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    Assistant Finance Manager, DIFC | Robert Half

    Employment:

    Full Time

    The CompanyRobert Half are exclusively working with a Category 3C Asset Manager based in the DIFC. The company is one of the largest independent asset management in Europe. The Group specializes in asset management and offers financial advisory services to individual and corporate investors, mostly through its proprietary financial advisors’ networks and teams.The RoleThis role will be reporting to the Finance Manager.Responsibilities:* Financial statements preparation following IFRS standards at standalone and consolidated level.* Liaise with portfolio companies and external auditors* Agree internally on a set of realistic reporting deadlines to meaningfully reduce the length of the reporting timeline over time and issue clear reporting instructions.* Monitor compliance with reporting deadlines communicated in the group reporting instructions.* Review and analyse the financial reporting of the portfolio entities to ensure its compliance with IFRS and adequacy of its reflection on the business performance and financial condition.* Perform all necessary accounting tasks, including supervision of the reconciliation of intercompany balances, review balances for impairment, and passing required consolidation entries.* Articulate accounting issue or treatment to senior team member in layman terms.* Responsible for Vendor account reconciliation between different ecommerce platforms reports and vendor statement of account.* Well versed with bank procedure, handling foreign currency and bank reconciliation.* Knowledge of journalising, general ledger coding and book entries.* To ensure all balance sheet accounts are reconciled monthly and does not have any unauthorised postings.The Candidate* Professional certification in accounting such as CA/CPA* Minimum of 3 years of relevant experience post professional qualification or have an equivalent combination of experience and education* In-depth knowledge of IFRS* Notice period no longer than 1 monthSalary25,000 AED a monthRobert Half is committed to equal opportunity and diversity. Suitable candidates with equivalent qualifications and more or less experience can apply. Pay and salary ranges are dependent upon experience, qualifications and training. If you wish to apply, please read our Privacy Notice describing how we may process, disclose and store your personal data: www.roberthalf.ae/privacy-statement

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    Founded in 1948, Robert Half International Inc. (NYSE symbol: RHI) is the world’s first and largest specialized staffing firm and a member of the S&P 500 index. We are a global leader in professional staffing and consulting services and the parent company of Protiviti, a leading independent internal audit and business and technology risk consulting firm. For 2006, Robert Half International reported revenues of $4 billion and now has staffing and consulting operations in more than 400 locations worldwide. More

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    Tax & Legal Services – Legal – Immigration – Associate | PricewaterhouseCoopers

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Line of ServiceTaxIndustry/SectorNot ApplicableSpecialismImmigrationManagement LevelAssociateJob Description & SummaryWe are part of the largest global legal network and have over 3,500 lawyers and legal professionals in over 90 countries (over 170 countries including immigration law and entity governance & compliance). Our Middle East Legal Network continues to rapidly grow.Our lawyers and legal professionals work alongside the wider PwC, providing a truly joined up client facing service offering. Our team often works with Tax, Structuring, Consulting and Risk Assurance Services and other professionals from within PwC to deliver a unique, comprehensive and integrated service to our clients. We are a thriving business across the Middle East with a regional hub in Dubai, looking to expand further. The Immigration practice provides advisory and compliance services to clients in relation to immigration and provides a unique opportunity to broaden your own skills and be at the cutting edge of legal services. We also look to embrace technology in everything we do.We are looking for an Associate with ideally two years’ experience and a Middle East Immigration background to join the team and to help support its continued expansion.  Our new Associate will be fully integrated into the team and will work closely with lawyers and legal professionals of all levels. Like the rest of our team, we expect those in this role will enjoy an interesting, varied and challenging workload. The day-to-day work may involve providing advice to clients on immigration compliance, preparing visa/work permit applications, assisting with business development initiatives and drafting client alerts. It will involve liaising with our other specialist legal teams in the Middle East and with our Network firms in other jurisdictions, and generally working with the team to develop top quality service to our clients.

