Sr Finance Transformation Specialist

Sr Finance Transformation Specialist (JN - Irvine, California

Salary: USD
95 - USD
110 per hour

Sr Finance Transformation Specialist

Duration – 10 Months

Location – Irvine, CA 92618

Max Pay – $95.00-$110.00/hour W2

Responsibilities

Role Expectations – SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) Planning

Product Enablement | Business Specialist

Role Purpose

• Acts as the right hand to the Product Owner for SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) Planning
• Responsible for executing the product vision and strategy defined by the Product Owner
• Ensures ideas and strategy are translated into delivered, adopted, and value‑adding solutions
• Serves as a key link between business, finance, and IT

Product Execution & Ownership

• Owns and drives in partnership with the IT Scrum Lead the SAC Planning roadmap , aligned to business priorities and product strategy
• Translates Product Owner vision into clear epics, features, deliverables, and OKRs
• Acts as the primary executor , ensuring initiatives move from concept to implementation
• Manages prioritization of enhancements and defects, balancing business value, urgency, and platform sustainability
• Partner with IT Scrum Lead to track progress, dependencies, and risks to ensure successful delivery
• Leads requirements gathering and refinement for SAC Planning models and features
• Owns continuous model refinement and optimization based on user feedback and evolving business needs
• Converts business requirements into clear functional and technical specifications for planning models and features owned by business
• Provides clear business requirements for the creation of functional specifications and sign-offs for planning models and features owned by IT
• Ensures planning models are scalable, performant, and aligned with best practices for planning models and features owned by business
• Provides input and insights into planning model designs that ensures flexibility while maintaining consistency and scalability (supporting IT)
• Supports standardization while allowing flexibility where business needs require it

Collaboration with IT & Delivery Teams

• Works closely with IT, developers, and data teams to analyze, design, build, test, and deploy SAC Planning solutions
• Acts as the functional authority during design, build, testing, and deployment phases
• Leads Supports UAT and partners with IT for defect resolution, and release readiness
• Ensures alignment Understands how business decisions impact with enterprise data architecture and integration standards
• Partners with IT to attend vendor forums and conferences to stay abreast of technology advancements and incorporates into business technology roadmaps where appropriate
• Drives feature enablement and adoption across business user groups
• Supports change management through documentation, training, and stakeholder communication
• Partners with stakeholders to ensure SAC Planning capabilities are used effectively
• Helps measure and communicate business value and outcomes from SAC Planning solutions

Skills & Expertise

• Strong techno‑functional expertise in SAP Analytics Cloud Planning (SAC P)
• Hands‑on experience with planning models, data actions, allocations, calendars, and workflows for objects and features owned by the business
• Strong financial planning and accounting acumen , including understanding of P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, forecasting, budgeting, and financial drivers.
• Good understanding of analytics and reporting , enabling integration between planning and insights
• Ability to translate between business needs and technical solutions
• Familiarity with agile or product‑based delivery models

Mindset & Ways of Working

• Strong sense of ownership, accountability, and execution focus
• Passionate about SAC Planning and analytics
• Comfortable operating in both strategic and hands‑on roles
• Proactive, collaborative, and able to work effectively in ambiguous environments
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills

Yes, I am currently eligible to work (work permit/visa/citizenship) in the country to which I am applying. No, I am not currently eligible to work (work permit/visa/citizenship) in the country to which I am applying.