Business Analyst Authorization, BTP & Basis

Our Client is the global market leader in the design, testing, and manufacture of specialty filter solutions for the tobacco industry. Headquartered in Singapore, the company operates nine manufacturing facilities across Europe, the Americas, and Asia, supported by two Innovation Centres, an accredited Scientific Services laboratory, and a Centre of Excellence dedicated to sustainability.

With a workforce of approximately 2,000 employees, Our Client serves customers in more than 120 countries worldwide.

Guided by a strong sense of partnership, Our Client’s purpose is to support its partners in transforming their businesses and realizing sustainable growth—succeeding together through collaboration. Its mission is to be a responsible, customer-focused innovation leader, delivering excellence in sustainable solutions for today and the future.

Role Description:

• We are seeking an experienced Business Analyst for SAP Authorization to design, implement, and govern access controls and BTP-related activities in our SAP S/4HANA landscape. This role is critical to ensuring secure, compliant, and efficient system usage within our corporate, manufacturing and supply chain environment. You will take end-to-end ownership of SAP security and support SAP BTP and Basis activities from understanding business processes and defining access requirements to hands-on role design, testing, deployment, and ongoing support.

Responsibilities:

• The position requires a strong balance of technical expertise, governance, and stakeholder collaboration.
• Design, build, test, and maintain SAP S/4HANA roles by translating business requirements into secure, scalable role structures
• Manage user access lifecycle activities (provisioning, modification, de-provisioning) in compliance with internal controls and audit standards
• Perform Segregation of Duties (SoD) analysis, risk identification cum analysis, remediation, manage user access requests, and emergency access management
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, IT teams, and auditors to resolve access issues and address audit findings
• Troubleshoot authorization issues and conduct root cause analysis across SAP modules
• Maintain and continuously improve SAP security frameworks in production environments
• Develop and maintain documentation, including role design standards, access matrices, and procedures
• Provide Level 2 and Level 3 support for SAP security-related incidents and requests
• Provide SAP Basis support including transport, patch and upgrade, coordination of system refresh activities
• Support automation and workflow using SAP BTP.
• Ensure ongoing system compliance, stability, and performance related to access controls

Requirements: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Business, or a related field (Master’s degree is a plus).
• SAP Authorization or SAP GRC Certification is a strong advantage.
• Minimum 5 years of SAP security/authorization experience, including at least one S/4HANA implementation or conversion.
• Strong experience with PFCG role design and maintenance, user and role administration, authorization object analysis and troubleshooting, risk analysis, emergency access, access request management and SoD analysis and compliance controls
• Good understanding of SAP SD, EWM/MM, FICO, AM, QM and PP, Concur, Ariba, IBP and the business processes to design effective security roles.
• Experience supporting audit activities, internal controls, and compliance reviews.
• Knowledge of integration environments (e.g., Salesforce & MES) from an authorization impact perspective is an advantage.
• Experience with S/4HANA environments, including Fiori app authorizations
• Experience with using SAP BTP for building automation and workflow
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work with cross-functional teams.
• Self-driven, disciplined, and able to work independently while meeting timelines.