SAP Reporting Lead

Job ID: 528574

CRH's Americas Materials business is the leading provider of building materials in North America.

The aggregates, asphalt, ready mixed concrete, paving and construction services we deliver are critical to building our world.

Our operations span 45 U.S.

states and two Canadian provinces with over 30,000 employees across 1,700 operating locations.

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced SAP Reporting Lead to own the reporting and analytics architecture across our SAP landscape, including SAP S/4HANA, SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP), and Business Data Cloud (BDC) - specifically Datasphere and SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC).

This role is responsible for determining the right-fit reporting approach for each business need: native SAP reporting (Fiori embedded analytics, CDS-based analytical reports, or ABAP reports) versus modeling and reporting through Datasphere and SAC, versus exposing curated SAP data through Datasphere to Snowflake for cross-system reporting via Power BI and/or Tableau.

Our strategy is to keep SAP data within the SAP ecosystem wherever possible so the business has near real-time data without heavy ETL, and to expose data outside SAP only when a report genuinely needs to combine SAP with non-SAP sources.

The ideal candidate is a hands-on SAP reporting expert who can evaluate requirements and architect the most efficient, maintainable solution rather than defaulting to any single tool.

Major Duties/Responsibilities

Reporting Strategy & Architecture


* Serve as the subject matter expert on SAP reporting options and own the decision framework for choosing between Fiori/embedded analytics, ABAP/CDS-based reports, SAC-on-Datasphere, and Snowflake exposure for a given requirement


* Evaluate incoming reporting requests for data volume, complexity, latency needs, and audience, and recommend the most efficient architecture rather than defaulting to a single tool


* Champion the strategy of keeping SAP data within the SAP ecosystem where possible to enable near real-time reporting and avoid unnecessary ETL and data duplication


* Define and document standards for when data should be exposed outside SAP (e.g., via Datasphere to Snowflake) versus kept and reported natively within SAP

BTP / BDC / Datasphere / SAC Development


* Design and build Datasphere data models and views that expose SAP data (S/4HANA, SuccessFactors, and other landscape sources) for consumption in SAC and, where appropriate, downstream systems


* Build and maintain SAC stories, dashboards, and planning models for both embedded and standalone analytics use cases


* Define reusable, performant, analytics-ready CDS views (analytic and consumption views) that support both native SAP reporting and Datasphere consumption


* Own the technical relationship between Datasphere and SAC, ensuring models are optimized for reporting performance and maintainability

Native SAP Reporting (Fiori & ABAP)


* Design and b...