Senior SAP FICA Functional Consultant

Pay

Market related

Type

Contract

Experience

Between 7 - 10 Years

Level

Senior

Sector

IT & Internet

Closes

in 18 days

Recruiter

Mediro ICT · All jobs at Mediro ICT

About the role

Our client, based in Brooklyn, is looking for an SAP Functional Consultant to join their contracting team on a hybrid working model.

To provide SAP technology solution expertise, advice and support in practice formulation and associated best practice improvement tactics, to enable tactical translation and operational implementation.

Key Responsibilities:

Process

• Perform complex tasks and guide implementation, maintenance and support of various SAP modules to enhance business functionality and overall performance, while maintaining customer satisfaction.
• Close communication with functional teams /designers, understand the requirements from provided functional designs and transform these requirements into technical designs
• Analyse and Review requirements, perform configuration and testing in various SAP Modules, such as Finance, Contract Accounting, Revenue Management, etc.
• Perform in-depth analysis of the current business processes and scenarios of the client, then recommend or configure solutions to meet the client’s needs
• Responsible for successful implementation of SAP, providing in-depth functional knowledge and advice on SAP products to clients.
• Provide expert knowledge of industry best practices and recommend changes to optimise processes, systems, policies and procedures, and execute the implementation of change and innovation initiated by the organisation.
• Act as liaison with the client for troubleshooting: investigate, analyse, and solve critical SAP functional and application problems and map client business requirements, processes and objectives; develop necessary product modifications to satisfy clients' needs.
• Maintain a working knowledge of the organisation and adhere to all organisational standards
• Plan maintenance of current system solutions for various SAP Modules, such as Finance, Contract Accounting, Revenue Management, etc.
• Contribute to high productivity and motivation of the working team with the use of your communication skills and cooperation; reach and realise project aims and outputs
• Review documentation for approval of all work tasks (definition) based on BRS and ensure adherence to SAP Support SDLC
• Incident Resolution for Severity 1 and 2 issues and assist with Business escalations for issues raised
• Plan, Design work classes and plan production release deployments
• Conduct assessments and use information to advise, make recommendations and facilitate improvement.
• Ensure maintenance of current system solutions.
• Perform moderate to complex configuration activities specifically on SAP.

Governance

• Develop and/or align governance and compliance policies for own practice area to identify and manage risk exposure and liability.

People

• Integrate new knowledge and transfer skills attained through formal and informal learning opportunities in the execution of your job.
• Provide specialist know-how, support, advice and practice thought leadership in area of expertise.

Finance

• Implement and monitor financial control, management of costs and corporate governance in area of specialisation.

Client

• Develop & ensure implementation of a practice that builds service delivery excellence & encourage others to provide exceptional stakeholder service.
• Participate in the specialist practice community and contribute positively to organisation knowledge management.
• Provide authoritative, specialist expertise and advice to internal and external stakeholders.

What they're looking for

Education

• Bachelor's Degree / Advanced Diploma (NQF 7) Fields: Information Technology, Information Systems, Computer Science, B-Com, Finance, Management and Engineering
• At least 8 – 10 years' experience in an SAP environment/module (FICA), of which a minimum of 3 - 4 years at a specialist level.

OR

• Diploma NQF 6 AND at least 10 years' experience in an SAP environment/module (FICA), of which 3 - 4 years at a specialist level.

OR

• Alternative Senior Certificate (NQF 4) AND 15 years’ experience in an SAP environment/module (FICA), of which a minimum of 3 - 4 years at a specialist level.

Minimum Functional Requirements

• SAP FICA module analysis, design, and configuration experience
• SAP FICA module functional training or relevant certification, e.g. SAP Finance
• SAP PSCD or TRM or BRF+ will be an added advantage.
• Exposure to S4/HANA implementation, Fiori Applications, NWBC and SAP integration solutions (e.g., IDOCs, oData etc.) will be an added advantage.