S&A Tech lead & Scrum Master

Project Management

SAP GRC Certified Security Consultant  with over 15 years of experience with solid International exposure. Proven project delivery through Agile- Scrum methodology. Excellent reputation in Design and implementation of SAP authorizations / SAP GRC, troubleshooting authorization issues, coordinating and conducting audits, implementing cyber security controls and project execution using Agile Scrum (SAFe Certified).

Hands on experience in SAP BASIS, SAP HANA, FIORI, SAP Solution Manager (CHARM), SAP BI & SAP HR security. Expertise  in Security Analysis and Support, Regulatory Adherence, Data Integrity/Recovery, Risk Assessment, SOX, Regulatory Implementation and SOD analysis and Implementation.

• Coordinated efforts of 12 team members engaged in SAP role deployment through Agile-Scrum project for SAP Role deployment of integrating 49 kernels into one integrated landscape solution.
• Custodian of the built roles and Quality officer ensuring roles are assigned with least privileage basis.
• Facilitate sprint planning, daily scrums, retrospectives, stakeholder meetings, and Product demonstrations. Protect development team from outside distractions, impediments, or team conflicts, and maintain focus on product backlog project timeline.
• Change Management using Solman CHARM.
• Role built with "Least Privileges " and deployed for SAP R/3, SAP BI, SAP HANA and SAP FIORI environments. Periodic reviews made to ensure the controls are in place.
• Gathered Business requirement, Role matrix creation, SOD review, build of template and derived roles and providing technical solution to business.
• User management and trouble shooting of day to day project delivery activities, supporting functional and technical teams.
• Managed quality assurance of SAP roles including on site evaluations, internal audits and stake holder feedback.
• Defined Identity and Access management and its integration to third party software. Performed ITGC assessment and ensured smooth transition to operations.
• Ensured the Data at Transit and Data at rest are secure and define controls for Vulnerabilities identified. Vulnerability analysis and threat detection.

• Provided detailed advice to customers regarding SAP GRC Access controls and process controls and managing a team of 8
• Implemented SAP GRC AC - EAM component and PC. Collaborated with clients from concept through final delivery of product or service.
• Privilege management, role and user admin for SAP HANA. Reviewed internal systems and organized training plans to avoid perpetual problems.
• Evaluated current processes to develop improvement plans.
• Developed role metrics derived from raw business requirement to track improvements in organizational efficiency.

Principal Consultant / Project Manager

• Lead the GRC Center of Excellence which is a 15 member team.. Contributed to success of client's organization by improving performance, motivation, job satisfaction, hiring practices, training programs and management systems.
• Identified business issues through careful collaboration with key stakeholders.
• Prioritized projects and project tasks depending upon key milestones and deadline dates.
• SAP R/3 full life cycle role implementation and several roll outs / deployment. Requirement analysis, Role design, Role build, and deployment done with very minimal time for clients.
• Contributed to continuous improvement of Edrington and plan international clients  based on learning from ideas, client implementation, and previous experiences.

Senior Consultant / Associate Manager

• Handled the entire Change management track for the client Royal Philips. Supported end to end operations of SAP R/3, BI and Internal controls audit. Managed the CR track team
• Configuration and setup up of Access control components like ARA, ARM and EAM through SPRO and NWBC. Implementation of SAP GRC Process control automated and manual controls.
• Created support documentation that empowered and enabled user community to extend skills, leverage system features and find resolutions to questions without intervention from support team.
• Performed tests of functionality, security and performance of different SAP environments.
• Reviewed internal controls   and Security baseline technical documentation and procedures.
• Led internal training for SAP GRC and SAP HR security modules, to train support team, end-users and new employees.
• Followed up with clients to ensure optimal customer satisfaction following support engagement and problem resolution.

Senior Consultant

• Advised on design, planning and implementation of SAP R/3 security projects.
• Created detailed road maps of action items and project goals and provided reporting and analysis to inform budgeting and planning.
• Evaluated diverse organizational systems to identify workflow, communication and resource utilization issues.
• Resolved any issues and problems arising during project execution.
• Liaised with customers, management and sales team to better understand customer needs and recommend appropriate solutions.

Consultant

• Lead a 15 member team for operational activity support of the client
• Interacted with team and clients to develop and plan out project work.
• Conducted multiple knowledge sharing sessions per requirement to capture lessons learned and streamline product improvement process.
• Assessed impact of current way of working of business processes on users and stakeholders and evaluated potential areas for improvement.
• Mapped current business and operational processes and offered recommendations for improvement.
• Built library of models and reusable knowledge-base assets to produce consistent and streamlined business intelligence results.
• Consulted regularly with internal customers on application development project status, new project proposals and software-related technical issues.

Senior Associate Consultant

• Maintain landscapes for the support package and add-ons which are released by SAP. Maintain authorizations and also users for testing environment and acceptance testing
• Release of Support packages to SMP - Service Market Place. Maintain the clients for the test environment for doing a client copy and also transport management systems control for seamless transports
• Work on GRC tool Compliance calibrator to ensure SOX compliance

Development Specialist

K- Corp Services India Pvt Ltd.- Test and Implementation Engineer
June 2003 - Mar 2005Test
• Level 1 support given for SAP end users.
• Onsite support for the clients
• Trained in SAP Basis and Security.

Test and Implementation Engineer

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