    Requirements  The following skills are required for this role:  Essential skills:- Middle East immigration experience with a focus on the UAE (mainland and freezone jurisdictions) and other GCC countries – Fluency in spoken and written English; clear, articulate and confident in written and verbal communication skills – Interest and experience in business development – A high level of computer literacy, including a good working knowledge of Word, PowerPoint and legal databases/caseworking tools – Well organised and able to deal with large amounts of information – Excellent attention to detail – Primarily a team player but also able to complete specified tasks under own initiative – Ability to adapt and be flexible – Highly driven and proactive – Respect for confidential information Desirable skills: – Understanding of basic social security matters such as GPSSA or other levies related to the immigration process- Proficient Arabic language ability highly desirable The skills we look for in our employees Our people need to demonstrate the skills and behaviours that support us in delivering our business strategy. This is important to the work we do for our business, and our clients. These skills and behaviours make up our global leadership framework, “The PwC Professional”. The PwC Professional focuses on five core attributes: whole leadership, business acumen, technical capabilities, global acumen and relationships. We use this framework to recruit, develop and assess our people, at all grades and all areas of our business, because we expect all of our people to be leaders. Diversity  We work in a changing world which offers great opportunities for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest talent pool as well as those who reflect the diverse nature of our society. We aim to encourage a culture where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths. Creating value through diversity is what makes us strong as a business. As an organisation with an increasingly agile workforce, we’re open to flexible working arrangements where appropriate.

    At PwC Middle East, we’ve set out an ambitious purpose and strive to live it everyday: to solve important problems and build trust in society.

    We’re a community of solvers that come together in unexpected ways to build trust and create sustained outcomes. We solve important problems, support one another as we grow, develop and build fulfilling careers.

    PwC provides industry-focused services for public and private clients across Assurance and Audit, Deals, Consulting, Tax and Legal. We draw on our development legacy that brings together the collective experience of over 7,000 people in our region with offices across 12 countries to solve for tomorrow.

    We’re striving to consistently deliver innovative work that builds trust and delivers sustained outcomes. And we’re proud of the strength that comes from all our different backgrounds and experiences and we value everyone’s uniqueness. We thrive in uncertainty, operate with integrity and leverage the diverse perspectives of our teams.

    If you’re looking for a place that fuels your ambition to make a difference, that matches your curiosity with continuous learning opportunities and reimagines ways of working to enable you to lead a more balanced life, then you’re a future PwCer. More

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    Change, Marketing and Communication Senior Associate | PricewaterhouseCoopers

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Assurance – MERC – Change, Marketing and Communication Senior Associate – DubaiLine of ServiceAssuranceIndustry/SectorNot ApplicableSpecialismAssuranceManagement LevelSenior AssociateJob Description & SummaryA career in Sales and Marketing, within Internal Firm Services, will provide you with the opportunity to focus on positioning a distinctive PwC brand in the marketplace and drive long term revenue growth for the Firm. You’ll focus on designing, developing, and implementing communication programmes and media events to promote and sell the PwC’s brand and services as well as contribute to and evaluating our pricing strategies in the marketplace.Our Brand Management team leads external brand strategy development and implementation across multiple business units, media, social and digital channels. As part of the team, you’ll be involved with driving marketing programmes, branding events, corporate leadership seminars, public relations and business marketing forums.To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

    As a Senior Associate, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:- Use feedback and reflection to develop self awareness, personal strengths and address development areas.- Delegate to others to provide stretch opportunities, coaching them to deliver results.- Demonstrate critical thinking and the ability to bring order to unstructured problems.- Use a broad range of tools and techniques to extract insights from current industry or sector trends.- Review your work and that of others for quality, accuracy and relevance.- Know how and when to use tools available for a given situation and can explain the reasons for this choice.- Seek and embrace opportunities which give exposure to different situations, environments and perspectives.- Use straightforward communication, in a structured way, when influencing and connecting with others.- Able to read situations and modify behavior to build quality relationships.- Uphold the firm’s code of ethics and business conduct.

    At PwC Middle East, we’ve set out an ambitious purpose and strive to live it everyday: to solve important problems and build trust in society.

    We’re a community of solvers that come together in unexpected ways to build trust and create sustained outcomes. We solve important problems, support one another as we grow, develop and build fulfilling careers.

    PwC provides industry-focused services for public and private clients across Assurance and Audit, Deals, Consulting, Tax and Legal. We draw on our development legacy that brings together the collective experience of over 7,000 people in our region with offices across 12 countries to solve for tomorrow.

    We’re striving to consistently deliver innovative work that builds trust and delivers sustained outcomes. And we’re proud of the strength that comes from all our different backgrounds and experiences and we value everyone’s uniqueness. We thrive in uncertainty, operate with integrity and leverage the diverse perspectives of our teams.

