Lead the enterprise SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) Reporting & Analytics Center of Excellence function to maximize the business value of SAC implementation.
This role is responsible for establishing long-term strategy, governance, standards and operating model for reporting, analytics, visualization, user enablement, quality assurance and continuous improvement. The Director will build sustainable organizational capabilities that support both ongoing operations and future SAC implementations across business units. There will be 3 direct reports and 6 additional indirect reports.
The role aims to leave a legacy of lasting enterprise foundation by developing standardized methodologies, governance frameworks, testing practices, training programs, documentation standards and knowledge assets that improve solution quality, accelerate implementation and drive user adoption.
Key Responsibilities
1. Reporting & Analytics
Provide enterprise leadership for reporting, analytics and visualization capabilities in SAC.
Responsibilities
- Define the enterprise vision and roadmap for reporting and analytics in SAC
- Establish dashboard design and visualization standards.
- Develop reporting governance, KPI definitions and reporting best practices.
- Drive consistency across business units.
- Identify opportunities to improve executive reporting and decision support.
- Partner with Finance leadership to align reporting strategy with business objectives.
2. SAC Capabilities
Build enterprise capabilities that support successful implementation, stabilization and continuous evolution of SAP Analytics Cloud.
Responsibilities
- Establish enterprise standards for SAC implementation and operational excellence.
- Develop reusable implementation methodologies and playbooks.
- Capture lessons learned and incorporate them into future deployments.
- Build scalable governance and support models for future business units.
- Promote continuous improvement across all SAC capabilities.
3. Enterprise Quality & Testing Strategy
Establish the quality framework that ensures reliable and successful solution delivery.
Responsibilities
- Define enterprise testing methodology.
- Establish regression testing framework.
- Standardize defect management and root cause analysis.
- Continuously improve testing effectiveness.
4. Knowledge Management & Documentation
Create a comprehensive knowledge management framework supporting current and future SAC programs.
Responsibilities
- Define enterprise documentation standards.
- Develop implementation guides and operational playbooks.
- Establish centralized knowledge repository.
- Standardized process documentation.
- Build reusable templates and reference materials.
5. Learning & User Enablement
Develop organizational capabilities that enable successful adoption of reporting and planning solutions.
Responsibilities
- Define enterprise learning strategy.
- Develop structured onboarding programs.
- Build role-based learning curriculum.
- Establish training standards and certification pathways.
- Create self-service learning resources.
- Measure adoption and capability development.
6. Governance & Control
Lead governance processes that ensure long-term success and scalability.
Responsibilities
- Establish and drive Reporting & Analytics governance forums.
- Define COE operating model.
- Establish enterprise standards and best practices.
- Monitor solution performance and adoption.
- Identify opportunities for simplification and automation.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives.
- Measure COE effectiveness through KPIs.
7. Cross-functional Leadership
Serve as the strategic business partner between Finance, Business and Technology organizations.
Responsibilities
- Partner with Finance leadership to understand evolving business needs.
- Influence enterprise reporting and planning strategy.
- Support future business unit implementations.
Success Measures
Success will be measured by the enterprise capabilities established.
- Enterprise Reporting & Analytics COE successfully established.
- Standardized reporting, visualization and governance framework implemented.
- Enterprise testing methodology adopted.
- Standardized release management process established.
- Comprehensive knowledge repository created.
- Enterprise training curriculum and onboarding program deployed.
- Increased user adoption and satisfaction.
- Improved reporting quality and consistency.
- Reusable implementation methodologies adopted across the organization.