SAP Access & Authorizations Specialist

Overview

Patek Philippe is a prestigious Swiss haute horlogerie manufacturer headquartered in Geneva, renowned for artisanal craftsmanship, technical excellence and long-term stewardship of its legacy. As an employer it offers a disciplined, quality-driven environment where precision, confidentiality and cross-functional collaboration—particularly between business and IT—are highly valued.

Role & Responsibilities

• Design, configure and maintain SAP roles and authorizations across SAP landscapes (S/4HANA, BW, Fiori, ECC, etc.) to meet business requirements while enforcing least-privilege principles.
• Assess and validate user access requests and role assignments, ensuring compliance with internal security policies and regulatory requirements (e.g. GDPR).
• Perform regular access audits, identify segregation-of-duties (SoD) conflicts and propose remediation actions.
• Collaborate with IT security teams, business owners and internal/external auditors to demonstrate and improve access governance and controls.
• Manage incidents and service requests related to SAP access and authorizations, including root-cause analysis and timely resolution.
• Contribute security and authorization expertise to SAP implementation, migration and upgrade projects.
• Document role designs, access processes and control procedures; maintain up-to-date knowledge base artifacts.
• Train and raise awareness among end users, BPO teams and key users on proper access management and secure practices.

Qualifications

• Higher education in computer science, information systems or cybersecurity (Bachelor's level or equivalent).
• Minimum 3–5 years' experience in a similar SAP security/authorizations role within a complex SAP environment.
• Professional working proficiency in French and English (minimum B2 level).
• Familiarity with ServiceNow for incident/change/problem/knowledge management and practical knowledge of ITIL methodologies.
• Solid understanding of SoD principles, compliance frameworks and regulatory requirements (e.g. GDPR).
• Experience integrating SAP and non-SAP authentication mechanisms (SSO, LDAP, Azure AD / EntraID).
• Proven ability to analyse access incidents, create SAP queries and interpret logs for anomaly detection.

Skills

Experience

Minimum 3–5 years in an SAP security/authorizations role within a complex, multi-system SAP landscape; demonstrable experience in access governance, SoD analyses and SAP project support.

Education

Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity or a closely related discipline.

Culture

The organisation cultivates a culture of meticulous craftsmanship and discretion, with high standards for quality and compliance. Teams operate in a collaborative, process-oriented environment where technical precision and respect for legacy systems coexist with targeted innovation.