ABAP CONSULTANT JOB DESCRIPTION

Custom ABAP development is a precise craft. Translating a client's business process into working, maintainable SAP code, and defending that translation through technical reviews, integration testing, and post-go-live support takes more than programming ability. The SAP ABAP Consultant owns the technical delivery layer of client engagements, converting functional specifications into RICEFW objects and S/4HANA-compatible solutions within consulting project structures that often span multiple client organisations simultaneously. Sitting across onsite and offshore team models, the role reports to project or technical managers while acting as the primary technical contact for functional consultants and business SMEs on each engagement.

As the SAP ABAP Consultant, you translate client business requirements into technically sound SAP development artefacts,  from detailed programming designs through tested, documented code across RICEFW, enhancement frameworks, and integration objects. You operate within a consulting delivery model, reporting to a Project or Technical Manager, and collaborate daily with functional consultants, business SMEs, and onsite or offshore team members across concurrent client engagements.

Career Impact: Delivering RICEFW objects and S/4HANA-compatible solutions across multiple client industries builds the cross-sector technical depth that makes senior SAP ABAP professionals consistently sought after in the consulting market.

Business Impact: When custom development stalls or breaks in production, client go-live timelines slip and project referenceability is lost. The SAP ABAP Consultant is the person who prevents that outcome and keeps delivery on track.

Growth Opportunity: Exposure to cloud migration projects, Agile sprint delivery, and emerging ABAP for HANA development positions consultants well for progression into SAP Technical Architect or Senior Consultant roles.

• Design and develop ABAP solutions spanning reports, interfaces, conversions, enhancements, forms and workflow objects to meet approved technical specifications.
• Translate functional requirements into technical design documents and unit test scripts before development begins.
• Review code produced by team members against SAP development guidelines and project quality standards.
• Collaborate with functional consultants and business SMEs at each engagement stage to clarify requirements and validate solution fit.
• Analyse and resolve production defects, performance issues and recurrent system errors, identifying root causes and documenting fixes.
• Integrate third-party and cross-module components, coordinating with adjacent technical teams to manage system dependencies.
• Maintain technical documentation, knowledge base entries and project artefacts to support handover and future maintenance.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, daily scrums and sprint demos, aligning development activity to sprint commitments.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• 5 or more years of SAP ABAP development experience, with demonstrated delivery of RICEFW objects in project environments.
• Proficiency in translating business and functional requirements into technical specifications and programming designs.
• Strong debugging and problem analysis skills, with the ability to resolve complex performance and logic issues independently.
• Working knowledge of SAP module processes across at least two of SD, MM, FI, WM, or PM, sufficient to interpret functional designs.
• Experience working within Agile or Scrum delivery frameworks, including sprint planning and iterative development cycles.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English, covering both technical documentation and client-facing interaction.

• Experience developing in S/4HANA and ABAP for HANA environments, including CDS Views and OData services.
• Familiarity with SAP Fiori and UI5 front-end development as a complement to core ABAP work.
• Prior exposure to on/offshore team delivery models, including coordination across time zones and handover documentation practices.
• Experience supporting pre-sales activities, including contributing to technical proposals or statements of work.

• RICEFW delivery rate per sprint, measuring how consistently development tasks are completed within committed sprint cycles.
• Defect escape rate post-unit-test, tracking the proportion of issues caught before functional testing rather than after.
• Code review pass rate on first submission, reflecting adherence to SAP ABAP development guidelines and project standards.
• Mean time to resolution for production defects assigned to this consultant, measuring responsiveness to live-system issues.
• Technical documentation completeness score per delivery milestone, assessed against project handover checklist criteria.
• Typical tools: ABAP development environment (commonly SAP ABAP Workbench or SAP Business Application Studio); testing and ALM platforms (commonly SAP Solution Manager or equivalent)

• Base Salary Range: $95,000 to $135,000 per year
• Bonus: Performance-based annual bonus, typically 8 to 12 percent of base
• Equity: Not typical at this level in consulting; project-based incentives may apply
• Health Benefits: Medical, dental, and vision coverage for employee and eligible dependents
• PTO: 15 to 20 days annually, plus standard US federal holidays
• Common Perks: Certification reimbursement for SAP credentials, remote or hybrid work options, structured onboarding for new engagement models

Figures are estimates based on general US market benchmarks and may be outdated. Adjust based on location, company size, and seniority level.

