SUMMARY:

• 23 years of work experience with over 18 years in designing, building and leading global implementions of SAP Products and solutions and 2 years 6months in SAP Cloud Analytics (since C4A/C4P)especially in Business planning, forecasting and consolidations applications and systems.
• 16 years of experience in SAP BI/FICO/BPC/BO/BW4HANA/AFO/FIORI/LUMIRA in the areas of Business development, Functional and Solution Delivery, Pre - sales, Program & Practice management, Product development and Project implementation including BPC on S4HANA, BPC 11/10.1,10, 7.5, 7.0, FICO & IP, HANA 2.0, NM, BO BOE/BI4.1, AFO,SAC ( SAP CLOUD Analytics)C4A, BIGDATA & SPARK in Financial Planning and reporting and Have been working as SAP EPM Practice lead and Program Manager and Ramp-up Coach & “Train the Trainer “for Multiple BI BPC Planning & reporting Projects.
• This combination of deep global operational finance and technology experience has consistently resulted in my clients realizing much a shorter financial close cycle, as well as establishing global business planning and consolidation standards. Possess strong interpersonal communication skills which help me align with all global finance and technology leaders and stakeholders, where I’ve achieved great ability to help make best long-term operational recommendations. Am also well known for being a true problem solver who is very hands-on, possesses deep functional/technical expertise in SAP BPC 11/10.1, Real time consolidation-RTC, Cloud for Analytics/Planning, Embedded BPC, Integrated Planning, S/4 HANA, BOBJ/BW( Lumira Discovery & Lumira Designer -Design studio & Analysis for office 2.5.2/2.6/2.7 ), BW4HANA,Simple Finance with BPC on S4HANA, and who thrives working in complex and fast moving projects with consistent on-time and budget deliveries leading many Projects using Agile Rapid deployment with Global delivery Model .
• Responsible for feasibility study and pre-sales in new SAP EPM solutions especially in SAP BPC engagements and secured 2-3 BPC engagements revenues $2-3m each helped multiple SAP BPC Pre-sales work also genrated and joinly Bid a BPC project along with Confidential and delivered.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

In-memory Business Planning & forecating SAP Cloud Analytics -Digital dashboard & GEO Map SAP HANA Cloud platform Financial solution Architecture Project Management SAP UX development( Fiori/UI5, AFO,Lumira ) Lumira (Designer & Discovery ) HANA & BW4HANA End-User Rule engine( DSM-BRF) BW4HANA Odata Business Requirement Gathering Embedded BPC S4HANA Data migration Project plan Building Team / Practice Product Innovation RealTime Consolidatation In-memory FX Variance Driver Based Planning Business Workflow for forecasting

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Big Data - MIT, and BPC, SAP BW, HANA,SEM BCS, FIM, BPC 7.x NW/M Consolidation and Outlooksoft ( BPC) 5.x. MDX, Advanced script, BADI .S4HANA, FIORI, Sap cloud analytics SAP Course completed in ABAP OO, MDM, Solution Manager, ASAP 7, BPC 10 /7.5 / 7.0 NW, EP /KM and ESOA and HANA 2.0,AFO 2.6

SKILL SUMMARY:

• Solution design, Configuration and unit testing of S4 HANA Simple finance, SAP BPC, IBPF, Embedded Business planning and real-time Consolidation, sap bw integrated planning, SEM-BCS, SEM-BPS )
• Strong skill set in SAP EPM practice specially on BPC 11, 10.1 hana 2.0, 10.1,10 7.5, 7.0 versions for Net weaver and microsoft Platform with SAP BI and Hana Delivery and Project Management , BADI .S4HANA, FIORI, Cloud for Analytics. SAP Course completed in ABAP OO, MDM, Solution Manager, ASAP 7, BPC 10 /7.5 / 7.0 NW, EP /KM and ESOA and HANA 2.0, BI Platform 4.0, Lumira ( designer and discovery) Crystal Reports, WEBI
• Non-SAP technical skills: Java script, UML,, HTML, XML, Visual Basics, Oracle, Live Interface, google bigquery and Mercury Test Director, Ms Project, Visio and JSP .
• Consolidations experience includes real time consolidation of Financial data, data loads currency translation, intercompany eliminations, account transformations, balance carry forward etc., building Financial statements like Balance Sheet, Income Statement and Cash Flow on consolidated data and Month end close Process. expert on Analysis for Office tool 2.52/2.6 .
• Excellent working knowledge of SAP BI/BW data modeling and integration between SAP s4hana with copa solutions and SAP BPC.
• Windows environments, Office, Project Outlook, Mail, Power Point, Visio
• Strong analytical and decision-making skills
• Strong skills of Budget and People management innovative solutions and coordinate the planning and implementation
• Knowledge in utility business processes, best practices and system flows
• Knowledge and ability to apply process improvement methodology
• Creation and presentation of documentation and post go-live support procedures
• Published White paper on Best Practice for Delta data load in BPC10 NW using BW 7.3.
• Lead a large group of cross-functional teams, built a Strong teamwork. Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to drive resources and obtain consensus
• Ability to plan, facilitate, communicate & participate in work sessions a

