[Hiring] Senior SAP ABAP Consultant @Avenga

Role Description

The role of a Senior SAP ABAP Developer focuses on sustaining legacy SAP ECC environments while integrating them with modern e-invoicing and tax reporting infrastructures. This role is critical as MEA and MEU countries transition to "continuous transaction controls" (CTC).

• Lead the technical adaptation of the SAP ECC landscape to meet evolving government regulations.
• Utilize EDICOM as a middleware powerhouse to bridge the gap between internal ERP data and strict Government Portals.
• Ensure finance and logistics processes remain compliant with local tax, trade, and reporting laws while maintaining cross-functional integration.

Qualifications

• 10+ years as ABAP Lead Consultant with at least three full-cycle implementations involving complex tax localization.
• Deep expertise in creating and maintaining IDocs, RFCs, and BAPIs to facilitate data transfer between SAP ECC and the EDICOM Global E-Invoicing Platform.
• Proficiency in BAdIs, BTEs (Business Transaction Events), and User Exits to capture and validate tax-relevant data during the invoice creation process without modifying standard SAP code.
• Ability to create custom tables and views for local legal requirements (e.g., storing government-issued UUIDs or QR code data) and mapping these to XML (UBL 2.1) or JSON formats used by government portals.
• Experience with Adobe Forms or SmartForms to generate human-readable PDF/A-3 invoices that include mandatory digital signatures and QR codes.
• Expert-level understanding of EU VAT directives and national electronic reporting standards (e.g., XRechnung, KSeF).
• Experience with ZATCA (Saudi Arabia) Phase 2 and the UAE's upcoming E-Invoicing System (EES).
• Professional fluency in English; ability to communicate effectively with cross-functional global teams and stakeholders and act as a bridge between Tax/Legal departments and IT technical teams.
• Bachelor’s degree in IT, Engineering, Finance and controlling, or Business Administration.

Requirements

• SAP Certification in ECC or S/4HANA ABAP is a strong plus.
• Specialized certifications in SAP Tax Compliance or DRC are highly preferred.

This is your role

• Legacy Compliance Management: Develop and maintain complex RICEFW objects in SAP ECC to extract tax-relevant data for new mandates.
• Configure and optimize IDoc or RFC interfaces between SAP ECC and the EDICOM Global E-Invoicing Platform, including mapping internal data to EDICOM’s canonical XML formats.
• Ensure seamless data transmission to national portals (e.g., UAE’s Peppol-based framework, Oman's Fawtara, and various EU tax authority APIs).
• Implement technical solutions for the UAE E-Invoicing pilot (mid-2026) and full mandatory rollout (2027).
• Manage ongoing B2B e-invoicing requirements and real-time VAT reporting updates across the EU region.
• Deploy and manage complex integrations with local systems and external government portals via EDI/IDoc.
• Support the end-to-end testing phases (Unit, Integration, and UAT) to ensure compliance with legal and system standards via INT4 and Tricentis Tosca platforms.
• Support data migration of master data and open transactions, ensuring integrity and adherence to audit trails.

Benefits

• Equal opportunities in recruitment, career development, and leadership, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, religion, or any other characteristic.
• Commitment to fostering a work environment where our diverse community of employees, candidates, and business partners actively shapes our growth.
• Building a workplace where everyone feels free to be themselves while honoring the boundaries of others.