Specialist Sap Development And Integration (Abap) (10100)

The South African Revenue Service; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 700,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

The South African Revenue Service is looking for a Specialist in SAP Development and Integration (ABAP) to enhance business functionality through complex SAP tasks. This role requires a strong background in IT and at least seven years of relevant experience, ensuring efficient operations across various SAP modules and effective communication with stakeholders.

Qualifications

• At least 7 years' experience in SAP environment, with 5 years as a SAP Development Technical Specialist.
• Experience in Information Technology, Computer Science, B‐Com and Engineering.
• 10 plus years related experience in a SAP environment if holding a senior certificate.

Responsibilities

• Analyse and improve specialist systems, procedures, and practices.
• Develop tactical solutions for defined problems in practices.
• Lead the implementation of SAP products and enhancements.

Skills

Data analysis

SAP tables and data structures

Interpersonal communication

Facilitating group discussions

Education

Relevant Bachelor's Degree / Advanced Diploma (NQF 7)

Diploma NQF 6

Senior Certificate (NQF 4)

Job description

Job title : Specialist SAP Development and Integration (ABAP) (10100)

Job Location : Gauteng, Pretoria Deadline : June 16, 2025 Quick Recommended Links

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Job Purpose

Process

• Analyse and make recommendations about improvements to specialist systems, procedures and associated area's practice.
• Develop a single practice area in alignment with operational activity and procedural frameworks and ensure tactical implementation.
• Draw on own technical or professional expertise, knowledge & experience to identify & recommend tactical solutions to defined problems in practices.
• Integrate business information, compare, analyse & produce reports to identify trends, discrepancies & inconsistencies for decision making purposes.
• Optimise goal achievement through tactical strategy implementation and optimisation of practises, processes & systems across an internal value chain.
• Plan for value-added, continuous practice & system improvements to deliver on objectives to enhance tactical implementation and excellence.
• Proactively identify interconnected problems, determine its impact and use to develop best fit alternatives; best practice implementation solutions.
• Recommend changes to optimise processes, systems, practice area and associated procedures and execute the implementation of change and innovation.
• Translate top down policy in relation to own practice area and communicate impact to relevant stakeholders.
• Perform complex tasks and guidance during implementation, maintenance and support of various SAP modules to enhance business functionality and overall performance, while maintaining customer satisfaction.
• Responsible for successful implementation of SAP, providing in-depth functional knowledge, and advices on SAP products to clients.
• 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.
• Analyse and Review requirements , perform configuration and testing in various SAP Modules, such as Finance, Human Resources, Procurement, Security, Revenue Management, Governance and Application Lifecycle Management, Cloud Solutions, etc.
• Close communication with functional teams / designers, understand the requirements from provided functional designs and transform these requirements into the technical designs.
• 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.
• Acts as liaison with 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.
• Plan maintenance of current system solutions for various SAP Modules, such as Finance, Human Resources, Procurement, Security, Revenue Management, Governance and Application Lifecycle Management, Cloud Solutions, etc.
• Contribute to high productivity and motivation of working team with the use of your communication skills and cooperation; reach and realize 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
• Take accountability for delivery of contracted work outputs within agreed parameters, quality standards and client service targets.
• Engage in hands‐on, in‐depth analysis, troubleshooting, reviews and designs of the software, including technical reviews and analysis of source code.
• Ensure proper testing has been completed and proper documentation exists to support new / modified applications in production and address any documentation gaps.
• Ensure the development and implementation of a practice in alignment with operational policy and procedural frameworks.
• Implement tactical strategy and delivery plans through the development of operational activities, ensuring the achievement of operational targets.
• Plan for handling work outputs, pull together interdependent activities & specify priorities, standards & procedures to ensure tactical implementation
• Recommend changes to optimise processes, systems, policies and procedures, and execute the implementation of change and innovation initiated by the organisation.
• Timeously communicate top down policy and associated single practice area modification, objective achievement progress and critical success factors to impacted stakeholders.
• Skills and knowledge in performing data analysis to troubleshoot
• Ability to translate and refine customer reporting requests into actionable objectives, including identifying criteria, fields, grouping, summary options, time frames and other components required to build a successful report or dashboard
• Strong inter‐personal communication skills, including facilitating group discussions and presenting to business and technology leaders
• Understanding of SAP tables and data structures desired

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.

Governance

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

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.

Minimum Qualification & Experience Required :

• Relevant Bachelor's Degree / Advanced Diploma (NQF 7) Fields : Information Technology, Computer Science, B‐Com and Engineering AND at least 7 years' experience in SAP environment, of which a minimum of 5 years’ experience as a SAP Development Technical Specialist
• Diploma NQF 6 in the following fields : Information Technology, Computer Science, B‐Com, Finance, Management and Engineering and at least 8 years' experience in a SAP environment

Alternative

• Senior Certificate (NQF 4) AND 10 plus years related experience in a SAP environment