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Senior Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managing Delivery and solution Architect of EPM project implementations., managed all resources and Team of consultants and Managers to provide Solutions and support the operations for Revenue forecasting process and BPC Consolidation using SAP BPC on HANA with BW 7.5/BPC 10.1, Analysis for Office ( AFO) and EPM reporting for a complex forecasting process from multiple divergent data sources from different source system from different regions of the worldInvolved in Pre-sales activities for bidding and securing new implementation Project using SAP Business planning on S4HANA .
• Also created presentation for customer demo on advantages of using RTC ( Real time consolidation) BPC ON S4HANA and BW4HANA and C4A .
• configured Business rules,controls and Consolidation monitor with IC elimination and COI. we have harmonized the data using Data lakes and cloud solutions and brought the data into SAP BW/BPC for forecasting process.
• Used Analysis for office 2.6 and EPM addin excel based reportingfor financial reporting.

Confidential, OH

SAP BPC Project lead

Responsibilities:

• Senior Architect of project implementations.
• Lead requirements gathering, conduct client workshops on current processes and discuss pain-points.
• Lead the creation of the design document and the implementation teams throughout the build Design and Blueprint, Functional and technical specs for P&L Planning and Global forecasting process using S4HANA Embedded BPC & New GL /Copa and SAP Workflow process flow and POC on Integrating SAP Cloud analytics on S4HANA and BW4HANA & BW onHANA and Lumira Designer to develop Planning layout and calling planning function/sequence and executed from workflow/BPF, developed Lumira discovery for customer insight.
• Solution architect in SAP BPC on S4HANA with BW 7.5, Consolidation( RTC) and SAP Business Workflow for a complex forecasting process to replace the current Business Planning solution of forecast one legacy system.
• Solution advisor for implementing Best practices of SAP BPC optimized for S4HANA for Business planning replacing current Forecast One legacy system.Ramp-up on S4HANA 1610 and 1709 and P&L Planning forecasting, Marketing Service Budgeting and HANA Based on the fly Calc on Fx variance reporting using sophisticated UX of Design Studio, Fiori, Lumira and Analysis for office and configuring DSM with BRF + and HRF.
• Extensively worked on Very complex Business Process flow using SAP Business workflow for BPC, we have developed a complex innovative solution to deliver P&G Process flow need, including Copy Paste from Excel to Fiori Data input interface developed on OData services.
• Delivered INNOVATIVE solution in Fiori UX for BPC solution for BPC ADMIN Dashboard and AFO -Analysis for office 2.6 other forecaster Dashboard, also customized S4HANA FIORI based MYINBOX solution.
• Design and Blueprint, Functional and technical specs for P&L Planning and Global forecasting process using S4HANA Embedded BPC and SAP Workflow process flow and also Finanacial consolidations.
• Responsible for reviewing Performance Optimization,AMDP, FOX and configuring BRF Plus and DSM.

Confidential, NJ

CEO & PRINCIPAL

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for gerarating revenue and engaging consultant to SAP BPC projects and deliver them.
• Managed SAP BPC resources and their time sheet approval
• Pre-sales for new prospective customer for BPC Engament, scoping and RFP and deploying resources for the same along with Confidential . signing and architecting S4HANA Extension APP development using HANA Cloud platform for “Simple Planning”.
• Responsible to support Sales & Marketing team to close key deals, lead generation through presenting at conferences and building Product demos especially in Confidential, Confidential, Pharma, Confidential and Drive Business Development across all direct and in-direct channels in order to maximize revenue.
• Designed and developed the Financial reporting and dashborading solution using Design studio and migrating them from AFO,Xcelsius and Webi. Responsible for De Experienced in a Geo Map in SAP Analytics Cloud
• Expert in Digital Boardroom dashboards for planning and analytics. Experienced in BPC11 on BW4HANA and BPC RTC.

Confidential, NJ

BPC Finance Functional and Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

• Responsible Requirement gathering and Blueprinting the Global TAX Planning project for Transfer pricing and also the deliver the Functional design document to provide BPC solution for the business requirement.
• Architected the BPC 10.1 Embedded with HANA and standard Models with the latest ANALYSIS FOR OFFICE 2.1/2.2 frontend and BOBJ/BW( Design studio ) Dashboarding .One of the first to adopt AFO 2.1 in USA as rampup Coach.

