PROFILE:

• SAP BPC 10.1/BI/BPS/IP Senior Consultant with over 17 years of IT experience, 15 years in SAP, 4 years in BPC and with an overall Software Experience of 30 years.
• Strong in budgeting, planning and forecasting areas
• Proven experience in both Functional and Technical areas of FI, COPA, PS, GL
• Multiple end - to-end implementation experience in BPC, BI, BPS, and IP from requirement gathering, Blue Print, Design, development to Go-Live.
• Extensive experience in defining and executing multiple SAP BPC roadmap based solutions for financial planning
• Experienced in all areas of BPC, HANA, BW, BI, BPS, MAP, IP - Proof of Concept, Modeling, Development, Extraction, Reporting, Performance tuning.
• Experience in consolidations activities such as balance carry forward, journal entries and validation, and inter-company eliminations.
• Familiar with Tax provisioning based on USGAAP, IFRC, and FERC
• Versed in BPC Financial Planning in areas such as cash flow, budgeting, liquidity, etc.
• Extensive experience in BEx Analyzer and working knowledge of WEB Reporting
• Industry experience: Beverage, Public Sector, Heavy Industries, Consumer Goods, Utility, Retail, Media and Entertainment, Electronics, Semiconductor Chips and Electronic Equipment, Pharmaceutical and Hospitals
• Experienced in Project management of complex software projects
• Experienced in both Agile and Waterfall frameworks
• Utilized successfully Scrum methodology for Agile frameworks
• Team Lead in both Functional and Technical Areas of BPC, SEM-BPS, BW, BI, IP, and MAP
• Experience in SAP EPM 10.1 (Standard and Embedded models), SAP BPC 10, SAP BPC 7.5 NW and 7.5 MS, 5.1 MS Versions
• Expertise in trouble shooting, MDX/Script logic performance related improvements
• Expertise in the Design and creation of Application Sets, Applications, Dimensions, Members and Properties, Drill-through to different sources, and Automatic distribution or bursting of reports.
• Worked on Transformation and Conversion files to perform data transformations.
• Experience in executing Data Management Packages to load data into applications.
• Used Worksheet Logic, Dimension Logic, Script Logic, and Business Rules to perform various calculations and foreign currency translations.
• Developed complicated input schedules and reports
• Experience in using EPM functions for input schedules and reports
• Designed and developed Balance Sheet, P&L, Trial Balance, forecasting with variances reports
• Involved in analysis and reporting. Worked with the functions like EvDRE, EvSND, EvGTS. EvHOT, and EvCOM in BPC for Excel.
• Worked on 2004S implementation, BI-IP, Web application designer (WAD), Query Designer
• Experienced in SEM-BPS with complicated FOX functions in Liquidity, Cost Center, Financial, and HR planning
• Completed in 5 BPC, 4 SEM-BPS, 3 BI, 1 IP, and 1 MAP end to end implementations
• Experienced in all areas of BW and BI - Modeling, Extraction and Reporting
• Expertise in working with BW Business Content as well as developing custom solutions
• Extensive Business Process Knowledge of R3 in the areas of FI, CO-PA, and MM

EXPERIENCE/PROJECT WORK:

Confidential, Santa Clara, California

BPC10.1 Lead Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

• Conducted workshops and gathering business requirements for HR, Opex, and Capex budgeting solution
• Conducted workshops and gathering business requirements for Gross Margin Planning
• Responsible for designing Gross Margin and Cost Center models (Standard and Embedded)
• Designed BPC10.1 security
• Defined integration specifications for ECC/BW/BPC interfaces and in additional multiple non-SAP interfaces
• Completed blueprint for GM and CC planning models
• Developed EPM based Input schedules and Reports
• Developed complex cell based and dynamic range input schedules and reports
• Develop Functional Unit and integration tests with planning scenarios

Confidential, California

BPC10 Lead Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

• Conducted workshops and gathering business requirements for Cost Center budgeting solution
• Conducted workshops and gathering business requirements for Gross Margin Planning
• Responsible for designing Gross Margin and Cost Center models
• Designed PC10 security
• Defined integration specifications for ECC/BW/BCC interfaces
• Completed blueprint for GM and CC planning models
• Developed EPM based Input schedules and Reports
• Developed complex cell based and dynamic range input schedules and reports
• Develop Functional Unit and integration tests with planning scenarios

Confidential, California

Project Manager and BPC10 Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

• Managed the PC10 team for Blueprinting and implementation for Gross Margin application
• Conducted workshops and gathering business requirements for CCA budgeting solution
• Responsible for running the project and delivering Blueprint and design documents
• Responsible for designing Gross Margin models
• Designed PC10 security
• Worked with the team as a lead to design OPEX, CAPEX, HCM models
• Responsible for identifying Dimensions and Models for the project
• Responsible for Data Integration with BW
• Responsible for new 7.3 BW installation
• Completed Blueprint and signed off by client
• Extensively used EPM functions and EPM reporting formats
• Developed Input templates and financial reports
• Developed IS, P&L, and Financial Statement, Trial Balance reports
• Defined and Designed integration, transformation, and BADI specifications for ECC/BW/BCC interfaces

