SAP Business Planning & Consolidations (BPC on Hana) Consultant

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The SAP Planning Consultant will be responsible for the successful delivery of functional and technical components of planning, budgeting and forecasting solutions using SAP Business Objects Business Planning and Consolidation (BPC).

This is a hands-on role the candidate is expected to apply functional and technical integration knowledge of SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) tools, planning/BI systems and functional finance processes (reports, input schedules, script logic, allocations, distributions, trending, forecast models).

The candidate will be expected to consult with all levels of a client’s personnel and be comfortable in front of the Finance and IT departments, advise clients of leading practices within the business planning cycles, including strategic, financial and operational planning with strong General ledger, Asset accounting profitability and controlling insights.

The candidate will be involved in the full life cycle of an Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) project starting with the initial design of the performance management framework to the implementation of the supporting technology.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise
At least 2 years experience in Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting, and Financial Reporting Process knowledge.
At least 2 years experience in Planning and/or Financial Consolidations technical solution experience (including SAP BPC, SEM-BPS, SAP Integrated Planning).
Experience with SAP BPC Standard/Unified and Embedded Models.
SAP BI/BW experience.
Proven ability to build, manage and foster a team-oriented environment.
Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment.
Excellent leadership and management skills.

Additional Requirements:
Design, build, test Applications on the SAP BPC platform, following the requirements defined by industry and Line of Business experts, using an Agile methodology.
Promote the applications built, interacting with Marketing, Sales and Professional services organizations.
Interact with customers to understand their experience with the applications, identify new requirements and deploy them on the projects.
Identify and formalize best practices in Application building and share them internally within organizations EPM practice.
At least 2 years of related experience (Controlling / Corporate Accounting / Finance).
Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field.
Advanced skill levels for Excel including macros, complex charts and pivot tables.
Multi-dimensional modeling.
Experience building, tracking and reporting on budgets, forecasts, management reporting and financial analysis.
Excellent communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills.
Ability to work on simultaneous assignments / complex projects.
English written and spoken

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Auto req ID

161706BR
Required Education

Master's Degree
Role ( Job Role )

Package Consultant
State / Province

MILANO
Primary job category

Sales
Company

(0072) IBM Italia S.p.A.
Contract type

Regular
Employment Type

Full-Time
ERBP

Yes
Is this role a commissionable/sales incentive based position?

No
Travel Required

Up to 50% or 3 days a week (home on weekends - based on project requirements)
IBM Business Group

GBS
Preferred Education

Master's Degree
City / Township / Village

SEGRATE
EO Statement

IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.
Required Technical and Professional Expertise

na
Country/Region

Italy
Preferred Technical and Professional Experience

na
Eligibility Requirements

na
Position Type

Professional
Early Professional Track

Not Applicable - Professional Hire