SAP Senior Consultant Functional

Boardroom Appointments; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 600 000 - 900 000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent consulting firm is seeking an experienced SAP Snr Consultant-Functional based in Johannesburg, South Africa. This role involves leveraging significant SAP Functional expertise, particularly in Loans Management, to enhance business performance through effective project management and customer liaison. Candidates should have a solid educational background, including SAP certification and extensive experience in business and systems analysis. Join a dynamic team to mitigate risks, improve processes, and contribute to quality and financial goals.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years SAP Functional experience, specifically CML/Loans Management.
• Preferred certified in more than one SAP module /ASAP certification.
• Minimum 5 years business and systems analysis experience.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to quality and financial goals by operating within agreed budget.
• Investigate and propose enhancements which will result in improved performance.
• Deliver all project activities leading to the implementation of requirements.

Skills

Business writing skills

Data analysis

Business analysis

Project Management principles

Presentation Skills

Systems Development Life cycle (SDLC)

Education

Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate

B.Com/IS/IT ENG/BSc/Com Science related degree

Associate SAP Certification

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Office

Test Automation tools

Job description

About the job SAP Snr Consultant-Functional

• Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate
• Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees
• B.Com/IS/IT ENG/BSc/Com Science related degree
• Associate SAP Certification
• Preferred certified in more than one SAP module /ASAP certification
• Loans Management/CML will be advantageous
• Minimum 5 years SAP Functional experience, specifically CML/Loans Management
• Minimum 5 years business and systems analysis experience
• Minimum 5 years testing experience.
• SAP FI / CO
• SAP CML/Loans Management
• SAP Treasury and Risk Management
• SAP Solution Manager
• SAP Multi-currency knowledge
• Test Automation tools
• Project Management principles
• Business Writing skills

Technical / Professional Knowledge:

• Business writing skills
• Functions Specific Policies Procedures and system Knowledge
• Business Acumen
• Regulatory knowledge
• Testing principles and processes
• Data analysis
• SAP System
• knowledge of SAP
• project management principles and methodologies
• Microsoft Office
• Business analysis
• Presentation Skills
• business consulting and facilitation skills
• System Development Life cycle(SDLC)
• ASAP

Responsibilities:

• Contribute to quality and financial goals by operating within agreed budget and by conforming to the Service Level Agreements.
• Plans and prioritise work outputs with a realistic sense of time a resources involved and in conformance to programming and/or configuration standards and /or documentation in line with best practices.
• Investigate and propose enhancements which will result in improved performance.
• Responds to customers with the appropriate level of urgency.
• Works under limited supervision of mentor/Senior in supporting the achievement of project/deliverables.
• Takes ownership in ensuring that customers expectations are met.
• Customer liaison into business.
• Demonstrates an understanding of how SAP software, services, products and solutions add value to the business.
• Highlights potential project or solution risks and issues to project management.
• Acts in a functional integration specialist role across various SAP disciplines.
• Actively support other team members on projects as well as SAP internal tasks.
• Share knowledge.
• Prioritise and/or integrate multiple projects /tasks concurrently.
• Provide input to highlight inter dependencies between projects and support.
• Deliver all project activities leading to the implementation of the requirements by applying project management principles.
• Deliver as per approved SDLC.
• Provide direction, configure and maintain the SAP system and provide support through alignment to the standards processes and procedures.
• Identify and Mitigate risk.
• Drive problem resolution.
• Keep up to date on company strategy and SAP technologies.
• Feels accountable for own activities and performance.
• Takes a disciplined approach and works effectively towards clear objectives and prioritises.
• Analyses and appropriately judges the pro's, cons, opportunities and risks of a problem.
• Uses and share information from different sources to aid in problem solving.
• Effectively resolves complex problems using creative approaches outside area of expertise.
• Maintain and sharing team knowledge.
• Continually develop core skills, cross-functional expertise and business knowledge.
• Coach and mentor other resources in technical preparation of SAP Process Procedures, test scenarios, end-user documentation and user manuals.
• Participate in Company Culture building initiatives.
• Participate and support corporate social responsibility initiatives.
• Add value to the company by identifying and recommending opportunities to enhance processes, systems and policies and support implementation of new processes, policies and systems.