Data Engineer - Solution Expert

Job Description

Role Purpose

As a Financial Reporting & Planning Solution Expert, you will design and implement modern data and analytics solutions on Google Cloud Platform. Google BigQuery will serve as the core data platform supporting financial reporting, controlling, planning and forecasting solutions.

You will play a key role in the transition from SAP BW-based reporting to a scalable cloud architecture. This is a hands-on solution role requiring strong BigQuery, SQL, data warehousing and reporting expertise, combined with the ability to translate finance requirements into effective technical solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement reporting and planning data solutions using Google BigQuery and SQL.
• Define scalable data models, KPI structures, financial hierarchies and semantic layers for enterprise reporting.
• Translate financial reporting, controlling, planning and forecasting requirements into technical solution designs and implementation approaches.
• Ensure solutions meet performance, scalability, maintainability, data quality and cost-efficiency requirements.
• Lead solution workshops and architecture discussions with Finance, Controlling, IT and other business stakeholders.
• Support the migration of reporting capabilities from SAP BW to BigQuery, including the transfer of business logic, calculations and hierarchies.
• Define reconciliation and validation approaches to ensure trusted reporting results.
• Support the integration of SAP and other finance-related source systems.
• Establish and promote technical governance, design standards and reporting best practices.
• Identify relevant opportunities for AI-enabled analytics and advanced forecasting capabilities.