SUMMARY

• A self - directed, proactive and diligent SAP Consultant and Analyst with around 7 years of experience and expertise in SAP. Proficient in Data-Modelling, Data Extraction, Data Loading, Scheduling, Monitoring, Reporting and Performance Tuning.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to analyse business practices and define optimal procedures or practices.
• A creative problem-solver with a strong interest in new technologies and approaches like Agile & SCRUM principles that is both customer and end-user focused.
• Extremely reliable, possessing a strong work ethic and a dedicated team player. Proficient in mapping business requirements and preparing requirement documents with strong analytical skills.
• Having in-depth experience in SAP BW technology of Process Chain Creation, Process Chain Monitoring, Recommendations and performance optimization of system, Root Cause Analysis, Customization of BEx reports and Designing of Dashboard using BO explorer
• Working knowledge of the reporting flow in BW, debugging and resolution for many data issues.
• Implemented Data Warehouse & Business Intelligence solution.
• Working experience with Multi provider, SPO, APD, Process Chain Creation and optimization, real time Info cube.
• Verifying change requests and defects; tracking and reviewing test plans, test results and unresolved problems; reviewing test reports & taking corrective actions.
• Six plus years’ experience in SAP BW/BI versions 7.0, 3.5.
• Adept at Business /System Analysis including experience in gathering user requirements documenting requirement, business analysis, system analysis, testing and implementation of projects.
• Prior experience of authoring Business Requirement Document (BRD) by gathering Business Requirements.
• Extensive experience in acting as liaison between management and development team and QA team for Requirements and Conducted JAD sessions in pleasant and expeditious manners to understand and document requirements such as functional, interface and GUI designs.
• Highly resourceful in performing Functionality Testing, Regression Testing, Unit testing, System Testing, Integration Testing and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and creating Test Scenarios
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills combined with interpersonal and conflict resolution skills with strong analytical skills.
• Providing functional inputs to the development team and testing team and functional testing.
• Capturing system requirements through business meetings with client.
• Gap Analysis and preparation of Business Requirement Document (BRD) and develop Use cases.
• Translating high-level business and user requirements into functional requirements in the form of Functional Specification Document and Use Case Documents.
• Well versed with working in team-environment as well as independently and managing workload within time sensitive deadlines in addition to handling multiple projects or tasks under minimal supervision.
• Delivering and implementing the project as per scheduled deadlines; extending post-implementation and maintenance support to the technical support team and client.
• Reviewing Test Cases prepared by the Testing Team and Carried out exhaustive functional and UI testing.
• Experience in handling presentations.
• Has H1B visa Valid till 2018

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Windows NT/2000/XP
• MS Visio
• MS Office
• TFS
• Snag it
• SharePoint. SAP BW 3.5
• 7.0
• BO
• SAP ECC 6.0
• SAP BW 3.5 7.0
• ABAP/4
• BEx Query Designer
• FI/CO
• MM
• SD
• APO

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Facilitates requirements gathering sessions to understand and document complex business needs, often eliciting hidden requirements and/or clarifying vague or unclear requirements.
• Creating BRD and functional specifications to capture business needs using advanced business processes.
• Workflow diagrams to document current and future business environment and validate the same with the customer and shared with project stakeholders.
• Tracking progress of project to ensure alignment to requirements; managing any deviations from requirements to ensure resolution.
• Reviewing test plans and scripts for completeness and accuracy.
• Providing implementation support, preparing the business for the system solution.

Confidential - Chicago

SAP BI BW Business Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Analyze and configure BW/BI 7.0 data environment to facilitate custom reporting and data analytics solutions.
• Daily status calls, Conducting Project Review meetings, Approve time-sheets, Monitor project status.
• Mentor offshore team members in the area of understanding the requirement and help them with the design, development and deployment.
• Responsible for development of complex WRICEF developments.
• Manage to meet at least 90% of SLA defined in resolving the issues for P1, P2 and P3 tickets.
• Worked closely with business and identified, analyzed the core requirements and key features of the ongoing Application.
• Preparing Requirement Document by gathering feedback from end user and client.
• Performing Functionality Testing, Regression Testing, Unit testing, System Testing, Integration Testing and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and creating Test Scenarios
• Reviewing Test Cases prepared by the Testing Team and Carried out exhaustive functional and UI testing.
• Prepared product backlog by working with product owners and SMEs and prioritized user stories assigning them to different sprints
• Facilitated daily scrum meetings and given demos of the application to end user.
• Gathered end user and customer feedback according to the system and conducted retrospective meeting for continuous improvement when needed.
• Helping production users in troubleshooting there problems and providing the workaround and solution to them.
• Worked with third party tools as SOLMAN, Autosys, Service Now and Remedy.