Successful completion of a background check is a condition of employment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation to participate in the hiring process are encouraged to submit that request in writing. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States; sponsorship availability varies by employer.

The SAP ABAP Consultant owns the delivery of end-to-end technical solutions for clients, from detailed design through implementation, including leading small to medium technical projects across multiple system environments. Working under the Project or Technical Manager alongside Solutions Architects and customer representatives, this role builds the technical foundation that enables clients to modernise their enterprise systems and realise measurable business value.

Key Responsibilities

• Implement part or all of the technical solution for clients in accordance with an agreed technical design.
• Provide detailed technical design for enterprise solutions on an occasional basis.
• Understand a broad spectrum of technology to deliver detailed technical designs meeting customer requirements.
• Lead small to medium technical projects.
• Work with and under the direction of the Project/Technical Manager and with customer-nominated representatives.
• Liaise with Solutions Architect as appropriate.
• Provide technical support and input on the application of technology to a defined business segment.
• Provide advice on solutions and integration opportunities to defined segments.
• Provide technical leadership on specific integration activities that are part of an engagement.
• Provide planning and design support for the development of solution architectures in multiple system environments.
• Communicate across the client community and demonstrate added value.
• Contribute to knowledge tools and communities, ensuring project learnings are documented and shared.
• Encourage knowledge sharing, re-use, and professional community contributions within the practice.
• Produce internally published materials such as knowledge briefs, service delivery kit components, or modules.
• Participate in the selling process and support pre-sales activities.

Required Qualifications

• Hold a Bachelor of Arts/Science or equivalent degree in computer science or a related field, or 8+ years of relevant professional experience instead of a degree.
• 5+ years of professional experience in a relevant technical role.
• Experience leading small teams in the delivery of specific deliverables.
• Experience mastering at least one technical discipline with strong knowledge across at least three major technology areas.
• Proficiency in applying technology and consulting practices to solve client business problems.
• Proficiency in conducting and leading oral status and technical interchange meetings with clients on small to medium-sized engagements.
• Proficiency in owning and producing customer documentation, including translating technical details into clear written form and contributing to proposal documents.
• Proficiency in translating verbal client requirements into requirements documents, statements of work, and proposals.
• Advanced level of business, technical, or functional knowledge.
• Strong skills in communicating and presenting complex issues with assurance and confidence.
• Strong skills in consulting practices, including questioning, listening, idea development, permission and rapport, and influencing.
• Strong skills in developing high-level designs or plans from client requirements, estimating effort, and advising on associated risks.
• Strong skills in producing written responses to technical proposals and reports in collaboration with a team.
• Ability to perform and drive the resolution of problems involving combinations and interactions of products.
• Ability to discuss requirements with clients within the area of expertise, challenge, and clarify as appropriate.

Embedded within the SAP delivery organisation, the Abap Consultant bridges business teams, client IT teams, internal consultant teams, and vendors while managing large-scale SAP projects and driving structured change management programmes. Working closely with executive sponsors, project managers, and employee-facing leaders, this role advances organisational adoption of SAP change initiatives and enables measurable improvements in transformation outcomes across multicultural environments.

Core Functions

• Drive projects needed by the business and report progress to concerned stakeholders.
• Manage consultants, user IT team members and vendors.
• Understand customer requirements and act as a bridge between business teams, client IT teams, internal consultant teams and vendors.
• Conduct regular and ad-hoc review meetings on projects.
• Apply a structured change management approach and methodology for the people side of change caused by projects and change efforts.
• Develop actionable and targeted change management plans, including communication, sponsor roadmap, mentoring, training and resistance management plans.
• Work closely with sponsors and project teams to integrate change management activities and strategy into the project plan and support execution by employee-facing managers and business leaders.
• Conduct change assessments, evaluate results and present findings in a logical and easy-to-understand manner.
• Participate in and lead enterprise change management activities.
• Proactively coach senior leaders including executive sponsors.
• Consult and coach program managers and teams on strategies to increase adoption and craft standards for change management tools across various situations.
• Provide resources and training to others to increase change management effectiveness throughout the team.

