SAC Planning

Cognizant; Pune District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a SAC specialist with 5–12 years of experience to drive budgeting, planning, and reporting within the SAP Analytics Cloud environment.

The role involves translating client requirements into SAC features, designing data architectures, and working closely with Finance SMEs and IT teams to deliver optimized solutions across PAN India locations.

Qualifications

• Experience with SAP Analytics Cloud budgeting and planning features.
• Experience with reporting and advanced analytics in SAC.
• Familiarity with workflow processes in SAC.
• Understanding of FP&A concepts: P&L, cash flow, OPEX/CAPEX.

Responsibilities

• Analyze client requirements and map to SAC features.
• Design integration-architecture and data storage concepts.
• Develop low-level code and planning models in SAC.
• Ensure security and access control in SAC deployments.
• Interact with Finance SMEs and IT teams to deliver solutions.

Skills

SAC Budgeting & Planning

SAC Reporting & Analytics

SAC Workflow & Security

FP&A concepts

Tools

SAC (SAP Analytics Cloud)

Job description

Experience : 5 to 12 Years

Location : PAN India (Cognizant Locations)

Role requirements

• Well-versed with the technical features of SAC – Budgeting & Planning, Reporting & Advanced Analytics, Workflow Process; understand client requirement and map to SAC feature
• Understand the high-level Design of the Integration-architecture, Data-storage and Processing and convert the Requirements into Low-level development of the Code, feature-functionality etc. in the form of Planning models, Data & Multi Actions, Input forms, Calendar Tasks and Security setup using Data Access Control, Locking mechanism etc.
• Sound knowledge of General Finance, FP&A concepts, P&L and BalanceSheet Planning, Cash Flow Planning, OPEX and CAPEX Planning etc. along with the commonly used metrics and KPIs and how their inter-relations
• Analyze and implement solutions in SAC Planning Performance for optimized performance of the deployed Solution, response times in loading Planning Input forms, inputting planned data and submission
• Understand security requirements and provide recommendations for single sign on, Roles and authorizations needed to be set up in SAC
• Client Interaction: shall be responsible to handle client and end-user interactions, working with Finance SMEs and other IT teams