Acceleration Center - AES - SAP BW/IP - Sr Analyst

Preferred Knowledge/Skills *:  

Demonstrates a thorough level of abilities with, and/or a proven record of success as both an individual contributor and team member with focus on deep expertise, continuous execution, throughput and quality 

• Proficient in overseeing a support ticketing queue with multiple open items, demonstrating strong written and oral communication skills; 

• Capable of leading client status meetings and extracting relevant metrics; 

• Handles client relationships, confirming effective communication; 

• Offers functional and/or technical subject matter expertise; 

• Directs process redesign efforts; 

• Leads technical and test teams for the implementation of functionality; 

• Assists with change activities to confirm business adoption and provides effective user training; 

• Manages the whole project lifecycle to confirm timely project delivery; 

• Meets with stakeholders throughout the organization to confirm a thorough set of requirements, aligned to business objectives, gaining thorough understanding of current and future state business processes; 

• Provides in-depth knowledge of the SAP application and evaluates the customer’s processes against the standard SAP functionality; 

• Demonstrates experience in use of SAP, specifically BW BWI in a support/AMS environment; 

• Documents the business requirements which express what actions a solution must take and what outcome is expected; 

• Responsible for fixes and enhancements to the application to achieve the customer’s business requirements; 

• Has industry experience and understands challenges and risks when implementing and supporting vertical applications and localizations; 

• Demonstrated ability to: 

• Analyze and understand business problems. 

• Model data and processes. 

• Conduct workshops and training sessions. 

• Plan and carry out system and user acceptance testing; 

• Familiar with and experienced in: 

• Core application functionality 

• Implementation Methodology 

• Application technology stack; 

• Prepares and monitors performance reports and implements solutions to improve the system performance; 

• Responsible for performing installations, end to end SAP upgrades (SPS, Major SAP version), applying support packages and other support activities; 

• Possesses strong knowledge and experience in HANA Database and MS SQL Database Administration; 

• Possesses configuration knowledge on SAP cloud offerings such as BTP, SAC, Cloud connector, etc; 

• Should be familiar with SAP interfacing solutions such as OpenText, Redwood, Evolve and Information Steward; 

• Should have experience in Disaster recovery setup and testing; 

• SAP BOBI, Data services installation, configuration and administration; 

• Proficient in the use of methodologies supported by SAP industry leading practices; 

• ITIL process knowledge/understanding is highly preferred; 

• Hands-on experience building planning models using BW Integrated planning, including agg. lvls, planning sequences, and planning functions. 

• Experience working with SAP BW 7.31 or higher, and BW on HANA. 

• Proficiency in writing FOX and custom planning functions (HANA enabled). 

• Expertise in planning query building using BeX Query Designer. 

• Strong BW-ABAP experience, including writing custom extractors, transformations, routines, BADI's, and exits. 

• Ability to understand and debug SAP standard ABAP code. 

• Strong BW data modeling skills, including ADSO and Open ODS views. 

• Experience with mixed scenarios in SAP BW on HANA, such as Virtual provider and Composite provider. 

• Report development experience using BeX, Design Studio, and/or Analysis for Office. 

• Knowledge of BW ETL from various source systems, including ECC, CRM, APO, BODS, and Flat Files, using LO cockpit, custom extractors, ODP extractors, etc. 

• Familiarity with BW Security, including analysis authorizations and/or structural authorization. 

• Integration experience between multiple systems for reporting, such as SAP ECC, SAP CRM, SAP BW, and BOBJ integration. 

• Experience working with BW master data and data marts based on standard ECC modules like SD, MM, FICO, and COPA. 

• SAP HANA modeling experience using Attribute view, Analytical view, and Calculation view. 

• Experience with input parameters, currency conversions, unions, projections, aggregation, and Rank nodes in Calculation Views. 

• Knowledge of SAP HANA Data provisioning using SAP LT Replication server. 

• Hands-on experience with performance tuning of HANA models, including Calculation views. 

• ABAP experience in BI, including writing ABAP code in Datasource Enhancements, Function module extractors, Routines, and Bex exits. 

• Experience with application lifecycle management process for transporting objects to further landscapes. 

• SAP HANA programming skills, including SQL, SQL script, and CE Script. 

• Good knowledge of ECC extraction, data modeling, BW-ABAP, and Bex. 

• Familiarity with Bex query designer and various options like CKF, RKF, and cell definitions. 

• Experience with ECC table data model and analysis. 

• Experience with building universes using Information design tool and connecting to various systems like SAP BI, SAP HANA, and SAP ECC. 

• Familiarity with new dimension reporting tools like Webi, Dashboards 4.1, Analysis office, and BO Explorer. 

• Good written and oral communication skills. 

• Strong team player. 

• Experience with ETL using SAP BOBJ Data services 4.0. 

• Functional knowledge or familiarity with SAP modules AP FI/CO, SAP MM, SAP SD, and SAP HR.