Steve Turner, an SAP S/4HANA Finance Strategist with 15 years’ experience delivering S/4HANA programs in the United States, presents a set of simple, positive patterns that translate effectively to Australia and New Zealand. The session distils client side practices that consistently deliver results: deciding quickly on fit to standard, running an industrialised data factory, and choreographing change and training so that adoption and value appear early.
 
The session shares anonymised US scenarios—what teams did, why it worked, and the outcomes—and translates each into an AU/NZ context, including considerations such as GST, PEPPOL e Invoicing, local identifiers (ABN/NZBN), and leaner program teams. Participants will receive a one page checklist and a 30 day “start on Monday” plan, along with simple artefacts: a decision tree, a data scorecard, and an adoption dashboard.
 
Key Takeaways

• Decide fast on fit to standard; protect the guardrails
• Industrialise data; rehearse cutover like go live
• Choreograph change, measure adoption, and value