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Role Context
The
SAP S/4 Senior BI Analyst acts as a bridge between business process teams and technical delivery teams, ensuring SAP data (from S/4HANA and related systems) is leveraged effectively through dashboards and reports to support decision-making across Finance, Logistics, Retails and Wholesales channels.
This role involves gathering business reporting requirements, analysing and integrating SAP data, defining data models, developing Power BI dashboards, and ensuring alignment with KPI ( key performance indicators).
It also includes collaboration with technical teams on real-time data replication from SAP to our enterprise data lake.
It requires both technical acumen and a deep understanding of business processes.
The role demands hands-on capabilities in dashboard development and close engagement with end users. The analyst must play a lead role in the initial solution design, prototyping, and data validation.
Key Responsibilities
- Requirement Gathering and Analysis
- Collaborate with business users to understand reporting challenges and needs
- Provide advice on existing dashboards and identify opportunities for improvement or innovation
- Prepare comprehensive reporting requirements, clearly outlining KPIs, data sources, and consumption use cases
- Functional Specifications and Collaboration with Technical Teams
- Translate reporting needs into detailed functional and technical specs
- Work with data engineers and architects to ensure data pipelines align with design
- Participate in FMD (Functional Master Document) reviews and sprint demo cycles
- SAP S/4 & Data Lake Integration
- Coordinate with SAP and data lake teams to validate data replication models
- Ensure data from SAP S/4HANA modules (e.g., SD, MM, FI/CO, MDG) is structured for reporting
- Propose semantic data layer designs and data mappings
- Prototyping and Results Delivery
- Design and develop dashboard prototypes using Power BI
- Prepare intermediate data sets or mock-ups to validate reporting use cases
- Ensure KPI definitions are clearly aligned with business logic and validated with stakeholders
- Train business users on dashboards and promote self-service usage
Required Skills
Functional Skills
- Business Understanding: Ability to interact with business stakeholders and interpret their data and process challenges
- KPI & Reporting Logic: Strong ability to define and validate KPIs across different SAP processes
- Requirement Documentation: Ability to structure dashboard requirements into clear business and data logic
- Communication and Training: Skilled in presenting data concepts and training users on dashboard features
- Critical Thinking: Ability to challenge unclear requirements and propose smarter analytics workflows
- Data Integration: Experience working with replicated SAP data in a data lake context
Technical Skills
- SAP Data Knowledge: Familiarity with tables/views from S/4HANA in SD, MM, FI, CO, MDG
- Power BI Development: Proven experience in building dashboards and DAX measures
- Data Analysis: Competent in SQL, Excel, and enterprise data validation techniques
- Data Lake Concepts: Understanding of cloud data architectures and SAP SLT-based pipelines
- Prototyping: Ability to quickly prototype analytics scenarios with mock data or live extracts
Language Required
- Fluent English: Primary working language
- Proficient Mandarin: for collaboration across Greater China
R-20250723-0004
