Independent quality assurance on your S/4HANA Finance design
A standing seat next to your program, for the whole program. You get me on call for every SAP Finance and architecture question, one QA session each month, and my written opinion behind every key decision. A flat monthly fee, used or not.
What a seat includes
Guaranteed access
Every SAP Finance and architecture question lands with me directly. Answered within one business day on a Program Seat, two on an Advisory Seat. No ticket queue, no junior filter.
A monthly QA session
One fixed session each month on the design decisions your team or your System Integrator made. On active programs this includes tollgate reviews and priority during go-live windows.
My written opinion
After every session you receive a short written verdict: what is sound, what is a risk, what I would change. It becomes your audit trail for every key design decision.
How a seat starts
- 1This week
A 30-minute call
We check whether a seat fits your program and whether one of the eight is free.
- 2Within two weeks
Scope in writing, then the first QA session
A tollgate review if your build is active.
- 3Every month after
The seat at work
Design questions answered within one business day, one QA session, a written opinion after every session. Flat fee, used or not.
The portal behind the seat
Every seat comes with the Quality Assurance Portal: a Review Engine that screens your program's deliverables against my check catalogue, and a portal where you and your program follow every finding, my opinion and the readiness of each tollgate. Part of the seat, not a separate purchase.
- 1Per tollgate
You upload
Your SI's design documents and configuration extracts, per tollgate and workstream. No connection to your SAP system.
- 2Then
The Review Engine screens
It reads the design into a register, runs my checks across the whole value flow and proposes findings, each with the exact passage or extract row behind it.
- 3Before you see anything
I review and release
I accept, edit or reject every proposal. Nothing AI-generated reaches you without my release, and the written opinion carries my signature.
- 4From then on
You follow it
An executive overview for the sponsor, risks and findings per dimension and workstream, and readiness per tollgate: proceed, proceed with conditions, do not proceed. Your SI responds in the portal when you invite them.
Built to be trusted
Human in the loop
The engine proposes, I decide. Every finding you see has been read by me, and the opinion is mine.
Evidence on every finding
A proposed finding without a verifiable reference to your document or extract is discarded, never shown.
Your data stays yours
Hosted in the EU, isolated per client, never used to train anything. For programs that cannot send documents outside the building, the same product runs on your own infrastructure with local models.
The boundary does not move. I validate; your SI builds.
What I will not do
No configuration. No deliverable ownership. No hour meter.
The value of independent quality assurance collapses the moment the reviewer starts building. So the seat never includes hands-on delivery. When you need hands, I place vetted specialists from my own network, or we scope a separate engagement, and the QA stays clean either way.
Two seats, one promise
Program Seat
- Best for
- Active implementations, with or without a System Integrator
- Response
- Within one business day
- Each month
- QA session, written opinion, tollgate reviews
- Go-live
- Priority during build, test and go-live windows
- Billing
- Flat monthly fee, used or not
Advisory Seat
- Best for
- Improving a live system, no active build or SI on site
- Response
- Within two business days
- Each month
- QA session and written opinion
- Go-live
- On request
- Billing
- Flat monthly fee, used or not
| Feature | Advisory Seat | Program Seat |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | Improving a live system, no active build or SI on site | Active implementations, with or without a System Integrator |
| Response | Within two business days | Within one business day |
| Each month | QA session and written opinion | QA session, written opinion, tollgate reviews |
| Go-live | On request | Priority during build, test and go-live windows |
| Billing | Flat monthly fee, used or not | Flat monthly fee, used or not |
Ask for a quote for either seat; you have it within one business day. No hour blocks, no usage statements. Ask for a quote
How it compares
Two of these you may already know.