Qualifications & Experience

• 10+ years of experience with SAP systems, including expertise in more than one SAP module and at least 5 years managing large-scale SAP projects.
• Strong hands-on experience (5+ years) in SAP ECC modules (FICO, MM, SD, PM, PP, DSD or QM) or S/4HANA.
• Proven experience (5+ years) in project management for SAP ERP and S/4HANA, with proficiency in SAP project planning and tracking tools including MS Project.
• Experience in HANA projects and HANA migration.
• Experience in cloud and on-premise integration with SAP and non-SAP systems.
• Experience in business process mapping with a holistic end-to-end view of systems.
• Experience in coordination, conflict handling and problem solving.
• Deep understanding of the change process and how people navigate change, with the ability to source, develop and apply standard change management methods, tools and frameworks.
• Strong team leadership aptitude with the ability to lead project teams toward target achievement.
• Strong skills in communication and interpersonal collaboration in a multicultural environment.
• Good analytical and communication skills.
• Proficiency in SAP project planning tools including MS Project and equivalent platforms.

Reporting to IT leadership, the SAP ABAP Consultant is accountable for the development and ongoing maintenance and enhancements of business systems, including analysing requirements, defining solutions and translating them into accurate ABAP code. Partnering with both technical and non-technical groups across internal and external customer teams, this role shapes reliable, well-documented systems that support continuous business operations and RPA implementation opportunities.

Primary Duties

• Analyze business requirements, review existing systems, define solutions, and translate them into detailed programming designs.
• Take detailed programming designs and perform development required to translate them into efficient and accurate code.
• Communicate effectively with internal and external customers possessing various levels of technical knowledge.
• Determine underlying issues when presented with ambiguous or contradictory information and demonstrate good listening skills.
• Quickly solve and determine problems working with technical and non-technical groups in areas outside the primary area of expertise.
• Use service-specific tools and procedures.
• Identify opportunities to enhance existing business operations using new SAP functions.
• Identify root causes and solutions for recurrent problems.
• Update and maintain documentation and knowledge database.
• Create detailed technical specifications.
• Work with other IT personnel on configuration changes affecting areas outside SAP ABAP and perform rigorous testing.
• Identify and propose processes for RPA implementation.
• Be available for punctual travel when needed.
• Comply with agile methodologies.
• Train and spread knowledge through the global team.
• Serve as subject matter expert for content, processes, and procedures associated with all SAP ABAP.

Skills & Qualifications

• 10+ years of ABAP experience.
• Experience with Fiori, UI5, S/4HANA, and HANA Views.
• Experience working with onshore/offshore teams.
• Strong understanding of the systems development lifecycle and system implementation methodologies.
• Knowledge of Fiori and UI5 is an asset.
• Knowledge of Fiori, UI5, S/4HANA, HANA Views, and Tosca is an asset.
• Proficiency in analyzing business requirements and translating them into programming designs and technical specifications.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to understand new tasks quickly.
• Strong skills in oral and written communication, both technical and user-focused, including documentation.
• Willingness to develop new competencies and pursue continuous improvement.
• Open to working with different cultures and mindsets.
• Fluent in English.

Sitting at the intersection of software engineering and technical consultancy, the Senior SAP ABAP Consultant designs, develops and integrates third-party components while performing code reviews in line with SAP ABAP development guidelines and security protocols. Operating across a Centre of Expertise problem-solving team and broader colleague network, this role leads technical feasibility assessments and delivers solutions that maintain system integrity and support continuous service quality.

Duties

• Design, develop, integrate third-party components, test, install and support programs and systems.
• Analyse technical and functional requirements and translate them into software solutions.
• Understand dependencies toward other systems and teams.
• Evaluate and recommend technical feasibility and cost estimates of proposed solutions.
• Prepare installation and operating procedures.
• Provide technical assistance to colleagues and assist in resolving problems reported by other team members.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation.
• Support delivered software and participated as part of a Centre of Expertise problem-solving team.
• Analyse support cases and provide solutions following established case management processes.
• Investigate issues, analyse findings, and propose solutions.
• Perform code reviews in accordance with SAP ABAP development guidelines and security protocols.

