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Projekte

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Utilities Group                                           02/15 ? present

Migrating BW 7.3 to BW-on-HANA 7.4

Lead for HANA migration as architect.

Concepts and overall architecture of HANA and HANA-related new technologies implementing self-service BI strategy.

Technical implementation manager for HANA migration and related role-out projects.

Adopting new SCRUM methodology across all teams, scoping user stories and epics.

Sizing analysis and reducing DB size.

Housekeeping and technical preparations for migration (ASU-toolbox, Notes, etc.)

Post-migration tasks, HANA optimization

Role-Out of HANA Studio to developer team.

Facilitate BW Modeling Tools as new perspective in HANA Studio.

HANA views (calculation views, analytical views, attribute views),
Composite Providers (new type), advanced DSO?s, Open ODS views.

Defining developer guidelines and naming conventions for native HANA development and new BW objects.

Development Framework: Setup initial package hierarchy and schemata

Concept for HANA transports introducing HANA Lifecycle Application Management (HALM) in non-CTS+ environment. Enable CTS+. Migration to from HALM to CTS+/Solution Manager based standard transport process.

Security and role concept utilizing HANA repository roles.

Facilitating system-generated HANA views for existing BW objects.

Setup of DBMS-based user and role management.

Migrating 3rd party Oracle based application to HANA native. Migrating Oracle schemata to HANA schemata. Facilitate code enhancements to in Java application. Stakeholder management.

Data migration with SLT. Trigger-based replication of IS-U data into HANA.

Using SDA for agile report development and prototyping, ODP framework, BODS

CRM: Market Communication Dashboard, monitoring disputed cases

HANA based pre-segmentation for customer segmentation process, campaign support

Integration of 3rd party non-SAP market data for CRM and HANA (Enomic)

Analysis for Office 1.4 and migration to 2.1

Roll-out Lumira for geo data visualization

Roll-out Design Studio for self-service dashboards and web-based reporting

Offering extranet BI reporting web services to 3rd party users

HANA Client installations, ODBC/JDBC access to HANA, INA Web Service, BO integration

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Tools: ERP (FI, CO, MM, SD, HR), IS-U, HANA, BW, BI-IP, BO, BODS, SOLMAN, SDA, SLT
Lumira, Analysis Office, Design Studio
HP ALM (QC), Oracle, Sybase, Hadoop, Siebel CRM, SCRUM

Roles: project management, solution architect, architecture design and standards, change management, requirement engeneering, knowledge transfer


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Global Manufacturer and Retailer [adidas]                      02/14 ? 12/2014

New Planning Application for aligned Sales and Production Forecast of Global Group

New BI-IP based planning application running on BW on HANA with Planning Application Kit (PAK), facilitating direct end user input across the entire organization, replacing manual consolidation of excel files by HQ finance department

Global Integration for merging data over incremental global Roll-Out, data migration, homogenization, currency translation, implementing new Season Concept across all systems, decommissioning TM1 Cognos database

AFS

Master data, Organizational Hierarchy, Product Hierarchy, Material Master, Customers, Business Partner, Global Season, Pricing, Conditions, Discounts, AFS data sources, POS data, SD/CO enhancements

HANA

Native HANA, HANA studio, complex calculation views, composite provider, virtual provider, indexing

Master data management, Global integration, reference data, data homogenization

Authorization concept, role design, BAdI for virtual authorizations

Prototype AFS Migration to Fashion Management on HANA

BI-IP/BO 4

Planning functions, sequences, aggregation levels, query design, customer exit variables,

performance analysis and optimization, partitioning concept, archiving, Business Objects Analysis as planning frontend, workbook design, embedding planning sequences as ribbons, VBA

PPM

Aligning planning targets with PPM planning

Initiatives for waves and seasons

Project buckets, resource management

Project workflow changes

Tools: ERP (FI, CO, MM, SD), AFS, FMS, HANA, BW, BI-IP, PAK, BPC, BO, SOLMAN
Microstrategy, Jira, Confluence, PPM, Clear

Roles: requirement analysis, solution design, scoping, release management, knowledge transfer


International Mining Group [BHP Billiton]                                06/13 ? 12/13

Change Cycle 1 ? first small project delivery cycle after closing 1SAP project

Restructure: Major organizational change for entire group merging legacy top-level consolidation groups into fewer new consolidation groups, divestments, switch from proportionate accounting to equity accounting

New management reporting (for board and group management committee):

Complex BI solution for monthly reporting on financial, HSEC, HR, production and marketing metrics combining consolidated financial actuals from BCS and BI budget and forecast figures.

Balance sheet reporting, income statement, cash flow, notes, commentary.

Monitoring project portfolio KPI?s of capital investment projects.

BCS

Customizing, Organisational Change

Master data management, management hierarchy changes, parent indicator, new legal entities and consolidation units, consolidation of investments, accounting method change to equity accounting, chart of accounts, account mappings

Data strategy, manual postings, reconciliation

ECC and BI impact from BCS changes

BI

BI System Landscape, Scope definition of BI design

Evaluating all reports affected by consolidation hierarchy change

Group management reporting, GMC report (monthly management report of group consolidated financial results to the board and group management committee)

Re-modelling and data cleansing of surrogate organisational characteristic (reporting unit) for data homogenization across the organisation

Treasury:

account monitoring, account balance reconciliation, deposit management, line management

Changes in metric definitions, business process optimisation and impact on ARIS process definitions, ETL process optimization, BI Planning process changes, APD utilisation in ETL

BW 7.3 / HANA / BO 4

Migration strategy to BW 7.3

HANA evaluation vs. existing BI Accelerator

BI Fronted Tool Evaluation

Requirement engineering, functional specifications, scope management, change request management, task allocation, adopting new project methodology, liaising with team leads, process owners, business stakeholders

Tools: ERP (FI, CO, TR, PS), BW, BI-IP, BO, BWA, BCS, SOLMAN
Mercury, HP Quality Center, Concerto, ARIS, MS Access

Roles: project management, solution design, requirement analysis


International Retail Group [WIV International]                    06/12 ? 05/13

Greenfield SAP Roll-out: ERP, CRM, BW, HANA, BO

FI, CO, Logistics

Balance Sheet, Controlling, SEPA, Group Consolidation

Customer Segmentation, CRM Activities

Pricing, Conditions, Transportation, Commissions, Credit Management

Material Master Data, Master Data Management, Customer Data/BP

BW 7.3 HANA / BO 4 Roll-Out:

Migration to BW 7.3

Migration to HANA

HANA Prototype, stress testing, defining CRM interface

HANA Studio, Virtual Cubes, Composite Providers, Indexing (BWA-Indices, indexed queries)

HANA Performance Optimization (for large customer base)

Analysis authorizations in BW

Data Modelling, LSA++

Customer-Exits in ERP and BW

Logistics Cockpit

Data Migration, import of legacy data from AS400

BO:

BW/BO integration

Advanced Analysis, Crystal Reports, pdf generation, email distribution list

CRM:

Campaigns and Marketing

Customer Segmentation, Segmentation Builder, BW Interface

WebUI, Webdynpro

Business Partner data synchronization

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Tools: ERP (FI, CO, MM, SD, WM, TM, ICM, BP), IS-Retail, BW, BO, BPC, CRM, HANA, SOLMAN
SQL Server, Cognos, AS400 (iSeries)

Roles: project management, solution architect, requirement analysis, knowledge transfer


Media [Axel Springer]                        01/12 ? 05/12

BW/BI 7.3 Upgrade and Business Objects 4 Roll-Out Project

Changes to concept for internal controls over financial reporting (controlling)

Improvement of Process Controls and System Access Management

Workflow for Role Assignment Requests

BW/BI-IP:

Switching to analysis authorizations in BW

Managing analysis authorization from central reference table

Roll-out technical content solution for managing analysis authorizations

Changes to legacy solution for managing selections

Customer-Exit changes

Performance Optimization for authorization checks in queries containing large hierarchies

Authorizations and security for BI-IP and BPS retraction into ERP

BCS:

Upgrade iasNotes 2.6 to Notes Management10.0

Organizational Changes

Security Concept for managing consolidation tasks

Performance Improvement

BO:

BW/BO integration

Integrated BI authorization concept

Single-Sign-On for BO

SAP roles for BO

New IFRS reports for balance sheet and notes

Tools: ERP (FI, CO, TR, HR), IS-Retail, BW, BCS, BI-IP, EP, GRC, ESS/MSS

Jira, Quality Center

Roles: solution design, coding, implementation management


Bank [African Development Bank]                              02/11 ? 12/11

Portfolio and Project Management

Roll-out of new SAP PPM 5.0 in a SAP PS legacy environment as new platform for integrated portfolio, project and resource management supporting new IT governance principles and strategic IT portfolio development objectives.

Implementing new project initiation workflow, create reporting solution for portfolio monitoring replacing manually prepared excel files..

