- 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 include
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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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