Experience & Qualifications

• Hold a university degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or equivalent discipline.
• 5+ years of experience in SAP ABAP and ABAP OO development.
• Experience in Web Dynpro and Workflow.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum methodology.
• Knowledge and experience of the SAP programming language with strong ABAP OO programming skills.
• Strong communication skills in English, spoken, written and reading.
• Accountability for delivering results with a quality orientation.
• Adaptability, eagerness to learn, and a continuous improvement mindset.
• Strong planning, organising and team player mindset.

A key member of the SAP delivery team, the SAP ABAP Consultant architects and develops SAP application solutions covering RICEFW developments, code reviews and peer validation of teammate deliverables within project engagements. Collaborating across functional consultants, end users and onsite teams to gather requirements and build technical specifications, this role delivers reliable ABAP implementations that align enterprise systems with defined business goals.

Functions

• Design, implement and deploy SAP solutions to achieve defined business goals.
• Maintain skills in SAP application design and configuration, technical architecture, integration, testing, conversion and deployment.
• Develop and architect SAP application solutions.
• Maintain current skills in SAP technical infrastructure and data architecture and integration.
• Gather project requirements from end users and SAP functional consultants for SAP ABAP developments.
• Develop technical specifications and unit test case documents for RICEFW developments.
• Develop ABAP code for project requirements.
• Perform code reviews, debugging and localisation and resolution of identified and reported issues.
• Perform peer review and validation of developments done by other team members.

Technical Qualifications

• 7 to 10 years of experience in SAP ABAP development.
• Experience building and executing LSMW.
• Good knowledge of SAP SD, MM and FI processes.
• Knowledge of SAP AIF.
• Knowledge of SAP PI.
• Proficiency in developing Reports, Interfaces, Forms, Enhancements, and Dialog Programs.
• Expert skills in fixing complex technical issues, including performance issues, object-oriented program development, and implementing automations and workflows.
• Expert debugging and problem analysis skills.
• Ability to work independently without supervision.
• Good communication skills.

Sustained customer success in SAP projects depends on the SAP ABAP Consultant, who delivers development services across the company portfolio while driving the industrialisation of service delivery and implementing a value-based fit-to-standard approach. Based within a collaborative practice focused on knowledge sharing and quality compliance, this role ensures clients across a broad SAP product and service portfolio receive implementations that meet referenceability standards.

Accountabilities

• Deliver development services across the company portfolio in a fast-changing environment.
• Drive the industrialisation of service delivery and the implementation process.
• Understand and practice a value-based fit-to-standard delivery approach.
• Ensure customer success, satisfaction and referenceability in SAP projects.
• Maintain a holistic overview of the SAP product and service portfolio.
• Perform testing of system changes and assist in user testing of changes.
• Participate in knowledge sharing with colleagues on SAP technical and related client business matters.
• Play an active part in process improvement and ensure compliance with all relevant quality processes, procedures and quality records.

Position Requirements

• Experience implementing ABAP programming, preferably object-oriented.
• Experience with development objects such as Function Modules, Data Dictionary objects, BADI, BAPI, User-Exits, Web Services Gateway, OData Services, CDS Views, ABAP for HANA, Smartforms, Reports or performance tuning is an asset.
• Strong customer focus with client-facing consulting capability.
• Ability to work collaboratively with clients and on behalf of clients with their suppliers.

As the SAP ABAP Consultant, this role facilitates the implementation and support of SAP modules to enhance client business functionality, including designing, configuring and testing across various modules, troubleshooting software problems and proposing appropriate application customisation solutions. The consulting team relies on this work to translate client business requirements and industry best practices into new SAP components, documented system changes and tested functionalities that preserve productive system stability.