Confidential, CT

SAP BPC Delivery Head and Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

• Responsible Managing and delivering Planning and forecasting solutions and financial reporting, coordinating the End users,Power users and Offshore resources.
• Quick Project delivery using Agile Rapid deployment with Global delivery Model, have become trusted advisor for new business solutions for the customer

Confidential, PA

BPC Practice Lead & Senior Architect

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for managing the resources and provide solutions for any de-escalation of any issues in any BPC implementation for any SAP BPC Customers.
• Lead the BPC Practice and managing BPC Resources and help them to deliver the best possible solutions.
• Lead the design and implementation of SAP BPC applications.
• Responsible for feasibility study and pre-sales in new SAP EPM solutions especially in SAP BPC engagements and secured 2-3 BPC engagements revenues $2-3m each helped multiple SAP BPC Pre-sales work .

Confidential, New York, NY

Ramp-up Coach / Senior Project Manager and Solution/Delivery Advisor

Responsibilities:

• Responsible to review and provide the SAP Best practice solutions on Technical, Functional, and Project management aspects of the project and gained ‘Trusted Advisor’ status so as to increase SAP license and Service sale.

Confidential, Coke CCE, Atlanta, GA

RAMPUP COACH and Solution Advisor

Responsibilities:

• Responsible to review the solutions and provided the SAP Best practice solutions on Technical, Functional, and Project management aspects of the project and gained ‘Trusted Advisor’ status so as to increase SAP license and Service sale.

Confidential, Palo Alto, CA

Senior BPC Solution and Delivery Advisor

Responsibilities:

• Responsible to provide the best practice leveraging latest BPC10NW for integrating ECC GL data and BPC 7.5NW, APO and SAP BW capabilities and the white paper on ‘How to Doc on APO BPC integrations’ and ECC GL Data Delta load into BPC and also involved in RDS development of S&OP solution on HANA where the solution is moved to BW on HANA and optimized the same.

Confidential, New York, NY

BPC Solution Architect / Principal Solution Advisor

Responsibilities:

• Successfully went live with the global consolidation project using BPC 7.5NW earning ‘Trusted adviser’ in EPM related solutions and SME in BPC .
• Provided best suitable solutions for all the different business requirement and Product issues encountered during the implementation.
• Performing Solution Review and Integration advise to implement NM10 with BPC.

Confidential, Racine, MN

Lead BPC Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

• Architecting BPC Solution to meet all Business functional and Technical requirements on Sales Promotion Planning and integrating with SAP CRM-TPM with most of the first time in BPC solutions .

Confidential, Long Island, NY

BPC Functional consolidation Lead Architect

Responsibilities:

• Responsible fixing the consolidation functions and processes, so as to close 8 periods, where customer has challenges and technical issues and Understanding on BPC consolidation functions.
• Fixed all the issues and clarified the process to the customer, so as they can use the BPC for consolidations.

Confidential, Boston, MA

Lead BPC NW Consolidation Architect

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for design and configuring the consolidation functions using BPC 7 NW.

Confidential, New Balance, MA

SAP Ramp-Up Coach and BPC Lead Architect

Responsibilities:

• First customer for BPC75MS in USA for SAP. Single point of contact between SAP and customer as a ramp-up coach managing Customer expectation and keeping the project status in Green since project started and resolving all the technical issues raised. Also provided SAP BPC recommended solutions for Consolidations and forecasting

Confidential, San Jose, CA

SAP BPC Lead Architect

Responsibilities:

• Master data and Transaction data load automation from SAP BI7 to BPC dimension and Applications. EVDRE Template creation.
• Performed and lead the Go-Live tasks in BPC 7.NW.

Confidential, Turner, NJ

SAP BI Planning Lead Architect

Responsibilities:

• CRM reporting using Business Object and BI 7 and Blueprinting BPC consolidation and forecasting replacing Hyperion.
• Provided Reporting strategy for BI, ECC and CRM reporting which addresses the latest SAP recommendations also replaced Hyperion functionality using BPC solutions .

Confidential, Minneapolis, MN

Senior BPC Consultant/Architect

Responsibilities:

• Designed and Prototyped a Sales Planning solution using BI Integrated planning and BPC.
• Configured and developed the sales planning solution using SAP BI Integrated planning solution and SAP BPC NW.

Confidential, Rochester, NY

Senior BPC Consultant/Architect

Responsibilities:

• Designed and developed the BPC P&L Planning and Cost Analysis Planning using PCA/CCA data from SAP ECC using BPC 7.0 MS.
• Designed and developed the BPC Security Template for Carestream, and also presented and trained the BPC security model and Best Practices to the customer.
• Created 2 applications in BPC for Legal Consolidation and Managerial Consolidation.
• Implemented Xcelcius BPC Dashboards for BPC Reporting.