Business Consultant - SAP Authorizations

China - Guangzhou - RHQ (2824)

Information Technology

Posted on 25-06-2025

About Umicore

Reducing harmful vehicle emissions. Giving new life to used metals. Powering the cars of the future. As a global materials and technology group, we apply our specialist knowledge to offer materials and solutions that are essential to everyday life. We aim to be a clear world leader in materials for clean mobility and recycling and have turned our sustainability approach into an even greater competitive advantage. With ambitions like this, imagine what you could do.

About Information Systems

A global organisation. It’s not just those in our industrial sites and technical centres that are vital to Umicore’s growth. Across our support functions we ensure that we continue to grow and evolve – whether it’s by making sure our decisions are commercially viable, enhancing our reputation, building new customer relationships or finding the right people who can build on what we’ve already achieved. The variety of our work means we cannot stand still. We need to find new ways to do things, discover new solutions and develop new ideas. Which is where you come in.

What you will be doing

As Business Consultant SAP Authorizations, you are responsible for the development and administration of user access rights on the Umicore SAP systems (mainly SAP version S4 Hana). You are also assisting in SAP Audit controls and the SAP license assignments and measurements. You will work in a broad range of SAP systems and with the CSI Accelerator tool.

You are end responsible for the maintenance of the SAP Authorizations Model within Umicore. You work closely together with the SAP Role Owners (business), SAP Domain Owners, Project managers and internal audit.

Your activity domain will consist of:

•        You work in close collaboration with an internal and external partner responsible for functional role administration and perform functional role administration yourself

•        You work in close collaboration with and perform role assignment for the Technical Role Administration team

•        You execute and follow up Audit remediation Plans

•        You are back up for the role assignment process to end users

•        You keep an overview and quality check of all Roles assigned (technical and functional) in all environments and perform regular quality checks and cleanup exercises

•        You ensure consistency of the SAP Authorizations Model by performing quality checks.

•        You provide second and third level application support services

Who we are looking for?

•        You hold a bachelor or master in information technology, applied computer sciences, applied economics or a related field

•        You have a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience in SAP

•        You have a minimum experience with managing SAP user profiles and SAP user administration

•        Experience with Segregation of Duty (SoD) analysis and working with tools like SAP GRC or CSI Accelerator is a plus

•        Expert knowledge of Microsoft Office suite, including Excel

•        You have a mature, assertive and dynamic personality, with excellent interpersonal skills

•        You are well organized and work with respect to details

•        You have excellent communication skills

•        You are fluent in English

What we offer

We aim to lead the way. Not just for our customers, but for our employees too. That is why we strive to create a collaborative environment in which we can all succeed, and a culture through which we can all share ideas, develop our expertise and advance our careers. We engage in building an inclusive work culture that offers equal opportunities for all employees irrespective of their diverse backgrounds. As you would expect from a world-leading organization, we will also reward your contribution with a competitive salary and benefits. With all this and more, imagine what you could do

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