SAP Commercial Business Partner 

Egypt, Cairo, Cairo 

314824194

What you´ll do

• The Commercial Business Partner will support the Sales teams and manage a variety of commercial contracts in accordance with the SAP policies and procedures, applicable laws, and customer requirements.
• The role has a very strong commercial focus. The Commercial Business Partner will need to work closely with the sales teams with a pro-active approach and often take a central role in customer negotiations, advising on deal structure, providing detailed pricing information, identifying risk and revenue recognition risks and finding practical commercial solutions to meet the needs of the business.
• The Commercial Business Partner is responsible for advising the organization to achieve compliance with existing and new legislation and internal procedures.

Duties and Responsibilities
The Commercial Business Partner’s responsibilities will include:

• Preparing, negotiating, and drafting contracts (incl. Addenda/Amendments) to the SAP standard Software Licence, Cloud and Maintenance Agreements.
• Reviewing and commenting on deal structures provided by the Account Executives.
• Reviewing, commenting on, negotiating and redrafting Customer’s Software Licence Agreements.
• Ensuring the SAP approval process has been followed.
• Responding to complex inquiries regarding contract obligations and revisions.
• Supporting other finance functions and acting as a trusted partner to colleagues within Finance and the Sales organisation.
• Being engaged in commercial negotiation, explain the terms of the agreement to the customer and identify risks.

What you bring

• 1 – 3 years of experience in a finance function/contract administration.
• Good knowledge of general corporate business practices and commercial contracting regulations and principles.
• Be able to quickly identify risks and issues and suggesting alternatives that lead to the best solution and escalating matters within the business where necessary.
• Work well and remain calm under pressure which will include managing multiple contracts at any one time, meeting tight timelines especially at month and quarter end.
• Collaborate with Account Executives, clearly explain outstanding contractual issues and ensure there are no conflicting messages being provided to the Customer.
• A confident individual who is happy to liaise and communicate at all levels within a company including with the Managing Director, CFO and Commercial Director.
• Excellent oral and written skills in English and Arabic will be advantage.