SAP FI Experts in Berlin
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Wolfram Knan
Last position:
AI / Machine Learning Engineer (Projects & Applied AI) at UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHEON-SORBONNE & LIORA
- Designed and implemented a hybrid recommendation system (content-based + collaborative filtering)
- Built end-to-end ML pipelines including data processing, feature engineering, model training, and evaluation
- Developed RAG-based LLM systems using LangChain and vector databases for semantic search and knowledge retrieval
- Established MLOps workflows with MLflow for experiment tracking, versioning, and deployment readiness
- Implemented deep learning models (computer vision & classification) using PyTorch and TensorFlow
Annette Buschermöhle
Last position:
Scientific Institute of the AOK (WIdO)
- Creation of publications, reports, and posters (layout, infographics, image editing)
- Proofreading
- Writing and sending newsletters
- Creating forms
- Back office and support for user administration and administration for online portals
- Database and mailing list maintenance
- Dispatch campaigns for publications
- Organization of meetings, workshops, and events
- Contact person for external and press inquiries
- Assistance to management (appointment management, business trips, committee management)
- Office administration
Oliver Schulz
Last position:
SAP Sub-Project Lead (SCM, MM, EWM) at Brunata Wärmemesser Hagen GmbH & Co KG
- Responsibility for time, budget and quality targets of the sub-project
- Creation and maintenance of the sub-project plan including dependencies to FI, CO, PP, SD
- Definition of work packages, resource planning and progress monitoring
- Risk and change management within module scope
- Analysis of as-is processes in procurement, logistics and warehouse management
- Design of to-be processes according to SAP standard (EWM warehouse processes such as goods receipt, put-away, picking, goods issue)
- Coordination with key users and specialist departments
- Support for interface development with external warehouse systems and supplier portals
- Organization of test data, error tracking and test documentation
- Support for deployment preparation and key user training
- Participation in the cutover plan (data migration, go-live preparation)
- Support of the department during the hypercare phase after go-live
- Assistance in mapping EWM core processes
- Management of external service providers
- Use of Jira, Confluence, Signavio, MS Teams, Aqua ALM
Heiko Krain
Last position:
SAP development, Adobe form development at Arvato SE
- conversion of a function-group-based Adobe Interactive Forms framework to an object-oriented Adobe framework for documents in transport/logistics and dunning (FI)
- Adobe Lifecycle Designer 11.0.1 for SAP
- creating new and troubleshooting existing forms, function modules, programs, classes, and methods
- maintaining Smart Forms
- document printing, email sending, and file archiving
- message control for deliveries, orders, invoices, proforma invoices, and transports
- ticket system: Jira
- communication: Microsoft Teams
- migrating customers to a new SAP framework
- handling incident and change request tickets
- software: SAP ERP 6.0, SAP_ABA 7.5G, S4CORE 1.05
Bernhard Heutmekers
Last position:
SAP MM Consultant, Business Solution Design Specialist at Nomen Nominandum
- Finalised several addon implementation projects as project manager, coordinating external service providers
- Implemented VAT reporting, e-invoicing, asset reporting, drug reporting to governmental authorities
- Played key role as business solution design specialist in an S/4HANA implementation project across PP-PI, eWM, QM, PM, IM, MM, SD and other logistic areas
- Designed organizational structures and processes in all logistic areas
- Developed and proofread business blueprint, managed implementation, test preparation and migration
Nick Panasar
Last position:
Global ERP, AI & Supply Chain Project Manager at Dr. Martens
Led the end-to-end delivery of a SAP Supply Chain Management (SCM / TD / SD) ERP programme, covering project initiation, detailed requirements gathering, operating model definition, system design, build, testing, cutover, and global Go Live across Europe, Asia, and North America. Ensured the ERP solution supported key supply chain, manufacturing, and planning operations to enable future business growth.
Conducted cross-functional workshops with Supply Chain, Procurement, Planning, Manufacturing, and Logistics teams to capture business requirements, define the future operating model, and map end-to-end system design. Consolidated over 150 requirements into structured documentation aligned with SAP standards.
Shaped solution design and vendor engagement during the early discovery phase, supporting selection of best-fit technology partners and ensuring the system design covered production planning, inventory management, warehousing, logistics, and supply chain forecasting.
Managed D365 configuration and troubleshooting, ensuring alignment with business processes and resolving integration issues between D365, SAP SCM modules, and surrounding systems.
Supported Grain data model changes to lead ingestion of planning data into Snowflake and Footprint, enabling enterprise reporting and analytics development.
Managed scope, timelines, risks, and dependencies across international teams spanning Europe, Asia, and the US, maintaining integrated project plans, issue logs, and executive reporting to drive stakeholder alignment and delivery momentum.
