Associate Director- SAP FPA Technical Lead

Job Description

Associate Director- SAP FPA Technical Lead - SAP BPC & SAC

The Opportunity

• Based in Hyderabad, join a global healthcare biopharma company and be part of a 130- year legacy of success backed by ethical integrity, forward momentum, and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare.
• Be part of an organisation driven by digital technology and data-backed approaches that support a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines, and animal health products.
• Drive innovation and execution excellence. Be a part of a team with passion for using data, analytics, and insights to drive decision-making, and which creates custom software, allowing us to tackle some of the world's greatest health threats.

Our Technology Centres focus on creating a space where teams can come together to deliver business solutions that save and improve lives. An integral part of our company's IT operating model, Tech Centres are globally distributed locations where each IT division has employees to enable our digital transformation journey and drive business outcomes. These locations, in addition to the other sites, are essential to supporting our business and strategy.

A focused group of leaders in each Tech Centre helps to ensure we can manage and improve each location, from investing in growth, success, and well-being of our people, to making sure colleagues from each IT division feel a sense of belonging to managing critical emergencies. And together, we must leverage the strength of our team to collaborate globally to optimize connections and share best practices across the Tech Centres.

Role Overview

As a highly skilled Associate Director-level SAP IT Professional, with a focus on Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) using SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) and SAP Business Planning and Consolidation (BPC); The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with both SAP BPC and SAC to deliver financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting solutions. This role will involve collaborating with finance business & Value Teams to develop advanced applications, dashboards, and reports that provide actionable insights, optimize financial performance, and support strategic decision-making.

What will you do in this role

• Lead the design, development, and deployment of financial applications using SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) and SAP Business Planning and Consolidation (BPC).
• Collaborate closely with finance and business stakeholders to understand requirements and design technical solutions that support FP&A processes.
• Develop and implement financial models, reports, dashboards, and KPIs in SAC and BPC, ensuring that these tools meet the needs of the finance team and broader business units.
• Leverage both SAC and BPC to streamline and automate financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes, improving accuracy and efficiency.
• Oversee the integration of SAP BPC and SAC with other SAP and non-SAP systems, ensuring seamless data flow and accurate financial reporting.
• Provide subject matter expertise on SAP BPC and SAC best practices, guiding the organization on optimal utilization of both platforms.
• Manage cross-functional teams, including IT and finance staff, to ensure successful delivery of projects and initiatives.
• Develop and maintain documentation for financial planning applications, including technical designs, user guides, and process flows.
• Drive continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to enhance financial systems, processes, and reporting capabilities.
• Lead training sessions for end-users on the functionality of SAP BPC and SAC tools, ensuring high adoption rates.
• Ensure compliance with financial regulations, internal controls, and data governance policies in all financial reporting and planning activities.
• Stay current with updates to SAP BPC, SAC, and other relevant technologies, evaluating new features and functionalities that could benefit the organization.

What should you have

• 10+ years of experience in SAP-based FP&A roles, with at least 4-6 years of hands-on experience developing applications using SAP BPC and SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC).
• Proven experience in leading SAP BPC and SAC implementations, including configuration, data modelling, report creation, and system integration.
• In-depth understanding of financial processes such as budgeting, forecasting, consolidation, and reporting in a global, multi-entity organization.

Technical Skills:

• Advanced proficiency in SAP BPC (version 10.x or embedded BPC on HANA) for financial planning, consolidation, and reporting.
• Understanding of BPC architecture and components.
• Experience in BPC configuration, including dimensions, models, and data manager packages.
• Advanced proficiency in SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) for creating financial planning models, reporting, and data visualizations.
• Strong knowledge of SAP BW, SAP HANA, or other data warehousing technologies, particularly in the context of financial reporting and analytics.
• Experience with the integration of SAC and BPC with other enterprise systems, including SAP-ECC, S/4HANA, SAP-BW or third-party tools.
• Proficient in using SAP BPC Data Manager for data loading and transformation.
• Understanding of SAP Fiori and SAP UI5 is a plus for custom application development.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Finance, or a related field (MBA or relevant advanced degree preferred).

Soft Skills:

• Strong leadership and project management skills, with a proven ability to manage cross-functional teams and large-scale initiatives.
• Excellent communication skills, able to bridge the gap between technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines in a fast-paced, global environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail and a strategic mindset.

Good to Have

• Knowledge of SAP S/4HANA Finance, SAP BPC Embedded, or other related financial modules within the SAP ecosystem.
• Experience with financial accounting, management accounting, and consolidation processes within SAP BPC.

Our technology teams operate as business partners, proposing ideas and innovative solutions that enable new organizational capabilities. We collaborate internationally to deliver services and solutions that help everyone be more productive and enable innovation.

Who we are

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

What we look for

Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today.

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Required Skills:

Asset Management, Benefits Management, Financial Planning, Forecasting, Management System Development, Product Management, Requirements Management, SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP Business Planning and Consolidation (SAP BPC), Stakeholder Relationship Management, Strategic Planning, System Designs

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Regular

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Job Posting End Date:

11/30/2025

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Requisition ID:R336571

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