Raja Boopathi Subramanian

SAP Lead Consultant(SAP/BW/GRC)

Mail id: raja.bw@gmail.com Ph.No: +31-687461948

Professional Summary

SAP ECC/BW/GRC Lead Consultant with 15 years of SAP experience, specialized in

Security,Supply Chain,Data & Analytics projects. I have worked in Green field Implementation
,Consolidation,Rollout,Upgrade,Data Migration and DevOps projects for various industry
verticals (FMCG,Chemicals,Energy,Supply Chain,Telecom, Retail,Pharma etc.) as a Lead
Consultant/Security Consultant in SAP.I have gained substantial experience in both SAP
Functional and Security over the years.

Areas of Competency

Competency Details
SAP R/3 ,ECC ,S/4 HANA SAP Systems (MM,IM,EWM,PM ,SD,FI,CO)
SAP GRC Governance, Risk and Compliance
Authorization SAP ECC,BW (Role Management + User Management)
SAP BW Enterprise Data Warehousing
SAP HANA In-Memory Database/Data Hub
SAP BODS ,SLT, Open Hub, Data Extraction Tools
APD
SAP BO Reporting (Webi, Analysis Office, Lumira, Design Studio ,Analytics
for Cloud)
SQL,ABAP Programming
Non-SAP Cognos, ServiceNow, Tableau and Qlikview
Big Data(Hadoop) Hive, Impala, Sqoop, Pig
SAP BOIS BO Information Steward (Data Profiling, Data Quality)

Executive Summary

 15 yrs of SAP Implementation Experience including Security & Authorization(GRC).

 Working in The Netherlands from 2011.
 Worked in two projects as Security & Authorization Consultant for User and Role
management .
 Implemented Security & Authorization model for the entire business process.
 Change management/project management skills (ITIL/ITSM,Agile Scrum/KANBAN,
ASAP and Waterfall).
 Good Experience and Knowledge in SAP Business process (Logistics,FI-
CO,PP,CRM,SEM,CRM,EPM,CO-PA ,MDM,BW etc).

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Work Experience

Company Name Duration

Cognizant Technology Solutions B.V, 03/2010 – Current (NL Payroll)
The Netherlands .
Mindwave Solutions Pte, Singapore 06/2008- 02/2010
Accenture Technology Solutions 03/2007-05/2008
,Singapore
BristleCone India Ltd 03/2006-02/2007
Tata Technologies Ltd,India 03/2003-02/2006

Security & Authorization Skills

 Handled 3 Full cycle implementaion , 3 Migration/Upgrade and 2 DevOps projects .

 Worked as SAP Lead Consultant for SAP ECC , BW and GRC Projects.
 Worked on preparing the Authorization matrix/templates for the entire SAP
Systems(SAP ECC ,SAP-BW and BO).
 Prepared a Blue print and gap analysis document to prepare SoD in SAP
Authorization .
 Prepared an approach document to connect SAP GRC with Non-SAP applications
(Ariba,Oracle Financials etc)using SAP Certified adapters.
 Remodeled the entire authorization set-up using new authorization matrix prepared
after discussing with the entire business users/stakeholders community.
 Implemented the new security model and tested the set-up with test users.
 Validated the roles with the End users ,Power users and Super users.
 Developed the roles and access for IT Team and Business users by using different
level authorization.
 Created new roles for ECC 6 systems: FI, CO, HR, MM, PP, QM, and SD modules,
based on concepts of task roles and position roles.
 Participated in the internal system audit compliance for SAP systems. Worked with
the internal auditors to check the compliance of the new authorization set-up and
achieved good improvement from the previous set-up.
 Analyzed the Standard SAP Roles to identify the required roles .
 Authorization Role creation/ modification using Profile Generator (PFCG) including
complex design restrictions.
 Worked on the customization of authorization objects to assign the values using
ABAP Customer exit programs.
 Experience in setting up Single Sign-On(SSO) concepts for all SAP applications.
 User master Record creation/ modification using SU01, including complex design
restrictions.
 Mass user creation using SU10.
 Comprehensive use of Profile Generator to generate roles and assign roles to end
users.

