
Functional Consultant SAP S4Hana
- Melbourne, VIC
- $200,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Conduct workshops to gather functional requirements for HANA-based solutions and translate business needs into data models and functional design documents.
- Design business-aligned solutions using SAP S/4HANA embedded analytics, including calculation views, CDS views, and logical data models that meet business reporting and analytical requirements.
- Collaborate with technical consultants and developers to ensure alignment between functional and technical design.
- Configure and validate S/4 HANA data models (analytical, attribute, and calculation views) based on user stories or requirements.
- Ensure optimal performance, reusability, and accuracy of data models, aligned with SAP S/4 HANA best practices and governance standards.
- Work with business intelligence/reporting teams to deliver HANA-powered reports using SAP Fiori, SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), or other front-end tools.
- Develop functional specifications for dashboards and KPI reports and embedded analytics within S/4HANA for operational and strategic decision-making.
- Develop functional test cases and validate S/4 HANA models and outputs against business scenarios.
- Participate in system integration testing (SIT) and user acceptance testing (UAT), Data Migration Testing, Production Verification Testing (PVT) and Business Verification Testing (BVT).
- Support defect resolution and ensure reporting outputs are consistent and reliable.
- Ensure smooth integration of HANA data models with front-end tools and external systems.
- Collaborate with technical consultants, developers, SAP ERP, and middleware teams to align functional and technical design and ensure proper data flow and interface integration.
- Provide knowledge transfer, training, and support to business users on accessing and interpreting HANA based reports.
- Prepare functional and technical documentation (e.g. Functional and Technical Specifications), user guides, and metadata catalogs.
- Identify performance issues in data models or reports and work with technical teams to tune queries and improve system efficiency.
- Ensure compliance with data governance and security standards.
- Act as the functional bridge between business users and SAP HANA technical teams.
- Provide regular updates to stakeholders on delivery progress, risks, resolution plans and contribute to governance forums and solution design reviews.
- Stay updated on SAP HANA innovations, tools, and upgrades (e.g., SAP HANA Cloud, Data Lake, etc.).
- Recommend new use cases and analytics capabilities to leverage SAP HANA’s full potential.