259 S 4hana jobs in South Africa

At SAP, we enable you to bring out your best. Our company culture is focused on collaboration and a shared passion to help the world run better. How? We focus every day on building the foundation for tomorrow and creating a workplace that embraces differences, values flexibility, and is aligned to our purpose-driven and future-focused work. We offer a highly collaborative, caring team environment with a strong focus on learning and development, recognition for your individual contributions, and a variety of benefit options for you to choosefrom.

PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES

The S/4HANA Senior Finance Consultant will act as trusted partner to our customers on their journey to the cloud, from scoping and planning of the initial deployment to continuous value engineering. The Senior consultant role requires deep understanding of the cloud business model, the ERP processes across functional borders, as well as a service-oriented attitude with the aim to achieve customer delight.

EXPECTATION AND TASKS

As SAP Premium Hub Center of Expertise (CoE) consultant, you will support EMEA customers on their SAP S/4HANA adoption projects; as well as live customers that need to optimize business process, monitor operations, upgrade existing systems, etc., through the support from SAP Premium Engagement services.

The CoE Senior S/4HANA Finance Consultant must be able to accompany customers executing S/4HANA implementation projects with SAP Partners, or SAP led. The Consultant will provide guidance and support across all SAP Activate phases to ensure a successful S/4HANA implementation project

Your role involves delivery of technical and application services within customer engagements. You need excellent SAP Finance Software skills, and you are a decent problem solver with the ability to communicate effectively in an international environment. According to your experience, strengths and customer needs, you will conduct some of the following tasks:

• Prepare, design, realize and support Go-Lives for customer implementation projects
• Support feasibility studies and process design reviews
• Detailed planning of process implementation
• Develop and Assure quality of process models
• Demonstrate profound knowledge of modeling standards and tools
• Support the development of overall project plans (scoping process) as well as individual work plans; acting as liaison with client for troubleshooting (investigates, analyses, and solves software problems)
• Analyze and map clients’ business requirements, processes and objectives; develop necessary product modifications to satisfy clients’ needs.
• Support the Services Organization with implementation projects, pre-sales support (estimating), spot consulting and internal projects and commit to the success of customers, partners, colleagues, and SAP
• Live and breath the cloud business model and the subsequent implications in regard to the implementation & post-implementation service business
• Ensure customer success, satisfaction, and reference ability for S/4HANA Cloud customer
• Articulate the S/4HANA Cloud business capabilities and value, differentiate S/4HANA Cloud and On-Premise solutions
• Follow the methodology, tools, and processes to ensure successful customer adoption
• Deliver agile services in a fast-changing environment
• Support the industrialization of the implementation process
• Understand and practice value-based “fit to standard” delivery approach
• Position and Deliver transition roadmaps between on-prem and Cloud solutions
• Drive the adoption of the value based innovation roadmap and guide the customer in their journey
• Know and build business process according to Industry Best Practices, empowering a standard mindset to live in
• Collaboration with internal/external consultants as part of the platform growth and solution providing
• Drive and deliver customer conversations with focus on BUSINESS OUTCOMES
• In the Discover and Prepare phases, the consultant must demonstrate business benefits to adopt S/4HANA, provide recommendations about best transition path and support customers on architecture definitions.
• Propose recommendations to optimize business processes in Deploy phase, from a technical and functional perspectives.
• Support customer to address issues reported during Run and operation phases.
• Support business processes continuous improvement once customer is operating S/4HANA.

MANDATORY SKILLS

In addition to a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, Finance or related discipline, and a minimum of 10+ years’ progressive experience, the successful candidate will possess:

• Delivery experience in agile methodology (e.g. SAP Activate)
• Experience in Change and Value Management and Realization
• Adaptability and flexibility to manage deadline pressure, ambiguity and change.
• Acts as a Senior Trusted Advisor to the customer’s Finance department, covering the entire company of a big/complex, multinational Finance Processes end-to-end
• Certifications in S/4HANA Finance or S/4HANA Architecture are a must
• Defines Finance Strategies, Governance and Finance Process Architecture based on state-of-the art of S4HANA Cloud – On premise Finance technology
• Defines the strategic, conceptual, and technical boundaries for the design of the SAP S4HANA Finance processes, supporting the accounting principles and localizations solutions required by the customer. Can address the organization as well as the procedures of customers’ Finance departments with a focus on high efficiency, stability and performance.
• Cross industry experience
• Strong writing, mentoring, decision making, communication, and meeting facilitation skills; ability to utilize a combination of formal authority and persuasion skill sets.
• Exceptional leadership, organizational and interpersonal skills; the ability to work well with people from different disciplines with varying degrees of technical experience; competence in clear concise and tactful communication with senior executive management, clients, peers and team members.
• Professional Experience - 10+ years of professional experience; demonstrated knowledge / expertise of at least one industry / solution segment, preferable S4HANA Finance experience
  
  
• ExpectedTravel: 0% - 70%

PREFERABLE SKILLS

• PMP or SAP Activate Certification will be preferred.
• Relevant Finance and Accounting Certifications
• Communication in German Language is plus.
• Knowledge of cloud, Hosted Services, and SaaS/ PaaS models, RISE are plus.

