• SAP S/4 HANA Implementation
• Case Studies

A first-of-its-kind SAP migration delivers speed, simplicity, and strategic insight

PwC helps a tech company complete a mid-year SAP upgrade — cutting time and unlocking performance

First Name *

Last Name *

Email *

Phone

Company Name *

Job Title *

City

Country *United States of AmericaAfghanistanAlbaniaAlgeriaAmerican SamoaAndorraAngolaAnguillaAntarcticaAntigua and BarbudaArgentinaArmeniaArubaAustraliaAustriaAzerbaijanBahamasBahrainBangladeshBarbadosBelarusBelgiumBelizeBeninBermudaBhutanBolivia (Plurinational State of)Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and SabaBosnia and HerzegovinaBotswanaBouvet IslandBrazilBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryBrunei DarussalamBulgariaBurkina FasoBurundiCabo VerdeCambodiaCameroonCanadaCayman IslandsCentral African RepublicChadChileChinaChristmas IslandCocos (Keeling) IslandsColombiaComorosCongoCongo (Democratic Republic of the)Cook IslandsCosta RicaCroatiaCubaCuraçaoCyprusCzech RepublicCôte d'IvoireDenmarkDjiboutiDominicaDominican RepublicEcuadorEgyptEl SalvadorEquatorial GuineaEritreaEstoniaEswatini (Kingdom of)EthiopiaFalkland Islands (Malvinas)Faroe IslandsFijiFinlandFranceFrench GuianaFrench PolynesiaFrench Southern TerritoriesGabonGambiaGeorgiaGermanyGhanaGibraltarGreeceGreenlandGrenadaGuadeloupeGuamGuatemalaGuernseyGuineaGuinea-BissauGuyanaHaitiHeard Island and McDonald IslandsHondurasHong KongHungaryIcelandIndiaIndonesiaIran (Islamic Republic of)IraqIreland (Republic of)Isle of ManIsraelItalyJamaicaJapanJerseyJordanKazakhstanKenyaKiribatiKorea (Democratic People's Republic of)Korea (Republic of)KosovoKuwaitKyrgyzstanLao People's Democratic RepublicLatviaLebanonLesothoLiberiaLibyaLiechtensteinLithuaniaLuxembourgMacaoMadagascarMalawiMalaysiaMaldivesMaliMaltaMarshall IslandsMartiniqueMauritaniaMauritiusMayotteMexicoMicronesia (Federated States of)Moldova (Republic of)MonacoMongoliaMontenegroMontserratMoroccoMozambiqueMyanmarNamibiaNauruNepalNetherlandsNew CaledoniaNew ZealandNicaraguaNigerNigeriaNiueNorfolk IslandNorth Macedonia (Republic of)Northern Mariana IslandsNorwayOmanPakistanPalauPalestine (State of)PanamaPapua New GuineaParaguayPeruPhilippinesPitcairnPolandPortugalPuerto RicoQatarRomaniaRussian FederationRwandaRéunionSaint BarthélemySaint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaSaint Kitts and NevisSaint LuciaSaint Martin (French part)Saint Pierre and MiquelonSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesSamoaSan MarinoSao Tome and PrincipeSaudi ArabiaSenegalSerbiaSeychellesSierra LeoneSingaporeSint Maarten (Dutch part)SlovakiaSloveniaSolomon IslandsSomaliaSouth AfricaSouth Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsSouth SudanSpainSri LankaSudanSurinameSvalbard and Jan MayenSwedenSwitzerlandSyrian Arab RepublicTaiwan, Republic of ChinaTajikistanTanzania (United Republic of)ThailandTimor-LesteTogoTokelauTongaTrinidad and TobagoTunisiaTurkmenistanTurks and Caicos IslandsTuvaluTürkiyeUgandaUkraineUnited Arab EmiratesUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited States Minor Outlying IslandsUruguayUzbekistanVanuatuVatican City StateVenezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)VietnamVirgin Islands (British)Virgin Islands (U.S.)Wallis and FutunaWestern SaharaYemenZambiaZimbabweÅland Islands

Email Layout Country

Opt In *

• I agree to register as an SAPinsider member and receive other communications from SAPinsider or our Partners.
  
  By enrolling in the SAPinsider Membership community you receive access to member only content that is provided courtesy of SAPinsider and our Partners. You will only be asked to enroll once but can change your profile at any time by going to your profile and clicking to edit your profile. If you would prefer to review content provided by SAPinsider and SAPinsider Partners and not be contacted by those Partners please do not check the box submitting your willingness to be contacted.
  
  You may unsubscribe from these communications at any time. For more information on how to unsubscribe, our privacy practices, and how we are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy, please review our Privacy Policy.
  
