Principal Consultant - Budgeting & Planning (SAC Planning / Datasphere / BDC)

We help the world run better

At SAP, we keep it simple: you bring your best to us, and we’ll bring out the best in you. We’re builders touching over 20 industries and 80% of global commerce, and we need your unique talents to help shape what’s next. The work is challenging – but it matters. You’ll find a place where you can be yourself, prioritize your wellbeing, and truly belong. What’s in it for you? Constant learning, skill growth, great benefits, and a team that wants you to grow and succeed.

Your Mission

Are you passionate about financial planning, budgeting models, and technological innovation? Do you master SAP planning environments and want to help transform the financial processes of our customers? If so, this role is for you.

Your mission will be to lead and deliver end‑to‑end budgeting and planning projects using SAP SAC Planning, SAP Datasphere, and Business Data Cloud. You will work across all project stages: scoping, design, modelling, integration, automation, and go‑live. We are looking for a consultant who embraces modern Seamless Planning approaches and leverages AI to enhance performance: automated forecasting, augmented scenarios, intelligent variance analysis, and more.

What You Will Achieve

• Lead planning projects: architecture, SAC Planning modelling, Datasphere/BDC integration.
• Deploy Seamless Planning approaches: end‑to‑end process continuity, integrated scenarios, data‑driven steering.
• Implement AI use cases applied to planning: advanced forecasting, simulations, insight generation.
• Support our customers: workshops, training, best practices, change management.
• Contribute to internal innovation: accelerators, frameworks, reusable assets.
• Participate in pre‑sales: requirement qualification, proposal contributions, customer presentations and orals.

Your Profile

• You have 10 to 15 years of experience in budgeting and planning projects.
• You are proficient in SAP SAC Planning, SAP Datasphere, and BDC.
• You understand the principles behind Seamless Planning.
• You are comfortable with data analysis and experienced in AI applied to financial planning.
• You have strong expertise in modelling, KPIs, workflows, allocations, and simulations.
• You know how to lead projects and interact with CFOs, Controlling, FP&A teams, and CIOs.
• You are fluent in English, both spoken and written.
• You are autonomous, rigorous, organised, and an excellent communicator when working with customers, partners, and colleagues.

Your Team

Join the Data & AI team within the Global Delivery Hub EMEA . We support companies in modernising their performance management processes by combining business expertise, the power of SAP technologies, and AI‑driven innovation.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status or disability, in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local legal requirements.

Successful candidates might be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor.

Requisition ID: | Work Area: Consulting and Professional Services | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time