Senior Consultant SAP CPI

Job Title

SAP CPI / SAP Integration Senior Consultant

Location

UK (Hybrid Reading / London with remote working)

Engagement Model

Project Hypercare & AMS Support

Experience

• 7 12 years SAP Integration experience
• 5 years hands-on SAP CPI / Integration Suite

Role Overview

Our client operates a mission-critical SAP landscape supporting finance procurement HR and vendor ecosystems across a fast-paced media and publishing environment. We are seeking a highly experienced SAP CPI Consultant to design deliver and support secure resilient and scalable integrations across S/4HANA SAP BTP and third-party platforms.

This role is critical to ensuring business continuity data accuracy and operational stability in an environment where outages directly impact publishing payroll supplier payments and regulatory reporting.

Key Responsibilities

Integration Design & Delivery

• Design build and deploy enterprise-grade integrations using SAP CPI / Integration Suite
• Develop robust iFlows using adapters including:
  • OData
  • SOAP
  • REST
  • IDoc
  • SFTP
  • AS2
• Implement message mappings using:
  • Graphical mapping
  • XSLT
  • Groovy scripting

SAP & Business-Critical Integrations

• Integrate S/4HANA including:
  • SAP Ariba (procurement & suppliers)
  • SAP SuccessFactors & Fieldglass (HR payroll inputs contractors)
  • Legacy ECC and third-party systems
• Support hybrid integration scenarios (cloud-to-cloud and cloud-to-on-prem)
• Ensure accurate and timely data flows supporting:
  • Finance close cycles
  • Payroll runs
  • Supplier payments
  • Regulatory reporting

Hypercare AMS & Incident Management

• Provide Hypercare support post-go-live ensuring rapid issue resolution
• Monitor integrations using CPI monitoring tools and alerts
• Perform root cause analysis and implement permanent fixes
• Support BAU AMS operations including:
  • Incident problem and change management
  • On-call or critical incident support (where required)
• Work closely with ServiceNow for incident tracking and SLA adherence

Security Stability & Compliance

• Configure and manage:
  • Certificates and keystores
  • OAuth client certificates basic authentication
• Implement error handling retries and resilience mechanisms to minimize business impact

Governance Documentation & Standards

• Maintain high-quality:
  • Integration design documents
  • Interface specifications
  • Support runbooks
• Follow agreed naming conventions transport strategies and documentation standards
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and automation

Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement

• Work closely with:
  • Functional teams (Finance HR Procurement)
  • SAP Basis & Security
  • SAP Architects and SI partners
• Participate in design workshops and technical reviews
• Support KT sessions and mentoring of junior consultants
• Communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Required Skills & Experience

Technical Expertise

• Strong hands-on experience with SAP CPI / Integration Suite
• Deep understanding of:
  • SAP S/4HANA integration patterns
  • APIs IDocs OData SOAP REST
• Advanced skills in:
  • Groovy scripting
  • XML JSON XSD
  • XSLT
• Experience working on SAP BTP

Media / Enterprise Environment Experience (Highly Desirable)

• Experience supporting high-availability business-critical environments
• Understanding of tight operational windows (payroll publishing finance close)
• Experience working in regulated audit-driven enterprises

Nice to Have

• Experience with AIF
• Exposure to Event Mesh
• SAP CPI / Integration Suite certification
• Experience in large S/4HANA transformation programs
• Familiarity with ServiceNow and ITIL processes

Soft Skills

• Calm and structured under pressure
• Strong ownership mindset for business-critical integrations
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management
• Proactive detail-oriented and solution-focused