  By clicking submit, you consent to allow SAPinsider to store and process the personal information submitted above to provide you the content requested.

Submit

PwC helps a tech company complete a mid-year SAP upgrade — cutting time and unlocking performance

To improve finance efficiency and insight, a global tech company needed to migrate from SAP EC-CS to S/4HANA Group Reporting — fast. Instead of waiting for year-end, PwC helped execute the first-ever mid-cycle upgrade, reducing implementation time by 40%. With fewer custom reports and a 75% drop in tax consolidation time, the company now closes faster, reports smarter and uses financial data to guide strategic decisions.

CLIENT

Global tech company

Explore related questions

Ask SAPi

what is this?

INDUSTRY

Technology

FEATURING

SAP
PwC’s Finance Edge accelerator

40%

Faster implementation timeline reduced using PwC’s Finance Edge accelerator

10x

Fewer custom reports required, simplifying maintenance and reducing costs

75%

Less time needed for tax consolidation — freeing up teams for strategic work

PwC simplified complex systems — so the client can focus on strategy, not spreadsheets.

SITUATION

To lead with data, finance needed to move faster

A global technology company, prides itself on increasing quality and lowering costs for its customers. But, internally, the company’s finance team needed better reporting capabilities. They wanted to save time, increase employee efficiency and make more strategic decisions.

In order to improve their reporting capabilities, the company planned to migrate from a soon-to-be-obsolete and unsupported SAP EC-CS financial consolidation system to the newer SAP S/4HANA Group Reporting. Many companies execute this type of migration go-live at year’s end, for a variety of reasons, including legal considerations, availability and conflicting projects. But key staff members had limited availability, as they were busy with other pressing projects. At the same time, the company wanted to complete the migration as soon as possible so they could start realizing the benefits of the upgrade. So the company had to act fast and migrate well before the end of the year — if completed successfully, it would be the first time any company had ever done this type of mid-cycle migration successfully.

 

 

 

Reveal-btn reveal-btn--close" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">Read more

Get more on this topic

PwC and SAP S/4HANA Finance

Avantor’s finance and analytics transformation

SOLUTION

The first mid-year migration — simpler, smarter and ahead of schedule

PwC drew on its experience with SAP for the project. It was an off-cycle upgrade, but the team cut 40% of the migration timeline using PwC’s Finance Edge, a solution that maps out a blueprint for success, streamlines migrations and supports everything from consolidations to analytics.

The global technology company leaned on PwC’s accounting capabilities and tech perspectives in their alliance with SAP to execute the upgrade.

In designing the system, PwC helped determine what functionality ideally suited the company’s needs. PwC leveraged SAP’s pre-configured Group Reporting solution to demonstrate its out-of-the-box functionality, helping confirm the system would align with the client’s needs. The client confirmed that the environment had the core functionality it needed, including finance and legal consolidation and intercompany currency consolidations. The demonstration took less than a week and revealed that the new software didn’t call for any add-ons. The out-of-the-box version proved to be quicker to implement, more cost effective and easier to maintain. Win-win-win.

 

 

 

 

Read more

Get more on this topic

PwC and SAP Alliance

PwC’s S/4 Journey Guide

RESULTS

A record-setting migration with measurable impact

The technology company was the first ever to successfully transition mid-year to SAP’s S/4HANA Group Reporting module.

The new system empowered a more efficient and forward-looking finance team, one that can consolidate taxes and close its books faster. They’ve decreased manual, time-consuming data entry and reporting, and thanks to automations, the tax team no longer relies on others to generate reports. The finance group has the tools and time to use financial data to answer questions: What trends are driving particular products? How are the different business units driving outcomes? And the entire team can easily see in real time how a financial result, such as sales and/or profits, ties back to business activities in specific units.

Get more on this topic

Turbocharge and customize your S/4HANA implementation

Tennant modernizes its ERP platform to help drive efficiency and growth

• 
  • SAP Platform and Technology

  SAP’s New Integration Rules Draw a Line in the Sand for Certifications

  Published: 01/19/2026

  Reading time: 3 mins

• 
  • SAP Solution Manager

  Inside Woodstream’s Cloud ALM Journey with Enterprise Solutions Architect Bryce Lightner 

  Published: 01/16/2026

• 
  • SAP AI
  • Premium

  Deloitte Unveils INTEGRATE to Speed and Scale Digital Transformation with SAP Cloud ERP

  Reading time: 2 mins

• 
  • SAP S/4HANA

  How Heartland Dental Deployed SAP to Reduce Complexity Across Its Network

  Reading time: 3 mins