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Position: SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) Planning Functional Consultant
Experience: 10- 16 Years
Location: Hyderabad/Bangalore/Chennai/Pune/Mumbai/New Delhi
Notice Period: Immediate to 30 days
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) Planning Functional Consultant with strong expertise in budgeting, forecasting, financial planning, and business analytics. The ideal candidate should be able to understand business requirements, design planning solutions, and drive successful implementations and support engagements.
Responsibilities
- Understand business requirements, design planning solutions, and drive successful implementations and support engagements.
- Conduct requirement gathering workshops, fit-gap analysis, business process discussions, and solution design sessions with stakeholders.
- Design and implement Budgeting, Forecasting, Financial Planning, Workforce Planning, CAPEX Planning, and Sales Planning solutions.
- Develop SAC Planning Stories, Input Templates, Executive Dashboards, KPI Reports, and Management Reporting solutions.
- Translate business requirements into functional specifications and provide optimal planning solutions aligned with business objectives.
- Perform User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Integration Testing, End-User Training, Go-Live Support, and Hypercare activities.
- Work closely with Finance, Supply Chain, Sales, HR, and Business Planning teams, managing stakeholders effectively.
- Apply SAP Activate methodology, Agile delivery models, and SAP best practices for planning and analytics implementations.
- Travel based on project requirements. Project-specific travel may be required during workshops, testing, go-live, and hypercare phases.
Required Skills
- 10–16 years of experience in SAP Planning and Analytics solutions, including SAP SAC Planning, SAP BPC, SAP BW, or related planning platforms.
- Minimum 4 years of hands-on experience in SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) Planning implementations, rollouts,
or AMS support projects.
- Strong experience in designing and implementing Budgeting, Forecasting, Financial Planning, Workforce Planning, CAPEX Planning, and Sales Planning solutions.
- Good understanding of financial planning processes including P&L;, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow, Cost Center, Profit Center, and Management Reporting.
- Experience in conducting requirement gathering workshops, fit-gap analysis, business process discussions, and solution design sessions with stakeholders.
- Expertise in SAC Planning components such as Planning Models, Dimensions, Versions, Data Actions, Multi Actions, Allocations, Calendar Tasks, and Workflow Management.
- Experience in developing SAC Planning Stories, Input Templates, Executive Dashboards, KPI Reports, and Management Reporting solutions.
- Strong knowledge of planning methodologies including Top-Down Planning, Bottom-Up Planning, Driver-Based Planning, Rolling Forecasts, What-If Simulations, and Scenario Planning.
- Experience integrating SAC with SAP S/4HANA, SAP BW, Datasphere, SuccessFactors, and other enterprise data sources.
- Ability to translate business requirements into functional specifications and provide optimal planning solutions aligned with business objectives.
- Experience in User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Integration Testing, End-User Training, Go-Live Support, and Hypercare activities.
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to work closely with Finance, Supply Chain, Sales, HR, and Business Planning teams.
- Excellent communication, presentation, analytical, and problem-solving skills with a customer-focused consulting approach.
- Knowledge of SAP Activate methodology, Agile delivery models, and SAP best practices for planning and analytics implementations.
Preferred Skills
- SAP SAC Planning Certification, Group Reporting, or Financial Consolidation processes will be an added advantage.
Additional Information
- : We are seeking an experienced SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) Planning Functional Consultant with strong expertise in budgeting, forecasting, financial planning, and business analytics. The ideal candidate should be able to understand business requirements, design planning solutions,
and drive successful implementations and support engagements.
- Key Skills & Experience:
- 10–16 years of experience in SAP Planning and Analytics solutions, including SAP SAC Planning, SAP BPC, SAP BW, or related planning platforms.
- Minimum 4 years of hands-on experience in SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) Planning implementations, rollouts, or AMS support projects.
- Solid experience in designing and implementing Budgeting, Forecasting, Financial Planning, Workforce Planning, CAPEX Planning, and Sales Planning solutions.
- Good understanding of financial planning processes including P&L;, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow, Cost Center, Profit Center, and Management Reporting.
- Experience in conducting requirement gathering workshops, fit-gap analysis, business process discussions, and solution design sessions with stakeholders.
- Expertise in SAC Planning components such as Planning Models, Dimensions, Versions, Data Actions, Multi Actions, Allocations, Calendar Tasks, and Workflow Management.
- Experience in developing SAC Planning Stories, Input Templates, Executive Dashboards, KPI Reports, and Management Reporting solutions.
- Strong knowledge of planning methodologies including Top-Down Planning, Bottom-Up Planning, Driver-Based Planning, Rolling Forecasts, What-If Simulations, and Scenario Planning.
- Experience integrating SAC with SAP S/4HANA, SAP BW, Datasphere, SuccessFactors, and other enterprise data sources.
- Ability to translate business requirements into functional specifications and provide optimal planning solutions aligned with business objectives.
- Experience in User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Integration Testing, End-User Training, Go-Live Support, and Hypercare activities.
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to work closely with Finance, Supply Chain, Sales, HR, and Business Planning teams.
- Excellent communication, presentation, analytical, and problem-solving skills with a customer-focused consulting approach.
- Knowledge of SAP Activate methodology, Agile
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