EY Asst Director-SAP-BTP 

India, Kerala, Kochi 

231209282

Essential Functions of the Job:

• Leadership: Ability to inspire, guide, and mentor consultants throughout complex project lifecycles.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for Employee Central projects, overseeing all phases from discovery through deployment and support.
• Manage and mentor a team of consultants, assigning tasks and providing guidance throughout project lifecycles.
• Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, and resource allocations to ensure deliverables are met on schedule and within budget
• Facilitate workshops and interviews with stakeholders to understand business requirements, HR processes, and reporting needs.
• Analyze and document client requirements, translating them into system specifications and design documents.
• Advise clients on best practices, change management strategies, and system adoption approaches.
• Design comprehensive Employee Central solutions, leveraging deep knowledge of SAP SuccessFactors capabilities.
• Configure Employee Central modules, including organizational management, employee data, workflows, business rules, and security settings

Analytical/Decision Making Responsibilities:

• Challenge/hold the Service Delivery team to account
• Must be able to work within a matrix organization – balancing the needs of the service line against firm initiatives and goals
• Must make decisions, such as prioritize relationships to develop, negotiate with customers and overcome obstacles
• Identify, manage and resolve complex issues, preventing escalations, where possible
• Manage, negotiate and resolve project risks effectively
• Demonstrate, by example, in-depth knowledge of the EY competency principles and practices, including coaching, learning and mentoring
• Leader and team player – sets example for project managers, business analysts and others to follow
• Create an open, honest, accountable and collaborative team environment

Knowledge and Skills Requirements:

• Application Development on SAP BTP (Neo & Cloud Foundry):
• Develop, deploy, and manage applications on SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) in both Neo and Cloud Foundry environments.
• Leverage SAP Cloud Application Programming Model (CAP) and Node.js/Java to build scalable, robust, and secure enterprise applications.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of applications with SAP and non-SAP systems.
• SAP HANA Cloud and HANA 2.0 (XSC/XSA):
• Develop and optimize complex database models, stored procedures, and views using SAP HANA Cloud and SAP HANA 2.0 (XSC and XSA environments).
• Implement advanced analytics and performance tuning on HANA DB to optimize query execution and data retrieval.
• Work with HANA Data Provisioning tools (SDI, SDA) to integrate external data sources.
• SuccessFactors Extension Applications:
• Design and build custom extensions for SAP SuccessFactors modules using SAP BTP and SAP Cloud SDK.
• Integrate SuccessFactors with external systems through OData APIs and SuccessFactors Metadata Framework (MDF).
• Extend and enhance functionalities of SuccessFactors using Business Rules Engine, Workflows, and UI5/Fiori applications.
• Implement and manage OAuth2, SAML, JWT, and other security protocols for BTP applications and APIs
• Maintain compliance with SAP security best practices and implement S/4HANA extensions using SAP Fiori/UI5
• Relationship management (internal & external stakeholders)
• End to end understanding of IT life cycle (pipeline, resource, demand, project delivery, financial)
• Good business acumen and ability to negotiate with business partners
• Strong customer orientation and able to manage customer expectations
• Good executive presence
• Ability to develop strategic plans and translate them to actionable roadmaps
• Good financial and people leadership skills
• Initiates, builds and maintains productive customer relationships
• Flexibility to adjust to multiple demands, shifting priorities, ambiguity and rapid change
• Business Analysis experience
• Basic understanding of data modelling

Supervision Responsibilities:

• Direct reports
• Working relationships (daily) with EY ITSD and AMS Lead
• Working relationships (daily) with TCS AMS team
• Liaison to the Business for that Portfolio / App

Other Requirements:

• International travel may be required
• Fluent English speaker

Education:

• A degree in Computer Science and/or a business related degree; or equivalent work experience

Experience:

• 10+ years of application services and/or client/supplier relationship management in a technology environment
• 5+ years of experience in building application extensions in SAP BTP
• Significant experience in a customer service role and business management role
• Work experience in a professional services industry, preferred

Certification Requirements (Good to have):

• Certification in SAP HANA, SAP Cloud Platform, or SAP Certified Professional - Solution Architect - SAP BTP

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