Principal Business Analyst – SAP S4 BW

Job Summary

The primary responsibility of the Principal Business Analyst – SAP S4 BW (Business Warehouse) is to support Abbott’s BW S/4 landscape technical operations, provide guidance to the functional analysts on BW content, and consult and support and new development in the BW S/4 environment. This role has core responsibility for SAP S/4 BW environment which is one of many BW environments at Abbott.

This role will provide leadership and expertise to junior members of the team and drives identification of opportunities for the effective use of SAP-related technology and the implementation of SAP-related solutions.

Job Duties

• Functions as the primary Abbott production support contact for BW operations.

• Act as primary SAP support team Subject Matter Expert for business functions using SAP S/4 logic in BW.

• Provide leadership across organizations related to SAP S4 BW Production support and problem resolution.

• Support new deployments in the SAP S/4 BW landscape.

• Collaborate with global BW / Information Architects regarding overall Abbott BW and divisional data warehouse initiatives.

• Serve as liaison between the support SAP team and other internal IT organizations and technical groups like BASIS and Technical/ Development Team to resolve complex issues.

• Review the resolution and proposed solutions for business and assess their technical impact and to determine if overall results and objectives have been achieved in accordance with the existing global template and regulatory standards.

• Ensure service level management (SLA) compliance through the application of functional and technical expertise, delivering efficient application maintenance and support while confirming adherence to all business, compliance, security, and regulatory requirements in a validated environment.

• Ensure change control, access control, and landscape management processes are followed.

• Evaluates and decides on approval for moving support-driven changes to production.

• Participate in other project/ enhancement assignments as needed.

• Monitor, document, and respond to cross S4 functional interdependencies, common implementation problems, and the opportunities for improvement resulting in successful Hypercare and efficient/ effective transition to steady state post Go Live of major SAP projects, upgrades, rollouts, and enhancements.

• Monitor system performance and system alerts and respond accordingly.

• Strong verbal and written communications with ability to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization. Maintain highest standards of customer service and business professionalism.

• Comprehensive understanding of SAP-based operations processes used in the company’s business model.

• Able to develop user stories and requirements in collaboration with global, multi-division business model, backend systems, technologies, and architecture.

• Has technical product knowledge or specific domain expertise with SAP S4 BW, as well as subject matter knowledge within products and business processes related to data warehouse.

• Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams and work collaboratively with development teams.

Minimum Education Qualifications/Experience

• A recognized bachelor’s degree qualification

• 5+ years of technical experience in SAP BW, and SAP BI tools.

• 2+ years of experience in SAP BW development, design, and administration, including ABAP along with experience in project delivery of all phases of software development lifecycle.

• Strong understanding of SAP BW architecture, data modeling, and ETL processes.

• Proficiency in SQL and data analysis tools.

• Experience with SAP S4 HANA and its latest features.

• Experience in template design and business consulting.

An Equal Opportunity Employer.

Abbott welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

Abbot welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.

We provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities.

To request accommodation, please call 224-667-4913 or email corpjat@abbott.com