SAP PS Expert
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Meet FRATCH Experts who have recently used SAP PS
Alwin G.
Last position:
IT Interim Manager & AI Strategist
- AI product development: Design of an AI-supported GRC platform to automate compliance processes.
- AI expertise: Strategic deepening in Agentic AI and GenAI as a core asset for modern IT governance
- IT interim management and strategic consulting
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
Rüdiger S.
Last position:
Manufacturer of busbar trunking systems for power & data transmission
- Review and assessment of the current situation
- Identifying and defining implementation measures to close existing gaps
Mimmo N.
Last position:
Consultant Controlling / MIS / SAP R/3 FI/CO at Freelance
- Consulting on complex IT, accounting, controlling, and business intelligence projects from the analysis phase through implementation to go-live support
- Work as consultant, project manager, and subproject manager
- Focus on business process analysis and implementation
- Controlling: sales, marketing, project, financial, and cost controlling
- Accounting: General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, asset accounting
- Implementation and training of SAP R/3 FI/CO
- Operational experience in controlling, sales, human resources, and commercial project management before my consulting work
Harald K.
Last position:
SAP MM, PP Consultant at FRT Metrology Camtek
Creation of Power BI management reports
Environment: SAP ECC 6.0, Power BI
Peter S.
Last position:
SAP FI/CO/PSM consulting at Federal agency
- SAP ERP/ECC, SAP S/4 HANA
- Analysis and documentation of customizing for SAP FI/CO, PSM, PSCD
- Analysis, consulting, and documentation of S/4 HANA apps for defining and executing statutory reports
- Clarification of prerequisites for using the S/4 HANA apps to define and execute statutory reports
- Analysis and documentation of customizing for in-house developments
- Consulting on integration of SAP FI/CO as well as PSM, PSM-FM (budget management), contract accounts receivable and payable (PSCD)
- Consulting and documentation of customizing adjustments in SAP FI/CO, PSM, PSM-FM, PSCD for the introduction of new company codes and other organizational structures
- Consulting and documentation of necessary process adjustments
Victor K.
Last position:
SAP S/4HANA Financial Consultant at SIIX
SAP S/4HANA Implementation (Greenfield)
- SAP Finance Reporting
- VAT Reporting
- Foreign Plants
- Tax Calculation for SD/MM
- Z4/Z5 Reports
- Intrastat
- SAP DRC (E-Invoicing)
System: SAP
Industry: Manufacturing
Team: 10
Fabio N.
Last position:
SAP Logistics & Financials Coordinator at AirPlus International
- Leading technical SAP projects in FI/CO and logistics.
- Advanced ABAP analysis, debugging, and validation of complex integrations.
- Optimization of financial and logistics processes in S/4HANA environments.
- Responsibility for demand management, workshops, and technical solution architecture.
Alexandra S.
Last position:
Senior HR Generalist at Delta Energy Systems (Germany) GmbH
- Advising managers on HR strategy, labor law, and collective agreement matters
- Payroll in DATEV for 150 employees in two companies from 01/04/2024 to 31/07/2025
- Support with payroll preparation work from 01/08/2025
- Preparing the report regarding the disability levy
- Preparing the report and matching master data with the employers' liability insurance association
- Conducting job interviews / employee meetings and return-to-work interviews (BEM, Occupational Reintegration Management)
- Maintaining electronic time recording data (corrections, recording maternity leave / parental leave / vacation / illness / business trips) in INTERFLEX
- Working with the Freiburg Integration Office
- Setting up and supporting the areas of occupational safety + company health management + company doctor (Regio Arbeitsmedizin)
- HR support: preparing employment contracts / terminations / references, warnings / conducting onboarding and exit interviews
- Organizing company events
- Organizing training sessions
- Local contact person during audits
- Running projects together with other Delta sites (including introducing a digital personnel file)
- Trusting and constructive cooperation with the works council
- Helping with budget and staffing planning
- Reporting HR key figures
- Local contact person for the employers' association and the trade supervisory office
- Recruiting + supporting existing and new employees with relocation, visas, and work permits
Frank L.
Last position:
SAP Consultant and Developer at Frank Leonhard Consulting
- Consulting and implementation of SAP projects as a freelancer
- Analysis, design, customizing, and programming
- Modules: PP, MM, WM, SD, QM, CS, IH, FI/CO, PLM, EH&S
- Development of forms (Smartforms, Adobe Forms)
- ABAP development (Enhancements, BADI, dialogs, reporting, IDocs)
- Project management, subproject management, and training
Kerstin G.
