SAP SAC Consultant - Configuration & Implementation

Job Responsibilities : - In your role as a Consultant you will have responsibility for designing & delivering key aspects of our technology projects within our client base. - Manage a work stream within an EPM project team on a client-facing engagement, working effectively across the full lifecycle delivery of a large, complex technology programe - Deliver technology solutions in line with leading practices - Engage and collaborate with clients' stakeholders across all levels of the organisation - Build excellent client relationships Skills and attributes : - SAC Application Associate - SAP Analytics Cloud: Planning certified or equivalent experience - Positioning the features and limitations of SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) Planning - Understanding of leading practices for developing SAP Analytics Cloud Planning models - Strong financial planning & consolidation knowledge - Full lifecycle project delivery experience including - Workshop planning and delivery - Requirements & backlog definition - Planning model design - Creation of Functional & Technical specifications - System configuration - Build, Test & Deploy phases - Hands-on project delivery experience of SAP Integrated Planning, BPC or SAC planning capabilities including: - Source system connections - Modelling dimensions & planning models - Maintaining Public and Private Dimensions - Data acquisition and smart transformations - Core Planning Functionality - Planning with SAP Analytics Cloud Stories - Calculations Simulations and Versioning - Distributions with Planning Panels - Comments - Currency Translation Options - Distribute Planning Data with the Planning Panel - Data Audit, Validation, and Derivation Forecasting Functionality Job Description : - Creating Value Driver Trees - Smart Predict - Predictive Forecasting - Rolling Forecasts - Data Actions and Allocation Processes - Copy Data within and between models - Calculate Data with Advanced Formulas - Create Advanced Allocations - Collaboration and Process Control - Data Locking - Input Tasks and Crowd Source Planning - Processes and Data Locking Tasks Must have : - Demonstrable ability to manage work streams - Understanding of the full life cycle of SAC planning implementations - Experience working with waterfall and agile delivery methodologies - Experience delivering financial planning projects - Excellent communication skills and ability to build 'Trusted Adviser' relationships - Strong presentation skills - Willingness to travel as required in relation to working at Client Sites on specific engagements - SAP BI experience (SAP BW, HANA and SAC or BOBJ) - Experience in complex SAC planning delivery - Experience with Business Planning and Consolidation (BPC) - Experience with SAP integrated planning - An understanding of the SAC Planning roadmap and industry trends