The Solution Architect – SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) will manage the successful design and delivery of Mosaic’s SAP Analytics Cloud Financial Planning projects. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in designing and implementing end-to-end financial planning solutions, leveraging SAP Analytics Cloud to drive top-down and bottom-up forecasting processes and related analytics surrounding financial performance.
What will you do?
Design and implement comprehensive financial planning solutions using SAP Analytics Cloud, ensuring alignment with business requirements and industry best practices.
Integrate various data sources, both SAP and non-SAP, to ensure seamless data flow and data consistency.
Create and manage data models to structure and organize company data that can be used to forecast Mosaic’s financial performance and make strategic business decisions
Design scalable solution that allow user to create and analyze different forecasting scenarios to support strategic decision-making
Lead project teams using Agile methodologies, ensuring timely delivery and effective collaboration across departments.
Communicate effectively with stakeholders to ensure alignment and manage expectations throughout the project lifecycle.
Lead the delivery of complex projects that deliver value to the business and foster an environment of continuous improvement.
Ensure Agile methodologies are being followed while influencing best practices, process improvements, and procedures.
Serve as the primary resource for any issues, roadblocks, and risks and hold responsibility for their resolution.
Effectively create and deliver presentations and reports to management team, communicating product and/or initiative status.
Work toward a balance between growing the agility required to achieve business objectives and ensuring the core IT functions are reliable, stable and efficient.
Build and maintain relationships with assigned business groups and IT colleagues to develop a clear understanding of business needs; ensure cost-effective delivery of IT services to meet those needs and responds with agility to changing business priorities.
Work and collaborate with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders and contacts to foster a business-oriented culture to ensure alignment between IT and the business functions and to directly contribute to Mosaic’s goals and objectives.
Lead, develop and coach the assigned Application Delivery team to continually improve IT capabilities necessary to increase performance of the organization. Provide timely and constructive feedback on a regular basis to ensure employees have a clear understanding of their work, roles, and the business. Manage performance issues when necessary. Work with employees on their career development plans.
Lead the team to adopt agile development methodologies to deliver required services to the business.
Other job duties and projects as assigned.
What do you need for this role?
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, business or related area is required.
8+ years of combined experience in digital product or customer-experience management experience and Information Technology roles.
5+ years of hands‐on project experience in the design, development, and delivery of SAP Analytics Cloud and specific SAC Planning (SACP) solutions.
3+ years of system architecture or solution architect experience with a focus on the delivery of analytic solutions including new processes, new functions, and solutions.
Knowledge of predictive analytics and machine learning to enhance forecasting accuracy
Demonstration of strong finance and business acumen that includes a strong understanding of business processes and financial planning to align technical solutions with organizational goals
Desired: SAP Certifications for Data Analyst (SAP Analytics Cloud) and/or SAP Analytics Cloud Foundation
Excellent understanding of other core and enabling processes and technologies.
Ability to provide oversight across multiple initiatives or projects.
Excellent verbal, written, listening and presentation communication skills.
Ability to present and discuss technical information in a way that establishes rapport, persuades others, and gains understanding.
Strong leader that possesses a hands-on, led by example approach.
Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
Ability to work with employees at all levels of the organization.
Demonstrated problem solving techniques and strong analytical skills.
Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills
Ability to adapt to a continually changing business and work environment and manage multiple priorities.
Demonstrated critical thinking and decision-making skills.
Strong analysis and problem-solving skills
Self-motivated, highly professional, and results-oriented
Willing to share knowledge with the team and provide input for solutions for technology driven projects and issues.
Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information.
Proficient with SAP Analytics Cloud
Proficient with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook), Visio and Project
Strong experience with digital capabilities and solutions, including technology expertise around top personalization platforms, tools, and processes.
Experience with an Agile operating model preferred.
