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EXPERIENCE:

2/2014 - Present

Industry: Broadcasting, Music, and Film

SAP BPC Global Solution Architect

Leading a team of expert EPM consultants focused on coordinating and maturing processes to build and shape the capacity as well as quality of Business Planning and Consolidation workforce. Lead BPC strategic and operational planning goals.

Completed the implementation of the SAP BPC Labor Cost Forcast with a successful Go-Live and Hypercare phase. Manage all current reporting platforms including SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidations), SAP Data Warehouse, HANA. Design of enhancment Input schedules and EPM reports using EPM Functions. Reports enhanced involve Period wise Trend report, Actual vs Budget Comparison Reports, Report for comparing BPC values with BW. Extensively worked with Finance team during Close to troubleshoot issues in BPC and BW. Performance Tuning of Applications, Concurrent Lock, optimized processes to stabilize BPC environments. Configured Security tasks, teams, member Access profiles, Configured Work status to lock the data during quarter end close. Lead cross-functional departments to define and implement new SAP BPC Planning processes, streamlining end user system interaction. Design and developing reporting related to Consolidated Financials – Trail Balance Report, Profit Center Based Financial Reporting, Product Profitability Reports for Corp FP&A.

2/2013 - 1/2014

Industry: Aerospace and Defense

SAP BPC Solution Architect

Designing global solution in Sap BPC 10 NW related to the areas of Purchase-to-Pay, transaction-to-Report, Order-to-Cash, Banking, Legal & Management Consolidation, Financial Planning.

Expert in building Finance reports using EPM 10.0 NW using Excel EPM Add-in like Balance Sheet, Profit & Loss Statements, Project Profitability reports , Planning reports like Revenue Planning, OPEX Planning, Project Planning reports, Drive based reports, Budget vs Actual Variance Analysis Reports (Including Butterfly Reports), Rolling forecast reports etc. Responsible for design Environment, Dimension Properties, Managing periodic activities like Currency Translations, Actual Transaction data imports, copying actuals for planning purpose, Load Master data into Dimensions using Flat file, Create Transformation and Conversion files. Configured on master & transaction data loading using flat files and extraction from BW using data manager packages. Implemented allocation, balance carry forward and currency conversion of script logics. Worked on advanced script in modify script of data manager package to look at new logic files addition. Designed on periodic activities like Currency Translation, Carry forward of balances. Worked on SAP BPC implementation involving script logics, business rules data manager packages & data input forms. Handled an end to end implementation in SAP BPC. Responsible for loading dimension members and properties. Worked on performance tuning and improvement.

8/2012 - 1/2013

SAP BPC Project Lead

Leading EPM technology review, evaluation and recommendation as subject-matter expert for scoping related to Treasury liquidity forecasting solution, managing work streams of functional subject matter specialists. Direct resource activity and provide upda

Co-led team to provide client a clear methodology for assessing and evaluating EPM (including BPC 10 and FIM) technology in their market and IT landscape Led requirements-gathering sessions with interested demographics affected by current and future solutions and integration with existing SAP BI environment. Created RFP functional requirements used to assess EPM vendors. Led on-site demonstrations and in-depth questioning with selected SAP BPC 10 for client user community. Delivered comprehensive assessment of client requirements, evaluation results, and recommended roadmap for implementing proposed solutions.

6/2011 - 7/2012

SAP BPC/BO Lead Architect

Lead the design and work together with Finance, IT and outside vendors to gather the requirements for the blueprint. Designed Consolidation and planning processes, configured the application set configure application for Statutory and Management consolidation and forecast. Maintain hierarchies and develop custom reports in SAP BPC to meet user requirements for statutory and management reporting. Analyze and resolve all issues related to the currency translation, intercompany eliminations. Configured FX rates on a monthly schedule and monitored daily data loads from SAP BW and other external data sources. Developed logic scripts, scoping data from data manager, Input Schedule and transferred data from one application to another. Develop, provide or coordinate training, educational tools for SAP BPC.

1/2011 - 5/2011

SAP BPC Sr. Project Lead

Manage and design SAP BPC Architecture for ensuring high levels of BI availability through support functions and in-depth testing of reporting and analysis

Developed management of reporting infrastructure related to SAP Business Planning and Consolidation, Data Integrator, SAP BW, including Administration and Configuration Functions. Gather requirements, designing, and rolling out BPC solutions to end users. Design and deliver end-user training, best practices and training materials; provide technical support as necessary. Troubleshoot BI tools, systems, and software; performance-tune these applications as necessary. Conduct research and make recommendations on BI products, services, and standards in support of procurement and development efforts. Mentor and/or provide leadership to junior members of the team. Project documentation, status reviews.

