SAC Planning Consultant

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced SAC Planning Consultant with 5+ years of SAP planning and analytics delivery experience. The ideal candidate brings a rare blend of functional finance knowledge and hands-on technical capability in SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) Planning, with a strong background in SAP BPC and BW/BW4HANA.

Key Responsibilities

Functional

- Lead requirements workshops with Finance and FP&A; teams to translate business planning processes into SAC Planning model designs
- Design planning models including dimensions, hierarchies, versions, data locking, and workflow approvals
- Define and configure budgeting, forecasting, and rolling forecast processes within SAC
- Create and maintain SAC stories, input forms, and dashboards for end-user planning
- Drive UAT, train end users, and produce functional design documentation
- Advise on best-practice planning governance, versioning strategy, and approval workflows
- Act as the functional bridge between Finance stakeholders and the technical delivery team

Technical

- Develop and maintain data integration between BW/BW4HANA and SAC Planning using import and live HANA connections
- Build and optimise Data Actions, Advanced Formulas, Multi-Actions, and scripting logic within SAC Planning
- Configure currency translation, unit conversion, and multi-entity planning within models
- Support migration of existing SAP BPC models (Standard and Embedded) to SAC Planning
- Manage SAC tenant administration including security roles, teams, and lifecycle management
- Troubleshoot performance issues across planning models and data flows
- Integrate SAC with SAP S/4HANA, BPC, and third-party sources via OData/API

Required Skills & Experience

Area Requirement

- SAC Planning – Functional: Model design, dimensions, hierarchies, versions, input forms, workflow
- SAC Planning – Technical: Data Actions, Advanced Formulas, Multi-Actions, scripting, currency translation
- SAP BPC: BPC Standard or Embedded; ability to map BPC logic to SAC; migration experience preferred
- BW / BW4HANA: BEx queries, composite providers, data flows feeding SAC models
- Finance Domain: FP&A; processes — budgeting, forecasting, P&L;, cost centre, capex planning
- SAC Stories: Analytical stories, charts, tables, input forms, dashboards





Experience Profile

- 5+ years in SAP planning & analytics delivery (SAC, BPC, or both)
- Minimum 2 full-cycle SAC Planning implementations — blueprint through go-live
- Proven experience with BW or BW4HANA as a data source for planning models
- Direct engagement with Finance business stakeholders for requirements gathering
- Experience in large enterprise or complex multi-entity environments preferred
- Exposure to BPC Technical Proficiency
- SAC Planning Models — dimensions, hierarchies, versions
- Data Actions & Advanced Formulas — scripting, multi-actions
- SAP BPC Standard — script logic, business rules
- SAP BPC Embedded — Fox formulas, planning functions
- BW/BW4HANA — InfoProviders, BEx queries, data flows
- HANA Live Connect — calculation views, CDS views
- SAC Security — roles, teams, data access controls
- Lifecycle Management — transport and version control
- Currency translation and multi-currency model configuration
- OData / REST API integration with SAC

- Preferred Qualifications

- Experience with SAP BW/4HANA transformations and modelling.
- Knowledge of SAP Data Intelligence / SAP Integration Suite is a plus.
- Familiarity with cloud data platforms and hybrid architectures.
- SAP certifications in Datasphere, SAC, or BW/4HANA are advantageous

Why join bp

Our purpose is to deliver energy to the world, today and tomorrow. For over 100 years, bp has focused on discovering, developing, and producing oil and gas in the nations where we operate. We are one of the few companies globally that can provide governments and customers with an integrated energy offering.

Delivering our strategy sustainably is fundamental to achieving our ambition to be a net zero company by 2050 or sooner! At bp, we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and high-reaching environment. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly.





Disclaimer

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

Please contact us to request accommodation. Even though the job is advertised as full time, please contact the hiring manager or the recruiter as flexible working arrangements may be considered. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity.

We are committed to crafting an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly. There are many aspects of our employees’ lives that are important, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits can include adaptable working options, collaboration spaces in a modern office environment, and many others benefits.

What you can expect from us!

Our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion: At bp, you could be part of Business Resource Groups (BRGs) which believe in the power of inclusion, deeper connections, and shared experiences. They provide a place for employees to learn and share knowledge, to connect, and to improve. The BRGs focus on and encourage talent engagement, development, and retention while creating a broadened sense of community and inclusion for bp employees.

The groups cultivate leadership growth by involving employees in developmental opportunities they would not otherwise have access to. Formal and informal mentoring also helps employees develop their professional goals and connect with colleagues. The BRGs’ dedication to growth at all levels helps employees feel more engaged and energized.

The BRGs break down barriers, so we can all do better together. Examples of BRGs include (but are not limited to): bpWIN (bp Women’s International Network) Pride Working parents PEN (Positively Ethnic Network) bpInclusia (bp’s Asian community) bpEnergía (bp’s Latin community)

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