SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) Consultant

Experience: 7-8 Years Role: SAP SAC Consultant Primary Skill: SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) - Reporting, Dashboarding & Planning We are looking for an experienced SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) Consultant with 7–8 years of SAP Analytics/BI experience and strong hands-on expertise in designing, developing, and implementing SAC solutions. The candidate should independently manage requirements through design, development, testing, and production deployment, with experience integrating SAC with SAP S/4 HANA, BW/4 HANA, HANA, and SAP/non-SAP data sources. Strong stakeholder management and communication skills are essential. Key Responsibilities: - Design and develop SAP SAC Stories, dashboards, reports and analytical applications. - Build executive and operational dashboards with KPIs, drilldowns, filters, calculations, hierarchies and interactive visualizations. - Develop and maintain SAC data models, including dimensions, measures, calculated measures, currency conversions and hierarchies. - Configure and manage Live and Import connections with SAP and non-SAP systems. - Integrate SAC with SAP S/4 HANA, BW/4 HANA and other enterprise data sources. - Develop SAC Planning models covering budgeting, forecasting and business planning requirements. - Configure Data Actions, Multi-Actions, Advanced Formulas, Allocations, Version Management and Forecasting. - Work with business stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into functional and technical SAC solutions. - Conduct workshops and support solution design, prototyping and requirement validation. - Develop dashboards and analytics for business functions such as Finance, Sales, Procurement, Supply Chain and HR. - Perform data validation and reconciliation between SAC reports and source systems. - Optimize SAC models, stories and dashboards for performance and scalability. - Configure roles, teams, user access and data-level security within SAC. - Perform unit testing, SIT, UAT support, defect resolution and production deployment. - Troubleshoot SAC data, connectivity, authorization and performance issues. - Prepare functional/technical documentation, configuration documents, test scripts and user guides. - Conduct knowledge-transfer and end-user training sessions. - Provide post-go-live and production support for SAC applications. Mandatory Skills: - 7-8 years of overall experience in SAP BI/Analytics solutions. - Minimum 5+ years of strong hands-on SAP Analytics Cloud experience. - Strong expertise in SAC Stories & Dashboards, SAC Data Modelling, SAC Planning, Data Actions & Multi-Actions, Advanced Formulas, Allocations & Forecasting, Calculated Measures & Dimensions, Live & Import Connections, SAC Security / Roles / Data Access Control, Performance Optimization. - Strong integration experience with SAP S/4 HANA and/or BW/4 HANA. - Good understanding of SAP HANA data models and CDS Views. - Experience consuming and validating data from SAP functional areas, particularly FI/CO, SD, MM and Procurement. - Strong knowledge of BI concepts, KPI design, data visualization and reporting best practices. - At least 2 end-to-end SAP Analytics/SAC implementation or rollout projects. - At least 1 end-to-end SAC implementation involving dashboard/report development and integration with SAP backend systems. Preferred Skills: - Experience with SAP Datasphere and SAP BTP. - Experience with S/4 HANA Embedded Analytics and CDS Views. - Knowledge of SAP BW/4 HANA modelling and queries. - Experience with SAC predictive capabilities and Smart Insights. - Understanding of REST/OData/API-based integrations. - SAP SAC / Analytics / Datasphere certification is preferred. Education: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, Data Analytics, Finance, or related discipline.