SAP Global Development Manager

SAP Global Development Lead - Global Investment Bank - £90,000 - £110,000

Working within the Group Reporting and Logistics team you will work within the Service Delivery Unit dedicated to developing and supporting primarily the core financial applications for the Bank globally.

The purpose of this role is to provide an expert resource to lead the development team. You will be part of the Global Management Team responsible for running end to end Delivery tasks and also acting as a technical lead for critical issues/escalation. You will also be responsible for the co-ordination of the development resources across the globe in the allocation of CTB/RTB initiatives, test phases and rollout of solutions.

The Development team is responsible for providing IT development and support expertise to Finance, SDM and Real Estate applications which are critically important for these functions. The Development team ensure that projects are correctly staffed and that development work is undertaken and delivered according to business priorities and planned timescales. The major systems that are supported by the team are the core Ledgers (running on SAP ERP), SRM, and GCRS (Consolidation, running on SAP BCS and BW)

Responsibilities will include:

*Technical resource with proven SAP experience and background
*Work within a global team providing SAP solutions and guidance and be the London lead working with the core business and development teams
*Iteratively oversee the design/build of solutions based on Developer/Designer input and requirements as well as working within project teams across the globe
*Determine the appropriate reporting structures to satisfy the requirements within the confines of the reporting data model
*Advise the Business/Team of ways to improve/simplify their SAP solutions and processes.
*Be capable of providing Senior Mgmt/Stakeholder communications and planning
*Manage offshore/outsource projects and teams
*Outsource/Offshore/Onshore Vendor Management

You will also be expected to provide technical leadership in the domain of SAP, both BI ^ ERP. You will advise and evaluate on new products available and assist in determining the technical make-up of the SAP Netweaver Platform. A wide range of knowledge and experience with SAP R3 and Business Warehouse toolsets is expected:

*SAP ABAP (essential)
*SAP BI (essential)
*SAP Basis (essential)
*SAP Config (highly desirable)
*Java (desirable)
*Oracle (desirable)

In addition the candidate is expected to have good knowledge of the business processes that underpin the Finance department

*Profit and Loss reporting
*Balance sheet construction and reporting
*Regulatory Reporting
*Treasury