SAP BPC Consultant

Job Overview

We are seeking a skilled SAP BPC Consultant to join our team in Pune. The role involves collaborating closely with Finance and FP&A stakeholders to support planning, budgeting, forecasting, and consolidation processes by designing and implementing SAP Business Planning and Consolidation solutions suitable for various organizational needs.

Primary Responsibilities

• Collect and analyze requirements from Finance and FP&A teams related to planning and consolidation activities.
• Design and configure SAP BPC environments, including setting up models, dimensions, hierarchies, properties, and business rules tailored to client needs.
• Create and maintain input schedules, dynamic reports, and templates through BPC Web and Excel interfaces using EPM Add-in.
• Develop script logic, member formulas, and orchestrate business process flows for planning cycles.
• Implement consolidation functionalities such as intercompany elimination, currency conversion, ownership management, and investment consolidations.
• Utilize BPC Embedded features on BW/HANA platforms, applying Planning Functions, Aggregation Levels, and CDS-based planning appropriately.
• Integrate BPC systems with SAP BW/BW4HANA, S/4HANA FI/CO modules, and Group Reporting to enable effective loading of actual financial data.
• Configure Data Manager packages, transformation files, and manage data imports from source systems.
• Support periodical planning workflows including budgeting, rolling forecasts, driver-based planning, and variance analysis.
• Coordinate with technical teams on ABAP and BW enhancements, scripting, and BAdI implementations.
• Draft functional specifications for custom SAP developments and work alongside BW, ABAP, and Basis teams throughout the project lifecycle.
• Conduct thorough unit and integration testing, and assist in user acceptance testing (UAT) for deliverables.
• Provide production support by troubleshooting and resolving issues related to script logic and system performance.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation including business blueprints, configuration manuals, test scripts, and end-user training materials.
• Engage actively in client workshops aimed at designing planning processes and offering solution walkthroughs.

Required Qualifications and Skills

• A bachelor's degree in Finance, Commerce, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Proven hands-on experience with SAP BPC, including both Standard and Embedded models.
• Strong grasp of financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and consolidation principles.
• Experience configuring script logic, designing business process flows, and modeling dimensions and hierarchies.
• Good knowledge of BW/BW4HANA components such as InfoObjects, InfoProviders, and Process Chains within BPC Embedded projects.
• Familiarity with integration processes involving S/4HANA FI/CO and Group Reporting for actuals data transfer.
• Participation in a minimum of 12 complete SAP BPC implementation or support projects.
• Solid understanding of consolidation accounting concepts including intercompany eliminations, minority interests, and currency translation methods.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication abilities with an aptitude for working in finance-focused environments.
• SAP BPC certification will be considered an advantage.

Eligibility Details

Candidates holding degrees such as B.Sc, B.C.A., B.Tech, or B.E. in any specialization are eligible to apply.