SAP- Analytics Cloud (SAC) Consultant

Role Summary

An experienced SAP Analytics Cloud Consultant with strong expertise in SAP S/4HANA Finance, Cash & Bank Management and Controlling to design, develop and implement SAC reporting, dashboards, planning and analytics solutions.

The resource will work closely with Finance, Treasury, Cash Management, Controlling and business stakeholders to convert business requirements into SAC analytical and planning solutions.

Key Responsibilities

SAP Analytics Cloud

• Design and develop SAC Stories, dashboards and analytical applications.
• Develop executive-level dashboards for CFO, Treasury and Finance management.
• Create SAC models including: Dimensions, Measures, Hierarchies, Calculations, Variables, Time dimensions
• Develop interactive dashboards using charts, tables, KPIs, filters and drill-downs.
• Configure Data Actions, Multi Actions, Advanced Formulas and Allocations.
• Configure planning versions, forecasting and scenario analysis.
• Implement SAC security, roles, teams and data access controls.
• Perform SAC performance tuning and optimization.
• Support SAC deployment across development, QA and production environments.

Cash & Bank Management

• Strong understanding of S/4HANA Cash Management is preferred.
• The consultant should be capable of developing SAC dashboards covering: Cash Position, Bank account balances, House bank / bank account analysis, Daily cash position, Cash inflow and outflow, Liquidity forecast, Cash flow forecast, Actual vs forecast cash flow, Bank statement analysis, Bank reconciliation KPIs, Working capital, Customer collections, Vendor payments, Short-term liquidity requirements, Cash concentration, Intercompany cash movements, Cash flow categories, Liquidity planning, Treasury KPIs
• Experience with SAP Bank Account Management (BAM) and Bank Communication Management (BCM) would be an advantage.

SAP Finance

• Strong understanding of S/4HANA Finance and the ability to translate Finance requirements into SAC reporting solutions.
• Required understanding of: General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Asset Accounting, Bank Accounting, Financial Closing, Journal entries, Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow Statement, Actual vs Budget, Financial KPIs, Company code and business area reporting, Profit Centre, Segment reporting, Financial planning and forecasting

SAP Controlling

• Good understanding of SAP CO reporting and analytics, including: Cost Centre Accounting, Profit Centre Accounting, Internal Orders, Product Costing – preferred, Cost allocation, Assessment and distribution, Plan vs Actual, Cost Centre plan/actual analysis, Profitability analysis, Margin analysis, Contribution margin, Cost variance analysis.

S/4HANA Integration & Data

• The consultant should understand how SAC consumes data from SAP systems, including: S/4HANA, SAP HANA, SAP BW/4HANA, SAP Datasphere – preferred, CDS Views, Analytical Queries, Embedded Analytics, Live connections, Import connections, Data integration and data validation
• Ability to work with technical teams to identify the appropriate CDS Views, analytical queries and data sources for SAC reporting.

Planning & Forecasting

• Experience in SAC Planning is preferred, particularly for Finance: Annual budgeting, Cash-flow forecasting, Financial forecasting, Rolling forecast, P&L planning, Balance Sheet planning, Cost Centre planning, Liquidity planning, Scenario planning, What-if analysis, Actual vs Budget vs Forecast.

Key Deliverables

The resource will be responsible for:

• SAC solution design and architecture.
• Finance and Cash Management dashboards.
• CFO dashboards and management reporting.
• Cash Position dashboard.
• Liquidity Forecast dashboard.
• Bank Account / House Bank analytics.
• Cash Flow reporting.
• Finance P&L and Balance Sheet dashboards.
• Cost Centre and Profit Centre reporting.
• Actual vs Budget vs Forecast reporting.
• SAC Planning models.
• Data integration with S/4HANA.
• SAC security and access control.
• UAT and defect resolution.
• Production deployment and support.
• Technical and functional documentation.

Mandatory Skills

• SAP Analytics Cloud
• SAC Stories / Optimized Stories
• SAC Models
• SAC Planning
• Data Actions / Multi Actions
• Advanced Formulas
• SAC security
• S/4HANA Finance
• Finance reporting
• Cash Management
• Cash Flow / Liquidity reporting
• SAP CO
• CDS Views / S/4HANA Analytics
• Strong business requirement and stakeholder-management skills.

Good-to-Have Skills

• SAP Bank Account Management
• SAP Bank Communication Management
• SAP Liquidity Management
• SAP Treasury
• SAP Group Reporting
• SAP Datasphere
• SAP BW/4HANA
• SAP HANA
• SAP BTP
• SAP Integration Suite
• SAP Excel Add-in
• Predictive forecasting.