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Job Title: SAP Specialist (Billing/DM)

Location: Durrington, West Sussex

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full-time 37 hours a week

There has never been a better time to join our organisation as we build towards a greener future, tackling climate change, minimising our environmental impact and reducing our carbon footprint!

Role Overview:

In this role you will be working as part of wider internal and external team; acting as the expert in supporting and configuring SAP ISU.

In this role, you will be liaising with internal and offshore stakeholders supporting on BAU and project work.

Role Accountabilities:

• Working in a functional role on SAP IS-U specifically
• Understanding the business processes in relation to the SAP ISU module
• Ability to configure SAP ISU as required
• Produce specifications and designs for SAP ISU and its components to meet defined business needs, retaining compatibility with enterprise and solution architectures
• Implementing new releases of SAP ISU
• Supporting additional projects aligned with business objectives and solution architecture
• Specify, design and maintain mechanisms for storage and access to both structured and unstructured information, in support of business information needs
• Design, create, test and document new and amended programme components, configuration, SQL, packages, code base and programs from supplied specifications in accordance with agreed standards
• Develop, implement and report the findings of suitable test schedules to measure and improve the quality of application solutions being deployed, to ensure that new and amended systems, configurations, packages, or services, together with any interfaces, perform as specified
• Work towards continuous improvement and bug fixes for BAU processes

About You:

• Strong experience in SAP ISU/SAP Billing; configuration and problem solving is essential
• Working knowledge of SAP ABAP and SAP ISU (ability to de-bug if required)
• Good working knowledge of managing, configuring & maintaining Device Management (DM) in SAP
• Good interpersonal and stakeholder management skills
• Experience working within the utilities industry and an understanding of the integration of different systems
• Knowledge of IT Service Management toolsets, including Knowledge Base & Configuration Management
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, flexible and a proactive team player
• Self-motivated with a positive 'can-do' attitude to problem solving
• Project experience - documentation, analysis and impact assessments
• Excellent understanding of business flows of device management, business processes and business impact
• Ideally SAP certified

This role will be full time Monday to Friday with a hybrid approach to working between our Durrington office and home.

We are offering a salary of up to £60,000 per annum depending on skills and experience as well as other benefits including:

Company and performance-related bonus

Generous pension with up to 11% company contribution

Life assurance payment equal to four times your annual salary

Health benefits through a Cash Plan

Two paid community volunteering days a year

25 days annual holiday

Occupational health service

Perkbox benefits offering discounts and savings on several products and experiences

Study support may be available for job-related qualifications

We offer competitive maternity leave and flexible return to work options

Join our team and see how far your career could progress with a company committed to career progression, training and development opportunities, our customers and the environment.

Does this opportunity excite you but you're not 100% sure if you meet all the requirements for the role? Or are you concerned that normal' office hours aren't possible given your personal circumstances? Whilst we can't accommodate every flexible working request, we'll try to find a practical solution. So why not engage with us and find out more about this role?

Our customers are at the heart of everything we do, because delivering water for life is our core purpose. To achieve this, we need 24/7 support in place to resolve incidents quickly and efficiently. All our employees understand the importance of out-of-hours incident support - because when problems appear, fixing them is our top priority. That's why our people join together and support when and however needed to make sure our customers get the service they deserve. Joining the Southern Water family means you'll become part of our incident support team. During your interview, your manager will speak to you about any incident support rotas that apply to your position.

Privacy Statement:

Please note: If you are an existing Southern Water employee, you will need to confirm within your application that your Manager is aware of your application.

All applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK. You will need to provide evidence of eligibility (eg a passport or long birth certificate and proof of NI) and current proof of address (dated within the last 3 months), will be required as part of the recruitment process. If you do not meet these criteria, your application will not be considered.