Senior IT Manager / SAP S/4HANA, Security & Authorizations Lead (m/f/d)

As an internal IT service provider, Fresenius Digital Technology supports all business units of the Fresenius Group with innovative and reliable IT services. We strive to find the perfect balance between providing high-quality services and being innovative at the same time. Our investments in state-of-the-art IT will streamline our business processes in the long term and allow us to adapt more flexibly to future changes as part of #FutureFresenius.

In your new role as Senior IT Manager / SAP S/4HANA, Security & Authorizations Lead (m/f/d) you will be responsible for designing, implementing, testing and managing roles, including master, derived and composite roles. You will be maintaining business blueprint and design documents, role matrix within Security and GRC for the upcoming global SAP S/4HANA transformation.

Your assignments

• Lead security workshops, review security design, and recommend best security practices 

• Design and implement Fiori roles for catalogues, groups, apps, and more 

• Design and maintain BI roles for queries, menus, and folders as well as BI analysis authorizations and custom user exits 

• Support the deployment of roles and authorizations as part of SAP S/4HANA rollout projects and work with the compliance team to ensure internal and external audit requirements are met 

• Manage SAP users, authorizations, and profiles and process incoming incidents and service requests 

• Prepare user manuals, train users and introduce technical changes into the environment 

• Create reports for stakeholders on the status of SAP authorization initiatives 

• Administer SAP GRC Access Control Suite of programs, including user provisioning, segregation of duty management, emergency access and role management

• Coordinating with various teams for design and administration of security and GRC tasks

• Serve as a team lead, guiding and mentoring team members throughout the migration and foster a collaborative and high-performance team environment

• Integrate SAP security and GRC systems with other security tools and platforms to orchestrate end-end security process and improve interoperability

• Serve as trusted technical advisor to internal and external partners in driving SAP S/4HANA discussions and implementation

• Establish strong guidelines and processes and make sure all parties are adhering to the established processes and guidelines

Your profile

• At least 12 years of experience in SAP security and GRC with at least 3 years of experience in leading a sizeable team

• At least 2 years of experience in SAP S/4HANA environment with participation in one full life cycle implementation, preferably large greenfield SAP S/4HANA transformation

• Proven experience in leading authorization projects within SAP S/4HANA environments

• Strong understanding of SAP security concepts, role design and authorization management

• Expertise in developing and implementing security strategies and roadmaps

• Experience setting up SAP S/4HANA, Fiori roles in a multi-tier architecture

• Experience in SAP GRC Access Controls Suite / Process Controls Suite

• Experience with SAP GRC 12 and S/4HANA with strong focus in SAP security design, configuration and administration

• Strong experience in implementation of mitigation controls for SOD violations and remediations

• Multiple years of experience in SAP system audit and risk management

• Good understanding in establishing single sign-on with corporate identity provider via BTP IAS

• Self-starter and excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills as well as fluent communication skills in English