Senior SAP Functional Analyst – SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) Planning

Company Description

Lumen Solutions Group Inc. is a technology consulting Services company based in Florida. We provide a wide array of experienced business and IT professionals supporting clients from solution design to implementation and support. We specialize in professional IT consulting services, IT Staffing, Business/IT Strategy, Business Process Blueprints, Enterprise Architecture, and Enterprise Transformation.

Job Title: Senior SAP Functional Analyst – SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) Planning

Location: Remote

Duration: 12+ Months Contract

Work Arrangement: Remote/Hybrid

Position Overview

• Client is seeking a Senior SAP Functional Analyst specializing in SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) Planning to support its SAP S/4HANA Transformation Program.
• The role focuses on financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, allocation modeling, and scenario planning.
• The candidate will collaborate with Finance, FP&A, SAP teams, business stakeholders, and the System Integrator (SI).
• Hands-on SAC Planning implementation experience is strongly preferred.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, configure, and support SAC financial planning and budgeting solutions.
• Develop planning models, dimensions, hierarchies, calculations, and forecasting logic.
• Build driver-based forecasting, financial allocation, and scenario planning models.
• Gather business requirements and translate them into scalable SAC Planning solutions.
• Collaborate with the SI on solution design, implementation, and integration activities.
• Validate data flows between SAC and SAP S/4HANA, including financial calculations and planning outputs.
• Support testing, troubleshooting, and end-to-end planning validation.
• Work with Finance and FP&A teams to improve enterprise financial planning processes.

Required Skills

• Strong knowledge of SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) Planning functionality.
• Experience with financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting.
• Knowledge of driver-based forecasting and financial allocation modeling.
• Experience with financial scenario planning and business assumption modeling.
• Understanding of SAC Planning models, dimensions, hierarchies, and calculations.
• Solid understanding of SAC integration with SAP S/4HANA and financial data flows.
• Experience gathering business requirements and collaborating with technical and business teams.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Preferred Skills

• Hands-on SAC Planning implementation or configuration experience.
• SAP S/4HANA transformation or implementation experience.
• Knowledge of SAP FI/CO and enterprise financial processes.
• Experience with SAC Data Actions and Advanced Formulas.
• Experience collaborating with System Integrators on SAP implementation and integration validation.
• Experience supporting enterprise FP&A and financial planning transformation initiatives.

Key Recruiting Priorities

• Prioritize candidates with direct SAC Planning implementation experience.
• Focus on financial planning, budgeting, driver-based forecasting, allocation modeling, and scenario planning.
• Look for candidates who understand SAC–S/4HANA integration and can validate end-to-end planning processes.
• Candidates with only SAC dashboards, reporting, or data visualization experience are not the primary target.