Experience Details

        Functional Domain knowledge of the Financial Planning Process.

A minimum experience of five years of information management in a university setting.

Working knowledge with database systems, hardware and software systems, and analytics tools.

Ability to work through the lack of clarity or completeness of the data.

Knowledge of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems.

Knowledge of creating and developing reports, dashboards and digital boardroom.

Knowledge of databases. Knowledge of SAP databases is highly desirable.

Demonstrated ability to work in a culturally diverse environment.

Fluency in oral and written communications in English

Skills

Core Function

Experience building Planning Models, Version Management, Data Locking, Security along with Audit Trail Concepts.

Use of Calendar feature with workflow & collaboration, Linked Analysis, Predictive Forecast using out of the box functionalities.

Expertise to explore and implement new functionalities, like Value Driver Tree, Cash Flow planning etc.

Experience in developing and creating reports, dashboard and digital boardroom using multiple tools such as SAC, Power BI, Tableau, Crystal Report, Web Intellegince Rich Client

Autonomy

Works under broad direction

Work is often self-initiated

Is fully responsible for meeting allocated technical and/or project/supervisory objectives

Establishes milestones and has a significant role in the assignment of tasks and/or responsibilities

 

Influence

Influences organization, customers, suppliers, partners and peers on the contribution of own specialism.

Make decisions which impact the success of assigned work, i.e, results, deadlines and budget. 

Has significant influence over the allocation and management of resources appropriate to given assignments.

 

Complexity

Performs an extensive range and variety of complex technical and/or professional work activities.

Undertakes work which requires the application of fundamental principles in a wide and often unpredictable range of contexts.

 

Role

Develops and implements the planning process for efficient planning process / functionality data compilation for Budgeting office.

Develops and maintains SAC Data models, data actions, and user interface.

Design and build SAC planning models, templates, forecasting and budget models and relevant analytics & dashboards to support the business key KPIs.

Liase with the key stakeholders to gather and understand their business requirements to develop management account reports, dashboard, analytics and digital boardroom using SAC, Power BI, Tableau, Crystal Reports, Web Intellegince Rich Client

Extracting data using various sources such as SAP, SAC, Business Warehouse, Excel, MS Access

Conducts studies and provides analytics for relevant stake holders with decision support information.

Develops and implements data security measures for securing the digital planning process.

Develops and implements SAC Calendar workflows for efficient handling of various planning process data compilation across all the  Departments. 

Liaises with the Senior Business Manager and Business Analysts in the Division to collect and analyze financial and business data and support the decision making with ad-hoc reports.

Provides training and support to the data management system users in the Division and across  Departments.

Develops and implements protocols for data collection and quality control to ensure adequacy, accuracy and legitimacy of data.

Liaises with other relevant departments at  to ensure compatibility and alignment of the Planning data management systems with  data management infrastructure and policies.

Responsible, for live data or importing data connections from various data 

Design, Architect, implement by translating the Functional requirements into the Financial Planning business processes.

Develops project plans for Planning model implementation, support, changes and upgrades. Develops implementation plans for complex requests for change.

Leads and monitors support processes and identify areas for improvements

Initiates and monitors actions to investigate and resolve problems in systems, processes and services. Manages application enhancements to improve business performance.

Advises on application security, licensing, upgrades, backups, and disaster recovery needs.

Perform other applicable tasks and duties assigned within the realm of the employee’s knowledge

Full Details

The Data Analytics Planning Specialist is responsible for the Financial Planning Process and Data Management including but not limited to maintenance of SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) Planning Application, relevant integrations with SAC for the Central Budgeting office encompassing the various Planning Users across all the KAUST Departments, and ensuring the operation of the Planning process, data quality control, and analytics of the entire planning process. Business Warehouse, Data Integrity, Management Account Reporting, Analytics, Dashboard, Digital Boardroom