Last position:
Information Security Consulting at CAS AG
Marco Z.
Last position:
Product Owner IT Services; Solution Architect central service delivery at BWI
Create product vision
Commission Scrum teams
Create schedule and coordinate with project lead
Coordinate and align with stakeholders
Harmonize processes across initiatives
Present project content at C-level
Create security concept for classified information up to DEU GEHEIM and NATO SECRET considering BSI GS, KRITIS, SÜG, VSA
Plan service changes to underpinning services
Design architecture for secure infrastructures
Dependency management in project context
Risk management
Requirements management
Commission and oversee protection needs analysis and information security concept
Coordinate service design activities
Max G.
Last position:
PMO Lead for Governance Project Document Management at Deutsche Telekom Geschäftskunden GmbH
- Led the data migration from ImageMaster to SharePoint in compliance with strict data security standards
- Developed an optimized process concept to increase efficiency
- Created and managed a detailed project plan with MS Project, including milestone and resource management
- Coordinated all stakeholders and created governance documentation up to go-live
- Used SAP Project System for project control
- Led a team of 4 people
Antje B.
Last position:
AI Strategy Consultant, Change Manager at SMEs (various marketing boutiques, IT & office services)
AI Strategy & Enablement for SMEs Management consulting – SMEs (e.g. marketing boutique, IT & office services)
Concept and delivery of structured AI introduction and strategy workshops for small and medium-sized businesses. Result: Practical AI status assessment, prioritized use case list, and management decision template as the basis for the next steps in the company’s AI development.
Activities
- Needs analysis and individual preparation of the consulting formats
- Facilitation of a structured AI status assessment including vision, mission, and target picture
- Identification and prioritization of relevant AI use cases and action fields
- Creation of management decision templates and roadmaps
- Raising awareness for opportunities, risks, and success factors of AI introduction
- Support for first customers with AI-supported automation scenarios
- Supporting people and teams through the change process of AI introduction (CM)
Methods / Tools / Technologies
Methods:
- AI status assessment & use case analysis
- Workshop moderation / facilitation
- Requirement Management
- Change Management (PROSCI)
Tools:
- Generative AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT, Claude)
- Automation/AI coding tools (e.g. n8n, Claude Code, Visual Studio, Antigravity)
Technologies:
- Prompt engineering
- AI workflow automation
Orhan Y.
Last position:
SAP Senior Consultant OTC/MM/WM/LE/CS/PS/GTS, C4C-Cloud (Sales, Services, E-Commerce) at High-Technologie
- Support and consulting for the integration of SAP ECC into an SAP S/4HANA system, retirement of legacy systems, implementation, and process optimization in the new harmonized system
- Project implementation of S/4HANA Cloud Private & Public Sales & Services with SAP SCM/OTC/MM/LE/CS/PS, S/4HANA Cloud, CPI, BTP, EDI, IDOC, ABAP, User-Exit, SolMan, ITIL, SAP Cloud AL
- Customizing and optimization in OTC and MM, including condition maintenance, document type and item category extensions, integration with FI/CO, scheduling agreement configuration, material master and purchasing info record maintenance, release procedures, message control, and master data quality
- Ensuring integration of PTP with FI/CO, SD, and WM, process analysis, and efficiency improvement for the S/4HANA environment
- Process modeling in Signavio, workshops, and trainings
- 2nd & 3rd level support in OTC, MM, CS, PS, C4C Sales & Services, GTS, and MDG: incident and change tickets, feasibility analyses, service management, embedded analytics, customizing, tests, documentation, training, debugging, IDOC/EDI monitoring
- SAP S/4HANA migration: data migration, system harmonization, global rollouts, and template development
- ABAP development and optimization: reports, dialog programs, user exits, IDOC/EDI monitoring
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Statistics of experts using SAP PS
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
26 years
Position duration
3.4 years
Positions per freelancer
22
Top business areas
Project Management, Information Technology, Finance
Top industries
Information Technology, Manufacturing, Professional Services
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Operations
Bachelor's degree or higher
84%
Master's degree or higher
44%
Doctorate
8%
Certifications per freelancer
3
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
94%
Based on our profile pool as of 10 Sep 2026.
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Average rates of experts using SAP PS
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 10 Sep 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
SAP PS 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 (78%)
- Manufacturing (76%)
- Professional Services (75%)
- Automotive (58%)
- Banking and Finance (49%)
- Transportation (47%)
- Energy (40%)
- Retail (40%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
SAP Project System
SAP PS, also known as SAP Project System, is the SAP ERP component for planning, controlling and reporting project-based work. It structures initiatives through work breakdown structures, networks, activities, milestones and project definitions. Companies use it to connect operational project execution with costs, revenues, procurement and accounting.
