Lead Functional Consultant - SAP HANA

Office in Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune

SAP HANA Platform

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We are seeking a Lead Functional Consultant - SAP HANA to drive the design, development and integration of advanced SAP HANA solutions, lead a high-performing team and bridge the gap between business needs and technical execution.

Responsibilities

Lead a team of SAP HANA developers and analysts, providing strategic direction and technical oversight
Manage and coordinate activities with Product Owners, Business Users and stakeholders to gather requirements and prioritize tasks
Act as a liaison between technical teams and business users, translating business needs into actionable technical solutions
Foster collaboration and communication within the team through regular meetings and proactive issue resolution
Ensure team adherence to project timelines, performance standards and organizational goals
Leverage core SAP HANA technologies such as calculation views, procedures and table functions to develop robust data models
Employ advanced modeling techniques including hierarchies, time-dependent models, currency conversion and input-ready models
Optimize HANA database performance by analyzing and adjusting SQL procedures, queries, views and indexes
Build new data integrations from sources like SAP BW, Salesforce, GA4, IoT and Azure Blob using SAP Data Services, Alteryx or Python
Expose data in SAP HANA to external platforms via OData, SFTP folders and writing data back to Salesforce
Perform impact assessments for new developments and changes in SAP ERP (FI/CO, SD, MM, PS)
Create and manage SAP views to support reporting and analytics requirements
Perform SAP BW troubleshooting and impact assessments on SAP BW objects when changes are introduced in related systems
Manage virtual connections and integrations between SAP HANA and BW
Develop and enable reporting solutions in SAP Analysis for Office and Power BI
Support Data Science initiatives by providing data to data scientists
Monitor and support issues encountered in data integrations pipeline

Requirements

8-13 years of working experience in SAP HANA, SAP ERP and SAP BW environments
Expertise in SAP HANA modeling, including calculation views, attribute views and analytic views
Knowledge of SAP ERP core business processes such as finance, sales and distribution, materials management and project systems
Proficiency in developing and integrating complex ETL/ELT workflows in HANA using SAP Data Services or Alteryx
Skills in building data integrations from SAP BW, Salesforce, GA4, IoT or Azure Blob into SAP HANA
Competency in exposing SAP HANA data to external platforms via OData, SFTP or Salesforce
Background in SAP BW troubleshooting, impact assessments and managing virtual connections with HANA
Qualifications in developing reporting solutions in SAP Analysis for Office or Power BI
Capability to optimize HANA database performance through SQL procedures, queries and indexes
Understanding of advanced SAP HANA modeling techniques such as hierarchies, time-dependent models and currency conversion