Business Cutover Lead - SAP S/4HANA

We are looking for an experienced Business Cutover Lead to join a SAP programme team. The role focuses on planning, coordinating and executing the business cutover from legacy systems to SAP S/4HANA, ensuring minimal disruption to business operations. The programme is already underway, while the detailed business cutover plan and approach are still being developed. The customer is currently implementing SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud as a greenfield implementation and is targeting go-live in May 2027. Key Responsibilities: · Business cutover planning: Develop and maintain the end-to-end business cutover plan across streams including OTC, STP, RTR, Tax and others. · Manage cutover activities in Jira, including dependencies, owners, milestones, resources and timing. · Business readiness: Coordinate and track readiness across people and competence, processes, data, controls and metrics. · Cutover execution: Consolidate readiness status, risks and unresolved issues and report these to Programme Leadership. · Support Go/No-Go decision-making and communicate cutover schedules, responsibilities, decisions and status to stakeholders. · Cutover rehearsals: Coordinate business participation and validate activities, timings, dependencies, resources and contingency procedures. · Incorporate lessons learned from rehearsals into the final cutover plan. · Hypercare and stabilisation: Coordinate business support following go-live, monitor critical business processes, prioritise issues and support the transition to BAU operations. · Work closely with programme streams, Programme Leadership and business/line management. Required Experience: · Extensive Business Cutover Lead experience. · Proven track record of leading business cutover activities in several SAP S/4HANA greenfield implementations. · Experience with SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud implementations. · Deep practical understanding of cutover methodology and end-to-end cutover activities. · Experience with business readiness, cutover rehearsals, go-live execution and hypercare/stabilisation. · Strong project/programme management and stakeholder coordination skills. · Proactive and independent working style with the ability to drive complex activities to completion. Considered a Plus: · Experience across several SAP business streams, particularly OTC, STP, RTR and Tax. · Experience coordinating complex cutovers involving multiple business processes and legacy systems. · Experience from large-scale Finance/ERP transformations. · Experience from the energy sector or another complex international business environment. · Strong experience in Jira-based planning and dependency management. Answer these questions separately in a few sentences and attach them to your application! (Mandatory!) - Do you have extensive experience as a Business Cutover Lead, planning and coordinating the business side of a cutover to a new ERP system?* - Have you led the business cutover in several SAP S/4HANA greenfield implementations (new implementations, not upgrades or migrations of an existing system)?* - Have you worked on SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud implementations?* - Do you have hands-on experience with business readiness, cutover rehearsals, go-live execution and hypercare/stabilisation after go-live?* Please apply with your updated CV, that clearly demonstrates your skills and experience relevant to this role. Note! This application is only for individuals already residing in Finland, and relocation is not possible. Language: English - fluent (mandatory) · Finnish - fluent (mandatory) Start date: 9 November 2026 End date: 4 June 2027 Scope/hours per week: 100% allocation Location: Espoo, Finland (onsite) We offer you: We offer a versatile assignment where every day is different and interesting. We also offer a very competitive salary and good employee benefits. Are you interested in becoming a part of our dynamic team? The position will be filled as soon as a suitable person is found, so please be quick and submit your application! Please include your salary expectation in your application. For more information, contact Kimmo Kärsämä, tel. 050 412 7500, [email protected] Explore Lokki, through our blog and website: https://www.lokki.fi/ . Lokki Henkilöstöpalvelut Oy (Finnish for Seagull Recruitment Services) has been active in providing recruitment services since 2005 and we belong to The Private Employment Agencies Association HPL. Our vision is to provide the best customer experience with our reliable, humane and effortless service around Finland. Our most important asset is a person who, as we know, thrives in a reliable and supportive atmosphere. At Loki you will be supported by your own human resources consultant throughout your employment relationship. At Lokki, we believe in a partnership achieved as a result of flexible service. Explore us and our vacancies: ht