  • Requirement elicitation and scoping (comparison with Planview)
    Tool selection, liaising with external service provider
    Solution design, hardware sizing and system architecture
    Prototype creation, managing stakeholder acceptance
    Security analysis of proposed solution

  • PPM customizing, development and implementation

  • Portfolio Management: Portfolio item types and templates, project initiation workflow, portfolio structure, buckets, categories, phase model for project life cycle, custom-defined fields, financial planning, cost tracking

  • Project Management: Project Plan Templates, project item dependences, scheduling and gantt charts, work breakdown structure, task responsibility, duration and workload, syncronization with corresponding portfolio item, phase approvals with Adobe interactive forms

  • Resource Management: resource pools and teams, project role templates, automated business partner creation

  • BW Integration, Enterprise Portal Integration
    BW Data Model
    ETL and Reporting Strategy
    Forecasts and planning, planning functions

  • Organizational management and authorization concept
    Access Control Lists (ACL)
    Responsibility Matrix and Segregation of Duty

  • Integration with CATS, ESS/MSS, SRM
    Adobe Document Services for printing
    Customized workflows and decision support / approvals
    Interfaces HR, FI, CO, PS

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Hardware and Basis Strategy SAP Systems

Strategic decision on platform architecture

Hardware deployment strategy leveraging from existing boxes after ECC upgrade

Virtualization strategy for SAP systems

Identifying basis team staffing requirements

Utilizing external SAP hosting

Reviewing ISO 27000 certification documents of service provider

System Security

Validation of infrastructure and controls against internal security framework

Network Connectivity and VPN

User management in externally hosted systems

Tools: ERP (PS, HR, FI, CO), PPM, BW, BI-IP, EP, ADS, BO, CML, BPC, SRM
MS Project, Adobe Forms, IPsec, Mercury Quality Center

Roles: portfolio management, solution architect, RfP, vendor relations


Consultancy                                    07/10 ? 01/11

Global Procurement Analytics  [Roche]

Upgrade Ariba 8 to version 9 (Buyer, Contract Management and Sourcing)

Extraction from both legacy Ariba 8 and new Ariba 9 into BW to facilitate analytical reporting on procurement, Rfx templates for project tenders, WBS configuration

  • Create views in Oracle and BW data sources from these views

  • Homogenization of both, Ariba 8 and Ariba 9 data into common procurement data model in BW data warehouse

  • Merge and enrich with SAP ERP data

  • Infoproviders and dataflow through BW layers

  • BW Queries

  • Xcelsius Dashboards

Tools: ERP (MM, SCM, PS, HR), BW, BI, BI-IP, Business Objects XI 3.1, Xcelsius 2008,
Oracle, Ariba, TOAD

Roles: business analysis, solution design, data modelling

 

Concept for new BI Strategy and BI-IT Platform

Greenfield implementation of SAP ERP, CRM, gATP across all main subsidiaries

Re-structuring complex, grown legacy BI landscape (Teradata, BW)

Consolidating data into new MPP-enabled Enterprise Data Warehouse creating single point of truth for the first time ever:

 

  • Requirement analysis

  • Creating a reference architecture (topological rules)

  • Drive make of buy decision for the data model

  • Drive platform decision and architecture (ETL tools, OLAP tools, scheduling, etc.),
    System landscape design, hardware sizing, resource allocation

  • Scoping implementation project preparing formal request for tender

 

Tools:   ERP, CRM, SCM, gATP, BW, BI, BI-IP, Oracle, Neoview, Teradata, MS SQL Server,

         Informatica, Ab Initio, Business Objects, Cognos, Arcplan, SAS, Microstrategy,

         Control-M

Roles:   business analysis, architecture and design, conceptional data model, roll-out plan,

         project planning, vendor communication, RfI, RfQ

 


 

Bank [Bank of Ireland]                                                       02/09 - 06/10

 

Colorado Project

Re-structuring UK business into new legal entity

Apply for new banking license from local regulator (FSA)
Organisational changes in ECC, BCS, BW/BI

Changes in Bank Analyser and Reporting BW to meet FSA requirements

Financial statement preparation for new legal entity, calculation run, module editor, RDB, Extraction into BW and BW reporting

New data streams (from special ledger), BI reporting changes on BCS data

Facilitate communication and requirement elicitation among business units and between the bank and the regulator / central bank

 

ECC Upgrade

Migration to ECC 6

Hardware upgrade, profile parameter changes, performance optimisation,
Solution Manager roll-out, interfaces to BCS and BI,

Functional: New GL, organizational changes

Authorisations and Role Management

 

Finance and Credit MI

Implementing new management information services for finance and credit risk reporting. Roll-out of Business Objects XI Rel 3.1 with SAP Integration Kit in a mixed BW 3.5/BI 7 landscape (WebI, Xcelsius) for balance sheet and cost reporting. Set up BOBJ-SAP platform, interfaces, authorisations. Consolidating credit and market risk data from BCS, Bank Analyzer and other systems into a new Credit Risk MI service (BOBJ). Commentary, ancillary database, input interface. BOBJ and BI query performance optimisation. Identify risk groups, liquidity reporting and treasury management

 

NAMA Project

Facilitate Management and Operational Reporting of loan portfolio at group level from different Business Units and from various technical platforms. Identify portfolio to be transferred to NAMA. Facilitate communication to regulator and auditors. Data consolidation and harmonization for assets from corporate and business banking across all subsidiaries. Implementation of new interfaces, Bank Analyzer enhancements. Architecture changes for syndicating NAMA data, create a Bank-in-the-Bank environment, organisational changes in ECC and BCS, NAMA enhancements in BW backend and BI-IP planning applications, reporting and authorization changes to ring fence NAMA data, query development, BOBJ integration, master data migration

 

Tools: Bank Analyzer (BA,CRA,FSP,DR,RR,BP), BW, BI, BCS, CRM, ECC: FI,CO,TR,HR

       Business Objects; Unix, Oracle, MS Office, Lotus, ACBS, Murex, Summit, BIPS

Roles: business and process analysis, blue printing, architecture and interfaces, customizing

       and development, change management, test management, release management

 



Telecommunications / Manufacturer   [Nokia]                    05/06 - 01/09

SAP Authorizations Renewal program
Full review of security (gap analysis, implementation, audit) in Netweaver
systems as part of global GRC program
Extending SOX controls beyond the business users:
ETL processes, reporting access, backend table access, user management
and related processes, system and user monitoring, authorization concept
for New Dimension systems.
Modifying structural authorizations. Minimizing number of secondary insiders.
Remove critical authorizations from personal user id's.
Roll out of GRC Access Control (VIRSA).
Harmonization with R/3 standards and tools, replacing SE16 by custom developed
ABAP program to enforce restricted data content access to slices only.
Enhanced monitoring and segregation of duties.

Flash project
Revising management reporting (FI, CO, SCM et al.)
Roll-out of global template
Accommodate for regional requirements
Performance optimization
Consolidated financial reporting after organizational changes in group
WBS codes for project cost controlling, RPM reporting in BW
Currency translation changes
Responding to production issues

 

Unifying BI Enterprise Platform / BI Strategy
Bring BW systems in line with general SAP landscape / enterprise standards
Manage architectural changes and re-engineering of relevant process:
Integrating BW landscape to new Solution Manager implementation
- Introducing CUA
- Central Monitoring
- Revising multi-tier support concept and communication chains for notifications
Identify set of approved 3rd party ETL and OLAP tools, replacing various legacy island solutions
Migrate respective services to SAP BI
Documentation of data model and extractor mappings
Migration to BW 7 (2004s)
NSN Carve Out related changes in system landscape
BI-Portal (EP) integration (deploying queries in federated portal landscape), Java stack

 

Transportation Cost Planning
Forecast of air freight capacities for optimizing freight cost
Consolidating demand planning figures and scheduled orders
Solution Design
Master Data Management, Data Migration (LDMW)

Global Trade Services (GTS)
Implementation of Compliance and Customs Management
BI reporting, internal and for Customs Authorities
End-to-end process analysis and re-design, process integration of checks and blocks,
Customizing and data modelling, system communication ERP-GTS and GTS-BI, Business Content and modifications, extractor enhancements and generic extractors
Release Management of global roll-out per factory and per release version (added functionality).

 

Modules: BW, BPS, BI-IP, APO, BCS, GTS, GRC; FI, CO, TR, SD, MM, PM, PS, HR & non-SAP;
Unix, Oracle, ABAP, Informatica, MS Office, MS Project, Mercury Test Director, Business Objects
Project management, release + integration management, reporting to steering group,
requirement engineering, blue printing, data modelling, customizing + development,
workshops, knowledge transfer, coaching developers



Bank  [KB Banki]                                                 01/05-04/06
International roll-out SAP Banking (ERP2004, Bank Analyzer, BW)
Completely new implementation of full SAP Banking solution from blue print to go-live.
Deployment of BW
- as reporting BW to Bank Analyzer (Balance and Risk Analyzer)
- group consolidation in SEM-BCS
- Enterprise Data Warehouse for ERP core banking modules (CMS)

BW 3.3/3.5: Generic Extractors, Flat file loads (BCS, CMS),
ETL via DataIntegrator into FDB, extraction from Bank Analyzer's staging database
via DBconnect, update and transfer rule coding, data homogenization strategy;
Business Content, InfoProvider landscape, report development (Web Application Designer),
Authorization concept, formatted reporting with Crystal of Business Objects XI.

