The Role
The Senior Consultant is responsible for ABAP development, coordinating with teams, preparing specifications, optimizing code, providing bug fixes, and supporting business implementations in SAP environments.
Summary Generated by Built In
A Senior Consultant is an individual who participate s in implementation/upgrade/support projects and deliver them either from remote or Onsite. Th e Senior Consultant focuses on ABAP development objects and coordinates with remote development team. Further, the Senior Consultant would be liaising w ith Project Manager for tracking and implementation of projects .
Responsibilities:
Understand the values and vision of the organization and align the activities accordingly
Protect the Intellectual Property
Adhere to all the policies and procedures
Work with other line functions to collect or provide relevant data
Ability to set up the development guidelines and methodologies
Support the onsite consulting team of experts for all relevant aspects of development work and coordination with remote development teams
Participate in practice initiatives, showing innovation, sharing knowledge and enhancing reusability
Prepare the Technical Specification, build the code, review the code and finally to prepare the Unit Test Cases and conduct technical research for an optimal solution
ABAP code modification for BDC, interface program, report, module pool arising out of non- discretionary services
Optimize custom developed programs for minimizing resource utilization and run times
Develop/Update Technical Documentation with respect to functional requirements/ Specifications as per prescribed format
Test specific objects as and when initiatives such as Migration to Higher version Hot Packs, Version Upgrades and the like are taken
Develop and maintain appropriate documentation for knowledge management
Provide Bug fixes as and when reported within the agreed time frames and Quality standards
Assist with queries relating to Reports, interfaces, enhancements, ALE/IDoc, Conversions, forms, Adobe forms, ABAP workflow, Webdynpro etc.
Work with Functional team to assess operational & quality related issues, identify gaps, and manage closure of gaps, including effective Error Trend Analysis and Problem Management
Provide proposal for ABAP redesign for performance improvement / tuning of ABAP objects as appropriate
Ensure appropriate assessment of SAP OSS notes regarding relevance for ABAP Operations
Should have strong hands-on knowledge in ABAP technologies i.e. Interactive Reporting, Dialog Programming, BAPI, RFC, SAP Scripts, Smartforms, ALE/IDocs, Interface Programming, BDC, Workflow and Data Conversions
Support business implementations by sharing best practice development skills
Working closely with our SAP Functional Specialists to deliver, maintain and troubleshoot and enhance SAP functionality
Essential Skills
Job:
Excellent communication skills are essential
Should be organized and focused on delivering research tasks within defined deadlines
Must be dynamic, flexible and possess perseverance skills
Excellent coding skills are essential
Proficiency in customer relationship management is essential
Expertise on SAP Technologies like Webdynpro, Adobe forms
Must be proficient in ABAP ticket analysis
Capable of performing technical activities beyond coding
Capable of building trust and acting as trusted adviser to the customer
Ablility to manage customer expectations and avoid any escalations
Ability to comprehend and envisage appropriate actions
Exhibit reactiveness and constructiveness at work such as, suggesting innovative but pragmatic solutions
Utilize secondary research sources and techniques
Personal:
Should have understanding of business objectives and organization structure
The candidate must have strong work ethics, trustworthiness and self-confidence
The candidate should work accurately with good attention to detail by maintaining confidentiality and integrity
Must be highly collaborative and team oriented with commitment to excellence
Ability to work under pressure to achieve the multiple daily deadlines for client deliverables, with a mature approach
Preferred Skills
Job:
The candidate should have an expertise in problem solving
Self-motivated, fast learner with the ability to operate independently
Must have proven track record of impacting results throughout career
Ability to thrive in a cross-functional team on business critical projects
The candidate must be a highly versatile thinker who can assimilate knowledge and has understanding across different industries, products, technologies, disciplines etc.
Personal:
Demonstrate proactive thinking
Negotiation and persuasion skills are required to work with partners and implement changes
Should have strong interpersonal relations, expert business acumen and mentoring skills
Have the ability to work under stringent deadlines and demanding client conditions.
Answerthink, a division of The Hackett Group, is a certified SAP Platinum Partner that develops and offers qualified SAP® Business All-in-One solutions, as well as SAP application management services, training, support, analytics, mobility, cloud offerings and SAP HANA® platform. By leveraging The Hackett Group’s leading repository of enterprise best practices, strategies and metrics, Answerthink helps customers improve performance and maximize returns on investments in SAP software.
Please visit our website at
www.answerthink.com to find out more about our firm.
Skills Required
- Strong hands-on knowledge in ABAP technologies
- Excellent communication skills
- Proficiency in customer relationship management
- Excellent coding skills
The Hackett Group Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Flexible Benefits — Remote/hybrid flexibility is consistently highlighted, with support for home-office expenses in some cases. Feedback suggests location flexibility is a bright spot that improves day-to-day experience.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Publicly posted salary ranges and role-specific target bands offer clear expectations and help candidates assess fit. Feedback suggests compensation can be competitive for certain roles and markets.
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The Company
What We Do
The Hackett Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: HCKT) is a Gen AI strategic consulting and executive advisory firm that enables Digital World Class® performance. Using Hackett AI XPLR™ and ZBrain™ – our ideation through implementation platforms – our experienced professionals help organizations realize the power of Gen AI and achieve quantifiable, breakthrough results, allowing us to be key architects of their Gen AI journey. Our expertise is grounded in unparalleled best practices insights from benchmarking the world’s leading businesses – including 97% of the Dow Jones Industrials, 89% of the Fortune 100, 70% of the DAX 40 and 55% of the FTSE 100. Visit us at www.thehackettgroup.com.
