Graham Johanson

About Graham Johanson

SAP planning and analytics architect with 25+ years delivering enterprise planning, forecasting, and consolidation solutions across utilities, healthcare, manufacturing, and technology.Specialize in SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) Planning end-to-end implementations — from architecture and model design through performance tuning and enterprise go-live.Core strengths include: • Designing scalable SAC planning architectures supporting enterprise FP & A, workforce, capex, and operational planning • Building complex data actions, advanced allocations, and driver-based planning logic • Integrating SAC with SAP S/4HANA, BW/4HANA, and native HANA models for real-time planning • Leading multi-model planning deployments and phased global rollouts • Optimizing performance, security, and data volumes for large user bases • Migrating legacy BPC / ECC planning solutions to SAC • Enabling executive dashboards and real-time decision supportKnown for translating business complexity into intuitive planning models that finance teams actually use.SAP Planning Platforms • SAP Analytics Cloud Planning (Advanced) • SAP BPC (NW & Embedded) • SAP S/4HANA Group Reporting & Planning • BW/4HANA & Native HANA modelingSAC Planning Expertise • Complex data actions & scripting • Multi-model planning architecture • Driver-based & predictive planning • Advanced allocations & currency logic • Version management & workflow • Performance tuning & optimization • Security & role design • Data locking & auditabilityIntegration & Data • HANA calculation views & live models • SDA/SDI integration • ETL & data orchestration • Real-time planning enablementLeadership & Delivery • Full lifecycle implementations & go-lives • Finance transformation initiatives • Stakeholder alignment & user adoption • Agile delivery & solution governance

Experience

1. SAP Hana Sac Planning & Consolidation Consultant

   NextEra Energy Resources

   Sep 2013 — Present

   SAP Analytics Cloud Planning Architect • Led full-cycle SAC Planning implementations supporting enterprise FP & A and operational planning. • Designed multi-model planning environments supporting finance, workforce, and capital planning. • Built complex data actions for allocations, driver-based calculations, and intercompany logic. • Integrated SAC with SAP HANA and BW to enable real-time planning and reporting. • Executed performance tuning strategies reducing data action runtime and improving user response times. • Delivered multi-phase global go-lives supporting large concurrent user populations. • Migrated legacy BPC planning models to SAC planning frameworks.

Education

• University of the Witwatersrand

  BComm (Hons), Finance & Accounting

  1990 — 1995

Skills

• Sap Bpc
• Integrated Planning
• Ibp
• Business Objects
• Planning
• Consolidation
• Requirements Analysis
• Business Process
• Project Implementation
• Testing
• Data Modeling
• Data Warehousing
• Sap Netweaver
• Business Intelligence
• Etl
• Sap Bi
• Sap Bw
• Sap Bi/Bw
• Erp
• Ecc
• Sap R/3
• Co-Pa
• Fi/Co
• Abap
• Lis
• Sd
• Change Management
• Sql
• Consultancy
• Visual Basic
• Analysis
• Manufacturing
• Access
• Management Consulting
• Outlooksoft
• Sap Erp
• Sap
• Sap Implementation
• Report Painter
• Sap Fi