SAP SAC Consultant

Job Title

SAP SAC Consultant
Location

Abu Dhabi, UAE (Onsite)
Employment Type

Full-time (onsite). Contract-to-hire can be considered for exceptional profiles.

Joining

Immediate / Short Notice Preferred
About the Role

We are looking for a
hands-on SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) Consultant
to support and enhance a complex, enterprise-wide planning and analytics landscape for a large diversified group headquartered in Abu Dhabi.

The environment is
SAP-centric
(S/4HANA, BW/4HANA, Datasphere) with
SAP SAC as the central platform
for:

• Financial planning (P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow)
• Workforce / people cost planning
• Manufacturing and operational planning
• Executive dashboards, digital boardrooms, and regulatory/management reporting

This is
not a greenfield setup
. The right candidate will
own and evolve existing SAC solutions
, ensure data accuracy and consistency vs SAP, and design
driver-based planning models
that support fast, compliant decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

1. SAC Solution Ownership & Enhancement

2. Take end-to-end ownership of existing SAP SAC landscape (planning models, stories, dashboards, data models).

3. Understand and document how planning is done across:

4. P&L (including revenue, COGS, margins)

5. Balance Sheet & Cash Flow

6. Workforce / people cost planning

7. Regularly reconcile SAC data with SAP (S/4HANA, BW/4HANA, Datasphere) and ensure numbers are accurate, consistent, and explainable.

8. Planning Model Design (P&L, Balance Sheet, Workforce, Manufacturing)

9. Design and enhance SAC Planning models for:

10. P&L planning, especially driver-based revenue planning (e.g., units, price, product mix, raw material costs, overheads).

11. Balance sheet planning, including opening balances, flows from P&L, loans, working capital, and cash planning.
12. Depreciation planning (assets, useful life, methods and impact on P&L & BS).

13. Workforce / headcount planning (salary structures, increments, promotions, new hires, attrition, benefits).

14. Build models that work both with:

15. Historical databased scenarios, and

16. Blank-slate scenarios (e.g., new products, new lines of business without past data).

17. Implement data actions, multi-actions, advanced formulas, and driver-based logic to automate and streamline planning cycles.

18. Work closely with Finance, HR, Manufacturing and other stakeholders to translate business drivers into technical models.

19. Data Modelling, CDS Views & Integrations

20. Work with SAP technical teams to design and build CDS views and data models on:

21. S/4HANA tables (e.g., ACDOCA, MATDOC, HR tables, etc.).

22. SAP Datasphere and/or BW/4HANA where applicable.

23. Combine multiple SAP tables into planning- and analytics-ready views, not only reuse existing OData services.

24. Design and maintain SAC data models using:

25. Live connections (for real-time scenarios).

26. Import connections (for replicated / planning scenarios where custom tables are required).

27. Ensure consistent handling of:

28. Master data & transactional data

29. Currency translation
30. Versions and scenarios (Actual, Budget, Forecast, Rolling Forecast)

31. Fiscal/calendar definitions (YTD, QTD, MTD, etc.).

32. Reporting, Analytics & User Experience

33. Design and build SAC Stories, dashboards, and digital boardrooms aligned to business KPIs and executive requirements.

34. Use responsive layouts, advanced calculations, scripting and value driver trees where needed.

35. Support and help roll out augmented analytics / predictive features (e.g., time series forecasting, Smart Predict, Ask/Chat-style analytics).

36. Quality, Governance & Operations

37. Implement and maintain security, data access controls, and governance in SAC:

38. Roles, teams, data access control (DAC), and story-level restrictions.

39. Define and enforce best practices for:

40. Model design

41. Naming conventions

42. Documentation and change control

43. Plan and manage testing cycles:

44. Unit testing, SIT, UAT, regression testing for new models and enhancements.

45. Lead cutover activities and provide hyper-care and post go-live support:

46. Monitor data loads & planning cycles

47. Investigate and resolve data/logic issues

48. Track incidents, prioritize fixes, and coordinate with business & IT teams.

49. Process Improvement & Business Partnership

50. Work as a partner to Finance, HR and Operations to:

51. Identify opportunities to simplify processes and automate reporting.

52. Move from pure GL-based budgeting to more driver-based, operationally grounded planning (e.g., recipe-based manufacturing planning, product-level P&L).

53. Support continuous improvement of user experience and self-service analytics.

Required Qualifications & Experience

• 58 years of experience in SAP BI/BO/BW/SAC, with strong focus on SAC in the last few years.
• Minimum 2+ end-to-end SAP SAC Planning and/or Reporting implementations.

• Proven experience designing planning models in SAC for:

• P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow, or

• Workforce / People Cost planning.

• Strong hands-on experience with:

• Data Actions, Multi-Actions, Advanced Formulas

• Forecasting and driver-based allocations

• Value Driver Trees and KPI flows.

• Proven ability to design driver-based planning for:

• Manufacturing (e.g., product/recipe-based planning for cement, paper, tissue, etc.).

• Finance (revenue, cost, margins).
• Workforce (headcount, salary, increments, promotions, benefits).

Technical Skills

• SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC):

• Planning models, Analytic models.

• Story building (widgets, charts, tables, input forms).
• Scripting (Advanced Formulas, basic scripting logic).

• Responsive & optimized user interfaces.

• Data Integration and Connectivity:

• Connections to S/4HANA, BW/4HANA, Datasphere (preferred), and non-SAP sources.

• Expertise with Live vs Import connections and when to use which.

• SAP Data Modelling:

• Experience in designing/using CDS views (ideally building them with ADT/Eclipse or equivalent).

• Familiarity with key S/4HANA tables (e.g., ACDOCA, MATDOC) and their role in financial and operational reporting.

• Good understanding of financial planning & budgeting processes, including:

• Revenue planning, cost planning, depreciation, working capital.

• Basics of P&L, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow interactions.

Preferred Experience & Nice-to-Haves

• Industry exposure to Manufacturing (paper, tissue, cement, metals, chemicals), Contracting, and Services.
• Experience with Workforce / HR planning (headcount, salary, increments, promotions).
• Exposure to SAP Datasphere and/or SAP BW/4HANA data modelling.
• Experience with Agile methodologies and tools (e.g., JIRA, Azure DevOps).
• Prior experience in multi-company, multi-entity groups with strict reporting timelines (e.g., listed, rated, or bond-issuing entities).

Personal Attributes

• Able to give short, precise, scenario-based answers and solutions (not just general theory).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; comfortable with complex data and models.
• Business-oriented mindset: can talk the language of Finance and Operations, not just technical jargon.
• High sense of ownership: treats SAC planning solutions as a product, not just a project.
• Excellent communication skills in English, both written and verbal.
• Comfortable working in a onsite model and collaborating with cross-functional teams.