Solution Designer, Analytics

3710 MG Group Services; Espoo; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Metsä Group in Espoo, Finland, seeks a Solution Designer, Analytics to drive SAP reporting and analytics and to own the backlog as Product Owner in the supply chain analytics area.

You will translate business needs into technical solutions, guide external partners, and ensure high-quality, fit-for-purpose analytics solutions aligned with architecture and business goals.

Qualifications

• Hands-on SAP BW/BW4HANA experience: data modelling, transformations, queries, performance.
• Experience with SAP analytics tools (BDC, Datasphere) is an advantage.
• Practical SAP Analytics Cloud experience: reporting, live connections to BW/S4, and planning use cases.
• Ability to work independently with business stakeholders: define requirements, challenge requests, and make design decisions.
• Experience steering external development partners: reviewing designs, validating workload estimates and effort, and ensuring quality.
• Judgment on where logic belongs across source, data platform and reporting layer.
• Experience in agile environments, preferably with Product Owner responsibilities.
• Strong communication and coordination with vendors and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own the backlog and prioritization for your area, including cross-BA trade-offs as Product Owner.
• Designing and specifying enhancements to SAP reporting and analytics applications, including data models, queries, planning and reporting layers.
• Supporting and validating implementation work delivered by external vendors.
• Managing operative supplier collaboration, including reviewing design proposals, workload estimates, and deliverables.
• Conducting quality control to ensure adherence to development guidelines and best practices.
• Act as technical escalation point (L3) for complex SAP reporting and analytics issues.
• Reviewing improvement suggestions from incidents and root cause analyses.
• Creating and maintaining solution documentation in cooperation with business and ICT stakeholders.
• Ensuring smooth handover of new solutions to support teams and assisting in related training and knowledge sharing.

Skills

SAP BW/BW4HANA

SAP Analytics Cloud

AI-assisted development

Agile / Product Owner

Vendor management

Data modelling

Reporting analytics

Stakeholder collaboration

Requirement definition

Tools

Datasphere

BDC

SAP Analytics Cloud

S/4HANA

Job description

Group Services Metsä Group is a successful forest industry group with roots in the Finnish forest - Our parent company is a cooperative of over 90,000 forest owners. Metsä Group’s Group Services employ some 1,000 professionals in finance, IT, sourcing and logistics, HR, technology, business process development, communications, law, and many other fields. Their task is to support Metsä Group and its Business Areas in implementing their strategy. Our specialists’ independent work is supported by a strongly networked workplace community. We welcome people from diverse backgrounds and different stages of life. Metsä has space and opportunities for many kinds of talent, regardless of age, gender, ethnic background, sexual orientation, disability or other characteristics – Metsä is for all. Read more: metsagroup.com/metsaforall.

This recruitment is carried out anonymously.

Metsä Group is looking for a SOLUTION DESIGNER, ANALYTICS to join our Digital & AI function in Espoo, Finland.

What is the job that awaits you?

In this role, you will have two core responsibilities. First, you will provide hands‑on support and development expertise for SAP reporting and analytics solutions within your responsibility area. Second, you will take ownership of ongoing development efforts as a Product Owner (PO) in the supply chain management process area, helping to drive continuous improvement and value creation through data and analytics.

As a Solution Designer, you will play a key role in translating business needs into technical solutions. You will design and validate new functionalities and guide the development work carried out by our external partners. Acting as a central link between business stakeholders and IT, you will help ensure that our solutions are high-quality, fit-for-purpose, and aligned with both architectural standards and business goals.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Own the backlog and prioritization for your area, including cross-BA trade-offs as Product Owner
• Designing and specifying enhancements to SAP reporting and analytics applications, including data models, queries, planning and reporting layers
• Supporting and validating implementation work delivered by external vendors
• Managing operative supplier collaboration, including reviewing design proposals, workload estimates, and deliverables
• Conducting quality control to ensure adherence to development guidelines and best practices
• Act as technical escalation point (L3) for complex SAP reporting and analytics issues
• Reviewing improvement suggestions from incidents and root cause analyses
• Creating and maintaining solution documentation in cooperation with business and ICT stakeholders
• Ensuring smooth handover of new solutions to support teams and assisting in related training and knowledge sharing

What do we expect from you?

We are looking for someone who brings both strong SAP reporting and analytics technical skills and a business-oriented mindset. You thrive in a collaborative environment, enjoy taking initiative, and are comfortable acting as a bridge between IT and business.

Key skills and competencies:

• Several years of hands‑on SAP BW / BW4HANA experience — data modelling, transformations, queries and performance optimisation in a production enterprise landscape
• Experience on recent SAP analytics tools seen as an advantage (BDC, Datasphere etc.)
• Practical SAP Analytics Cloud experience — reporting, live connections to BW/S4, and ideally planning use cases.
• Ability to work independently with business stakeholders: run requirement definitions, challenge requests, and make design decisions
• Experience steering external development partners — reviewing designs, validating workload estimates and effort, and ensuring quality
• Judgment on where logic belongs across source, data platform and reporting layer
• Experience in AI-assisted development tools seen as an advantage
• Experience working in agile or continuous development environments, preferably with Product Owner responsibilities
• Strong communication and coordination skills, especially when working with vendors and stakeholders.

If you're ready to contribute to impactful reporting and analytics development while growing your expertise in a solution-oriented role, we’d be happy to hear from you.

Career in the new era at Metsä Group

Career in the new era at Metsä Group An international growth business – build a successful career At Metsä Group. The forest industry is a prime example of the bioeconomy and circular economy, and shows the way to the future. Megatrends such as urbanisation and rising living standards are driving Metsä Group’s business and the shift to renewable fossil free raw materials. With us, you’ll get to develop future skills, business and products with a long-term perspective, together with our top professionals. Our big company offers a wide range of career opportunities and many interesting challenges. Metsä Group has a responsible corporate culture that creates a safe working environment for all of us. We value good leadership and support for personal career development. We encourage you to display your competence and will provide you with opportunities to use it.

Anonymous recruitment - this is how it works

This is an anonymous recruitment process. The gender and date of birth of the applicant are not asked for on the application form. Personal details such as name, mother tongue, time of studies, name of educational institution and contact details are hidden until the interview stage. Attachments (such as CVs) are also hidden. Recruiters have access to the contact details of those invited for interview once the applicant has been selected for interview. Our system will guide you through the application process. The questions on the application form will help you present your skills and experience anonymously. Answer all questions carefully. If you’re invited for interview, your CV will be displayed to the recruiters to support the interview. https://www.metsagroup.com/careers/work-with-us/anonymous-recruitment/

Would you like to know more? Contact us!

Because the application process is anonymous, we don’t record any information about people who contact us. So don’t hesitate to call us if you have any questions about the position or the recruitment process itself.

For more information about the position, please contact Solution Architect, Analytics Jani Ylänen. You can reach Jani by phone [phone] best on 7.10. between 14-15 and on 14.10. between 10-11.

We wish you the best of luck! Metsä Group Career in the new era means regenerative work – we want to pass on a healthier planet to future generations. As a major player, Metsä Group enables change. We need to challenge our thinking, learn new things and work together with an open mind. Regenerative forestry and sustainable business create a range of opportunities for professionals of various fields. With us, everyone can be just the way they are. Everyone is given opportunities and space to grow, develop and flourish in their career. Enter a new era in your career, welcome to Metsä Group! Anonymous recruitment is Metsä Group's main recruitment method. Whether the application is anonymous is indicated in the job advertisement. See in the video what Viivi, Matti, Claudia and Pekka tell about their work at Metsä Group.