SAP Authorisation Consultant; Senior

Pretoria, South Africa | Posted on 15/05/2026

• Applications operations support for Authorisations.
• Providing 1st level support to users; adhering to documented processes.
• Providing 2nd level support to processes where documented.
• Liaise with development/team leads on user access requirements, new transactions, role creation etc.
• Enforce SAP security and SAP development guidelines.
• Delivering security and authorisations support for new project releases.
• Responsible for ensuring prompt resolution of security and authorisations incidents.
• Provide user support in understanding processes related to SAP Authorisation.
• Responsible for ensuring SAP security compliance to internal controls and good practice implementation in SAP authorisation policies to mitigate business risk.
• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Able to work under pressure.
• Flexibility to take up different tasks in the project.
• Willing and able to travel extensively, for up to 2 weeks at a time (international).

• Min 5 – 10 years’ SAP Authorisation experience.
• SAP Authorization in all modules.
• SAP S/4 Hana and Fiori:
  Fiori Launchpad and Administration.
• MS Excel (Strong Formula knowledge).
• Strong SAP Trace analysis.
• Strong communications skills.
• At least 3 full project implementations.
• Good understanding of system landscape to design adequate and governance compliant secure role design and user provisioning.
• Proven experience in roles design and support within a SAP environment.
• Transport creation with CALM.ITSM change ticket creation.

• JIRA/Confluence knowledge advantage (Agile).
• Strong Basis authorization object knowledge.
• Good skills in interpreting SAP Gateway error log.
• Basic knowledge in understanding OData and services.
• Experience in all SAP role concepts.

• SAP Experience (5 – 10 Years) K2/3 (Authorisation specific).
• SAP Authorization in the following modules:
  Finance & SD. MM would be advantageous.
• Strong experience in Applications Operations.
• MS Excel (Strong Formula knowledge).
• Good understanding of system landscape to design adequate and governance compliant secure role design and user provisioning.
• Proven experience in roles design and support within a SAP environment.
• Good problem-solving capabilities are necessary to investigate and propose alternate solutions for compliance conflicts.