SAP Development Lead (SD) recruitment

Job ID: 17976

Position Description:
SunGard Financial Systems provides mission-critical software and IT services to institutions in virtually every segment of the financial services industry. These solutions meet a multitude of needs, but support a common aim: to help drive our customers' unique business strategies--whether that means increasing efficiency, improving customer service, complying with regulations, or capturing growth opportunities through innovation.
Job Overview:

The SAP Development Lead (SD) is responsible for leading development, implementation and support of the SunGard SAP installation. This involves analysis, design, developing/coding/configuration and testing the components. This may also involve providing enhancements and ongoing application support to the deployed application.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead development team in the design, development, testing and the release of the SAP software, with primary focus on SAP SD.
• Support the SAP installation to minimize business downtime and ensure maximum business efficiency
• Prepare detail specifications, development time estimates and documents all solutions to ensure the success of future enhancements and the quality of future support
• Prepare detail specifications, development time estimates and documents all solutions to ensure the success of future enhancements and the quality of future support

Development Value

• Build SAP skills.
• Develop knowledge of SunGard organization, operations, and accounting practices.
• Foundational development opportunities in mission-critical SunGard initiatives.

Position Requirements:
Knowledge/Experience:

Essential Experience Required;

• Hands-on development in SAP as well as experience leading a team of SAP Developers
• Knowledge of SAP SD and integration with SAP FI
• Solid ABAP development experience in reports, interfaces, conversions, enhancements and forms.
• Understanding of the software development life cycle
• Understanding of SAP installation, configuration, integration and SAP Best Practices.
• Understanding of data governance, reporting validation and information quality control

Desired Experience;

• Knowledge of financial and corporate accounting principles, operating and capital budget concepts
• Development of interfaces to and from SAP utilizing Business Connector under the Netweaver stack.
• Exposure to European regulatory requirements, and international accounting standards.

Skills:

Essential Skills Required;
• SAP SD
• SAP FI
• Microsoft Windows 7
• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)
• Financial Reporting from analytical environments such as SAP, Oracle Financials, Sun Accounts

Desired Skills;

• SAP Business Warehouse reporting development
• Accounting and Finance software
• ABAP

Qualifications:

• Substantial SAP programming and analysis. Hands-on development, implementation and support experience with at least one full life cycle SAP go-live is required
• Proven ABAP development experience
• Advanced degree in Computer Science or Accounting
• Clear, concise written and verbal communication skills

Desired Qualification;

• SAP Development Certification

Competencies:

• Self-motivated
• Work in a team setting with multi department interfaces
• Work independently without close supervision
• Attentiveness to detail, organization and the ability to adhere to confidentiality and integrity standards of SunGard