Innovativity QA seat
- When
- Every month, from blueprint to the first close
- Who reviews
- One named architect, Finance only
- Output
- A written opinion after every session, an audit trail per decision
- Independence
- Builds nothing, owns no deliverables
- Commercial
- Flat monthly fee, used or not. Maximum of 8 seats
SAP Design Review Service
- When
- Explore phase only, two to three weeks
- Who reviews
- SAP consultants, the vendor of the product
- Output
- One PDF report and a presentation
- Independence
- Impartial of the SI, not of SAP
- Commercial
- One-time fee, USD 54,050 list price
Big Four program QA
- When
- Stage gates, or embedded at program scale
- Who reviews
- A rotating QA team working a generic framework
- Output
- Health check reports at gates
- Independence
- Independent, but often also an implementer elsewhere
- Commercial
- Rate card, program budget
| Feature | SAP Design Review Service | Big Four program QA | Innovativity QA seat |
|---|---|---|---|
| When | Explore phase only, two to three weeks | Stage gates, or embedded at program scale | Every month, from blueprint to the first close |
| Who reviews | SAP consultants, the vendor of the product | A rotating QA team working a generic framework | One named architect, Finance only |
| Output | One PDF report and a presentation | Health check reports at gates | A written opinion after every session, an audit trail per decision |
| Independence | Impartial of the SI, not of SAP | Independent, but often also an implementer elsewhere | Builds nothing, owns no deliverables |
| Commercial | One-time fee, USD 54,050 list price | Rate card, program budget | Flat monthly fee, used or not. Maximum of 8 seats |
SAP's list price is public and quoted as a reference point (sap.com, Design Review Service for SAP S/4HANA Finance). One review at the start of the program costs roughly what a year in a seat costs, and the seat stays until the first close.
Eight seats. That is the whole roster.
One architect, eight seats. Every seat gets the same access and the same accountability, which only works because the number is capped. When the seats are taken, they are taken. Current availability on request.
What clients say
I have hired Uğur as S/4HANA expert on our migration project for the Corporate SAP environment. Together with our business and IT architects, he worked on the projects pre-study and detailed out the as-is and to-be situations. Together with his Air France colleague Uğur was responsible for leading the RFI process for our integrator selection.
As finance lead Ugur was responsible for the entire lifecycle of our project. One of the strengths of Ugur is his tenacity to look further than just finance but also helps in the integration between processes. I would recommend him any time without any hesitation.
Not running a program right now?
Finance Design Review
Most seats start here. An independent review of your blueprint before build, with a risk-ranked verdict and a clear go or fix list.
Targeted Intervention
A one-off deep dive on a specific defect, design decision or architecture question. Clear deliverable, fast turnaround, no commitment beyond it.
Is a seat for you?
Take a seat if
- You run an S/4HANA Finance program, or a live system with design debt, and want an independent opinion in writing behind the key decisions.
- Your System Integrator builds; you want someone who only validates.
- Design questions are sitting open for weeks and the timeline is paying for it.
- You would rather hear a flaw before build than after the first close.
Do not take a seat if
- You need someone to configure, build or own deliverables. That is Specialist Resourcing, kept separate on purpose.
- You want hours to draw down. A seat is availability, not a bucket.
- Finance is not in scope of the program.
- You want a second opinion once. That is the Finance Design Review.
Questions about the seat
What does a seat cost?
A flat monthly fee per seat, used or not, and two seats to choose from, Advisory and Program. The fee depends on the seat and on the size of the program, so ask for a quote: tell me about the program and you have it within one business day. For a reference point: SAP's own one-time Design Review Service for S/4HANA Finance lists at USD 54,050.
How does a seat start?
With a 30-minute call to check whether a seat fits your program. If it does, we agree the scope in writing and the first QA session takes place within two weeks. Most seats start after a Finance Design Review.
Do you work alongside our System Integrator?
Yes. I am not your System Integrator's competitor. They build; I make sure what they build works for Finance. Most SIs appreciate a second pair of eyes that is accountable in writing.
What happens in a month where we do not use the seat?
The monthly QA session still takes place and you still receive my written opinion. The fee is for availability and accountability, not for hours, so a quiet month is a month where the design stayed sound.
Can you also configure or take ownership of deliverables?
Not inside the seat. Independence collapses the moment the reviewer starts building. When you need hands, Specialist Resourcing places senior consultants from my network, or we scope a separate engagement.
Do you use AI in the review?
As a screening tool, yes. The Review Engine in the Quality Assurance Portal reads the deliverables and proposes findings with evidence. I read every proposal and decide what is released; the opinion is mine and signed by me. Client data is never used for training, and for programs that cannot use cloud models the portal runs on your own infrastructure with local models.
Take a seat while there is one
A 30-minute call is enough to tell whether a seat fits your program. If it does not, I will say so.