SAP IAM / IAG Consultant (Ref: 198571)

Forsyth Barnes; Dubai; On-site; AED 260,000 - 380,000; Full time

Job summary

Forsyth Barnes in Dubai seeks an SAP IAM / IAG Consultant to strengthen identity, access and authorisation across SAP environments for a diversified Middle Eastern retail and services business. You will translate requirements into secure access solutions, ensuring appropriate permissions throughout the employee lifecycle.

You'll work with technology, security and business stakeholders to maintain governance, risk controls and reliable access provisioning in a complex SAP landscape.

Qualifications

• Experience in SAP security, SAP Identity Management or SAP Identity Access Governance.
• Strong knowledge of SAP user administration, role design and authorisation objects.
• Ability to translate business requirements into secure SAP access designs.

Responsibilities

• Lead analysis, design and continuous improvement of SAP identity and access governance processes.
• Configure, maintain and review SAP users, roles, profiles and authorisations.
• Assess access requests and support joiner/mover/leaver processes in SAP environments.
• Administer identity governance workflows, approvals, provisioning and access reviews.
• Evaluate segregation-of-duties conflicts and mitigating controls; escalate issues.
• Collaborate with process owners and technical stakeholders to resolve access matters.
• Investigate incidents and root causes; implement corrective actions.
• Maintain clear documentation, role specifications and procedures.

Skills

SAP IAM

Access Governance

Roles & Authorisations

Stakeholder Communication

Tools

SAP GRC

Identity Management Tools

Job description

About Us

Operating from the United Arab Emirates, our client provides retail, distribution and marketing services across the Middle East, with specialist activity in beauty, fashion and gifts. Established in 1955, this organisation supports a broad portfolio of commercial operations that connect brands, products and customers through physical retail, distribution networks and market-facing services. Its regional scale and diversified business model create a complex technology environment where dependable identity and access controls are essential to secure operations and effective governance.

Job Description

The SAP IAM / IAG Consultant will strengthen the way identity, access and authorisation are managed across SAP environments supporting a diversified Middle Eastern retail and services business. This role will translate operational and control requirements into practical access solutions, while helping ensure that users receive appropriate permissions throughout the employment and business-process lifecycle.

Success will be measured through reliable access provisioning, well-maintained roles, effective risk controls and responsive resolution of access issues. Working with technology, security and business stakeholders in Dubai, the consultant will contribute to a controlled SAP landscape that supports day-to-day operations without compromising governance or security standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the analysis, design and continuous improvement of SAP identity and access governance processes.
• Configure, maintain and review SAP users, roles, profiles and authorisations in line with approved business requirements.
• Assess access requests and support joiner, mover and leaver processes across relevant SAP environments.
• Administer or support identity governance workflows, approvals, provisioning and periodic access reviews.
• Evaluate segregation-of-duties conflicts, critical access risks and mitigating controls, escalating material issues appropriately.
• Partner with process owners, internal control teams and technical stakeholders to resolve complex access and authorisation matters.
• Investigate incidents and recurring access problems, identifying root causes and implementing sustainable corrective actions.
• Maintain clear technical documentation, control evidence, role specifications and operational procedures.

Requirements

• Relevant professional experience in SAP security, SAP Identity and Access Management, SAP Identity Access Governance or a closely related discipline.
• Strong working knowledge of SAP user administration, role design, authorisation objects and access provisioning principles.
• Practical understanding of identity governance workflows, access certification, risk analysis and segregation-of-duties controls.
• Experience gathering business requirements and converting them into secure, supportable SAP access designs.
• Ability to analyse access risks, investigate control exceptions and recommend proportionate remediation.
• Familiarity with SAP access governance tools or platforms, with exposure to integration and workflow considerations.
• Structured approach to documentation, testing, change control and audit support.
• Confident communication skills, enabling effective engagement with technical teams, business owners and senior stakeholders.

Benefits

• Opportunity to shape SAP access governance within a long-established regional organisation operating across retail, distribution and marketing services.
• Exposure to a varied business landscape spanning beauty, fashion and gift-sector operations across the Middle East.
• Scope to influence role design, access controls, risk reduction and governance maturity rather than performing only routine administration.
• Professional growth through involvement in SAP security, identity governance, audit readiness and cross-functional transformation initiatives.
• Dubai-based work in the United Arab Emirates, within a commercially diverse and regionally connected operating environment.
• Competitive employment terms aligned with the responsibilities and specialist nature of the position.

Other

The position is based in Dubai and requires a practical understanding of how SAP access controls support fast-moving commercial operations. Applicants should be comfortable balancing user enablement with strong governance, documenting decisions clearly and working across business and technology functions.

Experience gained in retail, distribution, marketing services or another complex multi-entity environment will be valuable. Candidates who can combine hands-on SAP access expertise with sound judgement, clear stakeholder communication and a continuous-improvement mindset are encouraged to apply.