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 Created Test scripts for mass creation/modification of users and roles during
system clean ups, Mass role generation, user assignments and other activities as
required for the project
 Ensured accuracy and segregation of duties(SoD) through comprehensive testing of
all profiles and authorizations.
 Expertise in resolving Authorization issues by analyzing Authorization Checks.
 Tracing missing authorizations objects using SU53 and recommended appropriate
roles for the end users. User administration (creating, maintaining, deleting user
accounts and assigning roles)
 Troubleshooting user access through authorization error analysis (SU53, SU56) and
System Trace (ST01).
 Worked with SAP Functional, BASIS, and Network teams to troubleshoot complex
access problems.
 Monitor and maintain user ID through User Information System (SUIM) - created
monthly audit reports.
 Worked extensively with SE01, SE09 & SE10 in managing mass transport.
 Worked to get the audit logs from SM18, SM19 and SM20.
 Proficient in working with the SAP Authorization tables USR*, AGR*, and USH* to
generate lot of customized reports.
 Developed a custom program to unlock the user automatically if the user is valid
user and password is locked(Identity Management) .
 Worked on the GRC -Access control, Risk Management and Process control .
 Experience with GRC ARA, ARM, EAM, BRM and SAP CUA (Central User
Administration) integration with SAP GRC.
 Excellent knowledge of SOX, Audit issues and Segregation of Duties (SoD) issues.
 performed User & Role analysis to identify existing SoD violations and Risk using
Risk Analysis and Remediation,.
 Using ARA produced Analytical Reports on User, User Groups, Roles and Profiles.
 Performed remediation and mitigation against various risks associated with roles
and users.
 Used ARA Simulation features to assess the impact of potential remediation
activities on the reported conflicts prior to making the actual change
 Experience in creating and assigning FF ID's using VIRSA and extracting Fire Fighter
logs by using VIRSA(GRC-EAM). A firefighter ID is a temporary user ID that grants
the user exception-based, yet regulated, access. The firefighter ID is assigned to
users who need to perform emergency tasks in extraordinary situations.
 Configured User Data source and defined authentication system for requestors
using ARM. Strong capability in using ARM to use the work flow functionality to
ensure a comprehensive and compliant change management process for risk
control and maintenance.
 Experience in using ARM to configure workflow for User Access Review and User
SoD Review.
 Attended a training on SAP-Ariba and Salesforce for SaaS .

SAP – BI Security
 Set up security by Info Area, Info-Cube, Info-Object, Query and Workbooks.
 Configured roles and authorization objects to secure reporting users.
 Developed Custom Authorization Objects for queries developed by the users.

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  Developed the dynamic model of authorization set-up using Shared point to
populate the BW system using BODS .Authorization values along with users will be
maintained in Shared point and the values will be loaded to BW using BODS. When
the user executes the report, system will check the values dynamically and then
provide the result. It helped to reduce the largest no of roles and quick access
without any new roles.
 Limiting the Query access within the BEX Analyzer.
 Implemented Info Object Security (field-level security) for Reporting Users and also
created custom reporting authorization objects.
 Securing the data presented in Queries by Hierarchy node.
 Maintaining authorizations for Hierarchies.
 Creating Queries and restricting access through Variable filled Authorizations.
 Implemented Hierarchy & Tree structured Security for BW Queries in multiple.
 Tracing the SAP-provided objects and custom reporting authorization objects to
debug an authorization.
 Tracing the users, SAP objects and custom reporting authorization objects to
debug an authorization error, resolving the issue by giving required authorization
 Trained & knowledge transferred the security personnel for BW, BI Technology.
 Building security for Administrative users using SAP provided scripts, templates.
 Interacting with functional and technical consultants for problem diagnosis in BI.
 Worked with the t-code for creating custom authorization objects & S_RS_AUTH for
assigning authorization objects for BW query end user roles.
 Delivered a modeling technique in BW using Transitive attributes by combining
Local and Harmonized master data from SAP and MDM.
 Delivered a common solution to develop OTP (On Time Payment)Dashboard by
combining data from various SAP ECC and MDG System in BW.This process helps to
automate the reporting and improve the data quality.
 Prepared standard guideline for Naming conventions, Development standards and
release procedures .
 Successfully managed the projects/changes by arranging UAT,Go-live and post
production support activities.
 Developed lot of SQL ,ABAP programs to achieve complex functionalities.
 Experience in SAP Reporting tools such as Analysis for Office, Lumira, Design
Studio, Web Intelligence, and Crystal Reports.
 Strong communicator ,stakeholder management and taking initiatives .
 Extensive experience in extracting Master data from various Non-SAP tools
(Cognos,ServiceNow etc).
 Attended various workshops/technical seminar about BW/4HANA, S/4 HANA,
GRC,Leonardo,Internet of Things, Mobility, Big Data(Cloudera) ,Cloud Integration,
SAP-FIORI and Analytics.
 SAP Certified Application Associate – Modeling and Data Management in SAP BW
7.4 on HANA

Education/Training

 Degree : Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communication (1997-2001),

Madras University, India
 SAP AG : Modeling and Data Management in BW 7.4/HANA

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  Completed the training for Data Analyst in Cloudera Big data – Hadoop Ecosystem
 Attended SRM training in SAP Labs
 Attended Salesforce & SAP-Ariba training as part of SaaS product development.

