SAC Lead; SAP Analytics Cloud​/SAP Datasphere

Job Title – SAC Lead(SAP Analytics Cloud / SAP Datasphere)

Company – TCS (MEA)

Location – Johannesburg, South Africa

Job type – Full time

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Job Purpose

To apply specialist SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) expertise under minimal direction within SAP projects and technical initiatives. The role is responsible for designing, developing, supporting and maintaining enterprise planning, forecasting, reporting and analytics solutions that meet business requirements. The consultant will engage with stakeholders to define requirements, architect solutions, develop SAC applications, models and stories, and support the broader SAP Analytics and Business Intelligence landscape.

• Proven experience in SAP Analytics Cloud Planning and Forecasting implementations.
• Experience developing and supporting SAC Stories, Applications, Models and Analytic Applications.
• Experience with SAC Advanced Formulas and Data Actions.
• Strong scripting experience in SAC Analytic Applications and Optimized Stories.
• Experience using Virtual Data Models / Virtual Data Sources and live connectivity architectures.
• Experience with Analysis for Microsoft Office (AFO).
• Experience with Just Ask and AI-driven analytics capabilities within SAP Analytics Cloud.
• Experience leveraging Joule and AI-powered analytics functionality within SAP solutions.
• Understanding of SAP Analytics Cloud integration with BW/4
  
  HANA and S/4
  
  HANA environments.

• SAP Datasphere experience.
• Business Data Cloud (BDC) experience.
• SAP BW/4
  
  HANA experience.
• Experience with SAP HANA Cloud.
• Exposure to predictive analytics, machine learning and AI-driven planning capabilities within SAP.

• Design, develop and support SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) planning, forecasting, budgeting and reporting solutions.
• Develop enterprise dashboard, reporting and analytical solutions using SAC Stories and Analytic Applications.
• Model data within SAC and optimize analytical models for performance and scalability.
• Design and implement SAC planning models, versions, allocations, data actions and advanced formulas.
• Develop and maintain SAC scripting solutions within Analytic Applications.
• Implement planning and forecasting capabilities aligned to business requirements and financial processes.
• Design and consume virtual data sources, live data connections and federated analytics architectures.
• Integrate SAC with SAP BW/4
  
  HANA, SAP Datasphere, SAP HANA Cloud and S/4
  
  HANA landscapes.
• Design and maintain data models within SAP Datasphere where applicable.
• Develop end-to-end analytics solutions using SAP Datasphere and SAC.
• Leverage Just Ask, Joule and AI-assisted analytics capabilities to improve business insights and user experience.
• Support and optimize AI-driven analytics, search and natural language query capabilities within SAC.
• Work closely with Project Managers, Business Teams and SAP Functional Consultants to architect and deliver analytics solutions.
• Translate business requirements into scalable planning, analytics and reporting solutions.
• Develop and…