FP&A Transformation Lead – SAC Planning & Group Reporting

Local World; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Local World is seeking a Global Process Owner to guide FP&A and Group Reporting within a major finance transformation, moving to SAP SAC Planning and SAP Group Reporting. You will design future planning, forecasting, budgeting, consolidation and reporting processes while partnering with Finance, IT, Operations, and an external SI.

This role requires proactive, independent work and the ability to translate between business and technical teams; prior SAC Planning and SAP Group Reporting experience

Qualifications

• Experience in FP&A including budgeting, forecasting and reporting.
• Practical experience implementing SAP Analytics Cloud Planning.
• Exposure to SAP Group Reporting.
• Understanding enterprise budgeting design beyond single-department budgeting.
• Experience with finance-system implementations, transformations, or process improvements.
• Ability to collaborate across business and technical teams.
• Proactive, self-directed approach with ownership.
• Clear communication translating technical topics into business decisions.

Responsibilities

• Represent FP&A in the design and implementation of SAC Planning and SAP Group Reporting.
• Help define future-state planning, budgeting, forecasting, consolidation, and management reporting processes.
• Translate Finance needs into clear business requirements for technical teams and implementation partners.
• Lead discussions and make practical business-process decisions.
• Review process designs, reports, data mappings, test scenarios, and reconciliations.
• Support data migration, user acceptance testing, training, deployment, and business sign-off.
• Help transition existing Hyperion Planning and HFM processes into the new SAP environment.
• Partner across Finance, Accounting, IT, Operations, and the systems-integration team.
• Communicate complex technical topics in clear business language.
• Work independently, identify issues early, and drive decisions and deliverables forward.

Skills

FP&A experience

SAC Planning

SAP Group Reporting

Cross-functional collaboration

Business-technical translation

Independent work

Clear communication

Tools

SAP Analytics Cloud Planning

SAP Group Reporting

Job description

Local World is seeking a Global Process Owner to guide FP&A and Group Reporting within a major finance transformation, moving to SAP SAC Planning and SAP Group Reporting. You will design future planning, forecasting, budgeting, consolidation and reporting processes while partnering with Finance, IT, Operations, and an external SI.

This role requires proactive, independent work and the ability to translate between business and technical teams; prior SAC Planning and SAP Group Reporting experience