SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) Planning Lead

SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) Planning Lead

Posted 1 day ago by Jobserve

Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
London

Summary: The SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) Planning Lead role involves driving the design and delivery of enterprise financial planning and analysis (FP&A) processes within SAC for PwC. This position requires deep expertise in SAC Planning, FP&A process design, and integration with SAP Datasphere. The role is a 6-month contract based in London, with remote working options available. The successful candidate will lead various planning activities, ensuring high-quality delivery and adherence to best practices.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead the end-to-end delivery of FP&A planning processes in SAC, including budgeting, forecasting, workforce planning, and driver based models.
  • Architect and implement SAC Planning Models, including dimensions, measures, versions, and multi-model planning structures.
  • Design and build input templates, controls, validation rules, and data locking strategies to support structured planning cycles.
  • Develop and optimize Data Actions, Advanced Formulas, and Allocations to support driver based planning and automated workflows.
  • Configure and manage Calendar Tasks to orchestrate planning activities, approvals, and collaboration across Finance teams.
  • Integrate SAC Planning with SAP Datasphere, including defining import models, scheduling data loads, and ensuring semantic consistency.
  • Serve as the lead designer for SAC Planning workstreams, ensuring best practices, governance, and high quality delivery.
  • Ensure planning models support both Live Access and Import scenarios where required.

Key Skills:

  • SAC Planning implementation experience.
  • Strong hands-on experience with SAC Planning Models, Input Templates, Data Actions, Advanced Formulas and Calendar Tasks.
  • Proven experience designing FP&A planning processes (budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, driver based planning).
  • Experience integrating SAC Planning with SAP Datasphere, including import models and semantic modelling.
  • Strong understanding of financial data structures.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: London

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

AMS is a global workforce solutions partner committed to creating inclusive, dynamic, and future-ready workplaces. We help organisations adapt, grow, and thrive in an ever-evolving world by building, shaping, and optimising diverse talent strategies.

We partner with PwC to support their contingent recruitment processes. Acting as an extension of their recruitment teams, we connect them with skilled interim and temporary professionals, fostering workplaces where everyone can contribute and succeed.

PwC is a hugely diverse business, bound by our global purpose - to build trust in society and solve important problems. Our greatest opportunity to deliver our purpose is through meaningful work that makes a difference to our clients and society. We have a culture of high performance built on exceptional quality, ethical and professional standards. We lead by example. Our standards for quality - and care - are high. And together we surpass them. We believe we can make the biggest impact when leading with our purpose, values and PwC Professional behaviours in every interaction.

On behalf of PwC, we are looking for a SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) Planning Lead for a 6 month contract based in London with remote working available.

Join us as a SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) Planning Lead.

  • We are seeking an experienced SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) Planning Lead to drive the design and delivery of enterprise FP&A planning processes within SAC. This role is suited for a professional with deep expertise in SAC Planning, FP&A process design, and SAP Datasphere integration.

What you'll do:

  • Lead the end-to-end delivery of FP&A planning processes in SAC, including budgeting, forecasting, workforce planning, and driver based models.
  • Architect and implement SAC Planning Models, including dimensions, measures, versions, and multi-model planning structures.
  • Design and build input templates, controls, validation rules, and data locking strategies to support structured planning cycles.
  • Develop and optimize Data Actions, Advanced Formulas, and Allocations to support driver based planning and automated workflows.
  • Configure and manage Calendar Tasks to orchestrate planning activities, approvals, and collaboration across Finance teams.
  • Integrate SAC Planning with SAP Datasphere, including defining import models, scheduling data loads, and ensuring semantic consistency.
  • Serve as the lead designer for SAC Planning workstreams, ensuring best practices, governance, and high quality delivery.
  • Ensure planning models support both Live Access and Import scenarios where required.

The skills you'll need:

  • SAC Planning implementation experience.
  • Strong hands-on experience with, SAC Planning Models, Input Templates, Data Actions, Advanced Formulas and Calendar Tasks.
  • Proven experience designing FP&A planning processes (budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, driver based planning).
  • Experience integrating SAC Planning with SAP Datasphere, including import models and semantic modelling.
  • Strong understanding of financial data structures.

At PwC we want every individual to feel valued, respected and empowered to contribute fully. Creating an environment where everyone belongs and thrives unlocks greater innovation, productivity and deeper engagement.

Next Steps

If you are interested in applying for this position and meet the criteria outlined above, please click the link to apply and we will contact you with an update in due course.

AMS, a Recruitment Process Outsourcing Company, may in the delivery of some of its services be deemed to operate as an Employment Agency or an Employment Business