SAP S/4HANA Experts in Zurich
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Zurich, who have recently used SAP S/4HANA
Paulo M.
Last position:
Power BI / Fabric & SAP BI Consultant at Financial Bank
- Developed Power BI semantic models, DAX and RLS, improving reporting performance and security.
- Designed Fabric Lakehouse with Medallion Architecture (Bronze/Silver/Gold), accelerating data processing and improving maintainability and scalability.
- Built Fabric Data Factory pipelines and PySpark transformations, reducing processing time by 40%.
- Delivered automated Power BI KPI dashboards, accelerating reporting and decision-making.
- Supported SAP BO 4.3 → 2025 migration across 2,000+ Webl reports and 34 universes, reducing testing effort by 35% and improving migration quality and reliability.
- Optimized UNX universes, reducing query execution time by 40%.
- Optimized SAP BO reporting solutions, improving reliability and reducing manual effort.
Environment: Power BI, Microsoft Fabric (Lakehouse, Warehouse, Pipelines, PySpark), Tabular Editor, DAX Studio, SAP BI (BO 4.3/2025, Webl, UNX Universes), 360Suite, InfoBurst, GitHub, JIRA.
Nik G.
Last position:
Executive Interim & Transformation Partner at Audoban & Co. GmbH
- Stepped into a senior interim mandate with hands-on accountability for a complex business model transformation, taking ownership of execution, operating decisions, and delivery within a highly regulated and complex regional environment.
- Led market access, launch, and go-to-market transformation work, aligning commercial, operational, and governance structures to support entry into new markets under time and regulatory pressure.
- Supported post-merger integration as well as divestiture shaping assignments, working hands-on with executive teams to align operating realities, decision rights, and accountability with transaction intent.
- Took interim ownership of critical transformation and integration programs, resetting priorities, sequencing, and leadership expectations where delivery risk or organizational friction had emerged.
- Acted as a trusted interim partner to CEOs and senior leaders during periods of structural change, providing clear judgement, hands-on leadership, and execution discipline.
Nadine B.
Last position:
Program Responsibility & Innovation at Industry
- Management of security and governance initiatives
- Development of SAP BTP as an innovation platform
- Trusted advisor to executive management
Thorsten M.
Last position:
Managing Director at Morschheuser Consulting GmbH
- Building, developing and auditing ISMS and IAM/IDM structures (SAP & Non-SAP)
- Developing, optimizing and reviewing authorization concepts, role models and interfaces (including SAP IDM/NetWeaver/S/4HANA, as well as cloud & AD)
- Managing and documenting audit, compliance and certification projects (ISO 27001, TISAX, KRITIS)
Vitaly P.
Last position:
IT Project Manager UCC at Office for Informatics, Canton of Zurich
- Collaboration with and deputizing for the service manager for UCC (product owner)
- Interface management for UCC with other functionalities as part of the digital workplace
- Control of infrastructure tests and rollout, monitoring dependencies with other sub-projects
Philipp S.
Last position:
Equity Portfolio Manager - Digital Wealth Management at Interactive Brokers LLC
- Solely responsible for two portfolios totaling USD 1 million with an average monthly performance of 2%
- Responsible for the investment strategy, specializing in US equities and ETFs (exchanges: NASDAQ and NYSE)
- Market, trend, data, and technical chart analysis
- Risk management – diversification, daily/weekly risk mitigation measures (rebalancing) to ensure optimal portfolio profitability
Markus F.
Last position:
Logistics Expert/Coach at RAPID Technic AG
- Coaching, developing fundamentals and leading technical aspects in logistics transformation
- Extending SAP WM functionalities
- Efficiency measures in shuttle warehouse technology
- Setting up logistics operations reporting
- Comprehensive inventory planning and execution
- Preparing the technical and commercial foundations for cooperation with external logistics service providers
- Recommendations for the future process and organizational structure
Patrick N.
Last position:
SAP Real Estate Expert at RKW SE
- Compliance with IFRS 16 for all group companies
- Achieve efficiency gains through a centralized and standardized process and save time thanks to a single source of information
- Automatic calculation and posting of IFRS 16 and other relevant journals
- Simulations / planning of positions regarding rent/leasing (vehicles, equipment, real estate, etc.)
- Coordination of service fees, benchmarking, scheduling, etc.
Steven I.
