SAP Planning & Analytics Analyst
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Job Summary
The Simplot Company is a diverse privately held global food and agriculture company headquartered in Boise Idaho. We are a true farm-to-table company with an integrated portfolio including food processing and food brands phosphate mining fertilizer manufacturing farming ranching and cattle production and other enterprises related to agriculture.
The SAP Planning & Analytics Analyst supports and enhances Simplots SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) SAP Datasphere and connected SAP planning and reporting solutions. The role applies advanced functional and technical knowledge to keep operational and financial planning capabilities reliable scalable well understood and continuously improving for business users and Finance leaders across Simplots business units.
In this role you will independently support new and existing PTA application solutions resolve complex incidents and service requests and deliver enhancements and project work of diverse complexity and scope. You will elicit and translate business needs into functional and technical requirements complete SAC configuration and application-specific development validate end-to-end data flows from SAP S/4HANA and related sources and partner with business functional security architecture and development teams to deliver sustainable solutions.
You will exercise independent judgment within established architecture security delivery and governance standards; provide practical guidance to business users and team members; and help improve PTA support documentation automation and self-service capabilities. Direct SAC experience is preferred with opportunities to deepen expertise in SAC SAP Datasphere and related SAP technologies.
This is a full-time position onsite at Simplot HQ in Boise Idaho. Qualified applicants must be residing or open & willing to relocate to Boise ID for this position.
Application Support & Operational Reliability
- Independently support new and existing SAC SAP Datasphere and connected PTA application solutions resolving incidents and service requests and serving as an escalation point for complex issues.
- Diagnose defects across SAC stories planning models data actions multi-actions import jobs live connections security and integrations; perform root-cause analysis and determine the appropriate resolution method.
- Use SAP S/4HANA knowledge to validate source data master data tables CDS views and end-to-end data flows distinguishing application issues from source integration security or process issues.
- Support recurring planning and reporting cycles coordinate production changes through CAB/ChaRM and communicate status risk resolution and business impact.
- Create and maintain BMC Helix records Azure DevOps work items support documentation and knowledge articles so issues and decisions are traceable and reusable.
Requirements Solution Delivery & Testing
- Elicit analyze synthesize and document business functional technical and non-functional requirements for enhancements and projects of moderate to high complexity including as-is and to-be processes.
- Translate approved needs into solution options acceptance criteria estimates test scenarios backlog items and implementation plans while applying established PTA architecture and delivery standards.
- Configure and enhance SAC stories reports input templates calculations models data actions and related components; complete application-specific development where appropriate.
- Plan and execute unit system integration regression and user acceptance testing; validate completed work from internal and contract resources against requirements.
- Participate in cross-functional delivery with business partners SAP functional teams developers architects security teams and vendors.
Business Partnership Security & User Enablement
- Consult with business users and technical teams on complex planning reporting data access and process issues explaining solutions and tradeoffs in business-friendly language.
- Administer SAC access and security within approved policies and standards including SAC teams and roles myIDentity/SailPoint provisioning and license alignment in partnership with SAP Security.
- Develop and maintain training content user guides release notes solution documentation and how-to materials; lead demos office hours onboarding UAT support and hypercare.
- Promote knowledge sharing across PTA the Service Desk business administrators and Super Users and provide practical guidance or mentoring to less-experienced analysts as needed.
Continuous Improvement Automation & AI
- Identify recurring support and delivery issues and reduce them through root-cause fixes standardization monitoring automation and self-service capabilities.
- Research and apply practical uses of Microsoft Copilot intelligent agents SAP capabilities and other automation tools to improve troubleshooting knowledge access documentation and user support.
- Help improve PTA methods standards templates and metrics for solution quality support effectiveness adoption and operational reliability.
Bachelors degree (B.A. or B.S.) in Information Systems Computer Science Business Finance Accounting Data/Analytics or a related field. Equivalent education and relevant experience may be considered.
- 47 years of related experience in application delivery business systems analysis SAP functional or technical support analytics reporting enterprise planning or a comparable field.
- Demonstrated experience independently supporting enterprise applications and delivering enhancements or projects of moderate to high complexity.
- Working experience with SAP S/4HANA (or SAP ECC) including navigating transactions reviewing tables and CDS views and understanding finance and/or supply chain data flows.
- Experience troubleshooting production issues with an ITSM tool such as BMC Helix or ServiceNow and managing delivery work in an agile tool such as Azure DevOps.
- Hands-on experience configuring building testing or supporting analytics reporting or planning solutions; direct SAC experience is preferred with experience in SAP Datasphere Power BI Tableau Domo or Excel-based modeling also relevant.
- Advanced functional and technical understanding of enterprise application delivery including requirements configuration testing implementation support security and data management practices.
- Ability to elicit synthesize document and test business functional technical and non-functional requirements for enhancements and projects of moderate to high complexity including as-is and to-be processes.
- Ability to trace data from SAP S/4HANA through CDS views SAP Datasphere integrations or import jobs into SAC and determine where an issue originates.
- Ability to independently configure and enhance SAC stories models dimensions calculations data actions multi-actions import jobs security and performance within established standards.
- Strong troubleshooting root-cause analysis prioritization estimation documentation and software testing skills including unit system integration regression and user acceptance testing.
- Clear verbal and written communication with technical and non-technical audiences and the ability to consult with business partners vendors and geographically dispersed teams on complex issues.
- Working knowledge of information security policies role provisioning access controls and data governance practices; familiarity with SailPoint/myIDentity is a plus.
- SAC planning or reporting configuration development or support experience.
- S/4HANA Finance (FI/CO) or supply chain functional experience; exposure to SAP IBP SAP Datasphere BW ACDOCA or ACDOCP.
- Experience with SAP CAB/ChaRM change processes SQL APIs CDS views integration troubleshooting or application lifecycle management.
- Experience with SAP implementations agile delivery estimation test planning user training Super User programs centers of excellence mentoring or SAP learning credentials.
Job Requisition ID:27708
Travel Required:None
Location(s):Simplot Headquarters - Boise
Country:United States
**The Simplot Company is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race color religion national origin ancestry age sex gender gender identity gender expression genetic information physical or mental disability medical condition sexual orientation military or veteran status marital status or any other protected status.
If the Simplot Company decides to offer you this position such offer will be conditioned on your satisfactory completion of a post-offer criminal background check. For Washington Job Applicants see the Washington State Attorney Generals Washington Fair Chance Act GuideandRCW 49.94.010 for more information.**
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About Company
Learn about the J.R. Simplot Company, including our purpose and core values. A leader in global agriculture, we pioneer sustainable innovations to protect resources and feed a growing population.
