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Dublin Contract €70k - €90k
About the job
Position Description
The SAP Analytics Lead is a key role in the management of the design, development and delivery of a broad range of reporting solutions across a highly integrated data landscape. The SAP Analytics Lead will manage a team of specialists skilled in SAP Business Objects Data Services (BODS), SAP BW, and SAP BO reporting.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage and develop a high performing team of SAP BODS, SAP BW, and BO specialists.
- Leverage the capability of SAP BODS to develop robust data pipelines from SAP data and other sources to meeting business and analytical requirements.
- Develop the SAP BW and BO environments to proliferate self-service data analytics for business users requiring SAP data.
- Partner with data scientists, data analysts, and business analysts by supporting them in understanding the meaning of SAP data to enable the development of insights delivering business value.
- Champion data management by cataloguing SAP data, BW and BO reports, and data lineage for increased data literacy across the organisation.
- Drive the team to maintain data quality standards in SAP data pipelines and reports to meet business needs.
- Facilitate the maintenance of our SAP Analytics environment by staying current on SAP BW, BODS, and BO versions and service packs.
Experience and Qualifications
Essential
- 7+ years' experience in Data Engineering and Analytics with 5+ years' experience in SAP BODS and BW reporting.
- SAP BODS expertise in understanding ETL processes, data integration, and job design and in-depth knowledge of SAP BW and familiarity with data modelling, InfoProviders, and query design.
- SAP BO experience in understanding how reports are developed and used.
- Knowledgeable on the structure of SAP ERP and meaning of its data.
- Performance Management by setting KPIs, conducting reviews, and driving accountability.
- Excellent skills in stakeholder management, translating technical details into business value, and project management
- Third level qualification in an IT / Computer Science or business discipline is desirable, or equivalent business experience.
Desirable
- Hands on experience of SAP BW, SAP BW/4HANA, SAP Data Services 4.2, SAP BO BI 4.x or BI 2025.
- Functional knowledge and understanding of data structures in SAP ISU and SAP S/4HANA.
- Experience of the data migration process, from strategy and planning, through to execution, go-live and UAT for migration to S/4HANA.
- SAP Support Pack and upgrade implementation experience.
- Knowledge of standard testing practices for SAP Projects.
- Experience in the energy utilities industry.
- SAP BI (BODS/BO/BW) & SAP HANA Application Certification