Bring out your best

SAP innovations help more than four hundred thousand customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database, analytics, intelligent technologies, and experience management. As a cloud company with two hundred million users and more than one hundred thousand employees worldwide, we are purpose-driven and future-focused, with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries, people, or platforms, we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves. At SAP,you can bring out your best.

We win with inclusion

SAP’s culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone – regardless of background – feels included and can run at their best. At SAP, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better and more equitable world.
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EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability:

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability.
Successful candidates might be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor.

Requisition ID: 418828 | Work Area: Customer Service and Support | Expected Travel: 0 - 70% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid.

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We help the world run better

At SAP, we enable you to bring out your best. Our company culture is focused on collaboration and a shared passion to help the world run better. How? We focus every day on building the foundation for tomorrow and creating a workplace that embraces differences, values flexibility, and is aligned to our purpose-driven and future-focused work. We offer a highly collaborative, caring team environment with a strong focus on learning and development, recognition for your individual contributions, and a variety of benefit options for you to choose from.

We help the world run better

At SAP, we enable you to bring out your best. Our company culture is focused on collaboration and a shared passion to help the world run better. How? We focus every day on building the foundation for tomorrow and creating a workplace that embraces differences, values flexibility, and is aligned to our purpose-driven and future-focused work. We offer a highly collaborative, caring team environment with a strong focus on learning and development, recognition for your individual contributions, and a variety of benefit options for you to choose from.

PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES

The S/4HANA Senior Finance Consultant will act as trusted partner to our customers on their journey to the cloud, from scoping and planning of the initial deployment to continuous value engineering. The Senior consultant role requires deep understanding of the cloud business model, the ERP processes across functional borders, as well as a service-oriented attitude with the aim to achieve customer delight.

EXPECTATION AND TASKS

As SAP Premium Hub Center of Expertise (CoE) consultant, you will support EMEA customers on their SAP S/4HANA adoption projects; as well as live customers that need to optimize business process, monitor operations, upgrade existing systems, etc., through the support from SAP Premium Engagement services.

The CoE Senior S/4HANA Finance Consultant must be able to accompany customers executing S/4HANA implementation projects with SAP Partners, or SAP led. The Consultant will provide guidance and support across all SAP Activate phases to ensure a successful S/4HANA implementation project

Skills

Your role involves delivery of technical and application services within customer engagements. You need excellent SAP Finance Software skills, and you are a decent problem solver with the ability to communicate effectively in an international environment. According to your experience, strengths and customer needs, you will conduct some of the following tasks:

• Prepare, design, realize and support Go-Lives for customer implementation projects
• Support feasibility studies and process design reviews
• Detailed planning of process implementation
• Detailed blueprinting for development requirements
• Develop and Assure quality of process models
• Demonstrate profound knowledge of modeling standards and tools
• Support the development of overall project plans (scoping process) as well as individual work plans; acting as liaison with client for troubleshooting (investigates, analyses, and solves software problems)
• Analyze and map clients’ business requirements, processes and objectives; develop necessary product modifications to satisfy clients’ needs.
• Support the Services Organization with implementation projects, pre-sales support (estimating), spot consulting and internal projects and commit to the success of customers, partners, colleagues, and SAP
• Live and breath the cloud business model and the subsequent implications in regard to the implementation & post-implementation service business
• Ensure customer success, satisfaction, and reference ability for S/4HANA Cloud customer
• Articulate the S/4HANA Cloud business capabilities and value, differentiate S/4HANA Cloud and On-Premise solutions
• Follow the methodology, tools, and processes to ensure successful customer adoption
• Deliver agile services in a fast-changing environment
• Support the industrialization of the implementation process
• Understand and practice value-based “fit to standard” delivery approach
• Position and Deliver transition roadmaps between on-prem and Cloud solutions
• Drive the adoption of the value based innovation roadmap and guide the customer in their journey
• Know and build business process according to Industry Best Practices, empowering a standard mindset to live in
• Collaboration with internal/external consultants as part of the platform growth and solution providing
• Drive and deliver customer conversations with focus on BUSINESS OUTCOMES
• In the Discover and Prepare phases, the consultant must demonstrate business benefits to adopt S/4HANA, provide recommendations about best transition path and support customers on architecture definitions.
• Propose recommendations to optimize business processes in Deploy phase, from a technical and functional perspectives.
• Support customer to address issues reported during Run and operation phases.
• Support business processes continuous improvement once customer is operating S/4HANA.
  