Change Management Tasks:
- Defining BI strategy, selection of 3rd party tools (ETL, OLAP, reporting frontend)

Integration of BW reporting into new group-wide Business Objects XI reporting platform

- Migration to BW3.5/SEM4.0 - Migration to Bank Analyzer Business Content 2 - Customer Exits (Global Variables, Virtual Key figures and Characteristics) - Admin Concept (Process Chains, Scheduling) - Support Concept - Extensive Authorizations (including authorization-relevant hierarchies and

other manual authorization objects, BW and SEM authorizations)


BCS: re-modelling consolidation database, consolidation hierarchy changes from
acquisitions, changes of methods for group currency handling, BCS authorization settings
Audit preparations and authorization concept, Sarbanes-Oxley provisions

Modules: BW, SEM-BCS, -BPS; BA: FDB, IAS, Basel II; ERP2004: BCA, CML, CMS, BP, FI, CO, TR, HR and non-SAP systems;
Windows 2003, MS SQL Server, ABAP, Business Objects XI, Crystal, MS Office, MS Project
system ownership, project management, liaising with stakeholders, requirement analysis, workshop facilitation,
blueprinting, release management, coordinating interface development; customizing and development, data modelling,
coaching developers, knowledge transfer



Retail / Oil  [ConocoPhilips]                                    06/04-12/04

Migration of European BW hub to Central Global Instance

- Moving Infoproviders of Sap Business content as well as non-SAP legacy systems to global BW instance.
- Migrate data from local instance into respective Infoprovider of global instance.
- Facilitate Business Objects reporting.
- Replace existing Cognos application by BW web reporting solution.

Business areas: retail, price finding, push prices to point of sale,
turnover per product at POS, evaluating assortment, profit & cost centers,
property management, transportationBW

3.1/3.3: Generic Extractors, LSMW, Customer Exits, Hub-and-Spoke-Architecture, data modelling,
InfoProvider creation, Query development and Web Application design

Tasks:
- data model and design according to given functional specs,
- re-working and validating spec with functional staff,
- requirement gathering from different European units
- blue print of additional functionality
- change and release management, roll-out across Europe
- coordinating integration aspects of migration to global instance
- security concept

Modules: BW; IS-OIL downstream, CRM, SEM-BPS, R/3 FI, CO, SD, MM, EC, HR
and non-SAP systems;
AIX, Oracle, Win XP, ABAP, MS Office, MS Project, Primavera
functional & technical: channelling business communication with European subsidiaries,
change & release management, manage offshore development (India),
reporting to project sponsors at HQ (USA);



Bank  [Postbank]                                                 11/03-04/04

Basel II Solution: Central Credit Risk Management

Data consolidation of all relevant source systems in the Financial Data Base (FDB)
of SAP Bank Analyzer. Connecting a BW system as reporting BW to the FDB,
export of all credit risk relevant accounts of commercial customers into BW
to show total Obligo of customers.
Establishing a Web Cockpit for credit risk management.

BA: Customizing Bank Analyzer, BA migration from version 2.1 to 3.0; extensive OSS notes exchange with SAP
Basel II: Risk mitigation, collateral netting, EAD, PD, mapping to internal master rating scale

BW 3.1/3.3: Generic Extractors, Staging performance tuning by programming start routines for data packet
oriented processing of data, high-volume system, data marts, InfoProvider landscape, report development
Web Application Designer),Authorization concept, bank-specific security demands.

Modules: BW; FS-BA, -BP, -AM, -CML, R/3 FI, CO, TR and non-SAP systems;
AIX, Oracle 9.2, Win NT, ABAP, MS Office, MS Project, Change Synergy
functional & technical: data modelling and design according to given functional specs,
re-working spec with functional staff, blue print of additional functions, security concept


 

1998 - 2003   Various data warehousing projects for clients Switzerland, Austria and Germany

1996 - 1998   STN International: Oracle database design and administration

 



- Full project history available on request
- References available on request


Aus- und Weiterbildung

Aus- und Weiterbildung

Studium an der Freien Universität Berlin
Studiengang: Diplom-Mathematiker



Kompetenzen

Kompetenzen

Produkte / Standards / Erfahrungen / Methoden

SAP:                                                                 experience [years]
- R/3, ERP: 4.0 to ECC6                                                   12
- BI/BW:   Vers. 2.1 to 7.3                                                 10
- SEM (BCS, CPM, BPS):  3.2 to 6.0                                 5
- SAP Banking 2.1 to 7                                                      6
- Business Objects: 6.5, XI 3.1, 4                                      5

Business Intelligence (non-SAP)                                      
- DataStage:  (Ascential, IBM WebSphere/InfoSphere)     2
- Cognos:  (PowerPlay Series7, Cognos 8 BI Studio)        3
- Informatica:  (PowerCenter)                                             4
- Arcplan:  (dynaSight, Enterprise)                                      2
- Control-M: (6.x)                                                                3


-  SAP

BW/BI: (2.1 ? 7.3)
strong data modelling and solution design, InfoCube design (also remote and virtual Cubes), Enterprise Data Warehouse; SAP Business Content, Generic Data Extraction from R/3, BAPI, Import from flat files, DBconnect, Open Hub Destinations, 3rd party ETL tools (Data Integrator, Informatica), process chains, scheduling, Admin Workbench, BW Monitor, PSA, DSO (ODS), Multiproviders, Infosets, Composite Providers, transformations, DTP, ABAP coding (routines and user exits), Analysis Process Designer (APD); performance optimisation, aggregates, partitioning; BEx: query design & report writing, Advanced BW Reporting (incl. variables, hierarchies, formulas, structures, calculated and restricted key figures); web reporting: BW Web Templates, Web Application Designer (WAD), Layout (incl. Charts, diagrams, hands-on HTML), formatted reporting with Crystal, exception reporting, Enterprise Portal Integration, Java stack, Visual Composer, BO XI Integration, Xcelsius;

Enterprise Data Warehouse Architecture (EDW), Layered Scalable Architecture (LSA, LSA++), BW Accelerator (BWA) und HANA, HANA Studio, SQL development;
Mixed landscapes of BW and BI7, BI upgrades, ASU Toolbox, system carve-outs and system mergers;
requirement analysis, blue print, implementation, ETL concept and administration, performance optimisation, data migration, support

 


SEM

BCS: 3.5 - 6.0
Consolidation Workbench, Consolidation Monitor, BCS data model, customizing, multiple chart of accounts (US-GAAP, IFRS/IAS, local GAAP in parallel), multiple consolidation hierarchies, group changes, organisational changes, mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, reclassification functions, elimination methods, validation methods, conditions for validation, currency translation, versions, legacy system analysis and interface design, flat file generation and conversion, data streams and flexible uploads, manual postings, reversals, ABAP programmed custom tasks, Multiprovider-scenario, performance optimization, consolidation web reporting, BCS authorizations for backend activities and reports, BCS related BW activities, BCS ? BW replication, BCS reports (query design), planning data

SEM-BPS / BI-IP: 3.2 ? 6.0, 2004s, BI7
planning areas, profiles, layouts, functions, styles, planning levels, aggregation levels, forecast exits, data retraction, FOX formulae, function module based planning functions (ABAP), STS, manual planning sequences and scheduling, mapping planning and actual figures, balance sheet and cost center planning and non-Business Content scenarios, BPS0 and RSPLAN, re-usable BPS planning functions for BI-IP, Input-ready queries, pre-queries, Visual Composer, ALV grid as input interface for real-time (transactional) cubes (write back to characteristics)

 

Business Objects: 6.x - XI R3 and 4;
Universe design, data modelling, integrate SAP and non-SAP sources; MDX, thin/thick client (web/desktop intelligence), WebI, Xcelsius, QaaWS, TaaWS, portal integration, pre-calculated and ad-hoc reports, SAP Integration Kit, hierarchies, formatted reports, Crystal Reports, charts, functions, formulas, variables, prompts, value lists, Central Management Server (CMS), Central Management Console (CMC), Designer, ancillary data, commentary, BO authorizations, integrated authorization/security concept for BO, SAP and source systems, BI performance optimization for BO reporting, trace and log analysis, BO functional suites: Business Planning and Consolidation (BPC Netweaver and BPC Microsoft/Outlooksoft), Notes Management

 

ERP

 

FI: Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, New General Ledger, New GL Migration Cockpit, subledgers, Special Ledgers, Postings, Financial Information System, risk management, chart of accounts, FI Business Content

 

CO: Cost Center Accounting (CCA), profitability (COPA), activity based cost (ABC), cost elements, product cost, cost planning, profitability segments, inter-company trade / internal orders (OPA); standard hierarchy, multiple chart of accounts, profit center groups, information system, Pull vs. Push analysis, quantity consumption, function trees, flexible functions and formulae, CO reporting in BW/BI, CO-relevant master data, extractors; end-to-end requirement analysis and handling of change requests

 

TR: Cash Management and Cash Budget Management, Financial Management Areas, Commitment Item hierarchy, FI integration at posting level, treasury business content, treasury reporting and authorizations, CFM Transaction Manager Information System

