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SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud
Edition
SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud Edition,
Cloud ALM, SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP
BTP – Security, Integration (incl Bank),
Central Invoice Management &
SAP Concur Expense Management,
Blackline Account Reconciliation
A 100% Australian owned renewable energy company, Squadron Energy develops, operates, and owns renewable energy assets in Australia. The
organisation have 1.1 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy in operation and growing rapidly. With proven experience and expertise across the project
lifecycle, Squadron Energy works with local communities and customers to lead the transition to Australia’s clean energy future.
With ambitious goals to transform Australia’s energy landscape and meet the target of 14 GW of renewable energy by 2030, Squadron Energy have
sought to expand their operations, recently undertaking a series of strategic acquisitions. However, this expansion highlighted numerous issues with
existing legacy systems and processes, including fragmented platforms, scalability limitations, poor integration, and a heavy reliance on
spreadsheets and manual tasks.
Seeking a best-fit, out-of-the-box solution to be delivered in under four months, Squadron Energy conducted a rapid selection process and
partnered with Deloitte to implement SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud, alongside SAP BTP, SAC, and SAP Concur, through Deloitte’s StartSuccess SAP-
Qualified Partner-Packaged Solution.
Powering a Sustainable Future:
Squadron Energy’s Rapid ERP
Transformation
ERP Fast Growth
Industry WebsiteProduct and Services Featured SAP Solutions
Renewable
Energy
https://www.squadronenergy.co
m/
SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud
Edition
SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud Edition,
Cloud ALM, SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP
BTP – Security, Integration (incl Bank),
Central Invoice Management &
SAP Concur Expense Management,
Blackline Account Reconciliation
A 100% Australian owned renewable energy company, Squadron Energy develops, operates, and owns renewable energy assets in Australia. The
organisation have 1.1 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy in operation and growing rapidly. With proven experience and expertise across the project
lifecycle, Squadron Energy works with local communities and customers to lead the transition to Australia’s clean energy future.
With ambitious goals to transform Australia’s energy landscape and meet the target of 14 GW of renewable energy by 2030, Squadron Energy have
sought to expand their operations, recently undertaking a series of strategic acquisitions. However, this expansion highlighted numerous issues with
existing legacy systems and processes, including fragmented platforms, scalability limitations, poor integration, and a heavy reliance on
spreadsheets and manual tasks.
Seeking a best-fit, out-of-the-box solution to be delivered in under four months, Squadron Energy conducted a rapid selection process and
partnered with Deloitte to implement SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud, alongside SAP BTP, SAC, and SAP Concur, through Deloitte’s StartSuccess SAP-
Qualified Partner-Packaged Solution.
Powering a Sustainable Future:
Squadron Energy’s Rapid ERP
Transformation
ERP Fast Growth
Challenges
Positioned to become Australia’s leader in green energy, Squadron Energy faced significant
operational challenges that hindered its ability to scale and evolve. Following recent structural
changes, including increased autonomy and strategic acquisitions, the business was left with
fragmented systems and inconsistent processes across departments.
With 80+ separate instances of Xero alone, Squadron Energy’s technology landscape was
inefficient, unscalable, and prone to duplication. 80+ instances meant 80 times the effort with
finance administration and controls. Adapting for new projects or services was constrained by
limited flexibility and a lack of integration.
The organisation’s internal processes were also slowing progress, burdened by low-value, high-
effort tasks with an over reliance of Finance to create Purchase Orders.
Manual workarounds, extensive spreadsheet use, and data silos further compounded
inefficiencies, impeding real-time decision-making and obstructing progress toward the
organisation’s strategic sustainability goals.
To meet their renewable energy goal by 2030, Squadron Energy recognised it had just six years
to establish a significant pipeline of wind, solar, and storage projects. This created urgent time
pressure to establish modern, enterprise-level systems and enable rapid scaling.
Positioned to become Australia’s leader in green energy, Squadron Energy faced significant
operational challenges that hindered its ability to scale and evolve. Following recent structural
changes, including increased autonomy and strategic acquisitions, the business was left with
fragmented systems and inconsistent processes across departments.
With 80+ separate instances of Xero alone, Squadron Energy’s technology landscape was
inefficient, unscalable, and prone to duplication. 80+ instances meant 80 times the effort with
finance administration and controls. Adapting for new projects or services was constrained by
limited flexibility and a lack of integration.
The organisation’s internal processes were also slowing progress, burdened by low-value, high-
effort tasks with an over reliance of Finance to create Purchase Orders.
Manual workarounds, extensive spreadsheet use, and data silos further compounded
inefficiencies, impeding real-time decision-making and obstructing progress toward the
organisation’s strategic sustainability goals.
To meet their renewable energy goal by 2030, Squadron Energy recognised it had just six years
to establish a significant pipeline of wind, solar, and storage projects. This created urgent time
pressure to establish modern, enterprise-level systems and enable rapid scaling.
