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  • Posted: Mar 17, 2022
    Deadline: Not specified
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    Since our establishment in 1918, Sanlam has been a prominent part of the South African business landscape. We have always held a long-term view of how business adapts to the demands of the environment in which it operates. Today, in a dynamic world, we see an evolving set of social, economic, political and environmental imperatives that require our skilfu...
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    SAP Business Object Specialist

    What will you do?

    Output/Core Tasks:

    • Provide technical leadership for the SAP Analytics (BO) platform team
    • Establish a Business Objects centre of excellence
    • Put in place practices and processes to ensure platform stability and performance
    • Work with the SAP Basis team on monitoring and other requirements
    • Work with the architects (i.e., application, infrastructure, security, and other architects) to ensure a sustainable platform that meets the business needs of the future
    • Ensure security is implemented according to the Sanlam’s security standards through regular reviews
    • Make business aware of what is available in the SAP Market place
    • Evaluate Business Objects releases and new product features
    • Interact with development teams and provide guidance and best practices to enable good report and dashboard development
    • Interpret business requirements for technical design 
    • Capture business requirements into technical spec design
    • Manage Business Objects Tenants(clients) 
    • Maintain Business Objects 4.x platform in a Linux environment
    • Execute collateral tasks (data preparation / universe design, SQL programming, deployment, etc.)
    • Support authentication requirements and monitoring reports and users
    • Set up connections / integrating Business Objects with other Sanlam environments, e.g. SAP HANA, SAP Financials, DB2, SQL Server etc.

    What will make you successful in this role?

    Role Requirements:

    Qualifications:

    • Grade 12
    • Information Technology Qualification
    • SAP Business Objects Admin Certification (recommended)

    Knowledge and Experience: 

    • At least 3-5 years Business Objects Administration experience
    • Hands-on experience of the entire Business Objects suite of products (especially Webi, Lumira, Analysis for Office, Analysis for OLAP including installation, troubleshooting, upgrade, configuration, and maintenance of SAP Business Objects environments and all relevant components
    • Strong Knowledge of Clustering on a Linux environment failover & Maintenance
    • Understanding of Standards, Best Practices, procedures & Key Metrics to enhance operational & Platform Stability
    • Performance Tuning Experience
    • Understanding of Multitenancy 
    • Proficient in SQL & MDX (Critical)
    • Exposure to SAP HANA
    • Must be able to work with Architects, BI developers and end users 
    • General familiarity with Financial institutions (recommended)
    • Exposure to SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) will be an advantage
    • Knowledge of other consumption tools (i.e., Qlikview, QlikSense & Power BI) will be an advantage
    • Self-driven and delivery focused

    Competencies:

    • Cultivates innovation
    • Customer focus
    • Drives results
    • Collaborates
    • Being resilient

    Method of Application

    Interested and qualified? Go to Sanlam Group on careers.sanlamcloud.co.za to apply

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