 

HR/HCM: personnel management (PA), administration (PA-PA), manager?s desktop, cost planning, budget management, Employee Self Service (ESS), Manager Self Service (MSS), personnel time management (PT), time recording, evaluation, CATS, organizational structure, structural authorizations

 

Logistics: MM, SD, LO, LSE, PP, GTS;

purchase orders, vendors, BOM, inventory, sales orders, customers, deliveries, transportation cost, warehouses, inter-company trade, customs, product availability, pricing, billing, material cost, sales revenue and AR integration, short and mid-term capacity planning, relevant workflows and SoD, on-time delivery, Ariba integration, Supplier Relationship Management, tenders, demand planning (APO)

 

PS: networks configuration, subnetworks, assignments, WBS, organisational data, summarization hierarchy, activities, milestones, defining standards, Open PS for MS Project (interface), capital investment measures, billing plan, resource planning, capacity planning, work centers, bucket hierarchy

 

PPM: defining portfolios, portfolio item types, decision points, project budgeting/financial planning, FI integration, integrated phase model item/project, project management, project plan templates, resource management, teams and pools, Business Partner data and roles, project roles, MS Project import/export, PS integration, time recording, HR integration, organizational management, structural authorizations, access control lists, SoD in PPM and decision workflow  

 

GTS: compliance, customs management, blocks, legal customs documents,
managing licenses and relevant master data, ECCN, classification,
mappings Material - Customs Product, FTO, etc.;
multiple Legal Regulations in parallel, USREX, bonded warehouses,
intercompany trade; GTS customizing, relevant SD/MM customizing;
migration to version 7.2, facilitating BI for all operational,
management and legal reporting (interface to Customs Authorities),
electronic export declarations, ATLAS, NCTS, Seeburger integration (EDIFACT),
end-to-end process design, training to sales staff

 

BANKING
Bank Analyzer (2.x ? 7.0): customizing, client strategy; Source Data Layer (SDL): primary objects, financial instruments, financial transactions, master data framework, methods, calculations, valuation, segment hierarchies, bundling, staging database, repository, uniform data model (BA/BW), data homogenization, master data replication, module editor, result data layer RDL, HDB, data transfer into reporting BW, ad-hoc reporting;
Financial Statement Preparation (BA-FSP), Balance Analyzer (BA-BA): chart of accounts, balance process customizing, balance objects, positions, posting rules, calculations, transfer structure and data source customizing, merger scenario, subledger scenario, accounting for financial products including financial instruments and structured products, IAS 32,39, fair value server, amortized cost, multiple financial statements (IFRS, US-GAAP, local), drill-through from BW to BA; FICO source data (new GL), General Ledger Connector, external source data
Risk Analyzer (BA-CRA): analyzer customizing, RDB level 0-2, data export module, calculations, collateralization, connected risks, netting, rating model, risk mitigation, disclosure and reporting (DR), Basel II reporting internal and to central bank (regulatory reporting - RR)

 

Transactional Banking / Core Banking (3.x ? 6.0): Deposit Management (DM), Account Management (AM), previous implementation experience in Bank Customer Accounts (BCA) and Consumer Mortgages and Loans (CML);Master Contracts, Conditions, Cash Flows, Products (functional definition, AM product configuration, BA primary objects), Product Configurator, templates, groups and categories, accounts, facilities, cards, item management, disbursement, payment distribution, authorization concept, authorisation relevant field groups
 Collateral Management (CMS): customizing, Collateral Workbench, collateral objects, agreements, integration FSBP, AM, BI, BA, Market Data, collateral calculations, distribution, complex n:m-relationships of collaterals and assets, collateral monitoring

 

 Infrastructure: Business Partner for Financial Services (FS-BP), Customer Identity Management, Connections and Relationships, Distribution and Consistency of BP Data across System Landscape, Foundation, Market Data, Exchange Rates, Neatweaver PI, General Ledger Connector

 

 

IMPLEMENTATION MANAGEMENT

 

  • Concept: requirement gathering, business amalysis, business processes and work flows, process design and re-engineering, scoping, blue printing, concept + process documentation
  • Coordination of tasks with Basis Team, ABAP Team, Authorization Team, developers and external consultants, work packages, scheduling, driving multiple development streams, critical path analysis
  • Transport + Platform Management: release management, transport log analysis, coordinating system copies, refreshes and down times, patches, OSS Notes, channelling OSS Messages
  • Test Management: Unit + Integration testing, UAT, resolution of issues, managing change requests
  • Change Management: Go-live, cut-over planning, post go-live support, roll-out strategy, business continuity, documentation, manuals, training, organisational changes, mergers and acquisitions, divestitures and carve-outs, horizontal and vertical re-organisation, responsibility matrix
  • Service Management: Support model, issue and ticket resolution, defining and managing SLA?s, performance monitoring, ITIL, product/service ownership, quality assurance
  • Authorizations and Security: authorization concept, authorization objects, role design, segregation of duties, risk management, governance and compliance, SOX, facilitating HR hierarchies in transactional systems and reporting
  • Communication: liaising with stakeholders (up to board level), process and system owners, key users, facilitating workshops, reporting to Steering Group, channelling communication to/from subsidiaries, brokering local legal/business requirements and global policies/templates
  • Collaboration: coordinating external consultants, engagement with 3rd party service providers, assist selection of software vendor / service providers, offshore development, remote collaboration in distributed environments at global scale, multi-cultural working environments

SAP INFRASTRUCURE
Basis: R/3 4.0 to 4.7, Web Application Server 6.20, 6.40, Netweaver 2004s
Legacy System Migration Workbench (LSMW), Data Migration Workbench, Internet Transaction Server, ICM, SAPconnect, SAPlpd;
Interfaces: RFC, ALE, IDoc, EDI, BAPI, Business Connector, XI Integration Builder
Performance Monitoring: Locks, Memory, Table Space, Application Log, Change Log, Traces
CCMS, Scheduling, Transport Management, SAP Notes, Patching and Stacks

AUTHORIZATIONS + SECURITY:
Profile Generator, Role Management,
single/composite/derived roles, Organizational Management,
Structural Authorizations (with HCM/HR);
Solution Manager, Central User Administration, distribution models;
identity management, role request process design, role assignment request
and approval via workflow; standard and New Dimension system's authorization
objects (BW, BPS, BCS, APO), creating und managing authorizations on InfoProvider
and InfoObject level, data content restriction, authorization objects,
RSSM, hierarchy authorizations, BW 3.5 Authorization Concept and new
BI 7 Analysis Authorizations; data protection issues, anonymity, data cleansing;
monitoring authorization failures, Security Audit Log, security policies,
segregation of duties, risk management and mitigation, Single Sign-On, LDAP,
extranet security, VPN, mobile infrastructure, ISO27000, ISO17799, BS7799,
ISACA, (ISC)2 standards (CISA/CISSP), CobiT, Grundschutz (DE),
Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, Basel II, VIRSA, GRC Access Control,
Risk Analysis and Remediation (VIRSA Compliance Calibrator),
Superuser Privilege Management (SPM / VIRSA Firefighter),
Compliant User Provisioning (CUP / VIRSA Access Enforcer),
Enterprise Role Management (VIRSA Role Expert),
business functions and rule sets, SoD violations, permission objects,
initial profile cleansing, standards for role creation and management,
Informer and Alert Monitor, Rule Architect

ABAP/4:
Workbench Development, DDIC, SQL query optimisation, Reports, Dialogue Programming,
BW/BI Staging Routines and Methods, Extractor Enhancements, Generic Extractors, User Exits,
BAPIs, Visual Composer, Query Builder, ALV, Report Painter/Writer, ABAP Objects,
Business Object Builder/Repository

SAP courses: BW305, TABW30, TU3BW, CA940 (Security Concepts), BC610 (Workflow Programming)


-  PROCESSES + RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

ASAP, PRINCE 2, Rational Unified Process (RUP), ARIS
Tools:  MS Project, Primavera

Betriebssysteme

HPUX
OS for SAP servers
OS/400
Unix
Windows
Client and Server (SAP on MS SQL Server)

Programmiersprachen

ABAP4
ETL routines, User Exits, BAdI, BAPI, etc.
Java
report enhancements
JavaScript
report enhancements
PL/SQL
stored procedures, triggers, etc.
TeX, LaTeX

Datenbanken

Access
web integration, migration source, ODBC client
DB2
Lotus Notes
MS SQL Server
2005, 2008, Enterprise Level, T-SQL, SSIS, SSRS
ODBC
Oracle
9i,10g, 12c, Designer, Developer, Forms, Reports, ERP, OWB
SQL
ANSI and dialects of the big players

Datenkommunikation

EDIFACT
Ethernet
Internet, Intranet
LAN, LAN Manager
PC-Anywhere
RFC
TCP/IP

Hardware

AS/400
HP
IBM Großrechner
PC
Teradata

Branchen

Branchen

- Bank/Finanzdienstleister - Einzelhandel - Öl - Telekommunikation - Fertigungsindustrie - Einzelhandel - Öffentliche Verwaltung - Medien - Rohstoffe - Energie

Einsatzorte

Einsatzorte

Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz
nicht möglich

Projekte

Projekte

 

Utilities Group                                           02/15 ? present

Migrating BW 7.3 to BW-on-HANA 7.4

Lead for HANA migration as architect.