Project Experience

1. Project Title KPN-BORIS (BO Reporting Information

System) , KPN-International and KPN-
Retail
Duration 04/2016 to till date
Client KPN B.V,The Netherlands
Company Cognizant Technology Solutions, India
Environment SAP ECC 6.0,SAP BW 7.3,BO –
DataServices 4.2, BO 4.1, SAP IS-Retail
on HDB,ServiceNow,Teradata and
Hadoop Ecosystem
Operating Systems AIX,DB2,Linux
Programming Languages SAP-ABAP, SQL, Hive, Sqoop

Project Responsibilities:

Role: SAP Business Analyst/Lead Consultant(ECC/BODS/BW/BO)

 Working in BORIS (BO Reporting System) as a Business Analyst/Lead to implement

Master data changes for Data Quality/Data Surveillance Team
 Worked with ServiceNow authorization model to assign the relevant user access for the
users.
 Implemented Authorization model in SAP-BW for data level access.
 Fixed SAP-ECC authorization issue raised during the migration of the environment.
 Worked with Information Analyst/Key users on requirement analysis and converts
them into Functional/Technical Design Documents as per the KPN development
standards.
 Involved in discussing with Product Owner/Stakeholders and getting the approval
for the cost estimation and design.
 Worked in the migration and upgrade of BODS ,BW and BO.
 Designed HANA Views (Attribute View, Analytic View, Calculation View)
 Conducting UAT and solving the issues raised in the testing.

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2. Project Title ANBI

Duration 10/2011 to 03/2016
Client AkzoNobel NV, The Netherlands
Company Cognizant Technology Solutions, India
Environment SAP MDG 6,SAP GRC 10.0,BW 7.4/7.5
on HANA, BO – DataServices 4.1,BO IS,

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 BO Reports ,BI 7.0/7.3 and Various
ECC systems,SRM,BCS and IP
Programming Languages SAP-ABAP,SQL

Project Description:

ANBI (AkzoNobel BI) is positioned as the global reporting platform for Corporate functions,
Cross-Function, (Cross-) BU and Country reporting / Dash boarding using data from several
sources (SAP Systems, Global/Corporate data and external sources).

Project Responsibilities:

Role: SAP Data & Security Consultant.

 Worked for Global Corporate Spend ,Global Procurement processes ,Integrated Supply
Chain (ISC) and SRM business process as SAP-ECC/BW/GRC Lead & Security
Consultant.
 Worked as SAP Authorization consultant for preparing authorization matrix.
 Worked on the ECC/BW User security, access and authorization .
 Prepared standard guideline for Naming conventions, Development standards and
release procedures for the new roles and authorization object.
 Worked on the end to end implementation for Role and Authorization.
 Worked on SAP-GRC system for Emergency Access Management, Process control and
Access control.
 Worked on Firefighter implementation using VIRSA .
 Worked with the Internal Auditors for compliance and access.
 Worked in HANA Migration Project (BW 7.0 to 7.4(SP 9) on HANA) as a Technical Lead
along with Security .
 Co-ordinated with multiple teams from the requirement gathering phase till go-live for
Migration including the authorization access.
 Performed Data Load via SAP BW extractors DXC to HANA from Legacy BW.
 Extensively Worked on SAP HANA Modeler, Designing Schemas, Creating Packages,
Attribute/Analytical/Calculation views, Analytic Privileges, Stored Procedures and CE
Functions.
 Created HANA database users, role, analytical privileges for data and data model
security.
 Worked in Consolidation Projects by integrating different BUs(Powder Coating, DECO,
Industrial Coating)for AkzoNobel Global System including the authorization part.
 Worked in BO Reporting tools (Webi, Analysis Office ,Dash board, Design Studio ).
 Developed various reports in Finance & Controlling, Procurement, General Ledger,
Accounts receivables and Payables.
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3. Project Title ICO-SCX Projects

Duration 07/2011 to 09/2011
Client AkzoNobel ICO
Company Cognizant Technology Solutions, India
Environment SAP ECC, SAP BI 7.0 ,Qlikview,ERDB
Operating Systems Windows

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 Programming Languages SAP-ABAP,SQL