4/2010 - 1/2011

SAP BO/BPC Lead Architect

Act as a principle and contributes to enhance SAP BO/BI best practices. Lead the integration of SAP BI and SAP BO XI 3.1and BI in finance area. Collaborate with internal partners and with Business partners to manage priorities, define project deliverables and to effectively manage resource allocation. Developed functional design documents related Balance Sheet, Income Statement and Cash Flow reports in SAP BO environment. Lead the process redesign existing financial reports. Design and develop enterprise-wide Business Objects Universes for cross-functional data sources. Attract, develop and retain skilled people for the BO implementation. Developing strategies for optimization budgeted balance sheet and financial budget. Working with business users in understanding requirements and designing/building BO reports to meet those requirements. Lead the design for multi-platform processes using Web Intelligence, Crystal and Xcelsius tools for financial reports.

2/2008 - 4/2010

Industry: Computer/IT Services

Sr. SAP BI/BPC Manager

Lead the design and applied experience in implementing planning, consolidation and reporting and analytics with the SAP BO/OutlookSoft suite in a global context. Developed complex SAP BPC reports and oversee development of complex, cross-functional, multi-platform processes and application systems. Define and coordinate complex technical architecture. Design and advise client on complex systems management plans and issues with SAP BPC 7.0. Train internal staff specifically in advanced SAP BPC methods. Act as a principle and contributes to enhance SAP BPC best practices. Lead the integration of SAP BI and Business Objects, Xcelsius, Voyager, Data Integator. Responsible for the design, development and administration of Business Objects Universes and analytical data constructs/structures using Xcelsius. Design and develop enterprise-wide Business Objects Universes for all corporate data, database systems including Oracle SQL, SQL Server. Development Netweaver integration with SAP BI and ECC environment using Open Portal Services and third party tools via SSO security configuration.  

5/2007 - 2/2008

Industry: Electronics, Components, and Semiconductor Mfg

SAP BI Project Lead

BI Project Manager for the ten person business intelligence team that implemented and delivered BI 7.0 for an international manufacturing organization. Delivered critical management sales reporting for internal and external sales personnel. Reports were delivered using the web front end and the BW reporting agent. Created Open Hub Extracts for sales, commission, and point of sales reports. Configured 14 custom infocubes, 11 ODSs, and over 60 reports during the project. The key responsibility was lead and manage new IT initiatives in the Planning, Manufacturing, and Logistics areas of Supply Chain Management in a global environment. This position reports to the Manager of SCM applications within the Corporate IT department.• Collaborate with business partners to define standards and support delivery of harmonized BI solutions across multiple SAP systems. • Participate with BI organization in defining BI design standards, data standards, tools, and governance necessary to achieve BI strategy. • Lead the implementation of methodology into the company. • Define and coordinate the Roadmap for BI release strategy to align with total BI (7.0) strategy. • Manage and deliver portfolio of BI projects including prioritization and project implementation. • Collaborate with internal partners and with Business partners to manage priorities, define project deliverables and to effectively manage resource allocation. • Develop BW team resource capabilities to service current requirements and meet future global strategy. Attract, develop and retain skilled people for the BI implementation• Develop sourcing strategies and relationships with external suppliers.• Support base business operations for SAP BI environments. • Administer and meet operating and capital budgets. • Meet requirements and successfully manage incident resolution. • Demonstrated Knowledge of all aspects associated with Supply Chain Management, ERP implementations and the business functions that are associated with relevant technologies.• Excellent understanding of Material Master Data, Production Planning Transactional Data (BOM's, Routings, Work Centers, Capacity's, Quota Arrangements, Source List, Demand Management, MPS, MRP, Production Orders, Shop Floor Information system) and SAP Materials Management (Purchasing * Requisition and Purchase Orders, Sub Contracting, Consignments, Batch Management, Purchasing info records and Purchasing Information systems).

4/2006 - 4/2007

Industry: Financial Services

SAP SEM/BCS Project Lead

•Analyzed Global Business process Documentation and Blue Print document SEM-BCS.•Analyzed the existing configuration - Data Model, Info cubes, Data Basis, Consolidation area, Versions, Master data and Sub assignments.•Analyzed the Existing Consolidation Functions. Data collection, Manual Entry, Inter-company Eliminations, Carry forward Balances.•Provided improvement process steps on Close Process.•Provided Improvement process steps to Sync Master Data from BW than loading from a File.•Consolidation of Investments design solution proposed to GSF on Minority Interest (Negative) and Reduction of Capitalization Configuration.( activity type 06 Configurations )•Prepared Knowledge transfer documentation to the Support team.•Suggested task wise and Consolidation Group wise Security to Users.•Design Tax Interface Outbound based on the Tax department requirements•Provided improvement process steps on Entity Hierarchy Maintenance process including automated process for the accounting techniques ( sap/sem new feature release 6.0) •Developing strategies for automating initial consolidation group hierarchy and master data uploads•Configuration of the consolidation group hierarchy is crucial to this second rollout for Deutsche Bank and consists of over 500 companies arranged in 200+ consolidation groups. It is vital to have a method to rapidly change and upload the hierarchy when changes are required.