Concepts and overall architecture of HANA and HANA-related new technologies implementing self-service BI strategy.

Technical implementation manager for HANA migration and related role-out projects.

Adopting new SCRUM methodology across all teams, scoping user stories and epics.

Sizing analysis and reducing DB size.

Housekeeping and technical preparations for migration (ASU-toolbox, Notes, etc.)

Post-migration tasks, HANA optimization

Role-Out of HANA Studio to developer team.

Facilitate BW Modeling Tools as new perspective in HANA Studio.

HANA views (calculation views, analytical views, attribute views),
Composite Providers (new type), advanced DSO?s, Open ODS views.

Defining developer guidelines and naming conventions for native HANA development and new BW objects.

Development Framework: Setup initial package hierarchy and schemata

Concept for HANA transports introducing HANA Lifecycle Application Management (HALM) in non-CTS+ environment. Enable CTS+. Migration to from HALM to CTS+/Solution Manager based standard transport process.

Security and role concept utilizing HANA repository roles.

Facilitating system-generated HANA views for existing BW objects.

Setup of DBMS-based user and role management.

Migrating 3rd party Oracle based application to HANA native. Migrating Oracle schemata to HANA schemata. Facilitate code enhancements to in Java application. Stakeholder management.

Data migration with SLT. Trigger-based replication of IS-U data into HANA.

Using SDA for agile report development and prototyping, ODP framework, BODS

CRM: Market Communication Dashboard, monitoring disputed cases

HANA based pre-segmentation for customer segmentation process, campaign support

Integration of 3rd party non-SAP market data for CRM and HANA (Enomic)

Analysis for Office 1.4 and migration to 2.1

Roll-out Lumira for geo data visualization

Roll-out Design Studio for self-service dashboards and web-based reporting

Offering extranet BI reporting web services to 3rd party users

HANA Client installations, ODBC/JDBC access to HANA, INA Web Service, BO integration

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Tools: ERP (FI, CO, MM, SD, HR), IS-U, HANA, BW, BI-IP, BO, BODS, SOLMAN, SDA, SLT
Lumira, Analysis Office, Design Studio
HP ALM (QC), Oracle, Sybase, Hadoop, Siebel CRM, SCRUM

Roles: project management, solution architect, architecture design and standards, change management, requirement engeneering, knowledge transfer


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Global Manufacturer and Retailer [adidas]                      02/14 ? 12/2014

New Planning Application for aligned Sales and Production Forecast of Global Group

New BI-IP based planning application running on BW on HANA with Planning Application Kit (PAK), facilitating direct end user input across the entire organization, replacing manual consolidation of excel files by HQ finance department

Global Integration for merging data over incremental global Roll-Out, data migration, homogenization, currency translation, implementing new Season Concept across all systems, decommissioning TM1 Cognos database

AFS

Master data, Organizational Hierarchy, Product Hierarchy, Material Master, Customers, Business Partner, Global Season, Pricing, Conditions, Discounts, AFS data sources, POS data, SD/CO enhancements

HANA

Native HANA, HANA studio, complex calculation views, composite provider, virtual provider, indexing

Master data management, Global integration, reference data, data homogenization

Authorization concept, role design, BAdI for virtual authorizations

Prototype AFS Migration to Fashion Management on HANA

BI-IP/BO 4

Planning functions, sequences, aggregation levels, query design, customer exit variables,

performance analysis and optimization, partitioning concept, archiving, Business Objects Analysis as planning frontend, workbook design, embedding planning sequences as ribbons, VBA

PPM

Aligning planning targets with PPM planning

Initiatives for waves and seasons

Project buckets, resource management

Project workflow changes

Tools: ERP (FI, CO, MM, SD), AFS, FMS, HANA, BW, BI-IP, PAK, BPC, BO, SOLMAN
Microstrategy, Jira, Confluence, PPM, Clear

Roles: requirement analysis, solution design, scoping, release management, knowledge transfer


International Mining Group [BHP Billiton]                                06/13 ? 12/13

Change Cycle 1 ? first small project delivery cycle after closing 1SAP project

Restructure: Major organizational change for entire group merging legacy top-level consolidation groups into fewer new consolidation groups, divestments, switch from proportionate accounting to equity accounting

New management reporting (for board and group management committee):

Complex BI solution for monthly reporting on financial, HSEC, HR, production and marketing metrics combining consolidated financial actuals from BCS and BI budget and forecast figures.

Balance sheet reporting, income statement, cash flow, notes, commentary.

Monitoring project portfolio KPI?s of capital investment projects.

BCS

Customizing, Organisational Change

Master data management, management hierarchy changes, parent indicator, new legal entities and consolidation units, consolidation of investments, accounting method change to equity accounting, chart of accounts, account mappings

Data strategy, manual postings, reconciliation

ECC and BI impact from BCS changes

BI

BI System Landscape, Scope definition of BI design

Evaluating all reports affected by consolidation hierarchy change

Group management reporting, GMC report (monthly management report of group consolidated financial results to the board and group management committee)

Re-modelling and data cleansing of surrogate organisational characteristic (reporting unit) for data homogenization across the organisation

Treasury:

account monitoring, account balance reconciliation, deposit management, line management

Changes in metric definitions, business process optimisation and impact on ARIS process definitions, ETL process optimization, BI Planning process changes, APD utilisation in ETL

BW 7.3 / HANA / BO 4

Migration strategy to BW 7.3

HANA evaluation vs. existing BI Accelerator

BI Fronted Tool Evaluation

Requirement engineering, functional specifications, scope management, change request management, task allocation, adopting new project methodology, liaising with team leads, process owners, business stakeholders

Tools: ERP (FI, CO, TR, PS), BW, BI-IP, BO, BWA, BCS, SOLMAN
Mercury, HP Quality Center, Concerto, ARIS, MS Access

Roles: project management, solution design, requirement analysis


International Retail Group [WIV International]                    06/12 ? 05/13

Greenfield SAP Roll-out: ERP, CRM, BW, HANA, BO

FI, CO, Logistics

Balance Sheet, Controlling, SEPA, Group Consolidation

Customer Segmentation, CRM Activities

Pricing, Conditions, Transportation, Commissions, Credit Management

Material Master Data, Master Data Management, Customer Data/BP

BW 7.3 HANA / BO 4 Roll-Out:

Migration to BW 7.3

Migration to HANA

HANA Prototype, stress testing, defining CRM interface

HANA Studio, Virtual Cubes, Composite Providers, Indexing (BWA-Indices, indexed queries)

HANA Performance Optimization (for large customer base)

Analysis authorizations in BW

Data Modelling, LSA++

Customer-Exits in ERP and BW

Logistics Cockpit

Data Migration, import of legacy data from AS400

BO:

BW/BO integration

Advanced Analysis, Crystal Reports, pdf generation, email distribution list

CRM:

Campaigns and Marketing

Customer Segmentation, Segmentation Builder, BW Interface

WebUI, Webdynpro

Business Partner data synchronization

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Tools: ERP (FI, CO, MM, SD, WM, TM, ICM, BP), IS-Retail, BW, BO, BPC, CRM, HANA, SOLMAN
SQL Server, Cognos, AS400 (iSeries)

Roles: project management, solution architect, requirement analysis, knowledge transfer


Media [Axel Springer]                        01/12 ? 05/12

BW/BI 7.3 Upgrade and Business Objects 4 Roll-Out Project

Changes to concept for internal controls over financial reporting (controlling)

Improvement of Process Controls and System Access Management

Workflow for Role Assignment Requests

BW/BI-IP:

Switching to analysis authorizations in BW

Managing analysis authorization from central reference table

Roll-out technical content solution for managing analysis authorizations

Changes to legacy solution for managing selections

Customer-Exit changes

Performance Optimization for authorization checks in queries containing large hierarchies

Authorizations and security for BI-IP and BPS retraction into ERP

BCS:

Upgrade iasNotes 2.6 to Notes Management10.0

Organizational Changes

Security Concept for managing consolidation tasks

Performance Improvement

BO:

BW/BO integration

Integrated BI authorization concept

Single-Sign-On for BO

SAP roles for BO

New IFRS reports for balance sheet and notes

Tools: ERP (FI, CO, TR, HR), IS-Retail, BW, BCS, BI-IP, EP, GRC, ESS/MSS

Jira, Quality Center

Roles: solution design, coding, implementation management


Bank [African Development Bank]                              02/11 ? 12/11

Portfolio and Project Management

Roll-out of new SAP PPM 5.0 in a SAP PS legacy environment as new platform for integrated portfolio, project and resource management supporting new IT governance principles and strategic IT portfolio development objectives.

Implementing new project initiation workflow, create reporting solution for portfolio monitoring replacing manually prepared excel files..