Role: SAP Lead Consultant

 Analyzed the existing SQL based system to prepare the detailed documentation along
with the security .
 Presented and discussed various migration options with the business stakeholders.
 Preparation of To-be document and deliverables.
 Presented all the architecture options with the pros and cons.
 Preparation of Road-Map strategy to phase-out the existing system.
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4. Project Title IBI (Integrated BI) Data Migration

Project
Duration 04/2010 – 04/2011
Client Novartis International AG
Company Cognizant Technology Solutions, India
Environment SAP BI 7.0 ,ECC 6.0
Operating Systems Windows
Programming Languages SAP-ABAP

About Client: Novartis International AG is a multinational pharmaceutical company based in

Basel, Switzerland, ranking number three in sales, which accounted 36.173 billion in 2008.

Project Description: Novartis was consolidating all the existing regional systems into one
global system i.e. moving all the regional objects into one single system. BI 7.0 was used for
consolidation. LSA architecture was used as a standard template for designing the system for
both Master and transactional data.

Role :SAP Lead Consultant(BW & Authorization)

 Manage a team of 10 people at offshore for the deliverables.

 Involved in Data Migration Phase for loading and monitoring all the data loading related
activities including the Authorization checks
 Design, development and testing of Purchasing related Master data(Vendor, Materials)
and transaction data based on the standard and custom extractors.
 Interaction with Architects and the regional users for requirement gathering .
 Maintained system access for users and developers.
 Preparation of Project Plan, Training Plan by coordinating with the Onsite Lead.
 Execute the tests(data and authorization access) according to the sequence of steps in
the Test Scripts.
 Ensure the quality by doing in-depth review for the work done by team members.
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5. Project Title OneSAP

Duration 07/2008 – 03/2010
Client April Asia (Paper & Pulp
Manufactures),Singapore
Company Mindwave Solutions Pte Ltd

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 Environment SAP MDM 6.0 ,BI 7.0 ,ECC 5.0 (MM
Module)
Operating Systems Windows
Programming Languages SQL,SAP-ABAP

About Client: Asia Pacific Resources International Limited (APRIL Pte Ltd, Singapore) is a
leading developer of fiber plantations with one of the world's largest pulp and paper mills. It
is one of the largest, best-managed, most profitable and sustainable pulp and paper
companies in the world, and is a preferred supplier to customers

Role: SAP Senior Consultant(BW & Authorization)

 Worked on the Business blue print and implementation of SAP Materials Management
Module containing Vendor master data, Material MD, purchase requisitions, purchase
orders, pricing, output, subcontracting, stock transports, vendor confirmation, returns,
intrastate, inventory management and batch management.
 Developed new roles and authorizations and assigned to the users.
 Developed the Functional design and technical design.
 Migrated the data from various Source systems into SAP and BW by doing lot of data
cleansing, data harmonization.
 Developed Dashboard reports for Master data by loading the data from ECC and MDM
into BW to show the various details
 Developed the Cube, ODS and Query for Inventory Aging (Stock handling) Report using
the authorization .
 Performed UAT ,Go-live activities and post production support including authorization
part.
 Assigned all the reports to the Portal by creating iViews.
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6. Project Title E-HR Implementation

Duration 09/2007 – 06/2008
Client MinDef, Singapore
Company Accenture Technology Solutions,
Singapore
Environment SAP BI 7.0 ,ECC 6.0
Operating Systems Windows
Programming Languages SAP-ABAP

Project Description: This project is for implementing Military Employee information in SAP-
ECC system using HR Module. All the employee data were captured in SAP and SAP-BI system
is used to store the data finally in a consolidated format using SAP-HR Security model.

Role: SAP Senior Consultant

 Coordinate and conduct Workshops for gathering and understanding user requirements
including the authorization level details .
 Involved in the Design of the SAP configuration and customization to meet the report
and authorization requirements.
 Configure the SAP System to match the design and authorization model.

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  Experience in designing and implementing SAP HR Security using position based
Security.
 Hands on Experience on HR/HCM Security, Structural Proles, Organization Structures
PA, PD, Payroll, Time, Travel, E-Recruiting.
 Defining and reviewing the functional requirements for the application, specifically the
gaps that will be filled through customizations.
 Designed the individual Development Object components as per the Report inventory
list.
 Transformed ‘ AS-IS’ to ‘To-Be’ in HR reporting and authorization scenarios .
 Participated in the transitions of the functional designs to the technical designs/build .
 Delivered the assigned Functional Design as per the Design Templates and Standards
 Created Global Template for all the Technical design.
 Created Queries and executed in Portal for analysis purpose.
 Designed the Logical data modeling for the Data Flows.
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7. Project Title SIA Upgrade and Support