    If you’re looking for a place that fuels your ambition to make a difference, that matches your curiosity with continuous learning opportunities and reimagines ways of working to enable you to lead a more balanced life, then you’re a future PwCer. More

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    Data Analytics – Senior Associate | PricewaterhouseCoopers

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Assurance Transformation – Data Analytics – Senior AssociateLine of ServiceAssuranceIndustry/SectorSpecialismAssuranceManagement LevelSenior AssociateJob Description & SummaryA career within Data and Analytics services will provide you with the opportunity to help organisations uncover enterprise insights and drive business results using smarter data analytics. We focus on a collection of organisational technology capabilities, including business intelligence, data management, and data assurance that help our clients drive innovation, growth, and change within their organisations in order to keep up with the changing nature of customers and technology. We make impactful decisions by mixing mind and machine to leverage data, understand and navigate risk, and help our clients gain a competitive edge.To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

    As a Senior Associate, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:- Use feedback and reflection to develop self awareness, personal strengths and address development areas.- Delegate to others to provide stretch opportunities, coaching them to deliver results.- Demonstrate critical thinking and the ability to bring order to unstructured problems.- Use a broad range of tools and techniques to extract insights from current industry or sector trends.- Review your work and that of others for quality, accuracy and relevance.- Know how and when to use tools available for a given situation and can explain the reasons for this choice.- Seek and embrace opportunities which give exposure to different situations, environments and perspectives.- Use straightforward communication, in a structured way, when influencing and connecting with others.- Able to read situations and modify behavior to build quality relationships.- Uphold the firm’s code of ethics and business conduct.

    At PwC Middle East, we’ve set out an ambitious purpose and strive to live it everyday: to solve important problems and build trust in society.

    We’re a community of solvers that come together in unexpected ways to build trust and create sustained outcomes. We solve important problems, support one another as we grow, develop and build fulfilling careers.

    PwC provides industry-focused services for public and private clients across Assurance and Audit, Deals, Consulting, Tax and Legal. We draw on our development legacy that brings together the collective experience of over 7,000 people in our region with offices across 12 countries to solve for tomorrow.

    We’re striving to consistently deliver innovative work that builds trust and delivers sustained outcomes. And we’re proud of the strength that comes from all our different backgrounds and experiences and we value everyone’s uniqueness. We thrive in uncertainty, operate with integrity and leverage the diverse perspectives of our teams.

    If you’re looking for a place that fuels your ambition to make a difference, that matches your curiosity with continuous learning opportunities and reimagines ways of working to enable you to lead a more balanced life, then you’re a future PwCer. More

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    Strategy and Operations – Senior Associate | PricewaterhouseCoopers

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Line of ServiceAdvisoryIndustry/SectorNot ApplicableSpecialismAdvisory – OtherManagement LevelSenior AssociateJob Description & SummaryA career in our Management Consulting practice, within General Consulting services, will provide you with the opportunity to help clients seize essential advantages by working alongside business leaders to solve their toughest problems and capture their greatest opportunities. We work with some of the world’s largest and most complex companies to understand their unique business issues and opportunities in an ever changing environment. We help create sustainable change by stimulating innovation, unlocking data possibilities, navigating risk and regulatory complexity, optimising deals, and aligning costs with business strategy to create a competitive advantage.As a member of our team, you’ll help the world’s most significant organisations, public and private, quickly become more effective. We improve the way they operate; manage costs; better align people, process and technology initiatives; support business growth to maintain or improve competitive edge and complete market and regulatory risk assessment. In doing so, we focus on their agendas and the big issues they need to deal with, both today and in the future.To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.As a Senior Associate, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:- Use feedback and reflection to develop self awareness, personal strengths and address development areas.- Delegate to others to provide stretch opportunities, coaching them to deliver results.- Demonstrate critical thinking and the ability to bring order to unstructured problems.- Use a broad range of tools and techniques to extract insights from current industry or sector trends.- Review your work and that of others for quality, accuracy and relevance.- Know how and when to use tools available for a given situation and can explain the reasons for this choice.- Seek and embrace opportunities which give exposure to different situations, environments and perspectives.- Use straightforward communication, in a structured way, when influencing and connecting with others.- Able to read situations and modify behavior to build quality relationships.- Uphold the firm’s code of ethics and business conduct.

    Experience in:- Service Transformation: Led the transformation of internal and external services across different dimensions Business, Financial, Customer and Digital.- Operating Model Design and Transformation: Led the transformation/ design of operating model for corporates or core divisions.- Business Process Design/ Management: Led organization-wide process design and transformation or focused functions transformation.- Strategy detailing: Led the development of business case for new services and new lines of business.

    At PwC Middle East, we’ve set out an ambitious purpose and strive to live it everyday: to solve important problems and build trust in society.

    We’re a community of solvers that come together in unexpected ways to build trust and create sustained outcomes. We solve important problems, support one another as we grow, develop and build fulfilling careers.

    PwC provides industry-focused services for public and private clients across Assurance and Audit, Deals, Consulting, Tax and Legal. We draw on our development legacy that brings together the collective experience of over 7,000 people in our region with offices across 12 countries to solve for tomorrow.

