SAP FI/ABAP lead consultant

SAP Senior Developer/Consulting Director

SCOPE OF THE PROJECT: 

WITHIN PROJECT SCHEDULES AND OTHER DEFINED DEADLINES, IN ADHERENCE TO DIVISION OF ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS (DEA) ARCHITECTURE, AND WORKING UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE SCEIS TREASURY TEAM LEAD, CANDIDATE WILL PROVIDE TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS, SERVICES RELATED TO:

• THE ABAP DEVELOPMENT, CONFIGURATION, TUNING AND ADMINISTRATION OF SAP FI TREASURY FUNCTIONALITY TO INCLUDE BANKING, INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AND DEBT MANAGEMENT
• THE ANALYSIS, DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, TESTING IMPLEMENTATION, DOCUMENTATION AND SUPPORT OF SAP ABAP SOFTWARE SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO SAP’S TREASURY AREA.
• MAJOR COMPONENTS OF THIS PROJECT WILL INCLUDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF TREASURY FUNCTIONALITY
• THIS POSITION REQUIRES ANALYZING SYSTEM AND BUSINESS REQUIREMENTS, ABAP DEVELOPMENT AND CONFIGURATION, TESTING AND DATA PROCESSING STRATEGIES.
• CANDIDATE MUST HAVE IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE OF SAP’S ECC 6.0 FI FUNCTIONALITY, SPECIFICALLY WITH EXPERIENCE UTILIZING THIS SOFTWARE AND RELATED DEVELOPMENT TOOLS IN A PUBLIC SECTOR ORGANIZATION.
• THIS WILL INCLUDE A SYSTEM-WIDE UPGRADE TO THE S/4HANA PLATFORM. TO ASSIST IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PROJECT, DEA REQUIRES THE SERVICES OF A SAP FUNCTIONAL CONSULTANT WITH EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN DEVELOPING BUSINESS REQUIREMENTS, CONFIGURING TREASURY FUNCTIONALITY IN SAP, DEVELOPING TEST CASE/SCENARIOS, DEVELOPING TRAINING MATERIALS, PROVIDING TRAINING AND IMPLEMENTING THE INVESTMENT AND/OR DEBT FUNCTIONALITY OF THE TREASURY MODULES OF SAP.
• CANDIDATE MUST HAVE EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE OF ABAP DEVELOPMENT, PERFORMANCE MONITORING AND TUNING.

DAILY DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES:

ALL WITHIN PROJECT SCHEDULES AND OTHER DEFINED DEADLINES:

SOLUTION ARCHITECTING

• PARTICIPATES WITH THE DEA ABAP DEVELOPMENT TEAM TO DEVELOP IMPLEMENTATION AND MAINTENANCE STRATEGIES, PROCESSES, PROCEDURES AND BEST PRACTICES FOR ABAP DEVELOPMENT IN THE ECC FI TREASURY MODULE, TO INCLUDE INTEGRATION WITH THE STATE’S EXISTING SAP SOLUTION AND OTHER ANCILLARY SYSTEMS AND DATA SOURCES.
• ASSIST WITH DEFINING HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS AND THE CURRENT SCEIS LANDSCAPE AS REQUIRED FOR ADDITION FUNCTIONALITY BEING IMPLEMENTED.
• ASSIST WITH CREATION OF A HIGH-LEVEL IMPLEMENTATION ROADMAP FOR THE ABOVE SOLUTIONS.
• DEVELOP ABAP CODE AS NEEDED IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THE ABOVE SOLUTIONS.
• ASSIST WITH DEVELOPMENT OF TEST PLANS TO VALIDATE THE SOLUTIONS AND COMPONENTS ONCE IMPLEMENTED.
• EFFECTIVELY LEVERAGING THE LATEST CAPABILITIES OF SAP COMPONENTS TO DEVELOP THE SOLUTION.

DEVELOPMENT

• WORK WITH IT AND BUSINESS TEAMS TO DEFINE, DESIGN, CONFIGURE, DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT ABAP SOLUTIONS USING THE SAP ABAP WORKBENCH AND ANALYSIS TOOLS.
• LEVERAGE SAP SOFTWARE TO BUILD EFFECTIVE AND HIGH PERFORMANCE DATA SOLUTIONS FOR SCEIS AND THE STATE TREASURER’S OFFICE.
• CREATE ABAP PROGRAMS TO SATISFY IDENTIFIED FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS.
• DESIGN TEST PLANS AND CONDUCT UNIT, INTEGRATION AND USER ACCEPTANCE TESTING FOR THE ABOVE.
• EXTRACT DATA FROM NON-TRADITIONAL RESOURCES SUCH AS SPREADSHEETS AND FLAT FILES.

TRAINING

• FORMALLY PROVIDE PROCESS AND TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER VIA PAIRED PROGRAMMING, PEER COACHING, WRITTEN DOCUMENTATION AND CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION FOR ALL DEVELOPMENT WORK.

GENERAL

• PROVIDE EFFECTIVE AND TIMELY ORAL AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS TO MANAGEMENT, PEERS AND USERS.
• IDENTIFICATION AND ESCALATION OF ISSUES AND RISKS TO MANAGEMENT IN A TIMELY MANNER.

REQUIRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):

• 10+ YEARS’ ABAP SOLUTION ARCHITECTING EXPERIENCE; ABAP SOFTWARE ANALYSIS, DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT
• 10+ YEARS’ EXPERIENCE WITH ECC FI MODULE
• 10+ YEARS’ SAP WEB APPLICATION SERVER, EMPLOYING OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING CONCEPTS, ABAP UNIT, SHARED MEMORY OBJECTS, USING ABAP OBJECTS TO REALIZE CUSTOM REPORT AND DIALOG PROGRAMS, ABAP WEBDYNPRO APPLICATIONS, BAP/FRC, AND THE SAP ENHANCEMENT FRAMEWORK USING ABAP WORKBENCH.
• 10+ YEARS’ PRACTICAL UPGRADE, OSS NOTES, SUPPORT PACKS AND TROUBLESHOOTING EXPERIENCE
• 5+ YEARS’ EXPERIENCE WITH XI(PI-PROCESS INTEGRATOR) WITH KNOWLEDGE OF EDI AND ACH PROCESSES
• 5+ YEARS’ EXPERIENCE WITH WEB AS
• 5+ YEARS’ EXPERIENCE SAP PUBLIC SECTOR

PREFERRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):

• PUBLIC SECTOR SAP ABAP DEVELOPMENT FOR WRICEF IN ECC 6.0, SRM, AND BW
• MS OFFICE TOOLS (E.G. WORD, EXCEL, VISIO, PROJECT)
• PM EXPERIENCE

REQUIRED EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS:

• BACHELORS IN IT, BUSINESS AND/OR EQUIVALENT EXPERIENCE.

ADDITIONAL DUTIES/SKILLS:

• EXCELLENT LEADERSHIP SKILLS
• EXCELLENT TEACHING/PEER REVIEW SKILLS
• EXCELLENT COMMUNICATIONS SKILLS