SAP TRM Senior Consultant

• Undertakes functional solution responsibilities considering SAP TRM / PSCD
• Understands the business processes and business challenges by applying SAP standard processes wherever possible.
• Provides support to project manager in sharing the various tasks of their solution to conclude on the project planning, deliverable specification, and effort estimations.
• Responsible for client interaction and management during all workshops, meetings, and informal contacts.
• Able to communicate with customer confidently, convince / coach clients on the most appropriate solution and agree on an effective way forward.
• Lead or support workshops while ensuring all requirements are captured and compared to planned scope of work and previously specified deliverables.
• Conducts or supports meetings, provides regular updates to customer / project team members.
• Ensures that all risks and mitigation processes within their solution are identified and documented.
• Supports and prepares all project deliverables and actively participates in the complete project life cycle documentation from their solution perspective.
• Periodically monitors and supports the progress of the activities within his solution scope and ensures to take timely actions to avoid delays.
• Supports or leads demo or proof of concept (PoC) preparations and conducts business process demonstrations to our clients.
• Recommends business process improvements where applicable.
• Provides solution and effort estimations for change requests.
• Actively participates in all TRM practice activities.
• Proactively seek additional support within the practice on knowledge gaps
• Proactively inform project delays and seeks mitigation.
• Participates in the various recruitment drives and actively conducts interviews to identify resources with adequate skill sets and practice knowledge.
• Design and develop new TRM solutions to widen our product catalogue.
• Coach and mentor team members.
• SAP Skills
• 6 to 8 years of experience with TRM project implementations.
• Expert level knowledge concerning SAP TRM and PSCD.
• Excellent understanding of Tax Authority business processes and legislation.
• Exposed to multiple Implementation methodologies like ASAP, Activate, Waterfall, Scrum etc.
• Strong understanding of Taxation, refunds arising out of returns, credits posting and disbursement of refunds.
• Understands the usage of GL account, configurations of GL in Financial accounting and PSCD module.

Business Skills

• Excellent oral and written communication skills, the ability to clearly and concisely communicate with others.
• Experience with Microsoft Office suite including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio.
• Understands business processes for focus area or module.
• Ability to do research and perform detailed tasks.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Understands business functionality related to SAP module/application as well as can identify and understands touch points between modules.
• Understands how to solve detailed SAP problems.
• Understands and can explain best business practices, especially those that SAP enables.

Consulting Skills

• Follows industry trends and focuses to become a thought leader in his area of expertise
• Exposure to new technologies in the SAP space for functional considerations.
• Aptitude for working in a team environment; problem solving skills, creative thinking, communicating clearly and empathetically, strong time management and ability to collaborate with all levels of staff.
• Ability to explain ideas and concepts to other project team members and to client personnel.
• Has a solid foundation for consulting soft skills necessary on client engagements.
• Ability to interpret requirements and apply SAP best practices.
• Ability to identify upsell opportunities and assists in management of scope.

Supervision Skills

• Self-starter with ability to manage their own time and task in order to meet project milestones.
• Manages their own / team task lists in order to meet project milestones.
• Monitors team status and reports variances.

Leadership Skills

• Maintains positive working relationship with others.
• Seeks ways to increase their level of contribution and team effectiveness.
• Works in conjunction with peers and mentor other associate consultants.
• Works well as a member of a team.
• Seeks ways to increase their level of contribution / team effectiveness.
• Works well as a leader of a team (motivates team).
• Seeks ways to increase the team s level of contribution / team effectiveness.

Personnel Development

• Further self-development of SAP skills and management skills

General Skills/Tasks

• Can lead and focus project team efforts in developing solutions for client situations.
• Evaluates and designs application and/or technical architectures.