SAP Security Consultant

Job Description

Appealing Points

• Opportunity to work with a broad range of modern technologies, including SAP S/4HANA, Fiori, BTP, and SailPoint, gaining end-to-end experience in security design and operations.
• Play a key role in global and regional SAP initiatives, supporting rollout projects and contributing to the enhancement of enterprise-wide governance and access control standards.
• Strengthen expertise in critical compliance and security areas such as SoD management, audit support, access reviews, and risk remediation, building a highly marketable skill set.

Annual Salary : 12 million yen and above

Job Description: 

This position plays a vital role in maintaining secure and compliant SAP environments by designing, administering, and reviewing access controls. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of SAP security concepts (roles, authorizations, profiles) and hands-on experience with role provisioning, SailPoint tool and BTP. The consultant will also support global and regional initiatives, participate in SAP rollout projects, and contribute to continuous improvement in SAP security processes.

Responsibilities:

• Design and maintain SAP security roles (single, composite, derived) for SAP S/4HANA and related systems.
• Support new project rollouts, security role mapping, and SoD (Segregation of Duties) compliance.
• Collaborate with functional leads to define access requirements and translate them into secure role concepts.
• Partner with the Identity & Access Management (IAM) team to support SailPoint provisioning workflows.
• Manage day-to-day user provisioning and de-provisioning for all regions SAP accounts, ensuring timely and accurate access.
• Conduct periodic access reviews, audit support, and remediation of identified risks.
• Develop documentation for security design, user provisioning processes, and governance procedures.
• Perform user and role analysis to identify redundant, obsolete, or excessive access.
• Investigate and resolve access issues, violations, or user provisioning errors.
• Stay updated on SAP security trends, tools, and regulatory changes impacting access control.
• Provide support during go-live cutovers and critical production support windows.

Job Qualification:

• Strong understanding of SAP authorization concepts and role-based access control.
• Ability to manage high-volume provisioning and support multiple SAP environments.
• Strong communication skills for collaboration with business users and audit teams.
• Familiarity with IT general controls, SOX compliance, and access certification processes.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience working in international or global teams is a plus.
• Knowledge of SAP BTP Security, including understanding role design and administration within the BTP environment.
• Should be familiar with global template and rollout concepts and understand how to align regional designs with the global model.
• Should have a good understanding of SoD risks and mitigations to ensure appropriate access assignment.
• Should be able to interpret and build upon authorization matrices (auth matrix) and assist users in identifying the right access needed to perform their roles.

Technical Skills:

• Hands-on experience in SAP Security for S/4HANA, Fiori, and ECC systems.
• Proficiency in SAP authorization objects, PFCG role maintenance, SUIM, ST01, SU53, and SU24.
• Experience with SailPoint IdentityNow or other Identity Governance tools.
• Familiarity with ticketing systems like ServiceNow or SAP Solution Manager.
• Understanding SAP modules such as MM, SD, PP, and FICO from a security perspective.

Language Skills: Conversational Japanese and Business level English

About Company

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A global leader in consulting, technology, outsourcing, and next-generation services. With approximately 180,000 employees worldwide, the company helps clients in more than 50 countries stay ahead of the competition. Through the co-creation of innovative solutions, they help companies transform and thrive in an ever-changing world.

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