Lead SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) Consultant (IT)

Lead SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) Consultant 6 Month contract initially Based: Hybrid/London (Max - 3 days p/w onsite) Rate: £600 - £650 p/d (via Umbrella company) We have a great opportunity with a world leading organisation where you will be provided with all of the support and development to succeed. A progressive organisation where you can really make a difference. We have a great opportunity for a Lead SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) Consultant to join the team. We are seeking an experienced and strategic SAP Professional to lead the design, implementation, and optimization of solutions using SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC). This role will be responsible for managing and implementing cloud data integration, analytics strategy, and ensuring business insights are delivered effectively across the organization. It is also expected the candidate should have fair knowledge of SAP S4/HANNA Professional Services processes. This position reports to a Engagement Manager, working in strong collaboration with all other client stakeholders but especially with the Product Owners, Data CoE and other Architects. As such, the role provides broad exposure to business stakeholders, and requires strong business process knowledge on Professional Services. Key Responsibilities:

• Architect, manage maintain the enterprise data landscape within SAP Analytics Cloud, ensuring scalable, secure, and high-performance data environments.
• Design and implement complex data models that support both operational and analytical use cases, leveraging advanced features such as spaces, views, and semantic modelling.
• Lead data integration initiatives, orchestrating seamless ingestion and harmonization of data from SAP (e.g., S/4HANA, BWS/4HANA) and non-SAP sources (e.g., cloud platforms, APIs, third-party systems).
• Establish and enforce data governance policies including metadata management, data lineage tracking, and access control to ensure data integrity and compliance.
• Optimize data pipelines and transformation logic using SAP SAC's capabilities to support real-time and batch processing needs.
• Collaborate with business and technical teams to translate data requirements into robust, reusable data products and services.
• Monitor and tune system performance, proactively identifying and resolving bottlenecks, and ensuring high availability and reliability of the data platform.
• Stay current with SAP Datasphere innovations, evaluating new features and capabilities for continuous improvement and competitive advantage.
• Broad functional and process knowledge on the SAP S4/HANA Professional Services tower.
• Seek highly automated solutions and new approaches to work through partnership with Product Owner and/or Functional Experts on continuous improvement, evolution of the product and Lifecycle management
• Work as Solution Architects translating Business requirements/EPICs into Technical designed solutions
• Participate on new design for solutions, services and products together with Business stakeholders, Enterprise Architecture, Transformational programs, Strategic Functional Capabilities, Business Partnership, etc.
• Providing supervision and guidance to development teams around the current product and services design, assuring the design is protected and the global/mandate processes are secured
• Support Operations in complex and high impact issues and problems as they arise.
• Accountable for process and technical knowledge gathering, update and validation of products and services under Reporting and Analytics tower, including documentation/knowledge from external teams that will touch those services and products
• Support product managers on lifecycle management for products and services considering business priorities, budget, current versions and risks.
• Responsible for the delivery of an Agile/DevSecOps Mindset across their portfolio including transformational initiatives

Key Skills & Experience:

• 10+ years of experience in SAP / Data Management ecosystem, with at least 3 years in SAC. Strong understanding of cloud data architecture and analytics best practices.
• Proficiency in SAP Data Services, SAP HANA, SAP BW, and SAP Analytics cloud.
• Experience in SAP cloud platform.
• Expertise in SAC architecture for data integration.
• Skilled in ETL processes, data modelling, and data validation.
• Any 1 Programming knowledge: [Python/SQL/Java].
• Hands on and "can do" attitude
• Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Good communication, especially in English and interpersonal skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work effectively in a flexible and changing environment, manages multiple activities and priorities, and work well under pressure.

This is an excellent opportunity on a great project of work, If you are looking for your next exciting opportunity, apply now for your CV to reach me directly, we will respond as soon as possible. LA International is a HMG approved ICT Recruitment and Project Solutions Consultancy, operating globally from the largest single site in the UK as an IT Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies, LA International welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds. Award Winning LA International, winner of the Recruiter Awards for Excellence, Best IT Recruitment Company, Best Public Sector Recruitment Company and overall Gold Award winner, has now secured the most prestigious business award that any business can receive, The Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade, for the second consecutive period.