Planning Systems Developer

Job Attributes:

•    Role is to support, maintain and enhance SAP SAC digital content in the Transportation Solutions segment BU finance area (FP&A and Operations Finance)
•    First contact for Planning report requests. Set scope, interpret for team, set tasks, and timeline/prioritize and assign within team.
•    Scope:
     o    All SAP BPC/SAC reports, stories, input schedules and SAP ERP variants and jobs used for extracts to feed them.
     o    Systems: 
               Main = SAP SAC & BPC, SAP EC6.0, S4/Hana, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
               Minor = MS SQL, BOBJ, Denodo, AWS, Azure, Alteryx
•    High level of finance business acumen (relationships between figures) and excellent system knowledge to quickly deduce solutions to reporting & planning tasks.
•    Experience of high-pressure finance team environment with project management experience and team lead coordination
•    Not afraid of details, but able to communicate at appropriate summary level with management up to Finance CFO level.
•    Willing to market the team’s expertise and gain work and credibility from within the Segment functions.
•    Able to develop themselves and the talent in the team to evolve with the expanding digital future of the finance function.
 

Responsibilities:

•    Independently support Customers within the financial planning teams and their business partners in other functions
•    Decide whether the best approach is to use SAC or another tool (Planning vs Analysis) and whether the process is centralized or distributed to the Data Managers
•    Prioritize and align work within team to ensure nothing is missed and deadlines are met.
•    Escalate priority conflicts for resolution.
•    Check published reports and critique for known structural changes and realignments in the business – assign urgent remediation to the team.
•    Suggest improvements or alternative views of the information to tell the business story in alignment with finance customers wishes.
•    Conduct regular VoC and ideation sessions to improve reports or delete /replace reports – know your customers.
•    Manager the user list and associated licenses
•    Manage user access security profiles to suit the business requirements and policies.
•    Manage all data interactions with the system through schedules (manual and automated) – ensure data alignment with Data Engineering team.
•    Document all process with SAC – keep up to data and look for continuous improvements including for delivery of documentation to customers.
•    Provide regular training to all users and your team members including system overviews for non-users. Ensure adequate documentation and store on SharePoint, which you own and design to suit your customers’ needs.
•    Develop Standard Dashboards, Reports, and Input Forms in SAC Stories and SAC Office Add-in
•    Develop Custom Analytical Applications using JavaScript. 
•    Support Forecast Automation using Predictive Scenarios
•    Design new Models in SAC to fulfil business requirements.
•    Drive Standardization between Business Units and Regions
•    Develop and maintain robust dataflow processes into and between SAC Models
•    Develop SAC Data and Multi Actions to support Process Automation
•    Develop and maintain processes for automated Master Data updates.
•    Build complex calculations in SAC dimension member formulas and data actions advanced formulas.
•    Support migration from SAP BPC to SAP SAC
•    Assist with roll-out projects of SAP SAC to other Business Units
•    Test new SAC functionalities and implement them in our reporting.
•    Provide troubleshooting support for our SAC users.
 

Desired Candidate Profile:

•    Bachelor’s / Master’s Degree in Accounting, Finance or IT 
•    6+ years of experience in developing financial planning systems. 
•    SAP SAC Planning Certified
•    Hands-on experience on SAC as a planning tool and in designing/implementing planning models.
•    Knowledge of JavaScript and hands on experience in developing SAC Analytic Applications 
•    General understanding of U.S. GAAP and IFRS reporting.
•    Knowledge and hands on experience of SAP, COGNOS, Hyperion or similar ERP, BI and consolidation systems.
•    Fluent in English both written and spoken.
•    Strong problem solving, strategic thinking, and analytical skills.  Able to picture “simple” solutions to complex business scenarios involving multiple systems and accounting disciplines across multiple regions.
•    Excellent interpersonal and communication skills: ability to communicate complex business issues in a clear/concise manner and relate to colleagues at all levels and in all locations.
•    Comfortable to work in an international matrix organization.  Previous experience of a multicultural environment an advantage.
 

Competencies