Objectives

The primary objective is to establish a secure, bidirectional integration between the Land Bank’s SAP ECC environment and the external Boxfusion CRM system. This initiative aims to expose the Loans Management (CML) and Collateral Management System (CMS) modules as secure RESTful APIs, enabling the cloud-based CRM to perform Create, Read, Update, and Delete (CRUD) operations on mortgage contracts and collateral data. The project emphasizes banking-grade security, real-time data synchronization, and seamless operational continuity across financial and collateral workflows.

Scope of Work

The engagement covers the full lifecycle of API development, deployment, and post-go-live support within a regulated banking environment. Key deliverables include:

• Designing and implementing REST APIs for SAP ECC 6.0 EHP8 (FS-CML & FS-CMS) using SAP Gateway and PI/PO middleware.
• Configuring bidirectional data exchange with the Boxfusion CRM system, prioritizing JSON payload formatting.
• Integrating related financial processes, including FI-GL/AP/AR postings from CML, Treasury Management (TRM) funding links, and Customer Deposits Management.
• Developing a detailed project methodology and implementation timeline to accommodate urgent delivery requirements.
• Providing six months of post-deployment support, maintenance, and structured skills transfer to internal teams.

Technical Requirements

• SAP ECC 6.0 EHP8 environment with FS-CML and FS-CMS modules active.
• SAP Gateway configuration, service exposure, and security provisioning.
• SAP PI/PO middleware for message mapping, protocol conversion, and orchestration.
• REST API development standards with JSON serialization/deserialization.
• Cloud-to-on-premise integration architecture ensuring low-latency, high-availability data flows.
• Banking-compliant security protocols, including authentication, authorization, encryption, and audit logging.
• Maintenance framework covering incident resolution, patch management, and performance monitoring for a minimum of six months post-go-live.

Skills Requirements

• Certified or proven SAP ABAP developer with extensive hands-on experience in SAP XI/PI/PO.
• Demonstrated track record of exposing SAP Financial Services modules as production-ready REST APIs.
• Strong domain knowledge of banking operations, loan servicing, collateral valuation, and treasury funding mechanisms.
• Proficiency in SAP FI-GL, Accounts Payable/Receivable, TRM, and Customer Deposits Management.
• Ability to author comprehensive implementation methodologies, risk mitigation plans, and agile delivery schedules.
• Competence in conducting technical workshops, documentation handover, and internal capacity building.

Explanation of Specialized Terms

CML (Collateral Management Loans) & CMS (Collateral Management System): SAP Financial Services industry solutions used to manage loan portfolios, track pledged assets, calculate collateral coverage ratios, and assess credit risk in real time.

PI/PO (Process Integration/Orchestration): SAP’s enterprise middleware platform that transforms, routes, and translates data between heterogeneous systems, supporting both synchronous and asynchronous communication patterns.

REST API/JSON: Representational State Transfer application programming interfaces utilizing JavaScript Object Notation for lightweight, stateless, and standardized web-based data exchange, commonly preferred for modern cloud integrations.

SAP Gateway: A middleware component that exposes SAP backend services as OData or REST endpoints, allowing external applications to securely consume or push data into the SAP landscape.