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Philippines - Lead ABAP Development Consultant
Role summary
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The Lead ABAP Development Consultant designs, develops, enhances, and supports SAP ABAP solutions, typically across S/4HANA or ECC environments. Requirements generally include strong hands-on ABAP experience, knowledge of reports, interfaces, conversions, enhancements, forms, debugging, and performance tuning, along with familiarity with SAP integration and development standards. Experience leading technical workstreams, reviewing code, preparing technical specifications, and working with functional consultants is expected. The candidate should have strong analytical, communication, client-management, and problem-solving skills. Experience in consulting, implementation, support projects, Agile delivery, and mentoring developers is advantageous. The role also requires the ability to manage priorities, deliver high-quality work to deadlines, and collaborate effectively with regional or international PwC teams.
Can I work in the Philippines?
Never pay anyone for a visa or a job offer. A real employer pays the permit costs and never asks you for money.
How it works
How it works: Work permit route with the local-first test; firms in economic zones get their visa through the zone authority (PEZA); junior analyst roles are hard to justify.
Before you apply: Usually no licence. Some employers ask for vendor certificates (AWS, Microsoft, Cisco); signing audit reports needs a registered auditor.
Watch for: Since August 2026 PEZA processes zone visas while the work permit is pending; a Provisional Work Permit (PHP 4,040) lets you start while the 9(g) visa is pending.
Official source: Bureau of Immigration: Pre-arranged Employment Visa (9G). Checked November 2026.
What the job usually comes with in the Philippines
Usual for IT and Consultancy jobs in the Philippines, varies by employer. Checked November 2026.
| Housing | Senior expat packages often add a housing allowance; local-hire contracts do not |
|---|---|
| Relocation | Employer files the permit and visa; fees are agreed in the contract; moving help for senior hires only |
| Flights | Yearly home flight in some senior expat packages; none for local hires |
| Contract | Regular after at most 6 months' probation (by law); foreigners' contracts follow the permit, 1 to 3 years |
| Leave | 5 days after 1 year; 10 regular holidays and 8 special days in 2026 (by law) |
| Income tax | 0% to PHP 250,000 a year (about USD 4,000), then 15% to 35%; 13th month tax-free to PHP 90,000 |
| Health cover | PhilHealth is deducted from pay and matched by the employer (by law); a company health plan is the office norm |
Senior staff often get more than line staff, for example a single room or a yearly home flight. Ask the employer what the job includes before you accept.
Guidance, not legal advice. Rules change; your employer confirms the details for your case.
About PwC
PwC, or PricewaterhouseCoopers, is a global professional-services network providing assurance, tax, consulting, deals, risk, and technology services. Its clients include multinational corporations, public-sector organizations, and fast-growing businesses. PwC Philippines supports organizations with audit and assurance, tax advisory, business consulting, digital transformation, cybersecurity, finance transformation, and enterprise technology services, including SAP-related solutions. The firm combines industry knowledge with international resources and local market experience. Employees commonly work on complex client engagements involving process improvement, technology implementation, compliance, and business change. PwC places emphasis on professional development, collaboration, ethics, quality, and creating trust in society. This position in Makati is likely part of its technology consulting practice, supporting SAP development projects and helping clients improve business operations through reliable, scalable enterprise systems.