Last position:
Lead Consultant Finance, Controlling & Real Estate Management
Greenfield – S/4HANA (since January 2026 Post Merger)
Functional responsibility at the interface between Finance, Controlling and Real Estate Management in an S/4HANA transformation in the context of an announced merger
Key areas:
- Introduction of Lease Accounting according to IFRS 16 as the initial focus
- Design of integrated processes in leasing, real estate and Finance integration
- Cost Allocation and cost accounting in Controlling
- Expansion of the role to serve as the functional link between Finance, Controlling and RE-FX in the merger context
David B.
Last position:
External Project Manager in the Supply Chain Network at DEUTZ AG
- Project management (SAP BN (Ariba) onboarding, support for SAP ECC and SAP TM for supplier topics)
- Standardization of global value creation processes
- Basic training as well as central contact person for suppliers and support for planners
Beat Z.
Last position:
SAP Test Manager at E.ON Grid Solutions GmbH
- Responsible for IT integration test and user acceptance test for SAP S/4 Hana and BDO BO Customer Financials Management
- Led the test team (business testers and IT testers)
- Resource planning and control within the test team
- Created test concepts and test plans
- Performed test risk analysis
- Coordinated test execution and defect tracking
- Ensured test progress
- Generated and visualized reports
- Summarized test reports and reported to management
- Prepared and conducted user acceptance tests
- Managed SIGMA and JIRA/Confluence at project level
Andrew L.
Last position:
Service Manager - Testing at Takeda Pharmaceutical International AG
- Managing the Testing services for the Global IT Testing Centre of Excellence (TCoE) team, which is responsible for managing and supporting the Product & Project Testing Workstreams on various Regional Projects, especially in Pharmacovigilance, Digital Supply Chain, Clinical Practice and R&D, etc.
- Managing Client relationships, escalations and continuing to grow the project services globally, while also driving the testing efforts on Takeda’s AI, DevOps, Agile, and Digital projects.
- Led the implementation of a Quality Management System (QMS), ensuring compliance with GCP, GMP, and Swiss and EU regulations, resulting in a huge improvement in audit readiness.
- Overseeing projects for systems including ERP, EDGE, SAP ECC, SAP Transportation Management, S/4 HANA migration etc.
- Led an AI/ML PoC for AI implementation.
- Led a cross-functional team to ensure compliance with MDR, FDA regulatory guidelines and achieved successful project deliveries.
- Led and managed change management and communication for TCoE, keeping the Takeda organisation informed of change communication and practices, including presentations to various stakeholders.
- Ensuring TCoE outsource vendor resources adhere to regulatory, compliance and quality system standards and practices for GxP & non-GxP System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) including aSDLC and TCoE Global Standards.
- Translated the product vision, strategy and requirements into backlog items, which were prioritised based on potential business impact and customer value.
Karl E.
Last position:
incl. CI/CD, automation at AALS Software AG
- Designed and delivered a practical real-time course on Flink and Hadoop with MapReduce, HDFS, Spark, Flink, Hive, HBase, MongoDB, Cassandra, and Kafka
- Gained extensive DevOps and CI/CD experience
- Created ETL/ELT pipelines with Apache tools and Pentaho
- Led projects in municipal software, financial services, and big data with Kafka
- Developed AI/NLP models and chatbots with RASA, Chatter, and Dialogflow
- Built and managed a TypeDB knowledge database
- Worked with OpenStack, Kubernetes, and Podman
Frank E.
Last position:
S2P Stream Lead at Comet AG
SAP implementation project in Japan/Yokohama and Taiwan/Taipei. Stream lead purchasing, optimization and centralization of procurement, E2E process optimization
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Statistics of experts using SAP S/4HANA
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
26 years (Switzerland: 25 years)
Position duration
2.1 years (Switzerland: 1.9 years)
Positions per freelancer
16
Top business areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Operations
Top industries
Professional Services, Information Technology, Banking and Finance
Certification focus areas
Project Management, Information Technology, Product Development
Bachelor's degree or higher
75% (Switzerland: 80%)
Master's degree or higher
50% (Switzerland: 53%)
Certifications per freelancer
3 (Switzerland: 5)
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
93% (Switzerland: 98%)
Based on our profile pool as of 29 Oct 2026.
Daily rate distribution
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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 S/4HANA experts industry focus
See which industries our matched freelancers work in most often — every figure is calculated live from the freelancers on FRATCH.
- Professional Services (79%)
- Information Technology (71%)
- Banking and Finance (64%)
- Manufacturing (50%)
- Retail (50%)
- Telecommunication (50%)
- Healthcare (43%)
- Education (36%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
Core ERP platform
SAP S/4HANA is SAP’s modern enterprise resource planning suite, built on the SAP HANA in-memory database. It connects finance, procurement, sales, manufacturing, asset management and supply chain processes in one data model. Companies use it to replace fragmented ERP landscapes with faster, more integrated operations.