7/2005 - 3/2006

Industry: Energy and Utilities

SAP SEM/BPS/BCS Consolidation Team Lead

Analyzed the existing configuration for the regional planning - Data Model, Info cubes, Planning areas, Master data. Design and develop strategies for globally integrated planning environment including cost center, sales profitability, and investment applications. Analyzed and mapped Business Process within BW and create blueprints. Developed functional design documents for Balance Sheet and P&L applications. Developing strategies for optimization budgeted balance sheet and financial budget. Successfully used my technical skills and functional experience to deliver project to the client. Designed and build info objects, info cubes, planning areas, level packages and special functions using FOX functions. Loading business content in BW for the BPS. Loading data, developing data extractors, evaluating and integrating third party tools for SAP BW (4.0). Simulation of Forecasting Scenarios. Developing Planning Applications for Profit and Financial Planning, Profitability Analysis, Balance Sheet and Profit-and-Loss Planning. Analyzed existing Business process Documentation and develop Blue Print document for SEM-BCS. Designed the Data Model, Data basis and Consolidation area as per client requirements. Configured Master data and Organizational Units: Consolidation types, Consolidation units and hierarchies, Consolidation chart of accounts and Sub assignments. Designed Consolidation functions – Data collection ,Manual posting to complete US-GAAP adjustments Reclassification, Elimination of IC payables and Receivables, Elimination of IC profit/loss in inventory, RE calculations , Currency translations ,Balance carry forward and Consolidation of Investments. Integration with BPS.

1/2005 - 6/2005

Industry: Chemicals/Petro-Chemicals

SAP Business Consolidation Senior Consultant

Responsible for ECCS and Hyperion replacement with BCS BW based 4.0. Collect all business requirements in order to implement successful replacement. Developed Detailed Functional Design and following implementation to perform the corporate group consolidation and corporate group planning. Designed the financial reporting data of the individual companies, as well as the data from business groups for ACTUAL and PLAN / FORECAST for Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow reports. Implemented Global template system with additional local business requirements. Developed Technical Architecture of the Business Consolidation Processes with implementation of the processes such as: data collection, validation, currency conversion, reclassifications, adjustments, Elimination of intercompany accounts and so on. Designed BW data model for BCS processes included InfoObjects, InfoCubes with following definition and allocation of the roles in the database. Maintained Master data on the global and local sides including organizational structure and accounts hierarchies. BPS(4.0) and CRM(3.1) Integration.

9/2004 - 1/2005

Industry: Management Consulting Services

SAP Business Consolidation Data Architect

Involved in workshops and converted the requirements into business consolidation process using currency translation and inter unit elimination. Developed Info Cubes for business Consolidation purposes, synchronization hierarchies on BW and BCS side, and consolidation data from both SAP R/3 and BW Systems. Design Legal Entity and Financial Statement Items hierarchies based on the client requirements. Develop data validation and allocation as a part of consolidation process. Creating and Maintaining Flexible Upload into BCS system. Designed Info Sources, Info Object, ODS Objects, Update rules, Transfer rules Extraction Structures, communication structures and Transfer Structures to support Business Consolidation Info Cube data loading process from R/3.

