Data Platforms Lead Engineer (SAC-Planning) - BI & Reporting
Waters Corporation1 month ago
India (city not specified)Staff+
Responsibilities
- Lead the design, development, maintenance, and governance of SAP Analytics Cloud planning models, hierarchies, dimensions, measures, and versioning strategies.
- Oversee and contribute to SAC Stories, input templates, dashboards, analytic applications, reporting components, and JavaScript-based user interactions.
- Design and optimize Advanced Formulas, Data Actions, Multi Actions, allocations, currency conversions, intercompany eliminations, spreading logic, and forecasting workflows.
- Design planning workflows using SAC Calendar, Task Chains, and Process Management features.
- Lead global reporting enhancements, release planning, KPI standardization, self-service reporting initiatives, and reporting roadmap execution.
- Architect and oversee data integration between SAC and SAP Datasphere, BW/4HANA, S/4HANA, SAP BPC, SAP Integration Suite, and non-SAP systems.
- Establish SAC development, coding, quality, accessibility, usability, performance, and governance standards.
- Mentor developers, review technical designs and deliverables, lead planning and estimation activities, and act as the escalation point for complex issues.
- Partner with global IT, Finance, Operations, business stakeholders, enterprise data architects, integration teams, and SAP product support.
Requirements
- Extensive hands-on experience with SAP Analytics Cloud Planning.
- Strong expertise in planning model design, hierarchies, and dimensions.
- Proven experience developing SAC Stories, dashboards, and reporting solutions.
- Advanced knowledge of SAC Data Actions, calculations, scripting, Advanced Formulas, Multi Actions, and Calendar Processes.
- Experience with data integration using APIs, flat files, and ETL processes.
- Strong leadership, communication, stakeholder management, and global cross-functional delivery skills.
- Experience with enterprise-wide planning and global reporting implementations is preferred.
- Familiarity with the SAP ecosystem, including S/4HANA, BW, Datasphere, SAP BPC, and SAP Integration Suite is preferred.
- Experience integrating SAC with SAP Datasphere, BW/4HANA, S/4HANA, SAP BPC, and SAP Integration Suite is preferred.
- Experience with planning architecture, forecasting methodologies, financial modeling, global FP&A, Sales Planning, Workforce Planning, or Supply Chain Planning is preferred.
- SAC Planning certification, experience managing onshore/offshore delivery models, and familiarity with transport management and DevOps practices are preferred.
- Knowledge of Agile/Scrum delivery methodologies is preferred.
Benefits
- Waters is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer that considers applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics.
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About Waters Corporation
Waters Corporation builds analytical instruments and software for pharmaceutical, biopharma, food and environmental labs, and clinical diagnostics. Its portfolio spans UPLC/HPLC chromatography, mass spectrometry, thermal analysis (TA Instruments), informatics, and analytical standards and reagents, sold alongside service and consumables. Founded in 1958 and headquartered in Milford, Massachusetts, Waters is a public company (NYSE: WAT) with systems used in drug development, quality control, and safety testing worldwide.