SAP Finance Application Manager - Cape Town

apartmentRecru-it placeCape Town calendar_month 
What will make you successful in this role?
  • Receive, assess and allocate JIRA requests.
  • Drive delivery of system related tasks against agreed priorities and deadlines.
  • Ensure:
  • Periodic client cadences for alignment, prioritisation and escalation activities
  • Adequate resource levelling in response to backlog and incoming JIRA requests
  • Adherence to release, incident and SAP change management procedures
  • Audit compliance in user access and change management
  • Alignment with SAP CoE governance, procedures and principles and other applicable company standards
  • Where applicable, ensure all SAP legislative changes are addressed.
  • Ensure all system upgrades and maintenances activities are planned and successfully delivered
  • Act as a support expert to system analysts when designing system changes
  • Design and validate a complex architecture and ensure successful implementation
  • Provide recommendations and guidance on the SAP S/4HANA platform and tools
  • Understand the business processes for which any solution architecture is being developed.
  • Influence the company IT Strategies ensuring collaborative alignment
  • Identify, assess, and solve complex business problems for area of responsibility, where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors.
  • Closely follows the strategic direction set by senior management when establishing near-term goals.
  • Interacts with senior management on matters where they may need to gain acceptance on an alternate approach.
  • Manage interactions and delivery with third parties contributing to the overall solution.
  • Oversee, manage, and support a team of SAP Finance Systems technical experts.
Qualifications
  • Matric
  • Bachelors degree or Diploma, preferably in Computer Science, Information Systems or related
  • ITIL Certification or similar
Experience
  • At least 8 years in SAP Service delivery
  • At least 5 years in technical support of SAP S/4HANA Finance related applications.
  • Involvement in 2 full life SAP S/4HANA Finance or Procurement related cycle projects
Knowledge and Skills
  • SAP service delivery principles
  • Knowledge of planning deliverables i.e. timelines and resources
  • SAP S/4HANA on-premises FI, CO, PS, MM, SD, EAM, MDG
  • SAP Data Services will be advantageous
  • SAP Insurance Analyser will be advantageous
  • System change management processes preferably using JIRA or similar
  • Understanding:
  • Waterfall methodology
  • Agile methodologies will be advantageous
  • SAP ABAP and FIORI will be advantageous
  • Ability to interpret and interrogate written requirements specification documents
Personal Attributes
  • Action orientated - Contributing strategically
  • Balances stakeholders - Contributing strategically
  • Being resilient - Contributing independently
  • Collaborates - Contributing independently
  • Communicates effectively - Contributing strategically
  • Drives results - Contributing independently
Core Competencies
  • Cultivates innovation - Contributing through others
  • Customer focus - Contributing through others
  • Drives results - Contributing through others
  • Collaborates - Contributing through others
  • Being resilient - Contributing through others
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