Enabled the integration of AI-powered demand forecasting tools into supply chain planning processes, improving forecast accuracy, inventory turnover, and operational decision-making across multiple regions.
Led SIT, UAT, and data migration phases, including design of test scenarios, defect triage management, and coordination of test execution to validate supply chain and manufacturing workflows prior to deployment.
Delivered detailed cutover planning, business readiness activities, and hypercare support, ensuring a smooth and coordinated Go Live and full operational handover to business teams.
André Siegmund
Last position:
IT Consultant SAP® Administration at Lechwerke AG (LEW)
- IT services for the administration of the SAP® systems NETZ/Sales, BW, Core, Portal
- Administration of SAP® authorizations and users via central user administration (ZBV) in SAP® Solution Manager
- Setup and further development of SAP® authorization roles
- Role assignment according to requests
- Creation, change, and deletion of users
- Incident handling and error analysis (e.g. authorization trace, debugging in test systems)
- Cooperation with the SAP® development team on new implementations and process changes
- Special tasks
- Execution of Privileged User Management (PUM) 2023–2025 using Security Bridge
- Decommissioning of the SAP® Core system and migration to S/4HANA
Beserithan Malabakan
Last position:
SD Development and CRM Interaction Center Development at Sanner GmbH
- Part-time 2-3 days/week
- Developments in the SD module and CRM Interaction Center
- Consulting, customizing in SD module
- Adapting Fiori applications in the SD module
- Approval workflow for credit memos: design, concept, implementation, customizing
- Credit memo request: object type BUS 2094
- If the credit memo request value is below a certain threshold -> automatic release and removal of billing block
- If the credit memo request value is above a certain threshold -> automatic determination of the responsible employee
- The employee receives a work item in their integrated inbox or in My Inbox (Fiori) -> the employee can reject, approve, or edit the credit memo request
- UML modeling in technical documentation
- Creating a Z-table for customer sample line items
- Merging COA1 (delivery) + COA2 (CAQ) forms and adding to the spool request as a single PDF
- Correcting workflow title according to NACE, fixing message "ZBMA title is displayed incorrectly in SBWP (Workplace)"
- Receiving PLM documents from an external PLM system, creating an RFC function module, storing PLM documents in the material master as GOS objects
- On releasing a production order, reading PLM documents from MM and saving them in a shared folder for the MES system
- Displaying the number of inspection methods in a popup when creating an order -> VA01/VA02
- Automatic stock reconciliation LVS IDOC INVCON
- Performing AQUA tests
- IDOC archiving for old IDOCs
- NL_PM_drawings and storing print output, informing MES via ZPPORDER IDOC, writing technical documents
- Using SD user exits, BADIs for various requirements
- Extending screens for customer requests via screen exits
- Creating message types for sales orders, purchase orders, and invoices
- Extending CRM Interaction Center Business Partner -> Overview -> Contract with customer-specific requirements
- New Fiori application departure control with data from Z-table and standard equipment tables, displaying a pie chart, calculating "vehicles in operation"
- Extending Interaction Center Business Partner -> Overview -> new tab on Overview Page with list tables for performance feedback, attachments from GOS objects
- Extending Interaction Center Business Partner -> Overview -> new tab on Overview Page with list tables for PM quality notifications, attachments from GOS objects
- Implementing BADIs in CRM
- File storage on SAP server/UNIX server
- Using BOL/GENIL architecture in CRM development
- Project language: German
Matthias Oehme
Last position:
Freelance Collaboration at Etengo (for Syna AG)
Consulting in the SAP EAM module as part of the migration to EON's oneERP S/4HANA system
Reviewing and cost estimation of customer-developed solutions (e.g., cockpit for EAM orders, document flow visualization)
Preparing EAM classification data for technical objects (technical locations, equipment) for migration to new classes
Juan Rammo
Last position:
Financial & Project Controller at Velero GmbH
- Project controlling including budget monitoring, forecasting, and profitability analyses
- Analyzing financial and project data and making recommendations for action
- Identifying optimization potential in controlling and business processes
- Preparing management reports and dashboards
Gopal Khandelwal
Last position:
SAP ABAP & Cloud Architect at parasus GmbH
- Concept and re-implementation of customer application over cloud and make the source code cloud ready
- Re-designing and putting a new architecture to overcome all the Team Scale findings and push ABAP code to ABAP cloud
- Converted the existing custom application code to ABAP cloud code and used ABAP Clean code guidelines
- Create a dynamic framework to call old vs new implementation from a Table maintenance to validate both implementations
- Utilized Key User Extensibility to seamlessly integrate multiple custom fields into a standard Fiori application, enhancing both the front-end and back-end GUI
Anuja Gite
Last position:
SAP Consultant (Accounting in SAP) at Air India
- Assisted and deployed a pilot SAP consulting project, performing full-cycle configuration: Chart of Accounts, Company Codes, Recurring Entries, and Payment Integration.
