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    IM Specialist: SAP CommercialInformation Management - Johannesburg, South Africa - De Beers Group

    De Beers Group
    De Beers Group Johannesburg, South Africa

    1 week ago

    De Beers Group background
    Associate / Permanent Employee
    Description
    Job Description:

    This is a tactical and operational role conducting and managing IM demand management, support, governance, analysis, project, and vendor management services within the targeted domain. The role is a De Beers Group business expert with extensive knowledge of the Finance systems landscape. They are aligned with IM and business objectives and operating model.

    Key Responsibilities:

  • Work safely and be committed to being a safety leader.
  • Optimize business performance by enhancing the alignment between business processes and IM systems.
  • Provide coaching, training and advise on future use of technology and business process to targeted clients.
  • Work closely with process owners and key users to understand business requirements and drive the building of quality solutions.
  • Perform functional analysis, requirements definition and solution configuration and testing, in conjunction with delivery teams.
  • Develop functional specifications and setting of configurations in partnership with third party development teams.
  • Drive the adoption of best practice and enforce the use of standard systems and solutions.
  • Keep up to date with technology trends and developments and suggest enhancements.
  • Act as the key specialist point of contact for service providers and clients in problem solving and investigations related to service and technology incidents and requests.
  • Ensure the knowledge underpinning application/service delivery is documented, managed and maintained.
  • Identifies risk root causes and quantify potential business impact. Implements solutions to reduce level of exposure.
  • Manage and optimize targeted functional systems/modules to support efficient and accurate workforce management.
  • Ensure finance systems, within scope, compliance with regulations.
  • Develop reports and dashboards to analyze data for decision-making.
  • Adheres to and participates in governance forums and processes.
    • Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent in the relevant IM or functional discipline
  • IT Service Delivery, vendor management, project management
  • Business case formulation, design and delivery of global enterprise solutions
  • Stakeholder engagement and management
  • Functional exposure to relevant applications and process
  • Experience working in a multinational, multi-cultural environment
  • SAP FI certification

    • Knowledge & Technical Skills:

  • Ability to work across organisational and functional boundaries, with good influencing skills, excellent stakeholder, and supplier management skills.
  • Overarching governance and quality management, ensuring compliance with relevant regulations.
  • New technologies and their impact on operational activities
  • Business improvement tools and techniques
  • Proven skills in setting goals, planning, prioritizing and administering work.
  • Catalyst to delivering improvements and change.
  • Capacity to learn quickly, understand complex business processes, and spot development areas.
  • Strong thinking and problem-solving skills. A self-starter who takes the initiative and follows through.
  • Understands business strategies and can make the link to IM contribution.
  • Understands the IM Architecture and how their own work contributes to its achievement.
  • SAP Application Management and Development Tools exposure