SAP SAC Consultant

ITHR 360° CONSULTING FZE; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 279,000 - 390,600; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm in Abu Dhabi is seeking a hands-on SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) Consultant to enhance a complex planning and analytics landscape. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience in SAP with a strong focus on SAC and a proven ability to manage and evolve existing solutions. Responsibilities include reconciling data, designing planning models, and implementing effective reporting solutions. Candidates should be able to communicate effectively with both technical and business stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in SAP BI/BO/BW/SAC, focusing on SAC.
• Minimum 2+ end-to-end SAP SAC Planning implementations.
• Hands-on experience with data actions, advanced formulas, and forecasting.

Responsibilities

• Own the existing SAP SAC landscape including planning models.
• Reconcile SAC data with SAP to ensure accuracy.
• Design and enhance SAC planning models for financials and workforce.

Skills

SAP Analytics Cloud

Data Actions

Driver-based planning

Advanced formulas

Forecasting

CDS views

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

BW/4HANA

SAP Datasphere

Job description

Full-time (onsite). Contract-to-hire can be considered for exceptional profiles.

Joining

Immediate / Short Notice Preferred

About the Role

We are looking for a hands-on SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) Consultant to support and enhance a complex, enterprise-wide planning and analytics landscape for a large diversified group headquartered in Abu Dhabi.

The environment is SAP-centric (S/4HANA, BW/4HANA, Datasphere) with SAP SAC as the central platform for:

• Financial planning (P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow)
• Workforce / people cost planning
• Manufacturing and operational planning
• Executive dashboards
• Digital boardrooms
• Regulatory/management reporting

This is not a greenfield setup. The right candidate will own and evolve existing SAC solutions, ensure data accuracy and consistency vs SAP, and design driver-based planning models that support fast, compliant decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

Take end-to-end ownership of existing SAP SAC landscape (planning models, stories, dashboards, data models).

Understand and document how planning is done across:

• P&L (including revenue, COGS, margins)
• Balance Sheet & Cash Flow
• Workforce / people cost planning

Regularly reconcile SAC data with SAP (S/4HANA, BW/4HANA, Datasphere) and ensure numbers are accurate, consistent, and explainable.

2. Planning Model Design (P&L, Balance Sheet, Workforce, Manufacturing)

Design and enhance SAC Planning models for:

• P&L planning, especially driver-based revenue planning (e.g., units, price, product mix, raw material costs, overheads).
• Balance sheet planning, including opening balances, flows from P&L, loans, working capital, and cash planning.
• Depreciation planning (assets, useful life, methods and impact on P&L & BS).
• Workforce / headcount planning (salary structures, increments, promotions, new hires, attrition, benefits).

Build models that work both with:

• Historical databased scenarios, and
• Blank-slate scenarios (e.g., new products, new lines of business without past data).

Implement data actions, multi-actions, advanced formulas, and driver-based logic to automate and streamline planning cycles.

Work closely with Finance, HR, Manufacturing and other stakeholders to translate business drivers into technical models.

Work with SAP technical teams to design and build CDS views and data models on:

SAP Datasphere and/or BW/4HANA where applicable.

Combine multiple SAP tables into planning- and analytics-ready views, not only reuse existing OData services.

Design and maintain SAC data models using:

• Live connections (for real-time scenarios).
• Import connections (for replicated / planning scenarios where custom tables are required).

Ensure consistent handling of:

• Currency translation
• Versions and scenarios (Actual, Budget, Forecast, Rolling Forecast)

4. Reporting, Analytics & User Experience

Design and build SAC Stories, dashboards, and digital boardrooms aligned to business KPIs and executive requirements.

Use responsive layouts, advanced calculations, scripting and value driver trees where needed.

Support and help roll out augmented analytics / predictive features (e.g., time series forecasting, Smart Predict, Ask/Chat-style analytics).

5. Quality, Governance & Operations

Implement and maintain security, data access controls, and governance in SAC:

• Roles, teams, data access control (DAC), and story-level restrictions.

Define and enforce best practices for:

• Naming conventions
• Documentation and change control

Plan and manage testing cycles:

• Unit testing
• SIT
• UAT
• Regression testing for new models and enhancements.

Lead cutover activities and provide hyper-care and post go-live support:

• Monitor data loads & planning cycles
• Investigate and resolve data/logic issues
• Track incidents, prioritize fixes, and coordinate with business & IT teams.

6. Process Improvement & Business Partnership

Work as a partner to Finance, HR and Operations to:

• Identify opportunities to simplify processes and automate reporting.
• Move from pure GL-based budgeting to more driver-based, operationally grounded planning (e.g., recipe-based manufacturing planning, product-level P&L).
• Support continuous improvement of user experience and self-service analytics.

Required Qualifications & Experience

58 years of experience in SAP BI/BO/BW/SAC, with strong focus on SAC in the last few years.

Minimum 2+ end-to-end SAP SAC Planning and/or Reporting implementations.

P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow, or

Workforce / People Cost planning.

Strong hands-on experience with:

• Data Actions, Multi-Actions, Advanced Formulas
• Forecasting and driver-based allocations
• Value Driver Trees and KPI flows.

Proven ability to design driver-based planning for:

• Manufacturing (e.g., product/recipe-based planning for cement, paper, tissue, etc.).
• Finance (revenue, cost, margins).
• Workforce (headcount, salary, increments, promotions, benefits).

Technical Skills

Story building (widgets, charts, tables, input forms).

Scripting (Advanced Formulas, basic scripting logic).

Data Integration and Connectivity:

• Connections to S/4HANA, BW/4HANA, Datasphere (preferred), and non-SAP sources.
• Expertise with Live vs Import connections and when to use which.
• Experience in designing/using CDS views (ideally building them with ADT/Eclipse or equivalent).
• Familiarity with key S/4HANA tables (e.g., ACDOCA, MATDOC) and their role in financial and operational reporting.
• Good understanding of financial planning & budgeting processes, including:
  • Revenue planning, cost planning, depreciation, working capital.
  • Basics of P&L, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow interactions.

Preferred Experience & Nice-to-Haves

• Industry exposure to Manufacturing (paper, tissue, cement, metals, chemicals), Contracting, and <>Services.
• Experience with Workforce / HR planning (headcount, salary, increments, promotions).
• Exposure to SAP Datasphere and/or SAP BW/4HANA data modelling.
• Experience with Agile methodologies and tools (e.g., JIRA, Azure DevOps).
• Prior experience in multi-company, multi-entity groups with strict reporting timelines (e.g., listed, rated, or bond-issuing entities).

Personal Attributes

• Able to give short, precise, scenario-based answers and solutions (not just general theory).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; comfortable with complex data and models.
• Business-oriented mindset: can talk the language of Finance and Operations, not just technical jargon.
• High sense of ownership: treats SAC planning solutions as a product, not just a project.
• Excellent communication skills in English, both written and verbal.
• Comfortable working in an onsite model and collaborating with cross-functional teams.