1/2004 - 9/2004

Industry: Government and Military

SAP Supply Chain Management Team Lead

Functioning as a SAP BW/BPS Planning team lead of three consultants. Design and manage the implementation of winning solutions for complex planning concepts and processes, working with a team of innovators, leading to overall growth of self and organization. To apply my technical skills and functional experience to keep project ahead of schedule, under budget and to the fullest satisfaction of the customer. Analyzed and mapped Business Process to BW and create blueprints using ASAP methodology. SAP BW Modeling/Architecture/Reporting. Plan design build ODS object. BEx Browser, BEx Analyzer, info objects, info cube, loading business content for BW, Loading data via Flat files, developing data extractors, evaluating and integrating third party tools for SAP BW (3.1). Administrating thru BW Administrator workbench. Legacy to SAP and SAP BW Migration (Application and data Migration). SAP BW Settings for SAP SEM-BPS. Simulation of Forecasting Scenarios. Developing Planning Applications for Profit and Financial Planning, Profitability Analysis, Balance Sheet and Profit-and-Loss Planning.Planned OrderIdentify the actual Purchase Requisitions based on a Supply Planners allow planners to evaluate Planned Order on certain data elements associated with a specific order or orders within a certain timeframe. The Supply will also use it to track delinquent Purchase Requisitions. Balance Sheet and Profit-and-Loss Planning.Demand PlanningThe Demand Plan Accuracy is a measure of the quality of forecasting results. The processes utilized by both Demand Planners and management to obtain a measure of how accurate customer’s forecast is versus actual demands. Developing Fox Formula Function. Attainment to PlanThe purpose of the Attainment to Plan is to measure how well the procurement organization meets the required award date for the required quantity to support the supply plan. Additionally, it is to measure how the vendor performed in meeting the contracted quantity, quality, and required dates in support of the Purchase Requisition. The same three items (quantity, quality, and timeliness) are also measured to gauge to effective transport of Redistribution orders. Stock ability PlanningThe process of stock ability determines whether items should be managed as stocked on client side or non-stocked (Customer). The stock ability determination is made based upon data residing in SAP. Once the process is complete, the result is an updated Acquisition Advice Code.Inventory TurnsThis performance indicator defines how well inventory is used to satisfy customer requests. It compares sales value to current inventory value in the depot to determine the amount of inventory turnover. Inventory turns vary by commodity and type of support. Additionally, it will calculate the inventory turns value for all levels in the drill down. Maintaining the Organizational Structure in CRM.

8/2003 - 12/2003

Industry: Banking

SAP BW Technical Consultant

Undergone SAP BW Data warehouse Architecture Design, Physical and Logical data modeling BW 3.0B for Global Financial System Project which includes Data-Modeling, Data Extraction, Generic Extraction, Data Loading (Full /Delta Up-Load), Scheduling, Monitoring, Info-cubes, Info-Source, Logical Information System (LIS), LO Cockpit, Multi-Cubes, Remote Cubes, CO-PA, FI-GL, ODS objects, BEx- Analyzer, BEx Query, Work books & Web reporting/ publishing. Setup periodic Data loads from R/3 and from a legacy system (flat files) containing certain customer information.Acted as a liaison between Information Technology, SAP functional project teams, Basis administration and Auditors in gathering and communicating information on the SAP R/3 and BW security systems. • Conceptual design and Data modeling for sap business warehouse development and Implementation by conduction workshops/Interviews.• As a part of the BW implementation team, involved in gathering user requirements and data modeling using ERM, star schema concepts. • Analyzed Business requirements and required BW Business Content for Financial and Controlling Modules.• Applied OSS Notes.• Review existing security access controls and recommend and written documents.• Knowledge Transfer to PWC staff. Working with Sr. SAP America Platinum consultants very closely.• Daily WIP Ledger Projections: Extraction of actual data from a R/3 on a daily basis and Investment in Client Monthly. Work Business Structure (WBS)Costs entered in CO-PA transfer to FI-GL using integrated planning and then extracted using query view. • Time cube: Enhancement to the standard CATS data extraction using Info Sets. • Developed basic cubes for financial and controlling areas like procurement cube, cost center cube, order status cube. • Created multi-cube from AR and WBS Costs Info Cubes. Extracting required data from the Data Source of PSA to ODS. Worked with ODS object, ODS query, accessing ODS objects with RRI.• Developed flexible queries using filters, navigational attributes in BEX analyzer to facilitate data analysis in a drill down or summarized way to give detailed levels of information. • Used BEX Analyzer for normal Query Designing. • Generated reports using BeX Analyzer and Crystal Reports• Analyzed Query performance to suggest optimizations as per theory and practical observations• Setup Flat file extraction for legacy data (Uploaded over 1 Million Records).• Created aggregates, ODS structures, Info-Cubes, custom Queries, etc.,• Set up periodic jobs for delta-data uploads, statistics/aggregate/indices rebuild, and event-chains to notify end-user of report availability• Data extraction from R/3 and Flat file; Creating Info Packages; Event Scheduling; Monitor settings.

