About the position
My client based in Cape Town is currently looking for a SAP Development and Integration Manager to join their team on a permanent basis.
IT / FINANCE
Responsibilities
- Lead and manage the SAP Development and Integration team.
- Set individual and team objectives aligned with IT strategy and SAP Centre of Excellence (CoE) goals.
- Conduct performance reviews, coaching, development discussions and succession planning.
- Promote accountability, collaboration, innovation and continuous improvement.
- Support employee engagement, wellbeing, retention and technical skills development.
- Lead SAP development, integration, extension and automation across the hybrid SAP landscape.
- Oversee development and integration activities across SAP S/4HANA, SAP ECC HCM, SuccessFactors, SAP BTP and related platforms.
- Guide technical decisions between standard SAP configuration, released APIs, side-by-side extensions and approved integration patterns.
- Drive the modernisation of custom code, integrations and extensions in line with clean-core principles.
- Promote the use of SAP Integration Suite, API-led integration and event-driven architecture.
- Ensure secure and reliable connectivity between cloud-based and on-premise SAP systems.
- Provide technical guidance on ABAP, RAP, CDS Views, OData, Fiori, workflow and SAP BTP technologies.
- Assess opportunities for process automation and AI-assisted development where appropriate.
- Personally undertake selected development and integration tasks when required.
- Receive, assess, prioritise and allocate JIRA requests across business-as-usual (BAU), project delivery, integration and technical debt.
- Manage resource allocation and capacity across support, development, integration and modernisation initiatives.
- Coordinate stakeholder meetings to review priorities, progress, capacity and escalations.
- Ensure projects and technical requests are delivered within agreed deadlines and quality standards.
- Monitor technical issues and resolve defects across SAP applications, integrations, workflows and connectivity layers.
- Establish and maintain SAP development standards and technical best practices.
- Enforce release, incident, change management, audit and security procedures.
- Ensure compliance with SAP CoE and BTP governance requirements.
- Apply clean-core principles, secure-by-design integration and approved architectural patterns.
- Support DevSecOps practices, controlled deployments and release management.
- Maintain accurate technical documentation, knowledge transfer and operational handover.
- Advise functional teams and business stakeholders on SAP solution options and technical feasibility.
- Challenge requirements where necessary to ensure solutions are practical, sustainable and fit for purpose.
- Identify opportunities to improve system performance, integration reliability and development efficiency.
- Mentor internal resources and strengthen the team's technical capabilities.
- Promote continuous learning across SAP cloud technologies, integration, security and AI-enabled development.
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor's degree or Diploma in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related field.
- Relevant SAP certifications in SAP BTP, Integration Suite, ABAP Development, SAP S/4HANA, SAP Cloud ALM, SAP Build or SAP Business AI will be advantageous.
- Minimum of 7 years' experience in SAP development and integration, including ABAP and modern SAP integration technologies.
- Minimum of 3 years' experience working with SAP S/4HANA and SAP BTP, preferably within a hybrid SAP or RISE with SAP environment.
- Practical experience with SAP Integration Suite / CPI-S, API Management, OData, REST, SOAP, IDocs, BAPIs and RFC integration.
- Experience with SAP BTP, Cloud Connector, secure hybrid connectivity and integration architecture.
- Experience with ABAP OO, RAP, CDS Views, SAP Fiori, UI5 and modern SAP extension techniques.
- Experience leading technical teams, managing workloads, prioritising backlogs and coordinating project delivery.
- Experience in release management, change governance, technical standards, stakeholder engagement and operational support.
- Experience with clean-core principles, custom-code modernisation, cloud migration and side-by-side extensions will be advantageous.
- Experience with SAP Cloud ALM, DevSecOps, source control, CI/CD and controlled transport management will be advantageous.
- Experience in financial services or another regulated enterprise environment will be advantageous.
- Exposure to AI-assisted development, Joule for Developers and SAP Business AI will be beneficial.
Competencies
- Strong SAP development and integration expertise.
- Good understanding of SAP S/4HANA, SAP BTP and hybrid SAP environments.
- Knowledge of ABAP, ABAP OO, RAP, CDS Views, OData and SAP Fiori.
- Understanding of SAP Integration Suite, API Management and secure integration patterns.
- Knowledge of clean-core architecture, cloud extensibility and custom-code modernisation.
- Understanding of SAP governance, security, DevSecOps and release management.
- Awareness of AI-assisted development and SAP Business AI capabilities.
- Strong team leadership, coaching and mentoring abilities.
- Effective workload planning, resource allocation and prioritisation.
- Ability to manage performance and build technical capability.
- Strong decision-making and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to manage competing priorities and deliver under pressure.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
- Strong stakeholder engagement, collaboration and relationship-building skills.
- Ability to challenge requirements constructively and recommend suitable solutions.
- Strong service ownership and client-focused approach.
- Highly responsible, self-motivated and able to work independently.
- Strong analytical thinking and attention to detail.
- Excellent time management and organisational skills.
- Adaptable, proactive and committed to continuous learning.
- Quality-driven, with a strong focus on documentation and operational handover.
- Security-conscious and governance-aware.
- Collaborative team player with a coaching mindset.
- Comfortable working in a regulated, deadline-driven enterprise environment.
If you are ready for the next exciting step in your career, and would like to apply, please send us your updated CV to review
Desired Skills:
- good team player
- Finance
- SAP development
- Management
