Senior SAP Developer

Job Description

Practice Group / Department: IT Application Management Job Description Were Norton Rose Fulbright - a global law firm with over 50 offices and 7,000 employees worldwide. We provide the world’s preeminent corporations and financial institutions with a full business law service. As well as the relevant skills and experience, werelooking for people who are innovative, commercial and value the work that they do. To attract the best people, we strive to create a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can bring their whole selves to work, have a sense of belonging, and realizetheir full career potential. We value difference and actively promote a culture of respect for each individual, encouraging and creating inclusion. Our new hybrid working model allows our people to have more flexibility in the way they choose to work fromboth the office and a remote location, while continuing to deliver the highest standards of service. We offer a range of family friendly and inclusive employment policies and provide access to programmes and services aimed at nurturing our people’s healthand overall wellbeing. Job descriptionLate 2017, NRF implemented SAP as a global practice management and finance solution for 3 regions - EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Asia), the US and Canada. Subsequently NRF Global IT have been working on a number of initiatives to deliver improvements tothe system and roll out the SAP solution to new NRF offices. This work continues to expand in order to meet the business demand, to deliver further enhancements and integrate the existing solution with new systems introduced in the wider business areas.The TeamIn Feb 2021 the SAP Centre internal team was formed. This was to establish an internal team of SAP Technical and Functional SMEs and associated functions. The primary objective of this team is establishing best practice SAP solutions to satisfy the businessrequirements. The team work closely with the NRF Global Process Owners (who facilitate the business requirements and priority) and the technical delivery team which includes 3rd party IT vendors. The team has a global remit and will be required to work acrossdifferent time zones to meet the business needs and utilize all the available communication tools.The RoleThe SAP Senior Developer is a hands-on role and will be working as part of the SAP Centre team reporting to the SAP Development Manager to support the global SAP Landscape.NRF are operating on a two track (Support and Release) SAP Landscape with two vendors delivering changes in an Onshore Offshore model. We are seeking an experienced SAP Developer to provide in-house expertise in analyzing issues/changes and to provide L3support. This role involves working alongside the project team and vendors to support/enhance the SAP landscape. We are improving the internal capability to enable us to direct and make us less dependent on 3rd party vendors.Key responsibilities:-

• Provide Operational Excellence for NRF in the areas of SAP ECC, Fiori, Gateway, HANA and PO.
  • Accountable for technical enhancements on the SAP Landscape.
  • Monitor and ensure compliance with NRF IT Security policies for SAP
  • Support the SAP Centre team & Business on SAP related changes
  • Support IT Solution Delivery and Design team in delivering the changes

• Work with NRF Support Partners, assess operational quality, identify gaps, and manage closure of gaps in SAP ECC, Fiori, Gateway, HANA and PO.
  • Provide support for Major Incident Management and ensure timely resolution of Major Incidents with functional best practices.

Additional accountabilities:Any other duties as deemed necessary to achieve department goalsKey Outputs/Deliverables:Immediately upon appointment the role would be expected to perform SAP development tasks as directed by the SAP Development Manager, business stakeholders and functional, technical & support colleagues within the SAP Centre Team.Person SpecificationQualification and Experience:

• Minimum of 7 - 10 years ABAP experience
• Experience of developing in the following SAP modules - FI, CO, SD, HR, PS.
• Experience of working in a complicated SAP landscape across ECC, Fiori, Gateway, HANA
• Experience of working cross-culturally and cross-functionally with the ability to adapt your personal style to different environments
• Experience of working in a fast-paced environment with demanding deadlines and a desire to deliver to milestones.

Technical & Specialist Knowledge

• Solid ABAP development experience including debugging, code performance tuning, general troubleshooting and implementing SAP modifications
• The understanding of SAP functionality and the integration across modules
• Strong ABAP NetWeaver 7.4 & ABAP OO experience
• Fiori (UI5) & Gateway experience
• ABAP Core Data Services experience
• Strong Adobe forms (output) experience
• Security and Authorization’s skills

Nice to have

• Any certification on SAP or HANA
• S/4 Hana migration/upgrade project experience
• PI/Process Orchestration 7.5 exposure
• Exposure to Opentext, Tableau, EbillingHub
• Knowledge of any SAP Expense management system
• Knowledge of ECC integration with BI for HANA, BODS and BPC reporting
• Solution Manager 7.1/7.2 (CHARM)
• ServiceNow (Incident Management tool)

Key Behavioral Competencies

• Efficient, well organized, self-motivated and confident
• Strong problem solver with a logical and methodical approach to issue resolution
• Self-starter with the proven ability to multitask and work under pressure
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with strong attention to detail
• Sense of pride in work with a passion for change and learning
• Flexible approach to working hours and travel
• Willing to work as a member of and influence the global team

Diversity, Equity and InclusionTo attract the best people, we strive to create a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can bring their whole selves to work, have a sense of belonging, and realize their full career potential. Our new enabled work model allowsour people to have more flexibility i