SAP Access Management Specialist

Daikin Industries; Madrid; Presencial; EUR 40.000 - 80.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

An established industry player is seeking a skilled SAP Access Management Specialist to join their dynamic IT Development team in Madrid. This role involves critical responsibilities such as analyzing SAP authorizations, managing Segregation of Duties (SOD) conflicts, and collaborating with various stakeholders to ensure compliance with internal controls. The ideal candidate will possess a Master's degree in IT authorizations, strong analytical capabilities, and excellent communication skills. Join a forward-thinking company that values innovation and teamwork, and contribute to the development of cutting-edge solutions for a diverse range of users across Europe and the Middle East.

Formación

• Master's degree in IT authorizations is required.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to work independently.

Responsabilidades

• Analyze SAP authorization changes and ensure compliance with SOD concepts.
• Collaborate with IT Authorization team on implementation of changes.

Conocimientos

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Self-management

Critical Thinking

Quick Learning

Educación

Master's degree in IT authorizations

Herramientas

SAP

SAP GRC

FIORI

Descripción del empleo

Daikin Europe NV (DENV) is a subsidiary of Daikin Industries Limited, a Japanese outstanding company and worldwide the biggest developer, producer and supplier of HVAC-R (heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration) solutions, including heating pumps and cooling technology.

DENV is Daikin’s sales, R&D, and production headquarters for Europe, the Middle-East and Africa. The headquarter has Belgian offices in Brussels, Ghent and Ostend, as well as 8 production plants, 24 sales subsidiaries and offices and a whole network of independent distributors and dealers across the EMEA region.

Our IT Center EMEA counts 3 departments: IT Planning (PLAN), IT Development (BUILD) and IT Infrastructure (RUN). Within our IT Development department, we can distinguish 2 competence centres: Madrid and Ostend. You will be part of IT Development in Madrid.

The IT Development department in Madrid consists of 50 people (internal & external) and an offshore team. The group is young and dynamic with a good team spirit and open communication structure. We implement innovative IT solutions for our 7500+ Daikin colleagues all over Europe & Middle East.

The department

The Authorization Office team is part of the Corporate Planning department. Corporate Planning is the financial controlling department and supports top-management decision making in the Daikin Europe Group. As the Daikin Group is listed on the Japanese stock exchange, the Group has the obligation of being compliant with relevant internal controls legislation, in particular so-called Japanese SOX (JSOx). The Authorization Office team is supporting the group headquarter and affiliates with the implementation and monitoring of internal control dispositive, including Segregation of Duties in the common SAP ERP.

Authorization Office cooperates closely with Internal Audit, Business Process Owners and IT in Daikin Europe NV. There is also a close working relation with the Internal Control.

The Group uses SAP as main ERP system throughout the EMEA Region and for all the main processes (more than 6000 users, 100 key users, 70 business owners). The system management, including the authorization set up, is centralized in IT EMEA department, located in Madrid.

The Authorization Office safeguards the business interests and compliance requirements related to SAP authorizations for the Daikin Group. The main mission of the Authorization Office is to limit the Segregation of Duties (SOD) conflicts and critical or confidential accesses assigned to users in the group in SAP, and reducing the inherent risk created by those accesses by supporting the business with the implementation of mitigating controls.

Key responsibilities of the SAP Access Management Specialist:

• Daily (expertise) activities and collaboration with the IT Authorization team during the implementation of the required changes.
• Gaining and building expertise on Daikin SAP authorization concept, i.e., company structure and its impact on role domains, user groups and user IDs.
• From a business point of view, analysing SAP authorization changes, raised due to change requests and projects, making sure it is in line with Daikin authorization & SOD concepts.
• Gathering and sharing business insight, support solutions for SAP authorization incidents.
• Assess and update the Daikin business and technical SOD ruleset impact of the concept change.
• Being involved in “complex” user SAP authorization requests where SOD check and conflicts removal is required.
• Maintaining GRC master data (update of Role Owners and Risk Owners master data etc.), performing periodic SOD runs.
• Designing and implementing regular checks on the authorization concept and user access to ensure Segregation of Duties.
• Creating/updating dashboards and reporting to analyse and determine the root cause of the evolution of SOD conflicts assigned and mitigated in the group.
• Detecting authorization changes impacting the SOD ruleset, without approval.
• Following up on periodic controls such as SOD conflicts review and user access reviews.
• Periodically reviewing and adjusting the Technical SOD ruleset to ensure it is in line with the Business ruleset. Also creating change requests to correct the SAP concept in order to better segregate the accesses.
• Supporting with re-designing/improving procedures involving SAP auth.
• Maintaining documentation related to SAP auth. processes for projects, Business ruleset change, maintenance of GRC master data, execution of detective control like user access review and SOD review, etc.
• Based on best practices, continuously improving procedures and guidelines.
• Sharing knowledge with key actors in the authorisations processes (Authorization Key users, Risk Owners, …).

Required profile and skills:

• Master degree in IT authorizations.
• Solid analytical capabilities and affinity with business process.
• Critical mind set.
• Ability to work independently.
• Quick learner.
• Self-management and decision making, with initiative for continuously improving both business and technical knowledge.
• Communication skills: Ability to form and maintain good relationships with a large number of business and technical stakeholders across all affiliates; Professional and diplomatic; Fluent in English.
• Knowledge of SAP authorizations, including FIORI authorization set up.
• Knowledge of SOD concept is a plus.
• Knowledge of SAP GRC or other risk & compliance tools is a plus.