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Chicago, IL – Remote Job (Travel on needed basis)
12+ months contract
Role Overview
SAP Cloud ERP professional services functional lead Own the functional design, configuration, stabilization, and optimization of SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition Professional Services processes for a project-based enterprise. Focus on customer project lifecycle, work packages, staffing-relevant project structures, time/cost capture integration, project billing, profitability, and operational controls while partnering closely with Finance and adjacent workforce/resource systems.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the post-go-live functional roadmap and configuration backlog for SAP Professional Services/customer project capabilities.
- Configure and support customer project structures, project stages, work packages, roles, planned effort/cost/revenue inputs, and project lifecycle controls within deployed scope.
- Own functional design for project billing preparation, billing plans, billing elements, project billing requests, and handoffs to billing/accounting.
- Support project financial planning, actual cost/revenue visibility, project margin analysis, and integration with Finance and Event-Based Revenue Recognition.
- Define and maintain project master-data standards, templates, derivation rules, validation controls, and governance.
- Partner with resource-management and time systems to ensure project, role, assignment, budget, and time data are fit for downstream processing.
- Analyze production defects involving customer projects, project billing, time/cost postings, master data, workflow, or integration dependencies.
- Lead functional acceptance criteria, test scenarios, regression packs, and business validation for Professional Services changes.
- Maintain end-to-end process documentation from project setup through time/cost capture, billing, revenue recognition, and closure.
- Drive fit-to-standard decisions and minimize unnecessary custom extensions around project operations.
- Support business teams during billing cycles, project setup peaks, period-end activities, and critical incidents.
- Review SAP release changes affecting Professional Services and determine business impact, test scope, and adoption opportunities.
- Coordinate functional dependencies with Finance, Billing, HR/time, resource management, CRM/engagement systems, data, and integration teams.
- Lead backlog refinement and prioritize changes based on operational risk, business value, and go-live stabilization needs.
- Provide quality oversight for SI-delivered configuration, test evidence, and production fixes.
SAP / Product-Specific Responsibilities
- SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition Professional Services / customer project management capabilities.
- Plan Customer Projects and project lifecycle concepts, work packages, billing elements, billing plans, and project billing.
- Manage Project Billing and related billing request/document handoffs.
- Integration with Event-Based Revenue Recognition, General Ledger/Controlling, time recording, expenses, and enterprise resource-management solutions.
- SAP Fiori role-based applications, configuration lifecycle, and Public Cloud release adoption.
Operational Responsibilities
- Own stabilization of customer-project and project-billing processes, with clear severity and SLA-based triage.
- Monitor recurring errors in project setup, time/cost postings, billing preparation, project closure, and integrated master data.
- Maintain business-ready operating procedures, support playbooks, known-error records, and release regression scenarios.
- Drive continuous improvement in project setup cycle time, billing readiness, data quality, and user adoption.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Professional Services operations, Project/Engagement Management, Finance/Controllership, Billing, Revenue Accounting, HR/time, resource management, Data, Integration, Security, QA/Release, and implementation partners.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Business, Finance, Information Systems, Engineering, or related discipline. 8+ years of SAP project systems/professional-services functional experience, including S/4HANA-era delivery. Hands-on configuration experience with SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition Professional Services/customer project processes strongly preferred. Strong understanding of project-based services economics, time/cost capture, billing, margin, and revenue-recognition dependencies. Experience supporting production operations after ERP go-live.
Required Technical / Functional Skills
- SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition Professional Services/customer projects.
- Project lifecycle, work packages, project billing, billing plans, project master data, and project financial controls.
- Integration with Finance/Controlling and Event-Based Revenue Recognition.
- Time/expense and resource-management integration concepts.
- Fiori applications, testing, defect triage, configuration governance, and release impact assessment.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in consulting, accounting, engineering, legal, or other project-based professional-services firms.
- Experience integrating SAP with workforce/resource planning or time systems such as Deltek Replicon and Dayshape.
- Current SAP credential aligned to SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition Professional Services or related implementation learning is preferred.
SAP Cloud ERP Professional Services Functional Lead
Chicago, IL – Remote Job (Travel on needed basis)
12+ months contract
Role Overview
SAP Cloud ERP professional services functional lead Own the functional design, configuration, stabilization, and optimization of SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition Professional Services processes for a project-based enterprise. Focus on customer project lifecycle, work packages, staffing-relevant project structures, time/cost capture integration, project billing, profitability, and operational controls while partnering closely with Finance and adjacent workforce/resource systems.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the post-go-live functional roadmap and configuration backlog for SAP Professional Services/customer project capabilities.
- Configure and support customer project structures, project stages, work packages, roles, planned effort/cost/revenue inputs, and project lifecycle controls within deployed scope.
- Own functional design for project billing preparation, billing plans, billing elements, project billing requests, and handoffs to billing/accounting.
- Support project financial planning, actual cost/revenue visibility, project margin analysis, and integration with Finance and Event-Based Revenue Recognition.
- Define and maintain project master-data standards, templates, derivation rules, validation controls, and governance.
- Partner with resource-management and time systems to ensure project, role, assignment, budget, and time data are fit for downstream processing.
- Analyze production defects involving customer projects, project billing, time/cost postings, master data, workflow, or integration dependencies.
- Lead functional acceptance criteria, test scenarios, regression packs, and business validation for Professional Services changes.
- Maintain end-to-end process documentation from project setup through time/cost capture, billing, revenue recognition, and closure.
- Drive fit-to-standard decisions and minimize unnecessary custom extensions around project operations.
- Support business teams during billing cycles, project setup peaks, period-end activities, and critical incidents.
- Review SAP release changes affecting Professional Services and determine business impact, test scope, and adoption opportunities.
