Hello,
If I follow you well, you want hide Discount menu from backend for a specific user group, but keep discount functionalities (in frontend).
For this I invite you to go to Main HikaShop Configuration menu (in Components => HikaSHop => Configuration) and Access Level tab.
Here, select Discount and click on Custom in order to manage, View access or abilities to delete Discount instances.
Maybe to have what you required you have to create a
new user group for your specific user.
Hope this will help you.
Regards