  • Requirement elicitation and scoping (comparison with Planview)
    Tool selection, liaising with external service provider
    Solution design, hardware sizing and system architecture
    Prototype creation, managing stakeholder acceptance
    Security analysis of proposed solution

  • PPM customizing, development and implementation

  • Portfolio Management: Portfolio item types and templates, project initiation workflow, portfolio structure, buckets, categories, phase model for project life cycle, custom-defined fields, financial planning, cost tracking

  • Project Management: Project Plan Templates, project item dependences, scheduling and gantt charts, work breakdown structure, task responsibility, duration and workload, syncronization with corresponding portfolio item, phase approvals with Adobe interactive forms

  • Resource Management: resource pools and teams, project role templates, automated business partner creation

  • BW Integration, Enterprise Portal Integration
    BW Data Model
    ETL and Reporting Strategy
    Forecasts and planning, planning functions

  • Organizational management and authorization concept
    Access Control Lists (ACL)
    Responsibility Matrix and Segregation of Duty

  • Integration with CATS, ESS/MSS, SRM
    Adobe Document Services for printing
    Customized workflows and decision support / approvals
    Interfaces HR, FI, CO, PS

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Hardware and Basis Strategy SAP Systems

Strategic decision on platform architecture

Hardware deployment strategy leveraging from existing boxes after ECC upgrade

Virtualization strategy for SAP systems

Identifying basis team staffing requirements

Utilizing external SAP hosting

Reviewing ISO 27000 certification documents of service provider

System Security

Validation of infrastructure and controls against internal security framework

Network Connectivity and VPN

User management in externally hosted systems

Tools: ERP (PS, HR, FI, CO), PPM, BW, BI-IP, EP, ADS, BO, CML, BPC, SRM
MS Project, Adobe Forms, IPsec, Mercury Quality Center

Roles: portfolio management, solution architect, RfP, vendor relations


Consultancy                                    07/10 ? 01/11

Global Procurement Analytics  [Roche]

Upgrade Ariba 8 to version 9 (Buyer, Contract Management and Sourcing)

Extraction from both legacy Ariba 8 and new Ariba 9 into BW to facilitate analytical reporting on procurement, Rfx templates for project tenders, WBS configuration

  • Create views in Oracle and BW data sources from these views

  • Homogenization of both, Ariba 8 and Ariba 9 data into common procurement data model in BW data warehouse

  • Merge and enrich with SAP ERP data

  • Infoproviders and dataflow through BW layers

  • BW Queries

  • Xcelsius Dashboards

Tools: ERP (MM, SCM, PS, HR), BW, BI, BI-IP, Business Objects XI 3.1, Xcelsius 2008,
Oracle, Ariba, TOAD

Roles: business analysis, solution design, data modelling

 

Concept for new BI Strategy and BI-IT Platform

Greenfield implementation of SAP ERP, CRM, gATP across all main subsidiaries

Re-structuring complex, grown legacy BI landscape (Teradata, BW)

Consolidating data into new MPP-enabled Enterprise Data Warehouse creating single point of truth for the first time ever:

 

  • Requirement analysis

  • Creating a reference architecture (topological rules)

  • Drive make of buy decision for the data model

  • Drive platform decision and architecture (ETL tools, OLAP tools, scheduling, etc.),
    System landscape design, hardware sizing, resource allocation

  • Scoping implementation project preparing formal request for tender

 

Tools:   ERP, CRM, SCM, gATP, BW, BI, BI-IP, Oracle, Neoview, Teradata, MS SQL Server,

         Informatica, Ab Initio, Business Objects, Cognos, Arcplan, SAS, Microstrategy,

         Control-M

Roles:   business analysis, architecture and design, conceptional data model, roll-out plan,

         project planning, vendor communication, RfI, RfQ

 


 

Bank [Bank of Ireland]                                                       02/09 - 06/10

 

Colorado Project

Re-structuring UK business into new legal entity

Apply for new banking license from local regulator (FSA)
Organisational changes in ECC, BCS, BW/BI

Changes in Bank Analyser and Reporting BW to meet FSA requirements

Financial statement preparation for new legal entity, calculation run, module editor, RDB, Extraction into BW and BW reporting

New data streams (from special ledger), BI reporting changes on BCS data

Facilitate communication and requirement elicitation among business units and between the bank and the regulator / central bank

 

ECC Upgrade

Migration to ECC 6

Hardware upgrade, profile parameter changes, performance optimisation,
Solution Manager roll-out, interfaces to BCS and BI,

Functional: New GL, organizational changes

Authorisations and Role Management

 

Finance and Credit MI

Implementing new management information services for finance and credit risk reporting. Roll-out of Business Objects XI Rel 3.1 with SAP Integration Kit in a mixed BW 3.5/BI 7 landscape (WebI, Xcelsius) for balance sheet and cost reporting. Set up BOBJ-SAP platform, interfaces, authorisations. Consolidating credit and market risk data from BCS, Bank Analyzer and other systems into a new Credit Risk MI service (BOBJ). Commentary, ancillary database, input interface. BOBJ and BI query performance optimisation. Identify risk groups, liquidity reporting and treasury management

 

NAMA Project

Facilitate Management and Operational Reporting of loan portfolio at group level from different Business Units and from various technical platforms. Identify portfolio to be transferred to NAMA. Facilitate communication to regulator and auditors. Data consolidation and harmonization for assets from corporate and business banking across all subsidiaries. Implementation of new interfaces, Bank Analyzer enhancements. Architecture changes for syndicating NAMA data, create a Bank-in-the-Bank environment, organisational changes in ECC and BCS, NAMA enhancements in BW backend and BI-IP planning applications, reporting and authorization changes to ring fence NAMA data, query development, BOBJ integration, master data migration

 

Tools: Bank Analyzer (BA,CRA,FSP,DR,RR,BP), BW, BI, BCS, CRM, ECC: FI,CO,TR,HR

       Business Objects; Unix, Oracle, MS Office, Lotus, ACBS, Murex, Summit, BIPS

Roles: business and process analysis, blue printing, architecture and interfaces, customizing

       and development, change management, test management, release management

 



Telecommunications / Manufacturer   [Nokia]                    05/06 - 01/09

SAP Authorizations Renewal program
Full review of security (gap analysis, implementation, audit) in Netweaver
systems as part of global GRC program
Extending SOX controls beyond the business users:
ETL processes, reporting access, backend table access, user management
and related processes, system and user monitoring, authorization concept
for New Dimension systems.
Modifying structural authorizations. Minimizing number of secondary insiders.
Remove critical authorizations from personal user id's.
Roll out of GRC Access Control (VIRSA).
Harmonization with R/3 standards and tools, replacing SE16 by custom developed
ABAP program to enforce restricted data content access to slices only.
Enhanced monitoring and segregation of duties.

Flash project
Revising management reporting (FI, CO, SCM et al.)
Roll-out of global template
Accommodate for regional requirements
Performance optimization
Consolidated financial reporting after organizational changes in group
WBS codes for project cost controlling, RPM reporting in BW
Currency translation changes
Responding to production issues

 

Unifying BI Enterprise Platform / BI Strategy
Bring BW systems in line with general SAP landscape / enterprise standards
Manage architectural changes and re-engineering of relevant process:
Integrating BW landscape to new Solution Manager implementation
- Introducing CUA
- Central Monitoring
- Revising multi-tier support concept and communication chains for notifications
Identify set of approved 3rd party ETL and OLAP tools, replacing various legacy island solutions
Migrate respective services to SAP BI
Documentation of data model and extractor mappings
Migration to BW 7 (2004s)
NSN Carve Out related changes in system landscape
BI-Portal (EP) integration (deploying queries in federated portal landscape), Java stack

 

Transportation Cost Planning
Forecast of air freight capacities for optimizing freight cost
Consolidating demand planning figures and scheduled orders
Solution Design
Master Data Management, Data Migration (LDMW)

Global Trade Services (GTS)
Implementation of Compliance and Customs Management
BI reporting, internal and for Customs Authorities
End-to-end process analysis and re-design, process integration of checks and blocks,
Customizing and data modelling, system communication ERP-GTS and GTS-BI, Business Content and modifications, extractor enhancements and generic extractors
Release Management of global roll-out per factory and per release version (added functionality).

 

Modules: BW, BPS, BI-IP, APO, BCS, GTS, GRC; FI, CO, TR, SD, MM, PM, PS, HR & non-SAP;
Unix, Oracle, ABAP, Informatica, MS Office, MS Project, Mercury Test Director, Business Objects
Project management, release + integration management, reporting to steering group,
requirement engineering, blue printing, data modelling, customizing + development,
workshops, knowledge transfer, coaching developers



Bank  [KB Banki]                                                 01/05-04/06
International roll-out SAP Banking (ERP2004, Bank Analyzer, BW)
Completely new implementation of full SAP Banking solution from blue print to go-live.
Deployment of BW
- as reporting BW to Bank Analyzer (Balance and Risk Analyzer)
- group consolidation in SEM-BCS
- Enterprise Data Warehouse for ERP core banking modules (CMS)

BW 3.3/3.5: Generic Extractors, Flat file loads (BCS, CMS),
ETL via DataIntegrator into FDB, extraction from Bank Analyzer's staging database
via DBconnect, update and transfer rule coding, data homogenization strategy;
Business Content, InfoProvider landscape, report development (Web Application Designer),
Authorization concept, formatted reporting with Crystal of Business Objects XI.