- Coordinate functional dependencies with Finance, Billing, HR/time, resource management, CRM/engagement systems, data, and integration teams.
- Lead backlog refinement and prioritize changes based on operational risk, business value, and go-live stabilization needs.
- Provide quality oversight for SI-delivered configuration, test evidence, and production fixes.
SAP / Product-Specific Responsibilities
- SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition Professional Services / customer project management capabilities.
- Plan Customer Projects and project lifecycle concepts, work packages, billing elements, billing plans, and project billing.
- Manage Project Billing and related billing request/document handoffs.
- Integration with Event-Based Revenue Recognition, General Ledger/Controlling, time recording, expenses, and enterprise resource-management solutions.
- SAP Fiori role-based applications, configuration lifecycle, and Public Cloud release adoption.
Operational Responsibilities
- Own stabilization of customer-project and project-billing processes, with clear severity and SLA-based triage.
- Monitor recurring errors in project setup, time/cost postings, billing preparation, project closure, and integrated master data.
- Maintain business-ready operating procedures, support playbooks, known-error records, and release regression scenarios.
- Drive continuous improvement in project setup cycle time, billing readiness, data quality, and user adoption.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Professional Services operations, Project/Engagement Management, Finance/Controllership, Billing, Revenue Accounting, HR/time, resource management, Data, Integration, Security, QA/Release, and implementation partners.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Business, Finance, Information Systems, Engineering, or related discipline. 8+ years of SAP project systems/professional-services functional experience, including S/4HANA-era delivery. Hands-on configuration experience with SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition Professional Services/customer project processes strongly preferred. Strong understanding of project-based services economics, time/cost capture, billing, margin, and revenue-recognition dependencies. Experience supporting production operations after ERP go-live.
Required Technical / Functional Skills
- SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition Professional Services/customer projects.
- Project lifecycle, work packages, project billing, billing plans, project master data, and project financial controls.
- Integration with Finance/Controlling and Event-Based Revenue Recognition.
- Time/expense and resource-management integration concepts.
- Fiori applications, testing, defect triage, configuration governance, and release impact assessment.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in consulting, accounting, engineering, legal, or other project-based professional-services firms.
- Experience integrating SAP with workforce/resource planning or time systems such as Deltek Replicon and Dayshape.
- Current SAP credential aligned to SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition Professional Services or related implementation learning is preferred.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship as a Senior Sap Consultant
Document your SAP module certifications early
PERM filings require your employer to justify hiring a foreign worker over a U.S. applicant. Certified credentials in SAP S/4HANA, FI/CO, or SD modules give your employer concrete, defensible evidence of specialized qualifications that aren't easily replicated.
Target employers with established PERM filing history
Large SAP implementation partners and Fortune 500 companies with dedicated SAP practices run PERM filings regularly. Search Migrate Mate to filter Senior SAP Consultant roles by employers who actively sponsor green cards, not just H-1B visa holders.
Distinguish your EB-2 eligibility from EB-3 upfront
If your role requires an advanced degree or your employer can document that the position demands graduate-level SAP expertise, EB-2 classification shortens the green card queue for most nationalities. Clarify this with your employer before the PERM job description is drafted.
Verify prevailing wage before accepting an offer
DOL requires your employer to pay at least the prevailing wage for your SAP Consultant role and location before PERM is filed. Use the OFLC Wage Search to check the Level III or IV wage for your SOC code before you negotiate compensation.
Negotiate PERM filing timing into your offer letter
PERM recruitment and audits can extend the process beyond 12 months. Ask your employer to commit to initiating PERM within six months of your start date so your I-140 priority date is established while you're still building tenure.
Build an O*NET-aligned job description with your employer
USCIS and DOL evaluate whether your job duties match the specialty occupation and prevailing wage classification. Review the O*NET profile for SAP Consultant roles with your employer's HR team before the PERM job order is posted to avoid RFEs.
Green Card Senior Sap Consultant: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Senior SAP Consultant role qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 sponsorship?
Most Senior SAP Consultant positions qualify for EB-3 as skilled workers requiring at least a bachelor's degree and specialized experience. If your employer documents that the role requires a master's degree or equivalent advanced expertise, EB-2 classification is possible, which can meaningfully shorten wait times for applicants from oversubscribed countries.
How does green card sponsorship differ from H-1B for SAP Consultants?
H-1B is a temporary work visa with a three-year initial term and annual lottery exposure. PERM-based green card sponsorship is permanent, has no annual lottery, and gives you lawful permanent residency rather than a status that must be renewed. The tradeoff is timeline: PERM recruitment and I-140 adjudication typically take one to two years before you even reach visa availability, which can extend further for nationals of India or China due to per-country backlogs.
What does the PERM process look like for a Senior SAP Consultant role?
Your employer files a labor condition application with DOL, conducts a mandatory recruitment period to demonstrate no qualified U.S. worker is available, then submits the PERM application. DOL either certifies or audits the filing. After certification, your employer files an I-140 petition with USCIS. You can file for adjustment of status once your priority date becomes current in the Visa Bulletin.
Where can I find Senior SAP Consultant jobs with green card sponsorship?
Migrate Mate lets you search specifically for Senior SAP Consultant roles at employers with active green card sponsorship history, so you're not wasting applications on companies that only offer H-1B or no sponsorship at all. Filtering by sponsorship type upfront saves significant time in a job search where PERM commitment from day one matters.
Can I switch employers after my PERM is approved but before I get my green card?
Yes, under AC21 portability rules, you can change employers if your I-140 has been approved and your adjustment of status application has been pending for at least 180 days, as long as the new role is in the same or a similar occupational classification. For SAP Consultants, moving between implementation roles or consulting firms with comparable duties generally satisfies this requirement, but you should confirm with an immigration attorney before making the switch.