Job Description:

SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) Planning Consultant

Role Overview

DXC Technology is seeking an experienced SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) Planning Consultant to join a large-scale SAP S/4HANA implementation and rollout programme.

The successful candidate will be responsible for designing, developing, configuring, and implementing SAP Analytics Cloud Planning solutions, enabling integrated budgeting, forecasting, and operational planning processes based on SAP S/4HANA data.

The role will focus on delivering scalable, driver-based planning models, establishing structured planning workflows, and ensuring accurate reconciliation between financial actuals, budgets, and forecasts. The candidate will work closely with Finance, Controlling, and other functional and technical teams to deliver effective planning solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Participate in SAP Analytics Cloud Planning design workshops with Finance and Operations stakeholders to define planning requirements, models, drivers, and workflows.
• Design, develop, and configure planning models, including dimensions, hierarchies, versions, and currency conversion.
• Implement live and import data connectivity between SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP S/4HANA.
• Configure data acquisition, actuals integration, model refresh, and reconciliation processes.
• Develop driver-based planning logic, including allocations, spreading, seasonality, and price-volume calculations.
• Build data actions, advanced formulas, input templates, and planning stories to support budgeting and forecasting requirements.
• Configure planning calendars, workflows, tasks, submissions, and approval processes.
• Implement version management for budgets, forecasts, rolling forecasts, and scenario planning.
• Configure model security, dimension-level access controls, and data privacy for different entities and planner groups.
• Develop plan-versus-actual and forecast reporting, ensuring consistency with management reporting and analytics dashboards.
• Optimize planning model performance, data actions, and story execution at realistic data volumes.
• Collaborate with Finance, Controlling, Group Reporting, HR, Production, and Analytics teams to ensure alignment across planning processes.
• Participate in System Integration Testing (SIT) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT), including full planning cycle rehearsals with business users.
• Execute planning cutover activities, including final actuals loading, opening plan versions, and workflow activation.
• Deliver training and knowledge transfer to planners, reviewers, and administrators.
• Provide post-go-live Hypercare support and assist with the transition of planning model ownership to the client team.

Technical Skills & Qualifications

Mandatory Requirements

• 5-8 years of relevant SAP and enterprise planning experience.
• Strong hands-on expertise in SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) Planning.
• Proven experience delivering at least three full end-to-end SAP implementation lifecycles, including at least one SAP S/4HANA rollout or multi-entity programme.
• Experience working through Fit-to-Standard, SIT, UAT, cutover, and Hypercare phases.
• Expert knowledge of SAP Analytics Cloud planning model design, data actions, advanced formulas, input templates, calendars, and workflows.
• Strong understanding of planning model architecture, including dimensions, hierarchies, versions, and currency conversion.
• Hands-on experience with SAP S/4HANA live and import connectivity, actuals acquisition, and data reconciliation.
• Strong knowledge of financial planning processes, including budgeting, forecasting, and rolling forecasts.
• Experience with driver-based planning, allocations, spreading, seasonality, and price-volume calculations.
• Experience implementing model security and dimension-level data access controls.
• Strong performance optimization skills covering model sizing, story performance, and data action execution.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.

Preferred Skills

• Experience integrating SAP Analytics Cloud Planning with SAP Group Reporting.
• Experience developing workforce, headcount, personnel cost, and capital expenditure planning models.
• Exposure to operational and volume-based planning in production environments.
• Familiarity with SAP BW/4HANA and SAP HANA data modelling.
• SAP Certified Application Associate – SAP Analytics Cloud Planning certification or equivalent demonstrated expertise.

Professional & Consulting Competencies

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.
• Excellent stakeholder-management and communication skills.
• Ability to participate in client-facing workshops and design discussions.
• Strong understanding of financial and operational planning processes.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional and technical teams.
• Strong documentation, presentation, and communication skills.
• Ability to review solution designs, configurations, and testing deliverables.
• Experience supporting and mentoring junior consultants.
• Strong ownership and accountability throughout the implementation lifecycle.

Project Experience

• Experience in large-scale SAP S/4HANA implementation and rollout programmes is highly desirable.
• Exposure to multi-entity planning and financial consolidation environments.
• Experience supporting full budgeting and forecasting cycles, including post-go-live stabilization and Hypercare.

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