10/2001 - 7/2003

Industry: no industry preference

SAP Consultant

Lead a SAP team of three consultants in Business Information Warehouse for SAP (version 3.0) effectively planning and manage the performance of a data warehouse. Retail Industry Company with many different distribution possibilities that tightly integrated supply chain to carefully manage inventories and monitor customers' wants. Responsibilities include integration SAP for goods receipt, labeling, store supply, inventory management, and promotions management. Complicated configurable distribution structures made this task especially challenging.• Building InfoCubes as part of the Business Content that provides data relating to customer sales• Designed InfoObjects that filled with external and SAP cost center transaction and master data• Combine characteristics of InfoCubes in dimension tables for costs and allocations• Loading data from SAP CO and analyze cost center master data, hierarchies and transaction data• Loading transaction and master data from flat files to analyze non-R/3 monthly basis cost center data• Maintain InfoCubes aggregates for improving performance in process of the Cost Center InfoCube• Implementation InfoCubes in the accounting area consists of return on investments, cost variances, liabilities• Create authorization object to control user access to provide security to the InfoCube data• FI/SL data extraction setup process and enhancing standard Business Content• Good understanding of SAP R/3 and modules, like SD, FI, CO, MM, PP, HR, CRM, etc• Experience with data extraction and transformation development and developing the required interface programs• In-depth understanding of specific data extraction tools and ABAP programs to do extractions • Create reports in the logistic area covers sales controlling , inventory control, production planning, service management• Using BEx Query designer and formatted Reporting and designing queries with hierarchies• Defining, creating, and testing reports to meet business requirements using BEx Analyzer• Modeling Text Information and InfoMarts and Implementation ODS Objects• Experience with data warehousing project life cycle, especially tasks within the ETL phase• Performing integration test system upgrades and changes through QA and client acceptance• Developing training materials and conducting end-user training• CO/PA Data Extraction based on costing and accounting methods• Utilize SAP-APO Demand Planning and Demand Collaboration Tool • Design & configure the APO DP & SNP

10/2000 - 7/2001

SAP Consultant

Development of SAP R/3 for the public sector for educational and nonprofit organizations. Primary worked in HR/BW module's integration points to the FI/CO modules to provide the client with the correct configuration and business procedure to follow to meet the client's environment needs. Prepare comprehensive system and design specifications.• Implementing SAP BW 2.0. Preparing R/3 Data Source for SAP BW and loading data via flat files • Integrating third-party ETL products• Provide training for BW/ FI users• Data Access using Business Explorer and OLAP Processor• Writing SAP BW Reports• Preparing initial Data Loads and loading data via Flat files• Defining Custom InfoCubes• Building inSight Applications• Using ActaWorks for SAP R/3 data extraction scheme • As part of the InfoCube create HR KPI consist of headcount, productivity rate, illness rate, overtime wage type overview, event costs• Prepare ABAP workbench and debug tool sets and ABAP programming of SAP R/3• ABAP report design experience in a multiple currency environment Lockbox experience• Create reports using Report Painter, Report Writer, and SAP Queries • Configuration Credit Management functionality, order management, integration into credit management• A/R and A/P posting and cash application; inter-company billing • Condition technique, rebates, sales deals, account determination, sales documents• Order to Cash process and Available to Promise (ATP) process• Creating and using ABAP query • Oracle database design experience

3/1998 - 10/2000

Data Werehouse Developer

Team development member primarily worked in Java/BAPI programming in healthcare industry. Configuration the Industry Solution for Hospitals (IS-H) module in its standard SAP system.• Prepare IS-H module for inpatient and outpatient management processes• Develop software using Java/BAPI that integrated with SAP• Provide functionality in areas such as scheduling for radiology, surgery, and laboratory procedures• Building user interfaces with basic AWT components • Integrating JavaBeans to provide JDBC to access to Oracle 8i • Integrating Java applications with SAP through RFCs and BAPIs • Designed and Implemented internet application components consideration for HTML and JSP based SAP interfaces• Writing stored procedures and functions using PL/SQL for Oracle 8i • Parsing XML for Java as Java Beans and database transaction processing using DOM and JDBC

EDUCATION:

9/1995 - 11/1997

Bachelor's Degree

CERTIFICATION:

3/2003

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Skill Level

HONORS & AWARDS:

  Method to rapidly change and upload the hierarchy within SAP BCS -  Published in SAP Insider magazine -  www.sapinsideronline.com   Method and apparatus for fitness. US Patent Number 7935040

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

Leading design and implementation team for scoping of Business Planning and Consolidations 14 years of experience in designing, developing, maintaining and building large business applications such as data migration, integration, conversion, data warehouse and Testing. 7 years extensively working in SAP BPC NW10 as Financial Planning and Consolidation Lead Architect. Expert in all phases of Software development life cycle(SDLC) – Project Analysis, Requirements, Design Documentation, Development, Unit Testing, User Acceptance Testing, Implementation, Post Implementation Support and Maintenance. Expert in designing Financial Planning models (Annual Budget & rolling forward Forecast) for Income Statement and Balance Sheet, Cash Flow and Head Count Planning.