The Human Quality Gate
The Independent S/4HANA Finance Design Review
Catch the design flaws in your blueprint before the build begins. Independent quality assurance for finance leaders who want certainty, not status reports.
The sign-off that costs millions
Most steering committees approve Key Design Decisions and blueprints without a rigorous technical challenge. They rely on the System Integrator's assurance that "it is standard." That is how design debt creeps in. By the time these problems surface in UAT, you are facing 200K to 2M+ in rework.
The hidden design flaws we catch:
- Strategic misalignment: profit center designs that follow logistics (plants) instead of your steering model.
- Broken integration: missing derivation rules for logistics, projects, and intercompany flows.
- Overcomplicated org models that confuse users instead of serving reporting.
- Over-customization: gap solutions that should have been standard configuration.
The asynchronous audit process
We do not slow your team down with endless workshops. We review the evidence.
Phase 1 - Document Intake
Week 1We ingest your business requirements, enterprise structure, blueprint, and gap log. We define the scope boundaries. We do not design from scratch; we validate what exists. Your effort: zero workshops, just data access.
Phase 2 - The Red Pen Review
Weeks 2 to 3We analyze alignment of the design with business goals, the coverage and scalability of the org model (company codes, ledgers, segments), finance integration and touchpoints (assets, projects, intercompany), and the reporting setup (legal, management, ESG).
Phase 3 - The Challenge Session
Weeks 3 to 4One focused session with your finance and IT leads. We walk through the red risks and challenge the design decisions. We do not ask "what do you want?", we ask "why did you build it this way?"
Phase 4 - The Verdict
end of Week 4An executive risk dashboard (one page for the CFO), a technical remediation plan with the specific configuration changes required, and an independent go or no-go recommendation on whether you are ready to build.
Architectural validation, not just advice
We review your Target Operating Model and S/4HANA finance architecture to challenge what others will not.
We are not here to delay the project. We help you avoid design debt.
- Audit alignment with SAP best practices and Universal Journal logic.
- Validate the key finance design documents: KDDs, blueprints, functional specs.
- Identify risky assumptions in Margin Analysis (CO-PA) and transfer pricing.
- Support the Design Authority with clear, unbiased findings.
What you get
- A risk dashboard.
- A full slide pack with findings and an improvement plan.
- A design review workshop.
- A final sponsor briefing.
- Optional QA follow-up during the Realize phase.
Delivered in 3 to 4 weeks, fully remote or hybrid. Fixed scope, fixed fee, scoped on enquiry.
Who it is for
- CFOs and finance transformation leads.
- Design Authorities who want structured, independent input.
- Program managers who want real quality assurance.
- Companies in the Explore or early Realize phase of an S/4HANA program.
Why it matters
You sign off your SAP finance design once. If it is wrong, you pay for it later in change requests, rework, workarounds, broken reporting, and lost trust from Finance.
- Catch issues before they hit build.
- Cut through the PowerPoint noise and spot real design debt.
- Move forward with confidence, or course-correct early.
What makes it different
- We know the tech, but we speak the business.
- We have delivered S/4HANA ourselves, not just advised on it.
- We are independent. No upsell, no bias, just the truth.
Ready to review your finance design before you build it?
Every engagement starts with the free Finance Readiness Assessment. It takes about 40 minutes, scores your design across nine sections, and gives you an instant dashboard, so we can confirm the fit and focus before we talk.