Case Study: Horizon Pharma streamlines finance and cuts month-end close to 7 days with SAP HANA (SAP S/4HANA)

Achieving Digital Transformation with SAP S/4HANA

Horizon Pharma, a 1,000-employee biopharmaceutical company, needed a digital transformation after multiple acquisitions left its finance function fragmented across manual, spreadsheet-based systems. The company sought to standardize processes, expand capacity to support rapid growth, and reduce reliance on a lean internal IT team.

Working with Accenture, Horizon implemented SAP S/4HANA and SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud in seven months to create a single, automated financial system. The rollout—on time and within budget—streamlined and standardized finance and business processes, enabled self-service, simplified IT, and cut month-end reporting from 30 days to seven, while improving scalability and innovation.

Horizon Pharma

Michelle Parsons

Senior Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis