Day-to-Day Responsibilities

We are seeking a Senior SAP BW Integrated Planning (BW-IP) Consultant to support enterprise planning solutions and ongoing production support initiatives. This role will focus heavily on the design, development, enhancement, and support of SAP BW-IP applications used for financial planning, forecasting, and budgeting processes.

The consultant will serve as a hands-on technical leader responsible for developing BW-IP planning solutions, supporting planning-related enhancements, resolving production issues, and partnering directly with business stakeholders to deliver scalable planning capabilities. A separate project involves supporting planning data integration into SAP S/4HANA Finance, making BW-IP expertise the primary requirement.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and support SAP BW Integrated Planning (BW-IP) solutions.
• Build and maintain Aggregation Levels, Planning Functions, Planning Sequences, Filters, Data Slices, and Characteristic Relationships.
• Develop custom Planning Functions using AMDP and ABAP.
• Create and maintain SAP HANA Views to support planning and reporting requirements.
• Design, develop, and support planning process chains and data load processes.
• Gather and analyze business requirements related to budgeting, forecasting, and planning initiatives.
• Work closely with Finance and business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical planning solutions.
• Support a planning initiative involving the loading and management of planning data within the SAP S/4HANA Finance landscape.
• Provide production support for existing BW-IP applications and planning processes.
• Troubleshoot complex planning, data, and system issues and perform root cause analysis.
• Support system enhancements, performance optimization, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Lead technical discussions and provide subject matter expertise on BW-IP best practices and solution design.

Primary Skillset

• SAP BW Integrated Planning (BW-IP)
• SAP BW Planning Solutions using Integrated Planning (IP)
• SAP BW on HANA
• SAP ABAP Development
• SAP HANA Modeling

Required Experience

• Hands-on experience creating:
  • Aggregation Levels
  • Planning Functions
  • Planning Sequences
  • Characteristic Relationships
  • Data Slices
  • Process Chains
  • Input-Ready Queries
• Strong experience developing:
  • Planning Functions using AMDP in ABAP
  • Custom ABAP enhancements and planning logic
  • SAP HANA Views
• Knowledge of:
  • BEx Query Design
  • Analysis for Office (AO)
  • BW Reporting and Planning Architecture
  • Planning Data Integration Processes
  • Production Support and Incident Resolution

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting planning data integration with SAP S/4HANA Finance.
• Experience with BADI, Customer Exits, Function Modules, and ABAP Classes.
• Exposure to BW/4HANA.
• Experience with SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) is a plus.
• Knowledge of Financial Planning, Budgeting, and Forecasting processes.