SAP SAC Planning Functional Consultant HR Functions

Job Title: SAP SAC Planning Functional Consultant HR Functions
Experience: 6 12+ Years
Location: Remote
Employment Type: Contract

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced SAP SAC Planning Functional Consultant with strong HR/Workforce Planning expertise to design and implement SAP Analytics Cloud Planning solutions for HR functions. The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience with Workforce Planning, Headcount Planning, Compensation Planning, Salary Planning, Position Planning, and HR budgeting/forecasting, along with strong SAC Planning capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead functional design and implementation of SAP SAC Planning solutions for HR/Workforce Planning.
• Gather requirements from HR, Finance, Compensation, Talent, and business stakeholders.
• Design SAC planning models for headcount, workforce, compensation, salary, benefits, and personnel costs.
• Configure dimensions, hierarchies, versions, measures, attributes, and planning structures.
• Develop Data Actions, Multi Actions, Advanced Formulas, allocations, and planning workflows.
• Build workforce planning scenarios including new hires, attrition, promotions, transfers, merit increases, bonuses, and salary adjustments.
• Develop HR dashboards, planning stories, KPIs, and management reports.
• Support annual budgeting, workforce forecasting, and long-range workforce planning.
• Integrate SAC Planning with SAP SuccessFactors, SAP S/4HANA, SAP Datasphere, SAP BW/4HANA, and other HR/Finance systems.
• Design data integration between HR master data, employee data, organizational structures, compensation data, and financial planning models.
• Configure planning calendars, workflows, approvals, data locking, and version management.
• Perform functional testing, UAT, data validation, reconciliation, and production support.
• Prepare functional specifications, process documentation, test scripts, and user training materials.
• Work closely with HR and Finance teams to align workforce plans with financial budgets and business objectives.

HR / Workforce Planning Skills

Candidates should have experience with one or more of:

• Headcount Planning
• Workforce Planning
• Employee Cost Planning
• Compensation Planning
• Salary Planning
• Benefits Planning
• Position Planning
• FTE Planning
• Hiring / New Position Planning
• Attrition Planning
• Promotion Planning
• Merit Increase Planning
• Bonus Planning
• Workforce Forecasting
• Personnel Expense Planning
• Organizational Planning
• Scenario / What-If Planning

SAP Skills

• SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) Planning
• SAC Planning Models
• Data Actions
• Multi Actions
• Advanced Formulas
• Planning Calendar
• Allocations
• Version Management
• Data Locking
• SAC Stories / Dashboards
• Value Driver Trees
• SAP SuccessFactors
• SAP S/4HANA
• SAP BW/4HANA
• SAP Datasphere
• SAP BPC

Preferred Experience

• SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central integration.
• SuccessFactors Compensation / Employee Central Payroll exposure.
• SAP HCM / HR experience.
• Integration of HR and Finance planning models.
• Experience with SAC workforce planning templates/content.
• Experience with SAP Datasphere and BW/4HANA.
• Understanding of HR master data and organizational hierarchies.
• Experience in global HR transformation or workforce planning implementations