SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) Planning Product Enablement | Business Specialist

Irvine, CA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 17 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) Planning Product Enablement Business Specialist

Duration: 6 Months Contract to Hire
Location: Hybrid 4 days a week in Irvine CA
Start Date: late March/early April

Rate: Market Competitive Flexible

Overview of project/skills required: Sr. level 6 years of experience

Role Purpose

Acts as the right hand to the Product Owner for SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) Planning
Responsible for executing the product vision and strategy defined by the Product Owner
Ensures ideas and strategy are translated into delivered adopted and value adding solutions
Serves as a key link between business finance and IT

Product Execution & Ownership

Owns and drives in partnership with the IT Scrum Lead the SAC Planning roadmap aligned to business priorities and product strategy
Translates Product Owner vision into clear epics features deliverables and OKRs
Acts as the primary executor ensuring initiatives move from concept to implementation
Manages prioritization of enhancements and defects balancing business value urgency and platform sustainability
Partner with IT Scrum Lead to track progress dependencies and risks to ensure successful delivery

Requirements & Model Enablement

Leads requirements gathering and refinement for SAC Planning models and features
Owns continuous model refinement and optimization based on user feedback and evolving business needs
Converts business requirements into clear functional and technical specifications for planning models and features owned by business
Provides clear business requirements for the creation of functional specifications and sign-offs for planning models and features owned by IT
Ensures planning models are scalable performant and aligned with best practices for planning models and features owned by business
Provides input and insights into planning model designs that ensures flexibility while maintaining consistency and scalability (supporting IT)
Supports standardization while allowing flexibility where business needs require it

Collaboration with IT & Delivery Teams

Works closely with IT developers and data teams to analyze design build test and deploy SAC Planning solutions
Acts as the functional authority during design build testing and deployment phases
Leads UAT and partners with IT for defect resolution and release readiness
Understands how business decisions impact enterprise data architecture and integration standards
Partners with IT to attend vendor forums and conferences to stay abreast of technology advancements and incorporates into business technology roadmaps where appropriate

Enablement Adoption & Value Realization

Drives feature enablement and adoption across business user groups
Supports change management through documentation training and stakeholder communication
Partners with stakeholders to ensure SAC Planning capabilities are used effectively
Helps measure and communicate business value and outcomes from SAC Planning solutions

Skills & Expertise

Strong techno functional expertise in SAP Analytics Cloud Planning (SAC P)
Hands on experience with planning models data actions allocations calendars and workflows
Strong financial planning and accounting acumen including understanding of P&L balance sheet cash flow forecasting budgeting and financial drivers.
Good understanding of analytics and reporting enabling integration between planning and insights
Ability to translate between business needs and technical solutions
Familiarity with agile or product based delivery models

SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) Planning Product Enablement Business Specialist Duration: 6 Months Contract to Hire Location: Hybrid 4 days a week in Irvine CA Start Date: late March/early April Rate: Market Competitive Flexible Overview of project/skills required: Sr. level 6 years of experience ...