consultant at Freelance SAP BI Consultant
Folke M.
Last position:
Program Management and PMO for Core System Replacement at Vereinigte Hagel VVaG
Julius K.
Last position:
Management-Reporting Consultant at FinCrafts GmbH
- Budgeting, planning and forecasting/predictive analytics
- BU, project, sales, production and plant controlling
- Management reporting
- Conducting stakeholder analyses
- Determining provisions for year-end closing
- Conducting internal SAP, SAP BW and Office trainings
- Setting up accounts payable reporting
- ICP management for international subsidiaries
- Site restructuring and closure
- Supporting monthly and annual closing under HGB and IFRS
- Setting up new income statement structures
- Redesigning cost center structure including supporting the required adjustments and trainings
- Documenting and digitizing VAT advance return
- Calculating cash runway and burn rate
- Preparing and processing cash forecasting
- Controlling costs and investments via valued goods receipt and purchase liabilities
- Contributing to the implementation of SAP R/3
- Introducing SAP EC-PCA
- Redesigning an inventor compensation process
- Preparing the implementation of Dynamics 365 Business Central
- Setting up cost object accounting in MS Navision
- Maintaining and cleaning master data in various ERP systems including preparing for export/import
- Supporting due diligence in the context of capital increase
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Statistics of experts using SAP BW
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
23 years (Germany: 24 years)
Position duration
2 years (Germany: 3.5 years)
Positions per freelancer
15 (Germany: 14)
Top business areas
Project Management, Business Intelligence, Information Technology
Top industries
Information Technology, Professional Services, Banking and Finance
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Operations
Bachelor's degree or higher
100% (Germany: 89%)
Master's degree or higher
57% (Germany: 58%)
Doctorate
14% (Germany: 6%)
Certifications per freelancer
3
Most common languages
German, English, Persian
Speak two or more languages
92% (Germany: 99%)
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 Hamburg 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 Hamburg using SAP BW
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 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 (85%)
- Professional Services (69%)
- Banking and Finance (62%)
- Retail (46%)
- Advertising (38%)
- Insurance (38%)
- Energy (31%)
- Food and Beverage (31%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
What SAP BW does
SAP BW, also known as SAP Business Warehouse, consolidates business data for reporting, planning and analysis. It connects operational SAP systems with external sources and turns fragmented information into governed data models. Companies use it to support finance, supply chain, sales and management decisions.
Core data models
SAP BW specialists work with InfoObjects, DataStore objects, CompositeProviders and Open ODS Views. They design data flows that extract, transform and load information while preserving clear business definitions. In modern landscapes, they may use BW/4HANA to simplify models and run analytical workloads on SAP HANA.
Ecosystem and tooling
The work spans SAP S/4HANA, SAP ERP, SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP BusinessObjects, along with databases and non-SAP sources. Strong professionals understand extraction frameworks, process chains, authorizations, transports and monitoring. Depending on the landscape, they also use ABAP, SQL, HANA modeling and enterprise scheduling tools.
Typical project work
- Migrate legacy SAP NetWeaver BW models to BW/4HANA
- Build reporting layers for finance, procurement or supply chain
- Connect SAP and external data sources with dependable load processes
- Improve query performance, data quality and process-chain stability
- Prepare governed datasets for SAP Analytics Cloud
When specialists add value
Companies bring in freelance SAP BW experts during migrations, reporting redesigns and urgent delivery work. Specialist support is useful when internal teams need deep knowledge of legacy models, HANA optimization or complex source-system integration. In Hamburg, remote collaboration can work well for documented warehouse work, while on-site sessions may help with workshops, cutovers and stakeholder alignment.
What strong professionals bring
A capable SAP BW professional combines technical delivery with a clear view of business definitions and reporting use. They ask how figures are generated, document lineage and test reconciliations against source systems. Look for experience with the relevant SAP release, disciplined transport practices and the ability to explain trade-offs to finance and operational teams. German and English communication may both matter when Hamburg-based stakeholders and international teams share the project.
Frequently asked questions
Everything clients usually want to know about SAP BW, in one place.
SAP BW is used to collect, harmonize and analyze data from SAP and non-SAP systems. Companies rely on it for governed reporting, management dashboards, planning support and recurring operational analysis.
SAP Business Warehouse provides structured models, business definitions, security and repeatable data processes for enterprise reporting. A data lake offers broader storage flexibility, while direct reporting can be quicker for narrow needs but may provide less central governance.
A strong SAP BW specialist often works with SAP HANA, ABAP, SQL, SAP S/4HANA and SAP Analytics Cloud. Knowledge of extraction methods, process chains, authorizations, transport management and data quality is also valuable.
An SAP BW freelancer should match the landscape, release and delivery phase rather than a generic checklist. Migration, performance tuning, new reporting and production support each require different depth, so companies should review comparable deliverables and references.
Yes, much SAP BW work can be delivered remotely when system access, documentation and communication are well organized. On-site collaboration in Hamburg can still be useful for discovery workshops, business validation, cutovers and work involving sensitive internal processes.
Review how the SAP BW professional handles data lineage, reconciliation, testing and documentation. Ask for examples of stable process chains, clear model design and measurable improvements in query performance or operational reliability.
SAP BW remains relevant for many S/4HANA landscapes that need centralized reporting, historical data and cross-system analysis. A specialist should explain whether BW/4HANA, embedded analytics or another design best fits the company’s data and governance needs.
BW/4HANA is SAP’s modernized data warehousing product, designed to run on SAP HANA with a simplified object model and current tooling. SAP BW can refer more broadly to the product family, including older SAP NetWeaver BW environments that may need modernization.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Hamburg, Germany who have used SAP BW in their recent projects is 116 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 928 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Hamburg, Germany who have used SAP BW in their recent projects, 100% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 57% hold at least a Master's degree, and 14% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Hamburg, Germany who have used SAP BW in their recent projects have 23 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Hamburg, Germany who have used SAP BW in their recent projects are German (100%), English (92%), and Persian (15%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Hamburg, Germany who have used SAP BW in their recent projects are Information Technology (85%), Professional Services (69%), and Banking and Finance (62%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Hamburg, Germany who have used SAP BW in their recent projects are Project Management (92%), Business Intelligence (85%), and Information Technology (85%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used SAP BW
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