Key Responsibilities
- Act as the EPM SME across BPC, PaPM, BW and SAC for integrated planning and forecasting solution delivery.
- Support workshops with business users to clarify current ways of working, pain points, planning requirements and future-state design.
- Provide functional input for the end-to-end planning process covering:
o Mid-Term Planning, MTP
o Annual Operating Plan, AOP
o Monthly Forecast
o Sales and COGS Planning
o A&P Planning
o SG&A Planning
o CAPEX Planning
o P&L Planning
o Balance Sheet Planning
- Support the design of driver-based forecasting models, including revenue, rebates, returns, COGS, logistics, A&P and SG&A drivers.
- Review and validate integration points between IBP, S/4HANA, PaPM, BPC, BW and SAC.
- Support PaPM forecasting logic, including forecast driver derivation, manual input assumptions, data enrichment and forecast output validation.
- Support BPC planning model design, including planning cubes, dimensions, input forms, assumptions, workflows and retraction requirements.
- Support BW-related data flows, mapping, master data alignment, data extraction and reporting layer requirements.
- Support SAC reporting and dashboard requirements for planning, forecasting, review and management reporting.
- Review business process documents, functional specifications, solution design documents and test scenarios.
- Support data reconciliation, validation of forecast and planning outputs, and issue resolution during testing.
- Support SIT, UAT, defect triage, cutover, go-live and hyper care activities.
- Capture, assess, and follow up on deviations, clarification items arising from workshops.
- Work with business, PMO, integration, technical and reporting teams to ensure the solution is aligned with global template design and deployment timelines.
Required Experience
- Strong experience in SAP Enterprise Performance Management solutions.
. Hands-on experience in SAP BPC is required. Additional knowledge in the following areas would be an advantage:
o SAP PaPM
o SAP BW / BW/4HANA
o SAP Analytics Cloud
- Good understanding of integrated financial planning and forecasting processes.
- Experience with planning model design, including dimensions, hierarchies, input templates, business rules, calculations and reporting.
- Experience supporting finance processes such as:
o Budgeting
o Forecasting
o Management reporting
o Consolidation preparation
o Profitability analysis
o Cost allocation
o CAPEX planning
o Balance sheet and cash flow planning
- Experience working with SAP S/4HANA finance data, master data, actuals, budget and forecast information.
- Ability to translate business requirements into functional design and solution requirements.
- Strong communication skills and ability to work with both business and technical stakeholders.
Preferred Skills
- Experience in large-scale SAP transformation or global template rollout projects.
- Experience in integrated planning or xP&A solution design.
- Knowledge of SAP Analysis for Office input forms and planning templates.
- Experience with forecast panels, manual adjustment inputs and role-based access.
- Experience with business-facing workshops, requirement clarification and solution playback.
- Experience in FMCG, manufacturing, beverage or consumer goods industries will be an advantage.
Key Deliverables
- EPM functional input for BPC, PaPM, BW and SAC.
- Workshop support and requirement clarification.
- Planning and forecasting process documentation.
- Functional design review and validation.
- Data flow and integration validation.
- Test scenarios and UAT support.
- Forecast and planning output validation.
- RTX / KDD clarification and follow-up.
- Go-live, cutover and hypercare support.
- Knowledge transfer to business and support teams.
- Experience: 8+ years in SAP EPM / Finance Transformation projects
- Core Skills: SAP BPC, SAP PaPM, SAP BW, SAP SAC
- Functional Strength: Planning, Forecasting, Budgeting, Reporting, Consolidation Preparation
- Project Role: SME / Lead Consultant / Solution Design Support
- Industry Preference: FMCG, Manufacturing, Beverage, Consumer Goods, Finance Transformation