Solution
To support its rapid growth and long-term renewable energy targets, Squadron Energy
partnered with Deloitte to implement a scalable, cloud-based ERP platform that could
be delivered in under four months. Following SAP Activate methodology and leveraging
Deloitte's StartSuccess accelerators, the team deployed SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud, SAP
BTP, SAP Concur and Blackline Account Reconciliation, covering core business areas
including finance, procurement, group reporting, central invoice management, and
expense management.
Squadron have implemented over 95 legal entities and onboarded more than 300 users,
all while maintaining a clean core and leveraging out-of-the-box functionality to
accelerate delivery. With embedded innovation built on BTP for reducing time spent on
finance requests in areas of opportunity, automating notifications and recipient created
tax-invoices.
With a solid system in place, the focus has shifted to continuous improvement including a
recent Blackline automation for reconciliation, ensuring the platform grows with the
business and supports smarter, faster decision-making across the organisation.
Deloitte continues to work closely with Squadron Energy to support day-to-day
operations and long-term system performance. The team remains focused on identifying
opportunities to drive efficiency and value through ongoing optimisation and exploring
how the latest SAP technologies and Business AI capabilities can be applied.
To support its rapid growth and long-term renewable energy targets, Squadron Energy
partnered with Deloitte to implement a scalable, cloud-based ERP platform that could
be delivered in under four months. Following SAP Activate methodology and leveraging
Deloitte's StartSuccess accelerators, the team deployed SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud, SAP
BTP, SAP Concur and Blackline Account Reconciliation, covering core business areas
including finance, procurement, group reporting, central invoice management, and
expense management.
Squadron have implemented over 95 legal entities and onboarded more than 300 users,
all while maintaining a clean core and leveraging out-of-the-box functionality to
accelerate delivery. With embedded innovation built on BTP for reducing time spent on
finance requests in areas of opportunity, automating notifications and recipient created
tax-invoices.
With a solid system in place, the focus has shifted to continuous improvement including a
recent Blackline automation for reconciliation, ensuring the platform grows with the
business and supports smarter, faster decision-making across the organisation.
Deloitte continues to work closely with Squadron Energy to support day-to-day
operations and long-term system performance. The team remains focused on identifying
opportunities to drive efficiency and value through ongoing optimisation and exploring
how the latest SAP technologies and Business AI capabilities can be applied.
Impact
50%
reduction
in time spent raising & approving PO’s
75%
reduction
in technology stack simplification
The deployment of SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud provided Squadron Energy with an integrated, scalable ERP
platform that replaced fragmented legacy systems and manual processes with streamlined, automated
workflows. The solution delivered immediate financial compliance, enhanced data visibility, and a solid
foundation to support the company’s rapid expansion and evolving regulatory requirements. Its user-
friendly interface, combined with SAP’s responsiveness and strong partnership approach, gave Squadron
Energy the confidence to move quickly and decisively. By consolidating their technology landscape, the
simplification dramatically reduced effort, time & process required for finance activities.
By aligning technology with business goals, the implementation empowered faster decision-making and
laid the groundwork for Squadron Energy to progress towards delivering on its target of 14GW of renewable
energy by 2030. The project also established a new benchmark for cloud ERP in the renewables sector,
influencing further public cloud deployments across the industry.
80%
reduction
in time for month end reconciliation
50%
reduction
in time spent raising & approving PO’s
75%
reduction
in technology stack simplification
The deployment of SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud provided Squadron Energy with an integrated, scalable ERP
platform that replaced fragmented legacy systems and manual processes with streamlined, automated
workflows. The solution delivered immediate financial compliance, enhanced data visibility, and a solid
foundation to support the company’s rapid expansion and evolving regulatory requirements. Its user-
friendly interface, combined with SAP’s responsiveness and strong partnership approach, gave Squadron
Energy the confidence to move quickly and decisively. By consolidating their technology landscape, the
simplification dramatically reduced effort, time & process required for finance activities.
By aligning technology with business goals, the implementation empowered faster decision-making and
laid the groundwork for Squadron Energy to progress towards delivering on its target of 14GW of renewable
energy by 2030. The project also established a new benchmark for cloud ERP in the renewables sector,
influencing further public cloud deployments across the industry.
80%
reduction
in time for month end reconciliation
“”“With our goal of delivering 14 gigawatts of renewable energy by 2030, we
knew we had to scale quickly, and our legacy systems just weren’t keeping
up. We set out to find a user-friendly, standardised, scalable, and fully
integrated ERP solution that could support the business for the next
decade and beyond. SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud was the best fit, and
partnering with Deloitte gave us the expertise to deliver it in just four
months. We now have a modern, digital ERP foundation that supports
smarter decision-making, boosts productivity, and enables future
innovation across our expanding operations.”
Tuan Tran, Head of Enterprise Solutions, Squadron Energy
knew we had to scale quickly, and our legacy systems just weren’t keeping
up. We set out to find a user-friendly, standardised, scalable, and fully
integrated ERP solution that could support the business for the next
decade and beyond. SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud was the best fit, and
partnering with Deloitte gave us the expertise to deliver it in just four
months. We now have a modern, digital ERP foundation that supports
smarter decision-making, boosts productivity, and enables future
innovation across our expanding operations.”
Tuan Tran, Head of Enterprise Solutions, Squadron Energy