Core Structures
A strong SAP PS setup turns complex delivery into a controlled project model. Professionals define work breakdown structures, network activities, relationships, dates, responsible units and settlement rules. They also configure status management, budgeting, availability control and project-specific master data.
- Design project definitions and work breakdown structures
- Plan activities, dates, resources and dependencies
- Configure budgets, commitments and settlement
- Build project reporting and status processes
Connected SAP Processes
SAP PS rarely operates alone. Its data commonly flows into SAP Controlling for cost planning and settlement, SAP Financial Accounting for postings, SAP Materials Management for purchasing and inventory, and SAP Sales and Distribution for customer projects. Integration with SAP Asset Management, production or time recording may also be important for industrial delivery.
Typical Projects
Companies bring in SAP PS expertise for implementation, rollouts, migrations, process redesign and targeted improvements. The work may cover capital projects, construction, plant maintenance, research initiatives, customer-specific production or long-running service programs.
- Replace spreadsheets with controlled project planning
- Improve budget and commitment visibility
- Prepare data for S/4HANA transformation
- Resolve settlement, planning or reporting issues
When Specialists Help
Freelance specialists are useful when an internal SAP team needs focused capacity for a demanding phase. They can assess an existing template, document process gaps, configure project profiles, support testing and migration, or stabilize production after go-live. Clear decisions about scope, integrations, authorizations and business ownership reduce delivery risk.
What Quality Looks Like
The best professionals combine SAP PS configuration knowledge with a practical understanding of project finance and operations. They can explain how a change affects WBS elements, networks, commitments, actual costs, settlements and reports. Look for evidence of structured workshops, clean documentation, controlled transports, realistic test scenarios and close collaboration with business and technical teams.
Frequently asked questions
Not sure where to start with SAP PS? These answers cover the essentials.
SAP PS is used to plan, execute, monitor and settle complex projects within SAP. It links project structures and activities with budgets, procurement, costs, revenues and financial reporting.
SAP Project System is strongest when project control must connect directly to SAP finance, purchasing, sales or asset processes. Separate project management tools may offer broader collaboration features, but they often require additional integration for financial control and settlement.
A capable SAP PS professional often works with SAP Controlling, Financial Accounting, Materials Management and Sales and Distribution. Knowledge of S/4HANA data structures, authorizations, migration, reporting and integration is also valuable.
The right level depends on the scope, integrations and business impact. A focused configuration change may need a specialist familiar with the relevant process, while a global template, migration or S/4HANA transformation calls for someone who has handled governance, testing and cutover.
SAP PS work can often be delivered remotely through workshops, system access, documentation and structured testing. On-site collaboration may still help during process discovery, key-user training, cutover or projects involving plants and field operations.
Ask which project types, integrations and SAP releases the professional has actually supported. Discuss the intended deliverables, their approach to testing and transports, and how they document configuration decisions for internal teams.
Good SAP PS configuration reflects the business process without unnecessary complexity. Check whether structures, statuses, planning, availability control, settlement and reporting behave consistently in realistic end-to-end scenarios.
A Project System specialist needs a clear scope, access to the relevant SAP environment, process owners and information about existing templates or customizations. Early clarity on remote collaboration, workshops, language expectations and decision rights helps the work progress smoothly.
The average hourly rate of freelancers who have used SAP PS in their recent projects is 111 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 888 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers who have used SAP PS in their recent projects, 84% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 44% hold at least a Master's degree, and 8% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers who have used SAP PS in their recent projects have 26 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3.4 years.
The most common languages among freelancers who have used SAP PS in their recent projects are German (100%), English (92%), and French (26%).
The most common industries among freelancers who have used SAP PS in their recent projects are Information Technology (78%), Manufacturing (76%), and Professional Services (75%).
The most common business areas among freelancers who have used SAP PS in their recent projects are Project Management (93%), Information Technology (91%), and Finance (63%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used SAP PS
Our freelancers and interim experts are at home all over Germany — available on-site in Berlin, Hamburg, Munich and every major business hub, or fully remote. Choose a city to discover matched specialists, local market insights and up-to-date availability.
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Vienna Graz Across Switzerland our specialists are active in Zurich, Geneva, Basel and Bern — working on-site or fully remote. Choose a city to discover matched specialists, local market insights and up-to-date availability.
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