KPMG x SAP: Trusted AI transformation

KPMG strengthens global collaboration with SAP as an SAP Global Strategic Service Partner

KPMG has advanced its long-standing collaboration with SAP SE by becoming an SAP Global Strategic Service Partner (GSSP), the top tier of SAP’s partner ecosystem. This milestone reflects a shared commitment to help organisations accelerate enterprise transformation and realise measurable outcomes through cloud‑native, AI‑first solutions that scale with confidence.

At the heart of this alliance is a co‑innovation approach: KPMG professionals’ deep sector and functional knowledge paired with SAP’s leadership in enterprise applications and Business AI. Together, we support clients across industries, financial services, energy and utilities, life sciences, retail and consumer, public sector and more, to modernise core operations, unlock trusted data, and move decisively from vision to value.

Barry Rooney

Head of SAP Consulting

KPMG in Ireland

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An intelligent, enterprise‑led path to results

KPMG firms bring a business‑driven methodology anchored in Trusted AI, our strategic framework for designing, building and delivering AI responsibly and at pace. This means clients can adopt AI with transparency and governance from day one, supported by a lifecycle process that traces, measures, tests and reports AI performance and risk.

Coupled with SAP Cloud ERP and SAP Business AI, organisations can establish integrated digital platforms that boost collaboration, decision‑making and growth, while maintaining strong controls.

KPMG’s Velocity implementation platform and specialised industry capabilities enable modular, repeatable transformations that reduce time to value.

Whether your objective is moving from legacy to RISE with SAP, modernising finance and supply chain, consolidating data estates, or orchestrating enterprise‑wide change, our approach prioritises speed, stakeholder trust and measurable impact

What the strengthened alliance unlocks

Cloud‑native, AI‑first delivery

Architectures designed for scalability, resilience and faster innovation across business functions.
Co‑innovation with SAP

Joint solution development that aligns to real‑world use cases and sector‑specific needs.
Data you can trust

Unified, governed data foundations leveraging SAP Business Data Cloud to improve agility and decision quality.
Velocity to outcomes

Proven transformation methodology, target operating models and accelerators that compress timelines.
Responsible AI at scale

The Trusted AI framework operationalised across strategy, build and run.

Advancing with the latest SAP innovations

KPMG is actively co‑creating the future of AI‑enabled enterprise on SAP:

SAP Joule for consultants

As one of the largest adopters, KPMG teams access SAP’s most current and authoritative knowledge, reducing research time, accelerating execution and helping clients realise value sooner.
Joule Studio

Co‑developing AI agents for enterprise operations, enabling automation and decision support tailored to critical business processes.
SAP Business Data Cloud

Establishing unified, trusted data foundations aligned to strategic objectives unlocking analytics, agility and consistent outcomes.
RISE with SAP Validated Partner

Confirming alignment with SAP best practices and experience in SAP Cloud ERP to deliver reliable and predictable transformations.

Measurable value in action

This approach is already delivering tangible results. FrieslandCampina, one of the world’s largest dairy companies, is modernising core systems and optimising processes on SAP Cloud ERP Private as part of its “Optimus” program.

With KPMG’s transformation methodology and target operating model, the program is progressing confidently toward global deployment. KPMG is also enabling the technical consolidation of multiple SAP Extended Warehouse Management (SAP EWM) systems and migrating the consolidated environments into SAP S/4HANA, with the first deployment live and remaining waves underway.

By embedding Joule and other automation tools, productivity and quality are increasing, while transparency and actionable insights are expanding across the business and supply chain.

Leadership perspectives

Businesses everywhere are navigating a fast changing environment, and that naturally makes transformation more demanding. Our strengthened alliance with SAP brings together KPMG’s deep industry experience and SAP’s expertise in enterprise applications and business AI to create something incredibly powerful for our clients.

Bill Thomas

Global Chairman & CEO

KPMG International

SAP has collaborated with KPMG for decades. Now as a global strategic service partner, we’ve reached an exciting new milestone in our collaboration.

Christian Klein

CEO

SAP

Why KPMG + SAP for organisations in Ireland

For Irish enterprises and public bodies, transformation isn’t just about technology, it’s about resilience, regulatory readiness, and growth.

From financial services and payments modernisation to energy transition and public sector digital services, KPMG in Ireland brings seasoned transformation leadership, SAP specialisation and an AI‑first mindset to deliver outcomes that are auditable, secure and future‑ready.

Sector depth

Teams with hands‑on experience across banking, energy, retail, life sciences and the public sector.
Compliance by design

Control frameworks that align with regulatory expectations (e.g., operational resilience, data governance, model risk).
Change that lands

Transformation services spanning strategy, operating model, experience design, program leadership and adoption.

What we deliver

Strategic advisory for RISE with SAP and SAP Cloud ERP
Complex system design and end‑to‑end implementations
Data foundation modernisation with SAP Business Data Cloud
AI enablement with SAP Business AI and Joule
Finance, supply chain and procurement transformations
Operating model, controls and value realisation

Ready to accelerate an AI‑first SAP transformation?

If you have queries about moving to RISE with SAP, embedding Trusted AI, or establishing a unified data foundation with SAP Business Data Cloud, contact our KPMG Ireland SAP & Enterprise Transformation team.

We’d be delighted to explore your goals and shape a roadmap to measurable value.