About the position
My client based in Cape Town is currently looking for a SAP Procurement Specialist to join their team on a permanent basis.
IT / FINANCE
Responsibilities
- Configure, maintain and support SAP S/4HANA financial processes, including General Ledger, intercompany reconciliation, general ledger rollups and financial closing.
- Investigate and resolve SAP FI incidents, service requests, intercompany mismatches, posting errors and recurring operational issues.
- Analyse root causes, implement configuration fixes and provide functional support to business users through JIRA.
- Maintain General Ledger structures, chart of accounts, ledger rules, journal processing and financial statement versions.
- Support intercompany reconciliation workflows, cross-company postings, balance matching and elimination structures across group entities.
- Configure and support general ledger rollups, financial reporting aggregation, trial balance integrity and consolidation readiness.
- Ensure alignment between General Ledger processes and relevant sub-ledger and Controlling integrations.
- Identify opportunities to improve Record to Report processes, reduce manual workarounds, streamline financial closing and automate repetitive tasks.
- Engage with Finance teams, business users and SAP Centre of Excellence stakeholders to understand requirements and support process improvements.
- Prepare functional specifications, test cases, configuration documentation, knowledge articles, issue summaries and change impact assessments.
- Execute unit and integration testing, support user acceptance testing (UAT) and document test results.
- Support SAP change delivery, configuration transports, user training, implementation activities and post-implementation stabilisation.
- Use available SAP tools, including AI-assisted solutions where appropriate, to support research, configuration verification and documentation, ensuring all outputs meet approved standards.
- Prioritise incidents and support requests according to business impact, financial closing deadlines, operational urgency and risk.
- Resolve standard to moderately complex functional issues independently and escalate complex configuration, integration and control-related matters when necessary.
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Commerce, Accounting, Financial Management, Information Systems or Information Technology.
- 3-6 years of experience as an SAP FI, Record to Report (R2R), General Ledger or related SAP functional specialist.
- Hands-on experience with SAP S/4HANA configuration, functional support, testing and incident resolution.
- Practical experience in General Ledger (FI-GL), journal postings, chart of accounts, ledger configuration and period-end financial closing.
- Experience with intercompany reconciliation, cross-company code postings, general ledger rollups and financial reporting processes.
- Understanding of integration between the General Ledger and Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR), Asset Accounting (AA) and Controlling (CO).
- Knowledge of Master Data Governance (MDG) or General Ledger and intercompany master data dependencies.
- Experience using JIRA for incident management and SAP Solution Manager (SOLMAN) for transport and change management.
- Ability to prepare functional specifications, configure SAP solutions, develop test cases and maintain technical documentation.
- SAP FI, S/4HANA Financial Accounting or related SAP certification will be advantageous.
- Exposure to SAP Closing Cockpit, SAP Intercompany Matching and Reconciliation (ICMR), SAP Fiori or AI-assisted SAP tools will be advantageous.
Competencies
- Strong analytical thinking, problem-solving and configuration troubleshooting skills.
- Good understanding of SAP S/4HANA Financial Accounting, General Ledger and Record to Report processes.
- Strong attention to detail and the ability to maintain accurate financial data and configuration.
- Excellent organisational, planning and prioritisation skills.
- Ability to work independently within established procedures and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with a customer-focused approach.
- Ability to manage competing priorities and meet strict month-end and financial closing deadlines.
- A proactive, resilient and self-motivated approach to resolving issues and improving processes.
- Continuous improvement mindset, with the ability to identify inefficiencies and recommend practical solutions.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, Word and Visio.
- Working knowledge of JIRA, SAP Solution Manager and Confluence.
- Commitment to documentation, knowledge sharing, change control and compliance with internal processes.
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:
- Communication skills
- Problem Solving And Decision Making
- MS Office
- Analytical Thinking