    We’re striving to consistently deliver innovative work that builds trust and delivers sustained outcomes. And we’re proud of the strength that comes from all our different backgrounds and experiences and we value everyone’s uniqueness. We thrive in uncertainty, operate with integrity and leverage the diverse perspectives of our teams.

    If you’re looking for a place that fuels your ambition to make a difference, that matches your curiosity with continuous learning opportunities and reimagines ways of working to enable you to lead a more balanced life, then you’re a future PwCer. More

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    Senior Project Manager – Digital | Chalhoub Group

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Who we are We are a leading partner for luxury across the Middle East. With more than 600 stores, 300 brands and over 65 years of experience in the region, we have become a major player in the beauty, fashion and gift sectors, by offering service excellence to our partners and delighting all our customers. We are moving fast from a traditional distributor and retailer for luxury in the Middle East, to a hybrid retailer bringing luxury experiences to the fingertips of customers everywhere. To fuel the next stage of our growth we are looking to build a world class team. From physical retail through to supply chain and customer loyalty, we aim to use technology and data to continuously improve every aspect of our operations. We are looking for top talent to join us on this journey of exploring new horizons together. Our Senior Project Manager – Digital is responsible for working directly with IT Stakeholders, Business Stakeholders and other Internal/External teams to ensure projects are delivered successfully on time, on budget and with quality using either traditional waterfall or Agile Scrum methodologies. What you’ll be doing – Follow all relevant PMO policies, processes and standard operating procedures so that work is carried out in a controlled and consistent manner – Coordinate internal resources and third parties/vendors for the flawless execution of projects – Deliver projects on-time, within scope and within budget, by minimizing and mitigating project risks – Develop project scopes and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility – Understand customer, business and stakeholder needs, define priorities and propose solutions (scope, dependencies, risks, budget, schedule…etc.). – Ensure resource availability and allocation – Develop a detailed project plan and schedule to track progress – Use appropriate verification techniques to manage changes in project scope, schedule and costs – Orchestrate the test activities on the project to ensure deliverables are of high quality – Measure project performance using appropriate systems, tools and techniques – Report and escalate to management as needed – Provide detailed, concise and accurate project reporting – Manage the relationship with the business stakeholders, internal resources and external vendors – Perform risk management to minimize project risks – Establish and maintain relationships with third parties/vendors – Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation – Deliver project in both Agile (preferably) Scrum and Waterfall methodologies – Participate in relevant projects and community activities as and when needed

    What you’ll need to succeed – 7 years of Project Management experience using both waterfall and agile methodologies – Agile(e.g. Scrum) experience is beneficial – University Degree in Computing, Engineering or PMP, PRINCE II, Agile Scrum certifications are a plus – The ideal candidate comes from a Consulting background and has experience working on a digital projects such as Ecom, Omnichannel, CRM, Loyalty, etc. – On site experience with clients is a must – Retail Industry experience is a must Proactive with analytical skills with high attention to detail and ownership – Tooling – comfortable with MS Project, experience with JIRA is preferred – Vast knowledge of current/emerging Technical/Digital technologies, software and relevant processes – Excellent time and resource management skills; can manage multiple projects simultaneously without difficulty in various geographic locations if necessary – Enjoys high pace, demanding, performance-driven environment – Collaborative nature and easy-going personality COMPETENCIES – Being Inclusive – Influencing – Project Management – Negotiating – Decision Making and Critical Thinking – Stakeholder Management – Collaborating & Influencing with Respect & Trust – Communicating effectively – Demonstrating Customer Centricity – Demonstrating Personal Resilience & Adapting to Change – Demonstrating Strategic Vision – Developing & Engaging Employees – Driving Innovation – Driving Results – Understanding & Developing Self – Technical What we can offer you With us, you will turn your aspirations into reality. We will help shape your journey through enriching experiences, learning and development opportunities and exposure to different assignments within your role or through internal mobility. Our Group offers diverse career paths for those who are extraordinary, every day. We recognise the value that you bring, and we strive to provide a competitive benefits package which includes health care, child education contribution, remote and flexible working policies as well as exclusive employee discounts.

    The Chalhoub Group is the leading partner for luxury across the Middle East since 1955. As an expert in retail, distribution and marketing services based in Dubai, the group has become a major player in the fashion, beauty and gift sectors regionally.

    By blending its Middle East expertise and intimate knowledge of luxury, Chalhoub Group is building brands in the region, by offering service excellence to all its partners and a unique experience to its customers through its passionate teams.