Change Management Tasks:
- Defining BI strategy, selection of 3rd party tools (ETL, OLAP, reporting frontend)

Integration of BW reporting into new group-wide Business Objects XI reporting platform

- Migration to BW3.5/SEM4.0 - Migration to Bank Analyzer Business Content 2 - Customer Exits (Global Variables, Virtual Key figures and Characteristics) - Admin Concept (Process Chains, Scheduling) - Support Concept - Extensive Authorizations (including authorization-relevant hierarchies and

other manual authorization objects, BW and SEM authorizations)


BCS: re-modelling consolidation database, consolidation hierarchy changes from
acquisitions, changes of methods for group currency handling, BCS authorization settings
Audit preparations and authorization concept, Sarbanes-Oxley provisions

Modules: BW, SEM-BCS, -BPS; BA: FDB, IAS, Basel II; ERP2004: BCA, CML, CMS, BP, FI, CO, TR, HR and non-SAP systems;
Windows 2003, MS SQL Server, ABAP, Business Objects XI, Crystal, MS Office, MS Project
system ownership, project management, liaising with stakeholders, requirement analysis, workshop facilitation,
blueprinting, release management, coordinating interface development; customizing and development, data modelling,
coaching developers, knowledge transfer



Retail / Oil  [ConocoPhilips]                                    06/04-12/04

Migration of European BW hub to Central Global Instance

- Moving Infoproviders of Sap Business content as well as non-SAP legacy systems to global BW instance.
- Migrate data from local instance into respective Infoprovider of global instance.
- Facilitate Business Objects reporting.
- Replace existing Cognos application by BW web reporting solution.

Business areas: retail, price finding, push prices to point of sale,
turnover per product at POS, evaluating assortment, profit & cost centers,
property management, transportationBW

3.1/3.3: Generic Extractors, LSMW, Customer Exits, Hub-and-Spoke-Architecture, data modelling,
InfoProvider creation, Query development and Web Application design

Tasks:
- data model and design according to given functional specs,
- re-working and validating spec with functional staff,
- requirement gathering from different European units
- blue print of additional functionality
- change and release management, roll-out across Europe
- coordinating integration aspects of migration to global instance
- security concept

Modules: BW; IS-OIL downstream, CRM, SEM-BPS, R/3 FI, CO, SD, MM, EC, HR
and non-SAP systems;
AIX, Oracle, Win XP, ABAP, MS Office, MS Project, Primavera
functional & technical: channelling business communication with European subsidiaries,
change & release management, manage offshore development (India),
reporting to project sponsors at HQ (USA);



Bank  [Postbank]                                                 11/03-04/04

Basel II Solution: Central Credit Risk Management

Data consolidation of all relevant source systems in the Financial Data Base (FDB)
of SAP Bank Analyzer. Connecting a BW system as reporting BW to the FDB,
export of all credit risk relevant accounts of commercial customers into BW
to show total Obligo of customers.
Establishing a Web Cockpit for credit risk management.

BA: Customizing Bank Analyzer, BA migration from version 2.1 to 3.0; extensive OSS notes exchange with SAP
Basel II: Risk mitigation, collateral netting, EAD, PD, mapping to internal master rating scale

BW 3.1/3.3: Generic Extractors, Staging performance tuning by programming start routines for data packet
oriented processing of data, high-volume system, data marts, InfoProvider landscape, report development
Web Application Designer),Authorization concept, bank-specific security demands.

Modules: BW; FS-BA, -BP, -AM, -CML, R/3 FI, CO, TR and non-SAP systems;
AIX, Oracle 9.2, Win NT, ABAP, MS Office, MS Project, Change Synergy
functional & technical: data modelling and design according to given functional specs,
re-working spec with functional staff, blue print of additional functions, security concept


 

1998 - 2003   Various data warehousing projects for clients Switzerland, Austria and Germany

1996 - 1998   STN International: Oracle database design and administration

 



- Full project history available on request
- References available on request


Aus- und Weiterbildung

Aus- und Weiterbildung

Studium an der Freien Universität Berlin
Studiengang: Diplom-Mathematiker



Kompetenzen

Kompetenzen

Produkte / Standards / Erfahrungen / Methoden

SAP:                                                                 experience [years]
- R/3, ERP: 4.0 to ECC6                                                   12
- BI/BW:   Vers. 2.1 to 7.3                                                 10
- SEM (BCS, CPM, BPS):  3.2 to 6.0                                 5
- SAP Banking 2.1 to 7                                                      6
- Business Objects: 6.5, XI 3.1, 4                                      5

Business Intelligence (non-SAP)                                      
- DataStage:  (Ascential, IBM WebSphere/InfoSphere)     2
- Cognos:  (PowerPlay Series7, Cognos 8 BI Studio)        3
- Informatica:  (PowerCenter)                                             4
- Arcplan:  (dynaSight, Enterprise)                                      2
- Control-M: (6.x)                                                                3


-  SAP

BW/BI: (2.1 ? 7.3)
strong data modelling and solution design, InfoCube design (also remote and virtual Cubes), Enterprise Data Warehouse; SAP Business Content, Generic Data Extraction from R/3, BAPI, Import from flat files, DBconnect, Open Hub Destinations, 3rd party ETL tools (Data Integrator, Informatica), process chains, scheduling, Admin Workbench, BW Monitor, PSA, DSO (ODS), Multiproviders, Infosets, Composite Providers, transformations, DTP, ABAP coding (routines and user exits), Analysis Process Designer (APD); performance optimisation, aggregates, partitioning; BEx: query design & report writing, Advanced BW Reporting (incl. variables, hierarchies, formulas, structures, calculated and restricted key figures); web reporting: BW Web Templates, Web Application Designer (WAD), Layout (incl. Charts, diagrams, hands-on HTML), formatted reporting with Crystal, exception reporting, Enterprise Portal Integration, Java stack, Visual Composer, BO XI Integration, Xcelsius;

Enterprise Data Warehouse Architecture (EDW), Layered Scalable Architecture (LSA, LSA++), BW Accelerator (BWA) und HANA, HANA Studio, SQL development;
Mixed landscapes of BW and BI7, BI upgrades, ASU Toolbox, system carve-outs and system mergers;
requirement analysis, blue print, implementation, ETL concept and administration, performance optimisation, data migration, support

 


SEM

BCS: 3.5 - 6.0
Consolidation Workbench, Consolidation Monitor, BCS data model, customizing, multiple chart of accounts (US-GAAP, IFRS/IAS, local GAAP in parallel), multiple consolidation hierarchies, group changes, organisational changes, mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, reclassification functions, elimination methods, validation methods, conditions for validation, currency translation, versions, legacy system analysis and interface design, flat file generation and conversion, data streams and flexible uploads, manual postings, reversals, ABAP programmed custom tasks, Multiprovider-scenario, performance optimization, consolidation web reporting, BCS authorizations for backend activities and reports, BCS related BW activities, BCS ? BW replication, BCS reports (query design), planning data

SEM-BPS / BI-IP: 3.2 ? 6.0, 2004s, BI7
planning areas, profiles, layouts, functions, styles, planning levels, aggregation levels, forecast exits, data retraction, FOX formulae, function module based planning functions (ABAP), STS, manual planning sequences and scheduling, mapping planning and actual figures, balance sheet and cost center planning and non-Business Content scenarios, BPS0 and RSPLAN, re-usable BPS planning functions for BI-IP, Input-ready queries, pre-queries, Visual Composer, ALV grid as input interface for real-time (transactional) cubes (write back to characteristics)

 

Business Objects: 6.x - XI R3 and 4;
Universe design, data modelling, integrate SAP and non-SAP sources; MDX, thin/thick client (web/desktop intelligence), WebI, Xcelsius, QaaWS, TaaWS, portal integration, pre-calculated and ad-hoc reports, SAP Integration Kit, hierarchies, formatted reports, Crystal Reports, charts, functions, formulas, variables, prompts, value lists, Central Management Server (CMS), Central Management Console (CMC), Designer, ancillary data, commentary, BO authorizations, integrated authorization/security concept for BO, SAP and source systems, BI performance optimization for BO reporting, trace and log analysis, BO functional suites: Business Planning and Consolidation (BPC Netweaver and BPC Microsoft/Outlooksoft), Notes Management

 

ERP

 

FI: Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, New General Ledger, New GL Migration Cockpit, subledgers, Special Ledgers, Postings, Financial Information System, risk management, chart of accounts, FI Business Content

 

CO: Cost Center Accounting (CCA), profitability (COPA), activity based cost (ABC), cost elements, product cost, cost planning, profitability segments, inter-company trade / internal orders (OPA); standard hierarchy, multiple chart of accounts, profit center groups, information system, Pull vs. Push analysis, quantity consumption, function trees, flexible functions and formulae, CO reporting in BW/BI, CO-relevant master data, extractors; end-to-end requirement analysis and handling of change requests