Business processes
Projects often cover the design, configuration and rollout of processes across multiple business units. Strong specialists translate operating requirements into reliable SAP solutions while protecting data quality and controls.
- Finance and controlling transformation
- Procurement, sales and inventory workflows
- Production planning and plant maintenance
- Business partner and master data governance
Ecosystem and tooling
SAP Fiori provides role-based user experiences, while SAP Business Technology Platform supports extensions, integration and analytics. Relevant expertise may include SAP Activate, SAP Cloud ALM, embedded analytics, CDS views, ABAP, APIs, IDocs and integration with SAP SuccessFactors, Ariba or external systems. The former SAP ERP and SAP ECC landscape is often part of the migration context.
When specialists help
Companies bring in freelance professionals for greenfield implementations, system conversions, selective data transitions and post-go-live improvement. They may need additional capacity for a defined workstream, independent validation or knowledge transfer to an internal team.
- Assess an SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA migration path
- Map processes and prepare a fit-to-standard workshop
- Cleanse data and plan cutover activities
- Resolve integration, testing or release issues
Zurich delivery context
In Zurich, SAP S/4HANA work can involve internationally active manufacturers, logistics businesses, financial services organisations and professional services firms. Projects may require close coordination with local business teams, global template owners and external partners. Remote delivery is practical for configuration and documentation, while workshops, testing and cutover may benefit from on-site collaboration; German and English language skills can both matter.
Choosing strong experts
Look for professionals who can connect process design with hands-on configuration, integration and adoption. Ask for evidence of comparable SAP S/4HANA scope, clear ownership of deliverables and experience with the relevant deployment model, industry processes and release approach. The best fit explains trade-offs plainly, manages dependencies and leaves the client with maintainable documentation and skills.
Frequently asked questions
Everything clients usually want to know about SAP S/4HANA, in one place.
SAP S/4HANA is used to manage core enterprise processes such as finance, procurement, sales, manufacturing, inventory and asset operations. It gives organisations a shared data foundation and supports real-time reporting, workflow automation and integrated planning.
SAP S/4HANA is the newer ERP suite designed around the SAP HANA database, a simplified data model and modern Fiori user experiences. SAP ECC can remain effective, but organisations commonly compare migration options based on process redesign, custom code, integrations, data quality and the desired cloud or on-premise operating model.
A strong SAP S/4HANA professional may also work with SAP Fiori, ABAP, CDS views, APIs, IDocs, SAP BTP, SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP Cloud ALM. Useful complementary knowledge includes master data, testing, security, change management and integration with systems such as Ariba or SuccessFactors.
For SAP S/4HANA, relevant experience depends on the workstream rather than a fixed time threshold. Ask whether the professional has delivered comparable process scope, deployment type, industry requirements and integration complexity, and whether they can show clear outcomes from implementation, migration or optimisation work.
SAP S/4HANA configuration, documentation, testing coordination and many integration tasks can be handled remotely with structured access and communication. On-site sessions in Zurich may still help for process workshops, stakeholder decisions, cutover rehearsals and sensitive business-unit coordination; German and English may be relevant to the team.
Bring in an SAP S/4HANA specialist when internal capacity is limited or a project needs focused knowledge for migration assessment, configuration, data conversion, testing or go-live support. Freelancers can also provide an independent review of a partner’s design or help stabilise a system after release.
A capable SAP S/4HANA expert connects business requirements to specific configuration and integration decisions. Review workstream ownership, testing discipline, documentation, issue management and the ability to explain standard-versus-custom choices; practical references and a structured project discussion are more useful than tool lists alone.
Before joining an SAP S/4HANA project, clarify the system edition, deployment model, project phase, business scope, access rules and expected deliverables. Also confirm the migration approach, integration landscape, decision-makers, working language and how knowledge transfer will be handled.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Zurich, Switzerland who have used SAP S/4HANA in their recent projects is 128 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 1,026 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Zurich, Switzerland who have used SAP S/4HANA in their recent projects, 75% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 50% hold at least a Master's degree.
On average, freelancers in Zurich, Switzerland who have used SAP S/4HANA in their recent projects have 26 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.1 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Zurich, Switzerland who have used SAP S/4HANA in their recent projects are German (100%), English (93%), and French (64%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Zurich, Switzerland who have used SAP S/4HANA in their recent projects are Professional Services (79%), Information Technology (71%), and Banking and Finance (64%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Zurich, Switzerland who have used SAP S/4HANA in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Project Management (100%), and Operations (79%).
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