SAP SAC Planning Consultant

Key Responsibilities: Functional Consulting & Design Lead workshops with Finance/FP&A teams to gather requirements for Budgeting, Forecasting, and Workforce Planning. Translate complex financial processes into efficient SAC Planning models and solution architectures. Conduct fit-gap analysis between legacy BPC/Excel processes and SAC capabilities.

Create comprehensive functional specifications, user guides, and training materials. SAC Configuration & Build Configure SAC Planning models, dimensions, hierarchies, and currency conversion tables. Develop and optimize Data Actions, Multi-Actions, Advanced Formulas, and Allocations.

Design and build user-friendly Input Templates, Stories, and Digital Boardroom dashboards. Manage version control, private versions, and planning workflows. Integration & Delivery Collaborate with technical teams to set up connections (Live/Import) with S/4HANA, BW, or Datasphere.

Define data mapping logic and transformation rules. Lead System Integration Testing (SIT) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT). Provide hyper-care support and end-user training post-go-live.

Required Skills & Qualifications: Mandatory: Completion of at least 1 full-cycle End-to-End SAC Planning implementation. BPC Background: Strong functional knowledge of SAP BPC (Standard or Embedded) is required to understand legacy migration contexts. Functional Domain: Solid understanding of financial processes (Cost Center Planning, CAPEX, Revenue Planning, P&L).

Technical Proficiency: Hands-on mastery of SAC Data Actions, Advanced Formulas, and Extended Story design (including story APi). Preferred Qualifications (Nice to Have): Experience with SAP S/4HANA Group Reporting or SAP Datasphere. Certification in SAP Analytics Cloud.

Experience working in Agile/Sprint-based project environments. Regards, Elavarasan R