BW/4HANA Upgrade Initiative

Responsibilities

- Architect, design, develop, and support business solutions leveraging SAP BW 7.5 and SAP BW/4HANA 2021/2023.
- Demonstrate industry-specific business process knowledge and familiarity with enterprise strategies and objectives.
- Proactively identify process improvements and define clear, concise solutions.
- Build and maintain strong working relationships with diverse business, functional, and technical teams.
- Communicate complex solutions effectively to non-technical stakeholders and apply smart design techniques.
- Testing & Validation (Upgrade-Focused):
- Plan and execute comprehensive validations across lower environments (DEV/QA/UAT) for the BW/4HANA upgrade.
- Investigate and remediate any upgrade-related issues discovered in lower environments; coordinate with SAP Support (e.g., OSS notes/service desk) as needed to resolve defects.
- Prepare detailed test scripts covering data models, ETL/replication, process chains, queries/Analysis for Office (AO) workbooks, authorizations, and scheduling.
- Record and track test execution and defects in the tool (e.g., HP ALM), ensuring prompt updates, reproducible steps, evidence, and closure notes.
- Lead or contribute to cutover rehearsals, performance/regression tests, and data reconciliation between BW/4HANA and source/target systems.
- Provide clear go/no-go input based on test outcomes and documented risk assessments.

Qualifications

- 10+ years of experience in IT analysis or consulting,



translating business requirements into technical solutions.
- 10+ years of hands-on experience with SAP BW, including business process analysis, systems design, and technical/functional delivery (configuration and custom development).
- Expertise in SAP BW 7.5, BW/4HANA 2021/2023, and SAP Analysis for Office (AO) (workbook design, performance tuning, and compatibility checks post-upgrade).
- Detailed knowledge of major business processes and BW functionality associated with ECC FI and CO domains.
- Robust SAP development methodologies, troubleshooting, and issue resolution skills, with a solid understanding of S/4HANA.
- Proven ability to develop complex SAP solutions (info providers, ADSOs, CompositeProviders, Calculation/Restricted Key Figures, Process Chains, BW/4HANA objects).
- Demonstrated experience leading validation/test cycles for SAP upgrades or migrations, including defect triage, root-cause analysis, and SAP Support engagement (OSS notes, kernel/patch coordination).
- Hands-on experience with ALM tools (e.g., HP ALM, Jira/Xray) for test script management, execution tracking, and defect lifecycle.
- Experience with performance testing and tuning (query optimization, aggregation, partitions, process chain performance).
- Willingness to share knowledge and mentor team members.
- Passion for delivering well-designed solutions that exceed business objectives.
- Excellent communication skills to explain complex ideas clearly.
- Experience in the consumer retail domain preferred.

📌 SAP BW with AO (Analysis for Office) (Ontario)
🏢 Atos
📍 Ontario