- Hands-on execution of Accounts Receivable (FI-AR) workflows, including vendor invoice processing and automatic payment runs.
- Supported period-end closing and audit prep, including document splitting, GL configurations, and profit center accounting.
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Statistics of experts using SAP FI
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
22 years (Germany: 25 years)
Position duration
2 years (Germany: 3.1 years)
Positions per freelancer
23 (Germany: 16)
Top business areas
Information Technology, Operations, Project Management
Top industries
Information Technology, Professional Services, Manufacturing
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Procurement, Project Management
Bachelor's degree or higher
89% (Germany: 86%)
Master's degree or higher
56% (Germany: 52%)
Doctorate
22% (Germany: 6%)
Certifications per freelancer
3
Most common languages
German, English, Spanish
Speak two or more languages
100% (Germany: 97%)
Based on our profile pool as of 30 Aug 2026.
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Average rates of experts in Berlin using SAP FI
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About the technology
SAP FI in practice
SAP FI is the financial accounting part of SAP. It covers the core records companies rely on for general ledger, supplier and customer accounts, asset accounting, taxes, and period-end closing. Teams use it to keep finance data consistent across SAP ECC and S/4HANA.
Common project work
- Configure company codes, ledgers, posting periods, and document types
- Set up accounts payable, accounts receivable, and bank accounting
- Support asset accounting and tax logic
- Map interfaces to sales, procurement, and controlling
- Clean up master data and posting rules
When freelancers help
Companies bring in SAP FI specialists for rollouts, clean-up work, upgrades, and support during close. That is common in finance-heavy organizations in Berlin as well, where teams need short-term help without slowing daily accounting.
What strong specialists do
Strong professionals understand both process and configuration. They can trace a posting from source document to ledger, spot breaks in integration, and explain what needs to change in customizing, master data, or interfaces.
Ecosystem and adjacent skills
SAP FI often sits close to FI/CO, SAP MM, SAP SD, ABAP, and basis tasks around transports and authorizations. Good specialists also know common reporting flows, tax handling, and how finance data moves into S/4HANA.
Signs you need SAP FI expertise
- Closing is slow or unreliable
- Postings land in the wrong account or period
- Asset, tax, or bank processes are not stable
- A rollout needs local finance knowledge and remote coordination
- You need a clear fix, not just a workaround
Frequently asked questions
Curious about SAP FI? Here are the answers that come up again and again.
SAP FI covers financial accounting in SAP, including general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, asset accounting, and bank-related posting flows. It is the part most finance teams rely on for clean books, period-end close, and audit-ready records.
SAP FI is the financial accounting area, while FI/CO connects it to controlling and internal reporting. In S/4HANA Finance, the structure changes, but the same accounting needs remain: postings, ledgers, assets, taxes, and close. A good specialist knows how the setup differs across SAP ECC and S/4HANA.
A strong SAP FI specialist should understand accounting processes, configuration, and integration points. Useful adjacent skills include FI/CO, master data, interfaces, authorization basics, and enough ABAP reading ability to work with technical teams when a posting issue needs tracing.
A SAP FI freelancer can start quickly if the business process, system landscape, and open issues are clear. For complex rollouts or close support, they need access to current configuration, sample documents, and the finance team’s actual posting rules.
SAP FI work is often remote-friendly, especially for configuration, analysis, and documentation. On-site time in Berlin helps when workshops need finance, IT, and process owners in one room, or when a close cycle is sensitive and quick decisions matter.
A SAP FI expert should deliver clear configuration changes, tested posting flows, issue analysis, and concise documentation. For larger work, expect support for cutover tasks, transport checks, and handover notes that let the finance team keep the process stable.
Good SAP FI work is measurable in clean postings, fewer manual corrections, and fewer breaks between finance and upstream systems. Ask for examples of tracing document flow, handling tax or asset issues, and explaining why a configuration choice fits the business process.
Yes. SAP FI is not just system setup; it reflects how a company books sales, purchases, assets, and payments. The best specialists can talk with finance users in plain language and turn business rules into working SAP configuration.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used SAP FI in their recent projects is 97 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 778 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used SAP FI in their recent projects, 89% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 56% hold at least a Master's degree, and 22% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used SAP FI in their recent projects have 22 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used SAP FI in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and Spanish (17%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used SAP FI in their recent projects are Information Technology (92%), Professional Services (83%), and Manufacturing (75%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Berlin, Germany who have used SAP FI in their recent projects are Information Technology (83%), Operations (75%), and Project Management (67%).
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