    With a growing workforce of more than 9,000 people, implemented in 14 countries, as well as the operating of over 470 retail outlets, the group’s success is attributed to its most valued asset of highly skilled and dedicated teams. Professionalism and passion are what fuel the Chalhoub Group’s competitive edge in today’s market.

    By being committed to implementing sustainable practices into their business, the Chalhoub Group has been awarded in 2013 the CSR Label from the Dubai Chamber of Commerce. More

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    SAP Consultant – Material Management | Pure Health

    Employment:

    Full Time

    – Support the current MM process- Analyze and solve the SAP MM issues- Conduct SAP MM process configuration- Update and maintain all SAP MM functional documentation- Analyze and scope end user authorization roles – Conduct Unit tests, Integration tests and system Integration- Proactively proposing solutions to improve the support of (new) business processes- Support the functional team with issues and provide a solutions based approach

    – Around 8 years of relevant experience- Focus on Material Management & Supply Chain SAP module – Experience in implementations – Bachelor’s degree in computer science or any similar – SAP Certifications are a plus

    The largest integrated healthcare platform in the UAE. More

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    Associate SAP Developer | SAP Middle East & North Africa

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Associate SAP Developer – EgyptWhat we offer Our company culture is focused on helping our employees enable innovation by building breakthroughs together. How? We focus every day on building the foundation for tomorrow and creating a workplace that embraces differences, values flexibility, and is aligned to our purpose-driven and future-focused work. We offer a highly collaborative, caring team environment with a strong focus on learning and development, recognition for your individual contributions, and a variety of benefit options for you to choose from. Apply now!PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES Digital Business Services support our customers in their digital transformation. We sustain the adoption of SAP software and ensure that our customers can successfully plan, implement, integrate and operate their software, including continuous improvement, quality management, problem solving and knowledge transfer.EXPECTATION AND TASKS Your role involves delivery of technical and application services within customer engagements. You need good SAP development Software capabilities, and you are a decent problem solver with the ability to communicate effectively in an international environment. According to your experience, strengths and customer needs, you will conduct some of the following tasks:- Be actively involved in the preparation, conception, realization, and Go Live of customer implementation projects – Demonstrate the ability to plan, run, and manage blueprint workshops/meetings with internal and external clients – Assisting in defining the scope of a project/opportunities, estimating efforts and project timelines – Analyze business processes including root cause analysis and technical performance optimization – Experience in developing, implementing, customizing, integrating and testing – Ability to understand business solution processes and requirements.

    MANDATORY SKILLS- At least 3 years of experience with SAP ABAP implementations or support experience – A minimum of 3 full implementation. – Excellent technical expertise in SAP ABAP and SAP ABAP OO. – Deep knowledge in Core Data Services (CDS Views), BOPF, OData and SAP Fiori Elements. – Excellent knowledge about the SAP Integration technology and B2B interfaces. – Experience in SAP Cloud Platform Integration (CPI) or SAP PI/PO – Experienced with Performing complex ABAP programming, testing and debugging functions related to the implementation of SAP modules. – Experienced with all aspects of SAP Implementation process: Business process analysis, System configuration, Testing, Documentation, End-user training, and Production support. – Ability to drill down into technical issues and solve complex and detailed problems. – Ability to deliver clear, concise presentations and present complex information in a clear and precise manner. – Willingness and ability to travel to customers and work abroad. – Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and Arabic.PREFERABLE SKILLS- Expertise on SAP Business Objects. – Expertise on SAP BW. – Functional experience in SAP modules like FI, CO, SD, MM, PP, WM, HR, … etc.We are SAP SAP innovations help more than 400,000 customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database, analytics, intelligent technologies, and experience management. As a cloud company with 200 million users and more than 100,000 employees worldwide, we are purpose-driven and future-focused, with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries, people, or platforms, we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves. At SAP, we build breakthroughs, together.Our inclusion promise SAP’s culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone – regardless of background – feels included and can run at their best. At SAP, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better and more equitable world.SAP is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provide accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with SAP and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to Recruiting Operations Team.

    Headquartered in Walldorf, Germany, SAP is the world’s largest business software company with more than 51,500 employees at sales and development locations in more than 50 countries worldwide.

    Our global development approach focuses on distributing development across the world in strategically important markets. A global network of SAP Labs spanning Bulgaria, Canada, China, Germany, Hungary, India, Israel, and the United States, enables SAP to operate locally, yet organize globally.

    As the global technology research unit of SAP, SAP Research significantly contributes to SAP’s product portfolio and extends SAP’s leading position by identifying and shaping emerging IT trends through applied research and corporate venturing. SAP Research has highly skilled teams in 11 research centers worldwide. More