Duration 03/2007 – 09/2007
Client Singapore Airlines, Singapore
Company Accenture Technology Solutions,
Singapore
Environment SAP BI 7.0 ,ECC 5.0/SAP R/3 4.6c,BW
3.0 b
Operating Systems Windows
Programming Languages SAP-ABAP

Project Description: This project is the technical upgrade project from BW 3.0b to BI 7.0. as
well as using the new features like Analysis authorization of BI 7.0 and new BEx analyzer.
Also BW 3.0 objects were migrated using the standard tool of the SAP BI

Project Responsibilities:

Project Role: SAP Senior Consultant(BW & Authorization)

 Involved in the project from the analysis phase till go-live.

 Involved in the migration of SAP BW 3.0 authorization from reporting to SAP 7x
analysis authorization object.
 Solved the authorization issues in the UAT phase raised by the user.
 Modified the Queries based on the authorization changes.
 Analyzed the system performance for the extraction and query running.
 Created the new queries based on the requirements.
 Activated the Business contents as per the requirements.
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8. Project Title SRM Development

Duration 10/2006 – 02/2007
Client SAP Labs India

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 Company Bristlecone India Ltd
Environment SAP BI 7.0 ,SRM 6.0
Programming Languages SAP-ABAP

Project Description: This Project (SRM 6.0 Conversion Project) is the development of SRM
Version 6.0 with BI Integration.

Role: SRM Consultant

 Attended the SRM Training to understand the SRM functionalities.

 Attended the training for BI 7.0 and Web Application Designer.
 Trained team members for BI.
 Solving the Customer issues related with SRM-BW for the previous installations(OSS
Support).
 Migrated the Business content Objects from 3x Concepts to 7.0 Transformation
 Migrated the Update rules, Transfer rules for SRM Components
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9. Project Title SEM-CPM KPIs Implementation

Duration 06/2006 – 09/2006
Client Batelco ,Bahrain
Company Bristlecone India Ltd
Environment SAP BW 3.5 ,SEM-BPS,BCS and CPM &
SAP 4.6c
Operating Systems Windows
Programming Languages SAP-ABAP

Project Description: This Project is the development of BW System for New Financial Measure
KPI’s in SEM-CPM. These Measures are displayed in the Enterprise portal through the Balanced
Score Card Concept (BSC).

Role: SAP SEM/BI Consultant (& Authorization)

 Involved in the Project Preparation Phase of the project (Phase-ii).

 Analyzed the KPI’s based on the User requirements in SAP .
 Created new users, new roles and authorization objects and assigned the access .
 Developed SEM-BW System data model.
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10. Project Title eNable

Duration 08/2005– 01/2006
Client Cadburys Ltd(FMCG)
Company TCS, Mumbai
Environment SAP BI 3.5 , SAP 4.6c
Operating Systems Windows
Programming Languages SAP-ABAP

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Project Description:. This project is the re-implementation of BW from 2.1c to BI 3.5.All the
BW objects including the roles were re-created and implemented in BI 3.5 System.

Role: SAP Functional Analyst/ Security Consultant

 Involved from the Design Part of the project.

 Prepared the Design Document from As-Is to To-Be Model.
 Prepared the Documents for Re-design Data Flows to convert from 13-week period
reporting to 12 periods.
 Created new roles using PFCG and authorization objects using RSSM .
 Created 4 Data flows based on the Design Documents.
 Tested the data flows using test user ids by creating new roles, authorization .
 Experience in using business content and connecting BW to various source systems.
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11. Project Title TML-SAP Support

Duration 02/2002 - 07/2005
Client Tata Motors Ltd, India
Company Tata Technologies Ltd,India
Environment SAP BW 3.1c , SAP
4.6c(SD,MM,FI,CO,PP)
Operating Systems Windows
Programming Languages SAP-ABAP

Role: SAP Functional Analyst/Security Consultant

 Configuration of MM Organizational unit and assignment to overall structure.

 Migration of Data through LSMW and BDC for Master and transactional data.
 Configured Material types, Number ranges (External numbering) for Material master,
PR, PO and changed the field status of the material master records as per the user
requirements.
 Worked on the authorization part of SAP-ECC .
 Created new users, roles and authorization.
 Developed the New Reports, performed the testing and given to End-Users including
the authorization checks.
 Set up procedure for extracting R/3 data for SD, MM using LO-cockpit and into
InfoCube.
 Modified standard and created custom Info Source/Data Source, ODS, and Info Cubes..
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