What You'll Do

• Design, configure and test across various SAP modules.
• Analyse current business processes and scenarios and recommend and develop solutions to meet client needs.
• Carry out complex or novel assignments requiring the development of new or improved procedures.
• Develop and evaluate plans and criteria to be carried out by others and provide direction and leadership.
• Provide detailed knowledge of industry best practices.
• Act as liaison with clients for troubleshooting by investigating, analysing and solving software problems and mapping client business requirements, processes and objectives.
• Develop necessary product modifications to satisfy client needs.
• Maintain thorough knowledge of the organisation and adhere to all organisational standards.
• Analyse customer demand for SAP application customisation and propose appropriate solutions.
• Consult with ABAP developers or solution designers and propose implementation designs for new SAP application components.
• Find and fix issues and errors in the application.
• Document system changes and designs of new components to ensure readability for future reference.
• Test newly added functionalities to avoid errors on the productive system.

Background & Experience

• Experience with consulting, gathering functional and technical requirements from clients, analysing and preparing solutions, testing and participating in roll-outs.
• Knowledge and experience in Service Integration across MM, WM, BW and SCM.
• Proficiency in specific SAP modules, customising and SAP reports.
• Strong understanding of business environment, IT processes, organisation and implications of changes.
• Sound understanding of IT architecture.
• Ability to read ABAP code and debug system behaviour.
• Ability to perform in a complex IT environment.
• Strong interpersonal, consulting and problem-solving skills with fast learning ability.
• Customer-oriented, initiative-driven and enthusiastic with the ability to complete tasks on time under pressure.
• Ability to work independently on assigned tasks and consult technical solutions with system users.
• Team player with flexibility and passion to learn new methods and work processes.

Abap Consultant develops, codes, documents and executes unit tests on ABAP and FIORI (UI5) solutions while acting as a technical SAP expert, supervising junior developers and estimating development effort across the programming team. The work directly supports functional analysts in defining requirements, ensures documentation compliance and sustains programming quality through structured testing, research and adherence to SAP development norms and standards.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• Develop, code, document and execute unit tests on ABAP and FIORI (UI5) developments.
• Act as a technical SAP expert.
• Quickly identify development problems and provide solutions.
• Assist technical team members in the design, delivery and deployment of solutions.
• Transform functional requirements into a program.
• Code, test and debug programs.
• Estimate the efforts required for development tasks.
• Test the quality of the development of the programming team.
• Carry out research for new features.
• Perform the unit tests necessary for the proper functioning of the programs.
• Support analysts in defining their needs.
• Respect the norms and standards of SAP development.
• Document developments and ensure that the documentation is always compliant.
• Supervise and train junior developers.

Professional Experience

• Hold a college diploma in computer science or any relevant field.
• Experience in a similar position.
• Strong knowledge of SAP is mandatory.
• Knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite.
• Experience in the industrial environment, an asset.
• Bilingualism (French / English), an asset.

The SAP ABAP Consultant produces high-quality ABAP development across various SAP modules based on functional and technical requirements, while establishing trust-based relationships with customers and staff to guarantee quality delivery and fulfilment of deadlines. Working within a consulting firm undergoing significant expansion in Europe, this role contributes to team productivity, client engagement and performance improvement projects that directly support the organisation's growth objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform ABAP development in business solutions based on functional and technical requirements.
• Perform ABAP development, tests and problem correction across various SAP modules.
• Maintain active communication with the functional team, interpret requirements and transform functional designs into technical designs.
• Establish professional and trust-based relationships with customers and staff to guarantee quality delivery and fulfilment of deadlines.
• Contribute to team productivity and motivation through good communication and cooperation.
• Effectively contribute to performance improvement projects, develop analysis, engage client teams and stakeholders and deliver high-quality work products.
• Establish relationships with client personnel at appropriate levels and consistently deliver quality client services.
• Monitor progress, manage risk, and ensure key stakeholders are kept informed about progress and expected outcomes.
• Stay abreast of current business and industry trends relevant to the client's business.

Qualifications & Experience

• Hold an academic education in areas related to Innovation Technologies.
• 6 months to 3 years of recent relevant work experience.
• ABAP programming experience.
• Knowledge of ABAP OO and SQL.
• Fluent in written and verbal communication skills in both Portuguese and English.

