SAP S/4HANA Authorisation & BASIS Specialist

SAP S/4HANA Authorisation & BASIS Specialist

Our Team: How We Enrich Everyday Life

You will be joining Bauer Media Group at an exciting stage of growth as we establish our SAP Centre of Excellence in Portugal, alongside our existing hub in Poland. As part of our international technology organisation, you will work with talented colleagues across multiple countries, supporting critical business services that enable some of Europe's most recognised media brands to operate effectively every day.

Our SAP Centre of Excellence is a collaborative, process-driven team of specialists who focus on delivering reliable services, driving continuous improvement, and ensuring the smooth operation of business-critical systems. As part of this international SAP community, you will work closely with colleagues in Portugal, Poland and the UK supporting Finance and People business functions.

The Difference You Will Make

This is a unique opportunity to help shape and continuously improve our SAP security, access management and platform support capability.

As our SAP S/4HANA Authorisation & BASIS Specialist, you will act as a key technical expert across SAP security and BASIS administration, ensuring users have the right access, systems remain stable and secure, and governance standards are consistently maintained.

You will work closely with business stakeholders, SAP specialists and external partners to manage authorisations, support SAP environments, resolve complex issues, and drive improvements across our SAP landscape.

Your Role

• Managing SAP S/4HANA authorisations, roles and access controls
• Maintaining SAP Fiori roles, catalogues, spaces and pages
• Supporting Segregation of Duties (SoD) and audit requirements
• Providing SAP BASIS administration and operational support
• Managing transports, certificates and system connectivity
• Troubleshooting access, security and platform-related issues
• Supporting ongoing system improvements and optimisation activities
• Collaborating with technical and business teams across multiple countries
• Support SAP licensing optimisation through user and access analysis

The Skills You Will Bring

Essential

• Strong SAP S/4HANA Authorisations and Security experience
• SAP Fiori access management experience
• SAP BASIS administration knowledge
• Understanding of governance, compliance and Segregation of Duties principles
• Experience managing and resolving complex SAP access issues
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• Experience working within service management processes
• Self-motivated with a can-do attitude
• English language (professional proficiency minimum)

Nice to have

• SAP GRC Access Control experience
• SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud experience
• SAP BTP administration knowledge
• International shared services or CoE experience
• German and/or Portuguese communication to professional proficiency

Working Pattern / Location

This role is based in Porto and follows a hybrid working model: 2-3 days in the office and the rest from home. This is a permanent position.

What’s in it for you

• Additional vacation days (birthday, tolerance days, half day for children up to age 12).
• On-site medical consultations twice per month and psychotherapy sessions via Team 24.
• Access to BMAP Club events and activities.
• Meal allowance provided separately.

Closing

If this sounds like a role you’re interested in, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now. If there’s anything we can do to support you during the recruitment process, please let us know.