Manager - SAP Enterprise Management - TC - UKI - GB

Manager - SAP Enterprise Performance Management - TC - UKI - GB

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Technology Consulting | Manager | SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) - Planning

The opportunity

Having undergone a paradigm shift in recent years, SAP offers an innovative high-performance real-time platform and solutions which meet the needs of end-to-end digitised enterprises. Our EY SAP team is focused on working with our clients to leverage these SAP innovations and create business value.

We are looking for technology-minded, business-focused and creative managers with a passion for bringing context to SAP innovations and ability to demonstrate how it can help transform our clients’ day to day operations. We are looking for people who have been there and done it, who want to keep close to the technology and who want to deliver solutions that have optimum impact on their clients.

Your key responsibilities

• Manage a work stream within an SAP Analytics Cloud project team on a client-facing engagement, working effectively across the full lifecycle delivery of a large, complex technology programme
• Deliver technology solutions in line with leading practices
• Engage and collaborate with clients’ stakeholders across all levels of the organisation
• Build excellent client relationships
• Work as part of a high performing team, mentoring junior members of staff

Skills and attributes for success

You will have knowledge and experience of the following:

• SAP Analytics Cloud certification 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 (Build, Test & Deploy phases) including workshop planning and delivery, requirements & backlog definition, planning model design, creation of Functional & Technical specifications and system configuration
• Hands-on project delivery experience of SAC capabilities including source system connections, modelling dimensions & planning models, maintaining Public and Private Dimensions, data acquisition and smart transformations
• Core planning functionality expertise including planning and scripting in stories, calculations, simulations and Versioning, distributions with Planning Panels, comments, data locking, currency translation options, data audit, validation rules, calendar tasks, creating Value Driver Trees and AI features such as Joule
• Deep understanding of Data Actions and Allocation processes, including copy data within and between models, calculate data with advanced formulas, creating advanced allocations and multi actions

To qualify for the role you 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
• Excellent communication skills and ability to build ‘Trusted Adviser’ relationships
• Willingness to travel as required in relation to working at Client Sites on specific engagements

Ideally, you’ll also have

• SAP analytics experience (SAP BW, HANA, Datasphere or BDC)
• Experience in complex SAC planning delivery
• Experience with SAP Group Reporting
• Experience with SAP BPC or Integrated Planning
• An understanding of the SAC Planning roadmap and industry trends
• Industry / sector expertise would be advantageous

What we look for

You will be comfortable working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, where you operate collaboratively with clients to help them digitize their business processes utilizing the latest SAP technology. You will add value by contextualizing, designing and delivering solutions within your domain expertise, you are expected to continuously develop your skills and product knowledge, staying up-to-date with SAP’s innovations and leveraging this to provide insight and creative solutions.

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