Embedded within an international Finance and Performance Management community, the SAP ABAP FS-PER / PaPM Developer develops and implements customer-specific solutions in cost accounting and GL within modern finance and accounting platforms while pursuing continuing education in SAP Software Solutions. Working closely with customer staff located worldwide and contributing to knowledge transfer across the global team, this role advances the organisation's ability to deliver high-quality financial technology consulting outcomes.

Core Functions

• Analyse client business processes and build models in the areas of cost accounting and GL within finance and accounting platforms.
• Develop and implement customer-specific solutions based on modern technology platforms while working independently.
• Support system testing activities to ensure quality standards are met and best practices adhered to.
• Pursue continuing education in SAP Software Solutions and contribute to knowledge transfer within the international Finance and Performance Management community.
• Work effectively with customer staff located worldwide.

Skills & Qualifications

• Hold a university degree in Business Information Systems, Information Technology, Business Administration, or equivalent.
• 2+ years of experience in consulting, financial industries, or IT.
• Proven track record of at least one end-to-end implementation in SAP FS PER in BW on HANA using the NW application layer, an asset.
• Knowledge in cost accounting, management, transfer pricing, regulatory reporting, or planning is an asset.
• Programming skills in SQL, ABAP, or similar languages.
• Strong analytical and conceptual skills combined with a hands-on mentality.
• Exceptional presentation and communication skills.

Reporting to the project lead, the SAP ABAP Consultant develops and configures applications to meet business process requirements in support of a cloud migration initiative, preparing technical design documents and unit testing while working closely with SAP functional consultants. Partnering with team members and clients to build professional relationships and deliver proposed solutions, this role refines existing systems and interfaces to keep pace with evolving technology and business requirements.

Primary Duties

• Design, build and configure applications to meet business process and application requirements.
• Work closely with SAP functional consultants to deliver, maintain, troubleshoot and enhance SAP functionality.
• Prepare technical design documents and unit testing.
• Suggest system improvements and enhancements to existing systems and interfaces to keep up with technology and business requirements.
• Build professional relationships with team members and clients to ensure delivery of proposed solutions.

Education & Experience

• Hold a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• 3+ years of ABAP development experience.
• 2 to 3 end-to-end implementations and post-production support experience.
• Experience in SAP development tools and technologies, including ABAP Workbench, Enhancement Framework, BAdI, User-exits, SAP Enhancements, Classes, Interfaces, IDOC, ALE, BAPIs, BADIs, SAPscript, Smart Forms, CMOD/SMOD, Function Modules and RFC.
• Knowledge in integration with other SAP ERP modules.
• Ability to work independently and efficiently, manage timelines and user expectations, and produce high-quality deliverables, including documentation, presentations, and research.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Sitting at the intersection of SAP ISU domain expertise and Agile delivery, the SAP ABAP Consultant coordinates with functional consultants and customer business SMEs to prepare technical specifications, update unit test scripts and execute custom RICEFW, IDOC and Proxy developments across sprint cycles. Operating across onsite and remote team structures while supporting sprint demos and daily scrum calls, this role designs technically sound ISU solutions that directly enable utility sector project delivery and customer satisfaction.

Scope of Work

• Coordinate with functional consultants to obtain sufficient business process and organisational data to provide solutions.
• Interact with customer business SMEs and users at different stages of engagement.
• Participate in daily scrum calls.
• Plan activities in line with the overall sprint plan.
• Prepare technical specification documents and update unit test scripts.
• Make custom changes as required.
• Coordinate with the on-site team.
• Assist functional consultants with sprint demos.

Requirements

• Experience and knowledge of SAP ISU solutions.
• SAP ISU development experience.
• Experience in SAP Work Order and Service Notification.
• SAP PM-related development experience.
• Experience in RICEFW, BAPIs, IDOCs, RFCs, ABAP Proxies, BADIs, User Exits, Enhancement Points, Module Pools, conversions, interface programs, OOPs and performance tuning.
• Experience in SDLC Agile methodology.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.