SAP Principle Consultant-Functional

Performs business and systems analysis, designs, implements, configures, supports and maintains SAP system. Plays a fundamental role in realisation of business benefits across multiple functional areas or modules in the SAP system. Also involved in solution design and system integration.

Job 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 and 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.
• Manage own work and time to 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.
• Provide and develop new proposals to key stakeholder.
• Provide Industry solutions and best practices knowledge to clients.
• Maintain and expand client contact as a high level and build credible relationship with key client personnel.
• 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.
• Consult on project activities leading to the implementation of the requirements by applying project management principles across multiple projects.
• Consult on SDLC processes.
• Provide direction on all aspects of SAP systems and integration thereof.
• Identify and Mitigate risk.
• Drive problem resolution.
• Involved in pre- project planning e.g. determining scope and solution.
• Keep up to date on Nedbank strategy and SAP technologies.
• 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.
• Responsible for contributing to professional development of consultants.
• Play a role in the recruitment of new consultants.
• Participate in Nedbank Culture building initiatives
• Participate and support corporate social responsibility initiatives.
• Add value to Nedbank by identifying and recommending opportunities to enhance processes, systems and policies and support implementation of new processes, policies and systems.

Technical Knowledge

People Specification

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

Preferred Qualification

Bcom / IS / IT ENG / BSc / Com Science related degree

Essential Certifications

Preferred Certifications

Preferably certified in more than one SAP module / ASAP & Solution Manager certifications

Minimum Experience Level

8 to 10 years SAP Functional Experience

Technical / Professional Knowledge

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