Senior SAP Consultant (Financial Accounting & Reporting)

Digital Hub Kuala Lumpur attracts, inspires, and develops diverse talents who will elevate BASF’s digital journey.

As one of the world’s largest chemical companies, BASF is on a mission to create chemistry with a sustainable future. The Digital Hub Kuala Lumpur, alongside four other Digital Hubs across the globe, is part of the technology powerhouse driving our vision. Join our organization and make an impact in an inclusive and diverse work environment. We value individual differences and provide opportunities for you to contribute your unique perspective towards our collective goals.

Objectives of the Position

Global Digital Services provides its internal partners, the BASF business and service units, with innovative and efficient business solutions globally at competitive costs. The unit Digitalization of Services & Core Systems supports mainly BASF service units with differentiated solutions and IT products under a strong agile culture. This means offering new and innovative services that help them meet BASF Group growth targets.

In the product team Financial Accounting & Reporting, you are accountable for consulting our internal business partners (globally) and helping them define business requirements and transform them into solution designs. You are responsible for the design and customization of specific requirements and collaborate with others in case of programming or projects. You have knowledge and understanding of SAP, implementation of new business requirements, and also understand the responsibility for operational tasks, e.g., ticket solving in case of errors. The products handled are General Finance, Asset Accounting, and Real Estate Management.

The Business Solution Consultant (BSC) bridges the gap between the business and technical sides of an organization, with balanced knowledge of existing technologies.

Main Tasks

• Understanding and challenging business requirements, processes, and customer needs, adding value to solutions and matching them with existing tools and technologies.
• Collaborating with stakeholders and delivering analysis reports, solution proposals, and project plans.
• Focusing on improving processes and achieving business objectives through effective solution design.
• Advising and supporting the Internal Business Partners (IBP) on complex business process and IT application issues within the process area of Finance / Asset Management / Real Estate Management (Financial Accounting & Reporting).
• Executing prototyping/configuration and testing of new business solutions based on dedicated BASF business requirements while ensuring high quality.
• Executing studies in the preliminary stage of projects, including evaluation of Third-Party providers.
• Supporting and/or steering the formulation of cost estimates for solution design efforts and for all other relevant project phases as an integral part of the project life cycle planning process.
• Contributing to projects including collaboration with internal business partners and external providers.

Requirements

Education

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree required with preference in Business IT, Business Economics with emphasis on SCM and/or IT, or Informatics with an emphasis on Business Economics (Diploma / Master).

Working Experience

• 2 – 3 years’ experience in system development (customizing), maintenance, and/or functional support. At least 2 SAP project life cycle implementation experiences are desirable.

Technical & Professional Knowledge (Mandatory)

• Good to very good command of English (written and spoken).
• At least 2 – 3 years knowledge and understanding of classical SAP applications (e.g., General Finance, Asset Management, or Real Estate Management).
• Business knowledge in the Process Area Finance.
• Ability to manage multiple and competing priorities and to work under pressure.
• Must be able to work independently and must be committed with a high sense of responsibility.
• Conflict management skills.
• Ability to develop action plans, impact, and resolution options.
• Self-motivated and proactive with the initiative to seek innovative solutions.
• Effective human relations and communications skills are important to develop, establish cooperation, and rapport with users at all working levels and of different nationalities.
• Fluent language skills in English (written and spoken).
• Agile mindset, openness, and helpfulness.

At BASF, we create chemistry for a sustainable future. We combine economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility. Around 112,000 employees in the BASF Group contribute to the success of our customers in nearly all sectors and almost every country in the world. Our portfolio comprises six segments: Chemicals, Materials, Industrial Solutions, Surface Technologies, Nutrition & Care, and Agricultural Solutions. BASF generated sales of €68.9 billion in 2023.

BASF is committed to empowering its employees to pursue their interests and explore emerging technologies. By investing in top-quality tools and promoting cross-functional collaboration, we encourage our team members to drive positive change within our organization. Come join us and be a part of our digitalization journey.

Further Information at https://go.basf.net/careers_digitalhubkl