SAP Planning & Analytics Analyst

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The Simplot Company is a diverse, privately held global food and agriculture company headquartered in Boise, Idaho. We are a true farm-to-table company with an integrated portfolio including food processing and food brands, phosphate mining, fertilizer manufacturing, farming, ranching and cattle production, and other enterprises related to agriculture.

The SAP Planning & Analytics Analyst supports and enhances Simplot's SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), SAP Datasphere, and connected SAP planning and reporting solutions. The role applies advanced functional and technical knowledge to keep operational and financial planning capabilities reliable, scalable, well understood, and continuously improving for business users and Finance leaders across Simplot's business units.

In this role, you will independently support new and existing PTA application solutions, resolve complex incidents and service requests, and deliver enhancements and project work of diverse complexity and scope. You will elicit and translate business needs into functional and technical requirements, complete SAC configuration and application-specific development, validate end-to-end data flows from SAP S/4

HANA and related sources, and partner with business, functional, security, architecture, and development teams to deliver sustainable solutions.

You will exercise independent judgment within established architecture, security, delivery, and governance standards; provide practical guidance to business users and team members; and help improve PTA support, documentation, automation, and self-service capabilities. Direct SAC experience is preferred, with opportunities to deepen expertise in SAC, SAP Datasphere, and related SAP technologies.
This is a full-time position onsite at Simplot HQ in Boise, Idaho. Qualified applicants must be residing or open & willing to relocate to Boise,  this position.

Application Support & Operational Reliability

• Independently support new and existing SAC, SAP Datasphere, and connected PTA application solutions, resolving incidents and service requests and serving as an escalation point for complex issues.
• Diagnose defects across SAC stories, planning models, data actions, multi-actions, import jobs, live connections, security, and integrations; perform root-cause analysis and determine the appropriate resolution method.
• Use SAP S/4
  
  HANA knowledge to validate source data, master data, tables, CDS views, and end-to-end data flows, distinguishing application issues from source, integration, security, or process issues.
• Support recurring planning and reporting cycles, coordinate production changes through CAB/ChaRM, and communicate status, risk, resolution, and business impact.
• Create and maintain BMC Helix records, Azure Dev Ops work items, support documentation, and knowledge articles so issues and decisions are traceable and reusable.

• Elicit, analyze, synthesize, and document business, functional, technical, and non-functional requirements for enhancements and projects of moderate to high complexity, including as-is and to-be processes.
• Translate approved needs into solution options, acceptance criteria, estimates, test scenarios, backlog items, and implementation plans while applying established PTA architecture and delivery standards.
• Configure and enhance SAC stories, reports, input templates, calculations, models, data actions, and related components; complete application-specific development where appropriate.
• Plan and execute unit, system integration, regression, and user acceptance testing; validate completed work from internal and contract resources against requirements.
• Participate in cross-functional delivery with business partners, SAP functional teams, developers, architects, security teams, and vendors.

• Consult with business users and technical teams on complex planning, reporting, data, access, and process issues, explaining solutions and tradeoffs in business-friendly language.
• Administer SAC access and security within approved policies and standards, including SAC teams and roles, myIDentity/SailPoint provisioning, and license alignment in partnership with SAP Security.
• Develop and maintain training content, user guides, release notes, solution documentation, and how-to materials; lead demos, office hours, onboarding, UAT support, and hypercare.
• Promote knowledge sharing…