  

• Good Communication skills
• Delivery experience in agile methodology (e.g. SAP Activate)
• Experience in Change and Value Management and Realization
• Consulting delivery skills (hands-on & project management)
• Adaptability and flexibility to manage deadline pressure, ambiguity and change.
• Acts as a Senior Trusted Advisor to the customer’s Finance department, covering the entire company of a big/complex, multinational Finance Processes end-to-end
• Certifications in S/4HANA Finance or S/4HANA Architecture are a must
• Defines Finance Strategies, Governance and Finance Process Architecture based on state-of-the art of S4HANA Cloud – On premise Finance technology
• Defines the strategic, conceptual, and technical boundaries for the design of the SAP S4HANA Finance processes, supporting the accounting principles and localizations solutions required by the customer. Can address the organization as well as the procedures of customers’ Finance departments with a focus on high efficiency, stability and performance.
• Cross industry experience
• Strong writing, mentoring, decision making, communication, and meeting facilitation skills; ability to utilize a combination of formal authority and persuasion skill sets.
• Exceptional leadership, organizational and interpersonal skills; the ability to work well with people from different disciplines with varying degrees of technical experience; competence in clear concise and tactful communication with senior executive management, clients, peers and team members.
• Professional Experience
• 10+ years of professional experience; demonstrated knowledge / expertise of at least one industry / solution segment, preferable S4HANA Finance experience
• Expected Travel: 0% - 70%
  
  

• PMP or SAP Activate Certification will be preferred.
• Relevant Finance and Accounting Certifications
• Communication in German Language is plus.
• Knowledge of cloud, Hosted Services, and SaaS/ PaaS models, RISE are plus.
  
  

• Seniority level Not Applicable

• Employment type Full-time

• Job function Customer Service
• Industries Software Development, IT Services and IT Consulting, and Business Consulting and Services

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Introduction

A leading international organization providing various business solutions, located in Johannesburg is looking for a Project Manager with working experience with S/4HANA automation software to join their dynamic team.

The Project Manager is responsible for overseeing the planning, execution, and successful delivery of SAP Human Capital Management (HCM) projects, specifically those leveraging the S/4HANA platform. This role involves managing project scope, budget, schedule, and quality, while coordinating cross-functional teams and ensuring alignment with business objectives.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Project Planning and Management:

Develop and manage project plans, including scope, timelines, budgets, and resource allocation.

• Team Leadership:

Lead and manage cross-functional teams, including business stakeholders, functional consultants, technical developers, and other relevant resources.

• Stakeholder Management:

Effectively communicate project status, risks, and issues to stakeholders at various levels within the organization.

• SAP S/4HANA Expertise:

Possess a strong understanding of SAP S/4HANA and its capabilities, particularly within the HCM module.

• Integration Management:

Manage complex integrations between SAP S/4HANA and other systems, ensuring seamless data flow and process alignment.

• Risk Management:

Identify and mitigate potential project risks and issues, developing appropriate mitigation plans.

• Change Management:

Facilitate change management activities related to the SAP S/4HANA implementation, ensuring user adoption and smooth transition.

• Quality Assurance:

Ensure that project deliverables meet quality standards and business requirements.

• Documentation:

Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation, including project plans, status reports, and risk assessments.

• Training and Support:

Provide guidance and support to project team members and end-users on the new SAP S/4HANA HCM system.

Experience with:

• With SAP SuccessFactors, especially Employee Central, Payroll,
• Talent, and Performance modules.
• Exposure to cloud migration projects or hybrid cloud HCM environments.
• Familiarity with SAP RISE, its benefits, and implications on solution architecture and integration.
• Understanding of data privacy regulations (like POPIA) and how they apply to cloud HCM deployments.

Desired Experience & Qualification

• Proven experience managing SAP projects, ideally with a focus on S/4HANA and HCM.
• Strong project management skills, including planning, execution, monitoring, and control.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and stakeholder management skills.
• In-depth knowledge of SAP S/4HANA, including its architecture, modules, and functionality.
• Experience with Agile or hybrid-Agile project management methodologies is often preferred.
• PMP or other relevant project management certifications are often desirable.
• Experience with data migration and integration processes within an SAP environment.
• Familiarity with change management principles and practices.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Package & Remuneration

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