As Irish organisations accelerate large-scale transformation of their core operations, the focus is increasingly on building intelligent, resilient and future-ready enterprises. EY Ireland has been named as a winner at the 2026 SAP Partner Awards, recognising the firm’s impact in helping organisations modernise their digital core and deliver measurable business value.
In a business environment defined by economic volatility, regulatory complexity and rising expectations around data transparency, organisations face a critical challenge: how to transform core systems without disrupting performance. Through its deep expertise in SAP implementation, advisory and managed services, EY Ireland is enabling organisations to modernise with confidence, embedding finance, supply chain, HR and operational transformation into sustainable long-term strategies.
The award for sales success Ireland recognises EY Ireland’s success in delivering large enterprise transformation programmes in 2025, including large-scale implementations of SAP S/4HANA, cloud migrations and business-led operating model redesign. It reflects EY’s growing market reach across Ireland, supporting both established corporates and organisations embarking on their first SAP-enabled transformation journeys.
“We are incredibly proud to be recognised at the recent 2026 SAP Partner Awards,” said Frank O’Keeffe, EY Ireland managing partner. “This recognition reflects the scale and ambition of the transformation programmes we are delivering across Ireland. Our focus is not simply on implementing systems, but on helping clients reshape their operating models and unlock long-term value. By combining deep industry insight with SAP innovation, we are supporting enterprises to modernise responsibly, strengthen governance and build resilient foundations for growth.”
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At the heart of this year’s recognition is EY Ireland’s leadership in S/4HANA transformation, spanning both new (greenfield) implementations and technical (brownfield) migrations from legacy systems. Through offerings such as RISE with SAP and EY’s Transform for SAP methodology, organisations have been able to move beyond incremental upgrades toward full-scale enterprise reinvention.
For many businesses, this has meant:
- Optimised business processes for efficiency gains, powered by embedded analytics and artificial intelligence (AI).
- Process and data model harmonisation – minimising variation to improve quality.
- Simplified reporting and consolidation.
- Seamless integration across connected systems.
- Improved regulatory compliance, VAT reporting and process controls.
In 2025 EY Ireland successfully delivered a number of milestone SAP S/4HANA programmes, including upgrades with Nelipak Healthcare Packaging, RISE migrations with Lakeland Dairies and multiple projects with Sandvik as part of their S/4HANA global roll-out. As a strategic partner, EY provided end to end programme management, process design and optimisation with integration to the wider technical landscapes.
Cian Crowley, EY Ireland partner and SAP alliance leader, said the award reflects the strength and consistency of delivery across the Irish market in 2025.
“This recognition is grounded in the real transformation outcomes we have delivered for organisations across Ireland this year,” he said. “We have secured and executed significant enterprise transformation programmes, supporting our clients on their SAP journeys. What differentiates EY Ireland is our extensive SAP capabilities, the strength of our local resources and our ability to design and implement solutions that deliver real value for our clients. We are helping our clients to move toward intelligent, data-driven and highly efficient operating models that position them for sustained growth.”
Congratulating EY Ireland on the award, Celine Cazali, chief partner officer, SAP UK & Ireland, said: “The past year has underscored the strength and innovation of SAP’s partner ecosystem, and our shared commitment to customer success. In Ireland our partners have demonstrated outstanding collaboration and impact, supporting our customers in achieving transformative business outcomes. We’re immensely proud of what our partners accomplish every day. Congratulations to EY Ireland on this award.”
In addition, Ray Joyce, head of Ireland, SAP UK and Ireland has said: “This recognition is a testament to the strength of the collaboration between SAP Ireland and EY Ireland in supporting organisations of all sizes bring out their best. Through a shared emphasis on quality, innovation and customer-centric delivery – aligned with SAP’s Suite First, AI First strategy – we are working together to help customers realise meaningful, long-term value from their technology investments. It’s this focus on outcomes that continues to build trust across our teams and the customers we serve.”
Building Ireland’s future capability
A key differentiator in 2025 has been EY Ireland’s investment in developing local SAP capability. More than 60 graduates participated in immersive SAP strategy and innovation programmes during the year, strengthening Ireland’s talent pipeline in enterprise technology. This commitment ensures that Irish organisations have access to world-class expertise grounded in local market understanding, combining global SAP capability with on-the-ground delivery excellence.
The SAP Partner Award 2026 recognises not only business growth, but the depth of collaboration, innovation and impact achieved over the past year. As Irish enterprises look to 2026 and beyond, the imperative is clear: modernising the digital core is foundational to competitiveness, compliance and long-term value creation. Through its continued focus on SAP-enabled transformation, EY Ireland is helping organisations move from complexity to clarity, embedding intelligence, resilience and scalability at the heart of Irish enterprise.
Selected from SAP’s diverse partner base, nominations for the SAP Partner Awards are based on internal SAP sales data and strategic business plans. Winners in each category are selected by a committee of representatives from the SAP Market Unit, who evaluate partners based on criteria including sales achievement and overall performance.
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