SAC Planning Consultant

As an SAC Planning Consultant, you will be responsible for leading the design, development, and enhancement of advanced SAC planning solutions and dashboards. These business-critical tools play a key role in enabling data-driven decisions for the wider business and senior leadership.

This role involves working closely with cross-functional teams to translate strategic objectives into effective SAC planning models and ensuring robust integration with SAP and non-SAP data sources. You will act as a subject matter expert within the SAC space, influencing enterprise-wide adoption and driving innovation across the BI landscape.

What you’ll be doing as an SAC Planning Consultant

• Lead the end-to-end development and execution of SAC Planning solutions, ensuring alignment with strategic goals.
• Engage directly with business stakeholders, including C-suite executives, to define and deliver impactful planning and reporting solutions.
• Design and build advanced SAC planning models, data actions, value driver trees, and workflows that support financial and operational forecasting.
• Act as the main escalation point for SAC planning issues, ensuring timely resolution and a seamless user experience.
• Ensure effective data versioning and implement row-level security measures to meet data governance and compliance needs.
• Manage the SAC product backlog, prioritising and refining user stories to deliver high-quality functionality on time.
• Participate in technical architecture and solution design discussions within the BI and data engineering teams.
• Communicate complex SAC concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders to ensure understanding and alignment.
• Deliver training sessions and documentation to empower business users and promote self-service reporting.
• Champion the use of SAP Analytics Cloud across the business, demonstrating its value and leading demos for key stakeholders.
• Stay up to date with SAC product updates, industry trends, and best practices, contributing to continuous improvement.
• Work closely with the Data Engineering team and collaborate with other IT and digital workplace teams to support integration and operational excellence.

Base location – Hybrid – Clearwater Court, Reading.

What you should bring to the role

To thrive in this role, the essential criteria you’ll need are:

• Extensive experience in implementing and configuring SAP Analytics Cloud Planning solutions.
• Deep understanding of financial planning, workforce planning, and driver-based planning methodologies.
• Proficiency in data modelling, scripting, and analytics within the SAC platform.
• Experience integrating SAC with SAP BW/4HANA, SAP Datasphere, and other enterprise data sources.
• Proven experience leading SAC initiatives in Agile project environments with successful delivery of business-critical solutions.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with senior stakeholders, including presenting complex ideas to executive audiences.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a proactive and detail-oriented mindset.

Desirable qualifications and experience

Extra qualities that would be a great fit for our team:

• SAP Analytics Cloud certification or equivalent SAP planning credentials.
• Experience integrating SAC with S/4HANA systems.
• Experience with SAC to Datasphere integration.
• Experience working in large-scale enterprise or regulated industries.
• Experience mentoring or training users on BI tools and dashboards.
• Familiarity with tools like Power BI or Tableau in addition to SAC is a plus.

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary up to £75,000 per annum depending on experience.
• Annual Leave - 26 days holiday per year, increasing to 30 with the length of service. (plus bank holidays)
• Performance-related pay plan directly linked to company performance measures and targets
• Generous Pension Scheme through AON.
• Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of yourself and your family’s health and wellbeing, and your finances – from annual health MOTs and access to physiotherapy and counselling, to Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance.

Find out more about our benefits and perks (Please note different T&Cs apply if on secondment)

Who are we?

We’re the UK’s largest water and wastewater company, with more than 16 million customers relying on us every day to supply water for their taps and toilets. We want to build a better future for all, helping our customers, communities, people, and the planet to thrive. It’s a big job, and we’ve got a long way to go, so we need help from passionate and skilled people, committed to making a difference and getting us to where we want to be in the years and decades to come.

Learn more about our purpose and values

Working at Thames Water

Thames Water is a unique, rewarding, and diverse place to work, where every day you can make a difference, yet no day is the same. As part of our family, you’ll enjoy meaningful career opportunities, flexible working arrangements and excellent benefits.

If you’re looking for a sustainable and successful career where you can make a daily difference to millions of people’s lives while helping to protect the world of water for future generations, we’ll be here to support you every step of the way. Together, we can build a better future for our customers, our region, and our planet.

Real purpose, real support, real opportunities. Come and join the Thames Water family. Why choose us? Learn more.

We’re committed to being a great, diverse, and inclusive place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and want to ensure you feel supported throughout the recruitment process. If you need any adjustments, whether that’s extra time, accessible formats, or anything else, just let us know. We’re here to help and support.

When a crisis happens, we all rally around to support our customers. As part of Team Thames, you’ll have the opportunity to sign up to support our customers on the frontline as an ambassador. Full training will be given for what is undoubtedly an incredibly rewarding experience. It’s also a great opportunity to learn more about our business and meet colleagues.

Disclaimer: Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.