Confidential, Michigan

Project Manager and BPC10 Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

• Worked on RFP and obtained the PC10 Planning project
• Managed the PC10 team for Blueprinting and implementation
• Conducted workshops and gathering business requirements for budgeting solution
• Responsible for running the project and delivering Blueprint and design documents
• Responsible for designing Revenue/Gross Margin/NOIE models
• Designed PC10 security
• Worked with the team as a lead to design OPEX, CAPEX, HCM models
• Responsible for identifying Dimensions and Models for the project
• Responsible for Data Integration with BW
• Responsible for new 7.3 BW installation
• Completed Blueprint and signed off by client
• Designed and developed Gross Margin and Revenue model
• Extensively used EPM functions and EPM reporting formats
• Defined and Designed integration, transformation, and BADI specifications for ECC/BW/BCC interfaces

Confidential

Project Manager and BPC10 Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

• Part of SAP Canada Architecture team for blueprinting EPM10 BPC Planning project
• Conducted workshops to develop data integration business requirements
• Developed Scope and design document
• Designed DM package, Allocation BAdi’s, and functional calls
• Identified and designed all data integration points
• Designed the EPM10 Security model based on client’s requirements
• Designed the EPM10 landscape based on standalone system requirements and with their current BW system
• Completed the playbacks and final sign-off on data integration blueprint

Confidential

Project Manager and EPM/BPC Solution Architect/Lead

Responsibilities:

• Successfully managed BPC project and team and delivered on schedule
• Conducted workshops to develop business requirements
• Developed Scope and design document
• Configured the BPC system and developed appset/applications
• Created ETL packages to load data from Oracle DB into BPC for GL and Labor summary and detail data
• Created Input schedules for budget and labor related drivers
• Developed script logic for run default logic while loading and Inputting data
• Created custom reports using EvDRE, EvHot, EvGet, EvSnd,etc
• Developed solution for Bursting or automatic distribution of reports based on Cost Center or LOB
• Developed queries for drill through to various transaction data sources
• Improved performance on data loads and running of scripts
• Developed Business Objects Universe connecting to BPC cube in order to create reports
• Worked with SAP America development team to get fixes on BPC product issues

Confidential, CA

Project Manager and EPM 10/HANA Solution Architect/Lead

Responsibilities:

• Created roadmap to transition from BI-IP to BPC
• Conducted workshops to develop business requirements
• Developed Scope for Prototype based on new capabilities of EPM 10
• Mapped objects from BI-IP Into BPC 10.0
• Developed Part of P&L Planning application (Depreciation planning)
• Developed Script logic for calculations on depreciation planning
• Managed IP Project and team in the transition

Confidential, Erlanger, KY

BPC Solution Architect/Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Provided solution and roadmap based on new BI and BPC products
• Conducted workshops to gather requirements
• Developed SOW
• Completed architecture and Blueprinting
• Worked with and trained employees on BPC
• Worked on transformations, process chains for automatic loads of master and transaction data
• Developed script logic for summarized project systems data to be stored in a different application for management reporting
• Created models based on client’s current TM1 and Hyeperion models for consolidation and planning
• Developed Prototype and handed over to client for further development
• Defined and Designed integration, transformation, and BADI specifications for ECC/BW/BCC interfaces

Confidential, Springfield, IL

Project Manager and BPC Solution Architect/Lead

Responsibilities:

• Gave presentations on BPC NW 7.5
• Provided solution and roadmap based on BI and BPC
• Conducted workshops to gather requirements
• Developed SOW
• Completed architecture and Blueprint
• Worked on transformations, process chains for automatic loads of master and transaction data
• Created models based on client’s current excel based models of consolidation and planning
• Defined and Designed integration, transformation, and BADI specifications for ECC/BW/BCC interfaces

Confidential, Cincinnati, OH

Project Manager and BPC Solution Architect/Lead

Responsibilities:

• Provided roadmap and solution based new MS 7.5 BPC releases
• Upgraded BPC system from 5.1 MS to 7.5 MS SP4
• Modified dimensions and logic files to meet 75 MS requirements
• Modified DTSx pacakages to meet SQL 2008 Server and 75 MS requirements
• Tested upgraded system with business users and got sign-off
• Worked with SAP development teams (Asia/Europe/US) to provide solution on query performance improvements
• Successfully executed the project on budget
• Improved performance on data loads and running of consolidation script logic
• Supported BPC application issues for more than a year