As an SAP Finance Application Manager, you will be responsible to oversee and maintain smooth end-to-end technical support operations within the SAP Finance platform as a service. Furthermore, you will play a strategic and tactical role in the design of new solutions or major enhancements relating to the end-to-end SAP Finance solution, encompassing multiple SAP products.
You will report to the Head of SAP Centre of Expertise, a unit within the Applications Platform portfolio of Sanlam Group Technology (SGT) and collaborate with direct and indirect teams to ensure strategic objectives are met, roadmaps are effectively planned and executed, governance, adherence, seamless service delivery and top-notch client support.
Your internal support partner, Sanlam Finance Shared Services (FSS) in Sanlam Life and Savings, provides a chargeable offering to over 80 entities in Sanlam Group and is responsible for, amongst others, payment of supplier invoices, reconciliations, posting resolutions, period end closing, master data changes, cost allocation, processing of fixed assets, etc. Furthermore, FSS is responsible for business support and interaction and setting strategic objectives in collaboration with multiple parties for the Finance solution.
You will maintain a close relationship to effectively support SLA’s and OLA’s between SGT and Finance Shared Services.
You will engage with teams of configuration experts, developers, testers, infrastructure/basis analysts and application security specialists to deliver system and user access change requests for both business-as-usual and projects where applicable.
You will ensure all periodic system upgrade and maintenance activities are successfully completed.
You will oversee the design of complicated, high-impact system requirements to address potential risks to integration, usability and deadlines.
Your client, Sanlam Finance Shared Services (FSS) in Sanlam Life and Savings, provides a chargeable offering to over 80 entities in Sanlam Group and is responsible for, amongst others, payment of supplier invoices, reconciliations, posting resolutions, period end closing, master data changes, cost allocation, processing of fixed assets, etc.