Environment: Windows NT/2000/XP, MS Visio, MS Office, TFS, Snag it, SharePoint. SAP BW 3.5, 7.0, BO

Confidential

SAP Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Technical and Functional Documentation, Knowledge management and transition, implementation, Testing (unit testing and Integration testing).
• Involved in end to end development of complete landscape based on the requirement and, Performance Optimization.
• Mentor offshore team members in the area of understanding the requirement and help them with the design, development and deployment.
• Responsible for development of complex WRICEF developments.
• Daily status calls, Conducting Project Review meetings, Approve time-sheets, Monitor project status.
• Facilitated daily meetings and gathered Business Requirements. Conducted user interviews, analyzed the requirements and managed changes.
• Involved in user testing of systems, developed and maintained quality procedures and ensured that appropriate documentations were in place
• Gathered end users or customer feedback according to the system and conducted retrospective meeting for continuous improvement according to the end user or customer

Environment: Extraction from SAP ECC 6.0, SAP BW 3.5, 7.0, B.O, ABAP/4, BEx Query Designer, Business Areas: FI/CO, MM, SD, APO

Confidential

SAP LEAD CONSULTANT

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for requirements gathering related to RFC, end to end development
• Involved in Unit testing, Integration Testing and System Functional Testing as per the business need.
• Mentor offshore team in the RFC issues and help them with the design, development and deployment. Allotment of tickets to support team and follow-up to adhere to the client SLA’s.
• Mentor any new member joined to the team.
• Handling all the documentation which includes Technical Design documentation, Unit testing document and Integration testing Doc, taking Signoff from the client and uploading the same to the SharePoint folder.
• Responsible for development of complex RFC developments.
• Daily status calls, Monitor project status
• End to End project preparation starting from Project Preparation Phase of ASAP Methodology including Goal Setting, Implementing strategy and Implementation Sequence
• Worked on Business Blueprinting which includes detailed documentation and understanding of the requirement gathered and also preparation of scope document
• Worked on implementation of the entire business process requirement based on business blueprint
• Installation of Info cubes, Info objects & Multi Provider from business content
• Involved in the design, development, testing and implementation of Business Warehouse using extended star schema and configuring the system and users.
• Created ODS objects for Info Cubes.
• Analysed Info Cubes (via RSRV) created and maintained aggregates (RSDDV) to improve the performance.
• Used delta update mechanisms for uploading the data to BW from R/3 in specific intervals. Created Info Sources, Info Cubes, Aggregates, Worked extensively on standard, custom defined LO extractors. Involved in Data Extraction using LO Cockpit for Sales Data using standard data sources. Responsible for design, development and extraction of data from R/3 Source System and Flat Files to the BW system and created various Info package to enable data transfer.
• Master data & Cube activation in achieving the best possible performance & data integrity for various data flows
• Preparation of Functional Specification & Technical Specification Templates accordingly

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0, SAP BW 3.5, 7.0, ABAP/4, BEx Query Designer, Business Areas: FI/CO, MM, SD, APO

Confidential

Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Post-Production support that includes monitoring of process chains and data loads, reconstruction of data targets in case of failed loads, rescheduling of process chains, debugging of routines. Also involved in performance tuning by loading statistics, creating indexes, compressing requests and creating aggregates.
• Developed Process chains and changed batch job schedule. Involved in collecting objects in to transport requests or change requests using Transport connection.
• Analysis of (EWA) Early Watch Alert Reports and developed EWA Report recommendation specification plan.
• Monitoring of Info packages and analyzing the reasons for frequent failures of Info packages and Process Chains.
• For frequent Failures and preparing RCA Documents for permanent fix of failures.
• Maintaining Work History for all the tickets until it is closed down
• Worked on the preparation of Approach & Effort estimate of SWIs.
• Worked on the proposal template for frequently occurring production support issues.
• Involved in Logistics extraction that required data models to be set up or developed based on the reporting requirements of the business.
• Worked extensively on standard, custom defined LO extractors. Involved in Data Extraction using LO Cockpit for Sales Data and Inventory Management using standard data sources. Responsible for design, development and extraction of data from R/3 Source System and Flat Files to the BW system and created various Info package to enable data transfer

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0, SAP BW 3.5, 7.0, B.O, ABAP/4, BEx Query Designer, Business Areas: FI/CO, MM, SD, APO

Confidential

Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Manage and report on tickets and Change Requests and escalate issues as required to the Production Support Manager
• Update ticket management tool as and when required.
• Ensure documentation is kept up-to-date and is readily accessible
• Scheduled and monitored periodic data loads from R/3 to BW.
• Involved in training for end-users
• Monitored hourly/weekly and daily schedules and resolved the issues.
• Monitoring of Info packages and analyzing the reasons for frequent failures of Info packages and Process Chains.
• For frequent Failures. And preparing RCA Documents for permanent fix of failures.
• Worked on the Recommendations and performance optimization of system on the basis of size of E fact table and F-Fact table, Compression, Aggregation, Partitions, Query Response Time and Info Cube Data Volume, change log table volume in DSO etc.

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0, SAP BW 3.5, 7.0, ABAP/4, BEx Query Designer, Business Areas: FI/CO, MM, SD, APO