Job description

Senior Associate Consultant SAP Tax & Revenue Management

Location: Manama

SAP Skills

• 3- 6 years of experience in SAP TRM & PSCD/FICA.
• Good understanding in refunds processing and disbursement, knowledge of payments domain to integrate refunds process.
• Excellent understanding of Tax Authority business processes and legislation.
• Sound knowledge of SAP Form based processing used for Returns and Tax purpose.
• Strong understanding of Taxation, refunds arising out of returns, credits posting and disbursement of refunds.
• Understands the usage of GL account, configurations of GL in Financial accounting and PSCD module.

Responsibilities

• Understands the business processes and business challenges by applying SAP standard processes wherever possible.
• Lead and support workshops while ensuring all requirements are captured and compared to planned scope of work and previously specified deliverables.
• Clearly articulate the requirements and identifies the gaps by agreeing with the customer including potential additional scope.
• Able to communicate with customer confidently, convince / coach clients on the most appropriate solution and agree on an effective way forward.

Business Skills

• Excellent oral and written communication skills, ability to clearly and concisely communicate with others.
• Experience with Microsoft Office suite including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio.
• Understands business processes for focus area or module.
• Ability to do research and perform detailed tasks.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Understands business functionality related to SAP module/application as well as can identify touch points between modules.

Consulting Skills

• Follows industry trends and focuses to become a thought leader in his area of expertise.
• Exposure to new technologies in the SAP space for functional considerations.
• Aptitude for working in a team environment, problem solving skills, creative thinking, communicate clearly and empathetically, strong time management and ability to collaborate with all levels of staff.
• Ability to explain ideas and concepts to other project team members and to client personnel.
• Has a solid foundation for consulting “soft” skills necessary on client engagements.
• Ability to interpret requirements and apply SAP best practices.

Supervision Skills

• Self-starter with ability to manage their own time and task in order to meet project milestones.
• Can manage their own time / task lists in order to meet project milestones.

Leadership Skills

• Maintains positive working relationship with others.
• Seeks ways to increase their level of contribution and team effectiveness.
• Works in conjunction with peers.
• May mentor to other associate consultants.
• Works well as a member of a team.
• Seeks ways to increase their level of contribution / team effectiveness.

Personnel Development

• Focused on self-development to become a team leader/module expert.

General Skills/Tasks

• Assists the project team efforts in developing solutions for client situations.
• Assists in evaluating and designing application and/or technical architectures.
• Assist team effort in developing solutions for projects.
• Completes assignments within budget, meet project deadlines, makes and keeps sensible commitments to client and team.
• Meets billing efficiency targets, complies with all administrative responsibilities in a timely & effective manner.
• Keeps project management apprised of project direction and client concerns.
• Analyzes and develops reliable solutions which comply with specifications and standards, executes system test.
• Understands SAP methodologies, tools, standards, and techniques.
• Understands client’s business and technical environments.
• Completes project documentation, demonstrates effective organizational skills, with minimal supervision.
• Meets quality standards, correctly prioritizes own activities in accordance with project plan and budget.
• Provides project team leaders with updates on the progress and difficulties encountered and provides value-added insight and understanding.
• Demonstrates the ability to accomplish project assignments resulting in quality service.