Enterprise Information Analyst - SAP Developer - World Bank, Chennai, India

Job #: 122651

Job Title: Enterprise Information Analyst - SAP Developer

Job Family: Information Management and Technology

Job Type: Professional & Technical

Grade: GE

Location: Chennai, India

Recruitment Type: Local Hire

Language Requirement: English [Essential]

Closing Date:30-Nov-2012

Background / General description:

The World Bank Group is a global financial organization based in downtown Washington, D.C., with offices in 120+ countries. At the World Bank Group (WBG) we have made the world's challenge—to reduce global poverty—our challenge. Our mission is to improve people’s well-being in developing countries through environmentally sustainable development.  We are not a bank in the common sense.The World Bank provides loans, policy advice, technical assistance and knowledge sharing servicesto low and middle income countries to promote growth, create jobs and empower people.
The Information Management and Technology unit provides core IT infrastructure and business application services to the WBG headquarters in Washington, D.C. and country offices. The IMT strategy is designed to align IT initiatives with the WBG business strategy and with the overarching objective of ensuring that users have uniform and easy access to information and systems, both from Washington and country offices. IMT has management responsibility for most WBG IT services, business solutions, and the underlying technology infrastructure.
IMT’s Technology and Engineering department is responsible for providing and maintaining the IT infrastructure framework, which supports staff and business applications in an efficient and cost-effective manner. The department strives to provide quality services to meet a variety of business requirements and its performance is regularly assessed by means of industry relevant benchmarks and annual certification/compliance with standards frameworks, including SOX, ISO2000,and ISO27001.
The scope of activities for IMT’s Technology and Engineering department includes a wide range of services, including data center operations, global network telecommunications, video-conferencing,desktop and server support for Windows, UNIX, and Linux, email, collaboration, portals, Web,financial and HR platform support with SAP and PeopleSoft. The services are tightly integrated and standardized in a way to provide 24x7 availability and transparency to WBG employees and clientsaround the world.
IMT’s Technology and Engineering department is proud of the quality of its cadre of IT
professionals. Over the years it has emphasized the hiring of the right set of people, equipped with the means to adjust to a culture of excellence, and dedicated to promote IT as an enabler of the WBG’s core mission. The World Bank Group is a global financial organization based in downtown Washington, D.C., with offices in 120+ countries. At the World Bank Group (WBG) we have made the world's challenge—to reduce global poverty—our challenge. Our mission is to improve people’s well-being in developing countries through environmentally sustainable development.  We are not a bank in the common sense.The World Bank provides loans, policy advice, technical assistance and knowledge sharing servicesto low and middle income countries to promote growth, create jobs and empower people.

The Information Management and Technology unit provides core IT infrastructure and business application services to the WBG headquarters in Washington, D.C. and country offices. The IMT strategy is designed to align IT initiatives with the WBG business strategy and with the overarching objective of ensuring that users have uniform and easy access to information and systems, both from Washington and country offices. IMT has management responsibility for most WBG IT services, business solutions, and the underlying technology infrastructure.

IMT’s Technology and Engineering department is responsible for providing and maintaining the IT infrastructure framework, which supports staff and business applications in an efficient and cost-effective manner. The department strives to provide quality services to meet a variety of business requirements and its performance is regularly assessed by means of industry relevant benchmarks and annual certification/compliance with standards frameworks, including SOX, ISO2000,and ISO27001.


The scope of activities for IMT’s Technology and Engineering department includes a wide range of services, including data center operations, global network telecommunications, video-conferencing,desktop and server support for Windows, UNIX, and Linux, email, collaboration, portals, Web,financial and HR platform support with SAP and PeopleSoft. The services are tightly integrated and standardized in a way to provide 24x7 availability and transparency to WBG employees and clientsaround the world.

IMT’s Technology and Engineering department is proud of the quality of its cadre of IT professionals. Over the years it has emphasized the hiring of the right set of people, equipped with the means to adjust to a culture of excellence, and dedicated to promote IT as an enabler of the WBG’s core.

Note:

If the selected candidate is a current Bank Group staff member with a Regular or Open-Ended appointment, s/he will retain his/her Regular or Open-Ended appointment. All others will be offered a 3 year renewable term appointment.

Note: If the selected candidate is a current Bank Group staff member with a Regular or Open-Ended appointment, s/he will retain his/her Regular or Open-Ended appointment. All others will be offered a 3 year term appointment.

Duties and Accountabilities:

•    Development and maintenance of custom built SAP application using ABAP. ABAP/4 Reports, ABAP Query, Report Writer and Report Painter reports.
•    Knowledge in area of SAP FI, MM modules.
•    Analyze user requirements, performing analysis of data entry points and converting the user requirements (Functions specs) into Technical Specs.
•    Development, testing and deployment of SAP objects (Tables, Interface programs, BAPIs etc).

Selection Criteria:

•    Minimum 4 years of experience in IT of which at least 3 years with SAP ABAP/4 programming.
•    Technical experience with FI and Materials Management modules of SAP.
•    In depth theoretical understanding and practical expertise with regards to software development life cycle methodologies.
Should thorough understanding of the:
•    End-to-end custom development using SAP ABAP.
•    Database tables used in FI, MM modules.
•    Hands on experience in writing interfaces between SAP and legacy systems, including data migration, data validation and data conversion.
•    Strong communication skills, hands on experience in analyzing user requirements and writing technical specifications.
•    Hands on experience in analysis, design and development of SAP interface programs with ABAP/4.
•    Hands on experience in ABAP/4 Query, ALV, Report Writer and Report Painter tools.
Experience with ITS, BAPI and RFC technology..

Competencies

Business Enterprise Knowledge - Develops and implements technical solutions that meet operational improvement needs.

Service Provider Assessment and Evaluation - Gathers and records data on specified vendors' services and products against defined requirements

Knowledge of Emerging Technology - Tests new technology to evaluate capability compared to specifications.

Business Process Knowledge - Defines routine, integrated processes.

Information Management Knowledge - Possesses a basic understanding of the strategy, structures, processes and procedures of the enterprise in its relationship with the business and its activities.

Foundation Information Management Architecture Knowledge - Provides guidance on the standards and guidelines to members of the development community.

Strategic Information Management Planning - Researches and benchmarks against best practices in IM methods, technology, and policy needs for significant, integrated work processes.

Client Orientation - Takes personal responsibility and accountability for timely response to client queries, requests or needs, working to remove obstacles that may impede execution or overall success.

Drive for Results - Takes personal ownership and accountability to meet deadlines and achieve agreed-upon results, and has the personal organization to do so.

Teamwork (Collaboration) and Inclusion - Collaborates with other team members and contributes productively to the team's work and output, demonstrating respect for different points of view.

Knowledge, Learning and Communication - Actively seeks knowledge needed to complete assignments and shares knowledge with others, communicating and presenting information in a clear and organized manner.

Business Judgment and Analytical Decision Making - Analyzes facts and data to support sound, logical decisions regarding own and others' work.

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