A Financial Services Company based in Durban seeks a Senior Manager (SAP Applications).

Job Purpose

The successful candidate will be responsible for managing and leading the Property Finance SAP (Durban) team which provides software solutions and business process design for the SAP product system that services  – Business Banking and Property Finance business units.

Minimum Requirements

• Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees
• Tertiary Qualification/ formal accreditation in Professional field
• MMP/SMP / MM  or equivalent
• BSC Computer science
• BComm Information Technology
• Post graduate management qualification
• MBA
• SAP certification will be an added advantage
• Successful completion of business education leadership programmes or equivalent will be an added advantage
• 6 to 8 years line management 10 years IT Industry experience

Responsibilities:

• Manage Financial and Business Results
• Ensure that all individual and department results are delivered within budget to deadlines.
• Ensure budget targets are met by effectively executing and complying with Divisional billing requirements and target.
• Ensure that transparent transfer pricing for provision of products and services for the business area are  being followed through Activity Justified Transfer Pricing (AJTP) model by establishing costs, prices and conditions.
• Ensure effective targeted cost recovery through monitoring and ensuring all times are captured by staff on a weekly basis.
• Ensure quality projects / processes / systems delivered on time and are fully aligned to business requirements.
• Provide agreed information, resources, professional advice and strategic contribution to relevant stakeholders on time, in budget, within quality standards. Financial and Business Results
• Ensured that all individual and department results were delivered within budget to deadlines
• Deliver services to client expectations
• Quality projects / processes / systems delivered on time and were fully aligned to business requirements
• Provided agreed information, resources, professional advice and strategic contribution (on time, in budget, within quality standard)
• Managed Stakeholder Relationships Deliver services on client expectations and standards  by ensuring the
• Service Level Agreement,  Operational level agreements ,  contractual agreements,  and project schedules are met as stipulated
• Advise and consult to clients by providing professional solutions that meet the requirements of the clients business needs.
• Ensure that professional solutions delivered within agreed parameters and timelines.
• Ensure that Professional solutions demonstrate a balance of best of breed and return on investment for the client.
• Enable the building of commercially viable relationships with clients by providing quality advice to clients
• Monitor and manage client, service providers/ vendors, partners and other stakeholder expectations.

Actively engage to Establish Trust and respect of department members, direct reports, stakeholders & manager/s through active engagement with all parties.
Client and Relationship Results:

• Deliver best practice services to client expectations
• Monitored and managed client, service providers, partners and other stakeholder expectations, built long term relations
• Proactively supported and shared information and knowledge with peers in own and other departments and functions
• Trusted and respected by department members, direct reports and manager/s
• Effective communication and relationship networks upwards, downwards, sideways and outwards
• Managed Internal Processes Operationalise Divisional Strategy by ensuring all supervisors and first line managers understand and prioritise work in alignment to Divisional Strategy.
• Empower First line managers and effective performance measures that are empowering and aligned to strategy by clearly defining their roles and responsibilities.
• Ensure professional field is leveraged to enable strategy and that proposed solutions related to field are embedded in strategy.
• Select appropriate professional frameworks, methods/ supporting technologies in line with Agreed Architecture and expected return on investments
• Manage multiple assets through the development, implementation, review of strategies and planning for area.

Skills

• Good understanding of IT Architecture:
• Business Analysis techniques and process
• Development and Coding
• BW architecture
• Databases
• All Basis aspects like infrastructure, disaster planning, networks, desktops, etc.
• Support and Maintenance
• Strategy formulation and implementation
• Budget management
• Ability to manage high performance staff
• Ability to coach and develop key talent
• Strong leadership capabilities
• Ability to optimize, manage and mitigate risk 

For more information please contact Sinisa on 011 234 0388, alternatively email your updated CV to sinisa@esmartgroup.co.zaIf you do not receive a response within 2 weeks please consider your application declined.

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