SAP BW4HANA Solution Architect

Overview

Design and govern end-to-end SAP BW/4HANA data warehousing, reporting and planning solutions supporting enterprise financial reporting, planning, budgeting and forecasting, working closely with Finance (FP&A) and business stakeholders.

What you'll do

• Architect and implement advanced SAP BW/4HANA solutions, including complex data models (ADSO, CompositeProviders, InfoObjects) for enterprise reporting and planning scenarios such as allocations, currency translation and forecasting.
• Own the BW/4HANA data modeling strategy, ensuring optimal layered architecture (LSA++), efficient data granularity, hierarchy design, and consistent master and transactional data.
• Establish and enforce enterprise data governance frameworks within BW/4HANA, including data ownership, lifecycle management, auditability and alignment with organizational standards.
• Lead performance monitoring and optimization across BW/4HANA and the HANA database, using workload monitoring, SQL trace and HANA Studio to identify bottlenecks.
• Optimize BW/4HANA data flows and reporting through efficient data modeling, query design, HANA pushdown (AMDP/CDS) and transformation tuning.
• Define and implement security and authorization concepts in BW/4HANA, including analysis authorizations, role-based access and data-level restrictions for compliance and segregation of duties.
• Collaborate with Finance, FP&A and business stakeholders to translate reporting and planning requirements into scalable BW/4HANA models and integrated SAC reporting/planning solutions.
• Provide technical leadership and governance to development teams, ensuring adherence to BW/4HANA architecture principles, modeling standards, naming conventions and transport management processes.
• Review and guide solution designs for consistency, reusability, scalability and alignment with enterprise data and analytics architecture.
• Stay current with SAP BW/4HANA, S/4HANA and SAC innovations, evaluating and adopting new capabilities.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Finance, Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience in SAC Planning architecture and development.
• Proven track record of implementing large-scale planning models handling complex financial planning scenarios.
• In-depth knowledge of SAP BW/4HANA data modeling and integration techniques.
• Advanced skills in SAC Data Actions, Advanced Formulas, API-based data integrations and predictive planning scenarios.
• Experience in financial planning processes (Budgeting, Forecasting, Rolling Forecasts) and a solid understanding of key financial metrics.
• Experience working on finance transformation programs involving SAC and enterprise-level ERP solutions.
• Strong focus on continuous learning and exploring emerging technologies in the planning and analytics space.

Nice to have

• SAP Analytics Cloud Planning and BW/4HANA certifications.

Details

• Location: Bangalore, India.
• Work mode: Hybrid.
• Reports to: Integrated reporting BI Delivery Lead.