Job Description

A Mining company based in Sandton is looking for an SAP BI & Analytics (BIS Specialist) to join their team permanently.

About:

To provide technical, functional, and integration expertise for BIS through planning, designing, building, implementing, continuous improvement, supporting, and providing training across the relevant technical areas:

• SAP BI
• Custom Solutions
• SAP BPC
• Reporting, dashboarding & analysis of business data
• Balanced Scorecard Pillars

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Develop, maintain, and support a standard process solution throughout the Group, taking into consideration the specific requirements and dynamics of each Business Unit in the Group.
• Identify or clarify business-specific requirements and constraints, governance decisions, and policy into systems solutions and enable the development, maintenance, and continuous improvement of the solution.
• Maintain and improve the latest Business System solution design and documentation to deliver an excellent level of functionality as well as comply with business standards and good governance.
• Maintain all processes into an enterprise business process mapping tool or model and continually synchronize between systems and all levels of business processes.
• Identify and justify site-specific variations including reports, developments, interfaces, etc.
• Execute testing of changes such as Upgrades, etc.
• Provide technical leadership regarding BI Systems, Analytics, integration, and interfacing.
• Maintain all relevant system, application, functional, technical, and process material and documentation according to ISO 9000 standards.
• Provide training where required.

Governance:

• Maintain compliance and governance of the Business System frameworks, architecture, and solutions, including the review and signoff at key control points: Planning, Business Blueprint, Realization, Testing, Integration, Training, and Go Live.
• Ensure compliance with the governance of Change Control, Risk Assessment, and internal procedures throughout solution delivery.

Business Systems Support:

• Provide technical, functional, and process support and expertise for SAP and related Business Systems.
• Ensure effective utilization of Applications and Business System functionality and integration.
• Maintain initiatives for focus group discussions, operational issue resolution, and build a good working relationship with all relevant role players / super users.
• Provide specialized training to stakeholders (telephonically, user groups, etc.).

Subject Matter Expert:

• Provide relevant architectural, configuration, and business process expertise for business solutions across specific process domains based on system constraints and functionality.
• Extend Business System solutions expertise down to the Business Unit level.
• Provide Business Intelligence Solutions and processes to key and end users.
• Assess Business Unit, Application, functional, and Process requirements.

Analytics:

• Provide Business Analytic Solutions and processes to key and end users.
• Assess Business Unit, Application, functional, and Process requirements.

Education:

• SAP BI or BPC Certification
• 3 years of relevant business experience using BPC.
• Degree or Diploma (IT/Business related)
• Knowledge of SAP ECC6 & S4 Hana
• SAP Integration
• Analytics (Power BI and or SAC)

Skills:

• Analytics (SAC or Power BI or Similar)
• MS Power BI
• SAP ECC6, and/or SAP S4 Hana
• SAP BPC
• SAP BW4 Hana
• Alteryx (advantageous)
• SAP Solution Manager

Package & Remuneration

Salary Negotiable