 

TR: Cash Management and Cash Budget Management, Financial Management Areas, Commitment Item hierarchy, FI integration at posting level, treasury business content, treasury reporting and authorizations, CFM Transaction Manager Information System

 

HR/HCM: personnel management (PA), administration (PA-PA), manager?s desktop, cost planning, budget management, Employee Self Service (ESS), Manager Self Service (MSS), personnel time management (PT), time recording, evaluation, CATS, organizational structure, structural authorizations

 

Logistics: MM, SD, LO, LSE, PP, GTS;

purchase orders, vendors, BOM, inventory, sales orders, customers, deliveries, transportation cost, warehouses, inter-company trade, customs, product availability, pricing, billing, material cost, sales revenue and AR integration, short and mid-term capacity planning, relevant workflows and SoD, on-time delivery, Ariba integration, Supplier Relationship Management, tenders, demand planning (APO)

 

PS: networks configuration, subnetworks, assignments, WBS, organisational data, summarization hierarchy, activities, milestones, defining standards, Open PS for MS Project (interface), capital investment measures, billing plan, resource planning, capacity planning, work centers, bucket hierarchy

 

PPM: defining portfolios, portfolio item types, decision points, project budgeting/financial planning, FI integration, integrated phase model item/project, project management, project plan templates, resource management, teams and pools, Business Partner data and roles, project roles, MS Project import/export, PS integration, time recording, HR integration, organizational management, structural authorizations, access control lists, SoD in PPM and decision workflow  

 

GTS: compliance, customs management, blocks, legal customs documents,
managing licenses and relevant master data, ECCN, classification,
mappings Material - Customs Product, FTO, etc.;
multiple Legal Regulations in parallel, USREX, bonded warehouses,
intercompany trade; GTS customizing, relevant SD/MM customizing;
migration to version 7.2, facilitating BI for all operational,
management and legal reporting (interface to Customs Authorities),
electronic export declarations, ATLAS, NCTS, Seeburger integration (EDIFACT),
end-to-end process design, training to sales staff

 

BANKING
Bank Analyzer (2.x ? 7.0): customizing, client strategy; Source Data Layer (SDL): primary objects, financial instruments, financial transactions, master data framework, methods, calculations, valuation, segment hierarchies, bundling, staging database, repository, uniform data model (BA/BW), data homogenization, master data replication, module editor, result data layer RDL, HDB, data transfer into reporting BW, ad-hoc reporting;
Financial Statement Preparation (BA-FSP), Balance Analyzer (BA-BA): chart of accounts, balance process customizing, balance objects, positions, posting rules, calculations, transfer structure and data source customizing, merger scenario, subledger scenario, accounting for financial products including financial instruments and structured products, IAS 32,39, fair value server, amortized cost, multiple financial statements (IFRS, US-GAAP, local), drill-through from BW to BA; FICO source data (new GL), General Ledger Connector, external source data
Risk Analyzer (BA-CRA): analyzer customizing, RDB level 0-2, data export module, calculations, collateralization, connected risks, netting, rating model, risk mitigation, disclosure and reporting (DR), Basel II reporting internal and to central bank (regulatory reporting - RR)

 

Transactional Banking / Core Banking (3.x ? 6.0): Deposit Management (DM), Account Management (AM), previous implementation experience in Bank Customer Accounts (BCA) and Consumer Mortgages and Loans (CML);Master Contracts, Conditions, Cash Flows, Products (functional definition, AM product configuration, BA primary objects), Product Configurator, templates, groups and categories, accounts, facilities, cards, item management, disbursement, payment distribution, authorization concept, authorisation relevant field groups
 Collateral Management (CMS): customizing, Collateral Workbench, collateral objects, agreements, integration FSBP, AM, BI, BA, Market Data, collateral calculations, distribution, complex n:m-relationships of collaterals and assets, collateral monitoring

 

 Infrastructure: Business Partner for Financial Services (FS-BP), Customer Identity Management, Connections and Relationships, Distribution and Consistency of BP Data across System Landscape, Foundation, Market Data, Exchange Rates, Neatweaver PI, General Ledger Connector

 

 

IMPLEMENTATION MANAGEMENT

 

  • Concept: requirement gathering, business amalysis, business processes and work flows, process design and re-engineering, scoping, blue printing, concept + process documentation
  • Coordination of tasks with Basis Team, ABAP Team, Authorization Team, developers and external consultants, work packages, scheduling, driving multiple development streams, critical path analysis
  • Transport + Platform Management: release management, transport log analysis, coordinating system copies, refreshes and down times, patches, OSS Notes, channelling OSS Messages
  • Test Management: Unit + Integration testing, UAT, resolution of issues, managing change requests
  • Change Management: Go-live, cut-over planning, post go-live support, roll-out strategy, business continuity, documentation, manuals, training, organisational changes, mergers and acquisitions, divestitures and carve-outs, horizontal and vertical re-organisation, responsibility matrix
  • Service Management: Support model, issue and ticket resolution, defining and managing SLA?s, performance monitoring, ITIL, product/service ownership, quality assurance
  • Authorizations and Security: authorization concept, authorization objects, role design, segregation of duties, risk management, governance and compliance, SOX, facilitating HR hierarchies in transactional systems and reporting
  • Communication: liaising with stakeholders (up to board level), process and system owners, key users, facilitating workshops, reporting to Steering Group, channelling communication to/from subsidiaries, brokering local legal/business requirements and global policies/templates
  • Collaboration: coordinating external consultants, engagement with 3rd party service providers, assist selection of software vendor / service providers, offshore development, remote collaboration in distributed environments at global scale, multi-cultural working environments

SAP INFRASTRUCURE
Basis: R/3 4.0 to 4.7, Web Application Server 6.20, 6.40, Netweaver 2004s
Legacy System Migration Workbench (LSMW), Data Migration Workbench, Internet Transaction Server, ICM, SAPconnect, SAPlpd;
Interfaces: RFC, ALE, IDoc, EDI, BAPI, Business Connector, XI Integration Builder
Performance Monitoring: Locks, Memory, Table Space, Application Log, Change Log, Traces
CCMS, Scheduling, Transport Management, SAP Notes, Patching and Stacks

AUTHORIZATIONS + SECURITY:
Profile Generator, Role Management,
single/composite/derived roles, Organizational Management,
Structural Authorizations (with HCM/HR);
Solution Manager, Central User Administration, distribution models;
identity management, role request process design, role assignment request
and approval via workflow; standard and New Dimension system's authorization
objects (BW, BPS, BCS, APO), creating und managing authorizations on InfoProvider
and InfoObject level, data content restriction, authorization objects,
RSSM, hierarchy authorizations, BW 3.5 Authorization Concept and new
BI 7 Analysis Authorizations; data protection issues, anonymity, data cleansing;
monitoring authorization failures, Security Audit Log, security policies,
segregation of duties, risk management and mitigation, Single Sign-On, LDAP,
extranet security, VPN, mobile infrastructure, ISO27000, ISO17799, BS7799,
ISACA, (ISC)2 standards (CISA/CISSP), CobiT, Grundschutz (DE),
Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, Basel II, VIRSA, GRC Access Control,
Risk Analysis and Remediation (VIRSA Compliance Calibrator),
Superuser Privilege Management (SPM / VIRSA Firefighter),
Compliant User Provisioning (CUP / VIRSA Access Enforcer),
Enterprise Role Management (VIRSA Role Expert),
business functions and rule sets, SoD violations, permission objects,
initial profile cleansing, standards for role creation and management,
Informer and Alert Monitor, Rule Architect

ABAP/4:
Workbench Development, DDIC, SQL query optimisation, Reports, Dialogue Programming,
BW/BI Staging Routines and Methods, Extractor Enhancements, Generic Extractors, User Exits,
BAPIs, Visual Composer, Query Builder, ALV, Report Painter/Writer, ABAP Objects,
Business Object Builder/Repository

SAP courses: BW305, TABW30, TU3BW, CA940 (Security Concepts), BC610 (Workflow Programming)


-  PROCESSES + RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

ASAP, PRINCE 2, Rational Unified Process (RUP), ARIS
Tools:  MS Project, Primavera

Betriebssysteme

HPUX
OS for SAP servers
OS/400
Unix
Windows
Client and Server (SAP on MS SQL Server)

Programmiersprachen

ABAP4
ETL routines, User Exits, BAdI, BAPI, etc.
Java
report enhancements
JavaScript
report enhancements
PL/SQL
stored procedures, triggers, etc.
TeX, LaTeX

Datenbanken

Access
web integration, migration source, ODBC client
DB2
Lotus Notes
MS SQL Server
2005, 2008, Enterprise Level, T-SQL, SSIS, SSRS
ODBC
Oracle
9i,10g, 12c, Designer, Developer, Forms, Reports, ERP, OWB
SQL
ANSI and dialects of the big players

Datenkommunikation

EDIFACT
Ethernet
Internet, Intranet
LAN, LAN Manager
PC-Anywhere
RFC
TCP/IP

Hardware

AS/400
HP
IBM Großrechner
PC
Teradata

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