SAP Analytical Cloud Consultant

Role: SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) and SAP Datasphere (DWC) Consultant

Experience: Overall, 8-10 years and 2-4 years in relevant technology.

Primary skillset: SAP SAC and SAP Datasphere (both mandatory)

Secondary skillset: ABAP, Java, Python

Preferred with Finance and/ or Operations domain, but not mandatory.

Design and develop analytic applications using SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) and SAP Datasphere, focusing on KPI and analytical models that support strategic business initiatives.

Build interactive dashboards and KPI applications in SAC for both import and live scenarios, leveraging data sourced from SAP Datasphere and other platforms.

Create scalable, secure, and governed data models in SAP Datasphere to support advanced analytics and reporting use cases.

Integrate SAC dashboards seamlessly with SAP Datasphere datasets, ensuring up-to-date and consistent analytics for end users.

Utilize predictive scenarios, R visualizations, and external libraries to create immersive and insightful user experiences in both SAC and Datasphere environments.

Continuously optimize dashboard and application performance across SAC and Datasphere, while providing recommendations for enhancements and identifying bottlenecks.

Develop and document Business Objects Universes, reports, and dashboards, ensuring accuracy and alignment with enterprise data standards.

Connect, model, and harmonize data from SAP and non-SAP sources in Datasphere, facilitating cross-system analytics through SAC.

Design comprehensive reports with multiple tabs, queries, visualizations, and drill down capabilities tailored to business requirements.

Apply best practices in data visualization and user experience, enhancing accessibility and adoption of solutions built on SAC and Datasphere.

Demonstrate expertise in data integration, connectivity, and modelling across SAC, Datasphere, and other data platforms.

Utilize strong analytical and problem solving skills to address technical challenges and drive continuous performance improvement.

Provide technical leadership, coaching, and mentorship to team members, fostering knowledge growth in SAC and Datasphere technologies.

Establish and maintain best practices for software quality, documentation, and project delivery within agile and scrum frameworks.

Customize SAC applications using scripting languages (such as JavaScript) and leverage advanced features in Datasphere for data orchestration and automation.

Essential requirements

Degree in Computer Science, Business Informatics or a comparable degree.

Overall, 8-12 years of experience and at least 2-3 years experience working on SAP SAC / Datasphere solutions as a Consultant, Analyst, Developer or relevant role.

Proven experience designing and implementing solutions utilizing SAC for planning, forecasting, and KPI reporting, as well as integrating with SAP Datasphere and upstream processes.

Expertise with SAC predictive functionality, Smart features (Smart Assist, Smart Predict, Smart Discovery), advanced story canvases, data blending, cross-calculations, input controls, and linked analysis.

Skilled in connecting SAC and Datasphere to varied data sources, including SAP HANA, and external databases.

Proficiency in SAP Datasphere for building unified, harmonized, and governed data models to serve enterprise analytics.

About Virtusa

Teamwork, quality of life, professional and personal development: values that Virtusa is proud to embody. When you join us, you join a team of 27,000 people globally that cares about your growth — one that seeks to provide you with exciting projects, opportunities and work with state of the art technologies throughout your career with us.

Great minds, great potential: it all comes together at Virtusa. We value collaboration and the team environment of our company, and seek to provide great minds with a dynamic place to nurture new ideas and foster excellence.

Virtusa was founded on principles of equal opportunity for all, and so does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.