Job Description :
SAP BPC Techno-Functional Developer
Washington, DC
6 Months
Key Responsibilities:
Please note: BPC development experience must include SAP BPC NetWeaver version 10.x and BW 7.4 on HANA
Position Overview:
Our client recently implemented SAP BPC for business planning needs and processes. They are looking for a mid-level developer who can automate new business needs and support existing functionality. Candidate must possess a Bachelor degree; Masters is a plus
Essential Job Functions:
1. Document business requirements, and analyze requirements with users
2. Translate business requirements in to solution requirements and specifications
3. Discuss solution options with users
4. Determine the integration needed with other systems to solve the business needs
5. Design and develop the necessary models, cubes, input-forms, business process flows, VB macros, reports, BADIs and data interfaces from BW
6. Develop mechanisms to transform and load data from BW in to BPC
7. Enhance existing system functionality and resolve production issues
8. Develop/update test cases for the solution
9. Develop/update user guides for the functionality developed
10. Document solution design and how the solution is to be used
11. Maintain user roles and authorizations in the system; and perform other administrative activities
Educational Qualifications and Experience:
1. Education: Bachelor''s degree is a must;
2. Further education in Financial planning or Accounting is a plus
3. Role Specific Experience: Minimum 3+ years of hands-on experience in automating business planning processes that includes two of any of the following planning processes a) Budget formulation b) Revenue/Expense c) Staff cost planning d) Activity planning and e) Capital investment planning
Certification Requirements:
SAP certifications is a plus
Required Skills/Abilities:
1. Candidate should have development experience in minimum two of any of the following planning processes a) Budget formulation b) Revenue/Expense c) Staff cost planning d) Activity planning and e) Capital investment planning
2. Must be skilled in gathering and translating business requirements in to solution specifications
3. Hands-on experience in designing Dimensions, Models, input-forms, reports, business process flows, workflows for business needs conforming to the product standards
4. Ability to maintain and configure environment
5. Ability to create custom data manager packages
6. Ability to configure currency conversion business rules
7. Ability to prepare good test cases
8. Ability to write macros in BPC reports and input forms
9. Ability to create user manuals and impart training to business and admin users
10. Ability to perform and configure SPRO Parameters for Environment and Application Level
11. Ability to design and configure transformation and conversion files
12. Ability to develop, test and debug BADIs
13. Ability to design and configure roles and authorizations
14. Ability to enable self-service capabilities in BPC and train users on the same
15. Perform system administrative functions in BPC and train users on activities appropriate to them
16. Proper knowledge of the SAP FI, FM and CO objects, structures, data sources and flows
Desired Skills/Abilities (not required but a plus):
1. Head count management in PeopleSoft
2. Development of BW reports
3. Managing requirements and test cases in HP Application Life-cycle Management (HP ALM)
4. Retraction to ECC
5. Extraction from ECC
Experience Matrix for Levels:
2. Level II 5+ years of hands-on BPC experience
In addition to Level I
Proficient in the planning processes to guide users on using BPC effectively to meet their needs conforming to the product standards
Proficient in budgeting, forecasting and financial consolidation
Ability to educate users on the various options in the product and their pros and cons
Design the integration of BPC with other SAP and non-SAP systems
Should be able to conduct workshops for both planning and financial consolidation
Understanding of the overall information management architecture with components like BW and MDM
Ability to understand perform BW work in terms of modeling
Ability to debug and understand ABAP code
Ability to analyze ''As Is'' and ''To Be'' business processes, complete complex business design for gap / interfaces and configure system based on user requirements