Position: SAP  Analytics Cloud (SAC) Planning Functional Consultant

Experience: 10- 12 Years

Location: Hyderabad/Bangalore/Chennai/Pune/Mumbai/New Delhi

Notice Period: Immediate to 30 days

Job Description:

We are seeking an experienced SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) Planning Functional Consultant with strong expertise in budgeting, forecasting, financial planning, and business analytics. The ideal candidate should be able to understand business requirements, design planning solutions, and drive successful implementations and support engagements.

Key Skills & Experience
• 8–12 years of experience in SAP Planning and Analytics solutions, including SAP SAC

  Planning, SAP BPC, SAP BW, or related planning platforms.
• Minimum 4 years of hands-on experience in SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) Planning

   implementations, rollouts, or AMS support projects.
• Strong experience in designing and implementing Budgeting, Forecasting, Financial

   Planning, Workforce Planning, CAPEX Planning, and Sales Planning solutions.
• Good understanding of financial planning processes including P&L, Balance Sheet,

   Cash Flow, Cost Center, Profit Center, and Management Reporting.
• Experience in conducting requirement gathering workshops, fit-gap analysis, business

   process discussions, and solution design sessions with stakeholders.
• Expertise in SAC Planning components such as Planning Models, Dimensions,

   Versions, Data Actions, Multi Actions, Allocations, Calendar Tasks, and Workflow

   Management.
• Experience in developing SAC Planning Stories, Input Templates, Executive

   Dashboards, KPI Reports, and Management Reporting solutions.
• Strong knowledge of planning methodologies including Top-Down Planning, Bottom-

   Up Planning, Driver-Based Planning, Rolling Forecasts, What-If Simulations, and

   Scenario Planning.
• Experience integrating SAC with SAP S/4HANA, SAP BW, Datasphere, SuccessFactors,

   and other enterprise data sources.
• Ability to translate business requirements into functional specifications and provide

   optimal planning solutions aligned with business objectives.
• Experience in User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Integration Testing, End-User Training,

   Go-Live Support, and Hypercare activities.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to work closely with Finance,

   Supply Chain, Sales, HR, and Business Planning teams.
• Excellent communication, presentation, analytical, and problem-solving skills with a

   customer-focused consulting approach.
• Knowledge of SAP Activate methodology, Agile delivery models, and SAP best

   practices for planning and analytics implementations.
• SAP SAC Planning Certification, Group Reporting, or Financial Consolidation

   processes will be an added advantage.

Professional Competencies
•  Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate

   effectively with both business and technical stakeholders.
•  Ability to understand business challenges and translate them into scalable SAP

   Planning solutions.
•  Strong consulting mindset with excellent client-facing, workshop facilitation, and

   stakeholder engagement skills.
•  Passionate about SAP technologies, continuous learning, and professional

   development.
•  Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively within cross-functional and

   global teams.
•  Willingness to travel based on project requirements. Project-specific travel may be

   required during workshops, testing, go-live, and hypercare phases.

Recruiter: Khaja Samiuddin

e-Mail ID: samiuddin.khaja@bs.nttdata.com

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