Senior SAP Developer

The Senior SAP Developer will work closely with Corporate Systems specialists and stakeholders across Finance, Procurement and other business areas to deliver and support SAP solutions. The role will undertake requirements gathering, application design, coding, testing, technical documentation and production support, including the development of reports, interfaces, conversions, enhancements and forms. The role will also analyse and resolve issues in custom and standard SAP programs, improve the performance of existing code, and triage SAP support requests.

The Senior SAP Developer will operate with a high degree of autonomy, translating business requirements into fit-for-purpose technical solutions and providing sound technical advice to business stakeholders. The role will support knowledge transfer and technical capability within the team and contribute to the ongoing stability, security and improvement of Austrade’s SAP environment.

Requirements

Key duties and responsibilities

The Senior SAP Developer will:

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  • Deliver SAP development, configuration, enhancement and support services across Austrade's SAP environment, ensuring the ongoing stability and performance of critical corporate systems. Undertake requirements gathering, technical analysis, solution design, coding, testing, implementation and documentation activities for SAP-related initiatives.
    
  • Develop and maintain SAP reports, interfaces, conversions, enhancements and forms  to support Finance, Procurement and corporate business functions.
    
  • Analyse, troubleshoot and resolve complex SAP defects, production issues and support requests in a timely and effective manner.
    
  • Provide specialist technical expertise and support across SAP FICO and Procurement modules, including system enhancements, compliance requirements and business process improvements. Collaborate with business stakeholders to translate business requirements into fit-for-purpose technical solutions and provide advice on best practice system design and functionality.
    
  • Support SAP integrations and interface development with internal and external systems, ensuring data integrity and reliable system performance.
    
  • Perform performance tuning, code optimisation and technical uplift activities to improve system efficiency, maintainability and user experience.
    
  • Provide technical guidance on SAP security, including application roles, permissions, profiles and access controls aligned with business requirements.
    
  • Contribute to ERP readiness, cloud migration planning, technical documentation, knowledge transfer and continuous improvement initiatives across the Corporate Systems Team.
    

Technical Skills

• Minimum 5 years' experience developing, configuring and supporting SAP ECC 6.0 or higher environments.
  

• Strong expertise in SAP Finance and Controlling (SAP FICO), including financial reporting, compliance and finance business processes.
  

• Experience with SAP Procurement modules and Procure-to-Pay business processes.
  

• Proven capability to develop and support SAP reports, interfaces, conversions, enhancements and forms (RICEF/WRICEF objects).
  

• Strong skills in SAP troubleshooting, defect resolution, root cause analysis and production support.
  

• Experience designing, developing and supporting integrations between SAP and external systems, including web services and interfaces.
  

• Ability to gather and analyse business requirements and translate them into technical designs and solutions.
  

• Experience developing test scenarios, supporting user acceptance testing and managing implementation activities.
  

• Strong understanding of SAP security, including roles, profiles, permissions and application access controls.
  

• Experience performing code optimisation, performance tuning and continuous improvement activities to enhance SAP system performance and user experience.
  

• Ability to work independently in complex environments while managing multiple priorities across projects, support and enhancement activities.
  

• Strong technical documentation, knowledge transfer and stakeholder engagement skills, including the ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical audiences.