SAP BI/BO Consultant
Resume:
Resume
Asiri Hewapathirane
e: ac1h78@r.postjobfree.com
Profile:
IT work experience since: 1992
SAP experience since: 2007
Main Area of expertise: BI / SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform (WebI, Crystal Reports, Analysis for Office, SAP Lumira, Dashboards, SAP Analytic Design Studio, SAP Roambi), BW and BusinessObjects Data Services (BODS)
Other areas of expertise: Fiori Implementation, HANA, BW and Finance & Controlling
Full Life Cycle Implementations: 9
Experienced in SAP projects since 2007 with focus on BusinessObjects, Fiori, HANA, BW, Data warehousing, ETL tools and FICO. SAP Business Objects & SAP experience gained within national and International projects within Manufacturing, Branding & logistics Industries. SAP certified SAP FICO Consultant with international project exposure as well as the ability to model & develop HANA, BW / BO related reporting. Excellent communicator with ability to work at all levels of the business.
Functional / Technical:
Worked extensively in leading, developing and implementing report solutions on SAP BusinessObjects XI Release 3.x / 4.2, Crystal Reports 2008/2011 & Enterprise, Web Intelligence, Web Intelligence Desktop, BusinessObjects Universe Designer, Xcelsius / Dashboard Design and Analytics for OLAP/MSOffice, SAP Analytic Design Studio and SAP Roambi
Expertise in designing Universes, migrating to different environments, designing WebI reports and maintaining on BusinessObjects XI R2 3.x / BusinessObjects 4.1
Worked with Crystal Report XIR2/ Enterprise for creating complicated reports. Conducted “Train the Trainer” and end user training
Planning and execution of Integration, Regression and Unit/Mock cutover testing and Data Migration Strategies
Design and execution of legacy to SAP and SAP to SAP Data migration / ETL with go lives in companies within the USA & Asian region
Employment History:
Employer
Address & Phone #
Period of Service
Attune Consulting Inc. (USA)
Attune Lanka (Pvt) Ltd
200 Wheeler Rd,
Burlington MA 01302
Level 9, No: 19,
Dudley Senanayake Mawatha,
Colombo 08
Sri Lanka
04/2007 – 01/2017
InstaSAP
London,
United Kingdom
06/2006 – 07/2006
P&O Nedlloyd Ltd
Maersk House, Braham Street
London
06/1997 – 11/2005
Project Experience:
Customer: MAS Active, Global
Role: Consultant BusinessObjects Data Services
Duration & Environment: 10/2016 – 01/2017. SAP ECC 6.0, BusinessObjects 4.0 SP5
Responsibilities Summary:
Consulting and development of BODS strategy / model and upload templates to be implemented in current cutov
Customer: attune, Global
Role: Lead Consultant BusinessObjects
Duration & Environment: 03/2016 – 06/2016. SAP ECC 6.0, BusinessObjects 4.0 SP5
Responsibilities Summary:
BO expert. Consulting internal development of Performance testing model and testing templates for global implementation in testing strategy to be used in future projects.
Customer: Crocs Inc., Boulder CO, USA
Role: Lead Consultant BO
Duration & Environment: 07/2013 – 12/2015. SAP ECC 6.0, BW 7.3, BusinessObjects 4.1 SP4.
Responsibilities Summary:
Involved from blueprinting to development and delivery. Guiding the client on best practices and selection of appropriate tools for use in implementation. BO Security build and maintenance. BO system tuning and maintenance. Analyze business requirements and outline the proposed solution. Responsible for Business Objects Architecture & Administration. Coordination of onsite and offshore BW and BO consultant, recommendation of BusinessObjects tools to be used for development. Development of Techno-Functional Specifications for report development. Involved in 4 levels of IST (Integrated System Test) prior to “Big Bang” go-live. Involved in User training and documentation.
Customer: Li & Fung, New York, USA
Role: Lead Consultant BusinessObjects
Duration & Environment: 04/2013 – 05/2013. SAP ECC 6.0, BW 7.2, COGNOS 10, BusinessObjects 4.0 SP4
Responsibilities Summary:
Consulting & conducted workshops to understand the current reporting system (COGNOS 10) and prepare and present a POC (Proof of concept) to demonstrated the superior presentation / performance and ease of use of BusinessObjects and its tools
Customer: attune, Sri Lanka & Global
Role: Lead Consultant BusinessObjects
Duration & Environment: 01/2013 – 03/2013. SAP ECC 6.0, BusinessObjects 4.0 SP5
Responsibilities Summary:
BO expert. Consulting internal development of Solution Manager SAP Crystal Reports enterprise, WebI reports and Dashboards for Operational and management reporting, data modeling and customized developments.
Customer: MAS Holdings (Corporate), Sri Lanka & Global
Role: Lead Consultant BusinessObjects
Duration & Environment: 01/2012 – 09/2012. SAP ECC 6.0, BW7.2, BusinessObjects 4.0 SP4
Responsibilities Summary:
Corporate Reporting. Participated in workshops to understand the current system and to model the to-be system for the business process, created required Queries, designed functional specifications for MAS Corporate Dashboard developments, designed and developed the Dashboards, unit testing, integration and User acceptance testing, user training for corporate users / IT and super users, Go-Live & support.
Customer: attune, Sri Lanka & Global
Role: Lead Consultant BusinessObjects
Duration & Environment: 04/2011 – 11/2011. SAP ECC 5.0/6.0, BusinessObjects 3.1/4.0 SP5
Responsibilities Summary:
BO expert. Consulting internal development of Finance, Customer Services and HRDevelopment of related SAP Crystal Reports 2008/2011 and enterprise, WebI Reports and Dashboards for management reporting.Change Request Management, Configuration and Customizing Developments
Customer: Keen Inc., Portland OR, USA
Role: Consultant BusinessObjects
Duration & Environment: 02/2011 – 03/2011. SAP ECC 6.0, BusinessObjects 3.1
Responsibilities Summary:
SAP AFS / BusinessObjects XI 3.1 Implementation of KEEN Inc. Participated in workshops to understand the current system and to model the To-Be system for the business process, Created required Queries and DSO’s (Data Store Objects), designed functional specifications for Custom Dashboard developments, designed and developed the Dashboards, unit testing, integration and User Acceptance Testing, user trainings for Power Users, Go-Live & support.
Customer: Prym Intimates, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong
Role: Consultant BusinessObjects
Duration & Environment: 08/2010 – 10/2010. SAP AFS, BusinessObjects 3.1
Responsibilities Summary:
BO expert. Business requirements gathering, Blueprinting & solution presentation. Conducting build and configurations. Functional / Technical spec design and documentation
Customer: Almod Diamond International, New York, USA
Role: Consultant BusinessObjects
Duration & Environment: 06/2010 – 07/2010. SAP AFS, BusinessObjects 3.1
Responsibilities Summary:
BO expert. Detailed business requirements gathering, blueprinting & solution presentation. Build and configurations, Technical specification design and documentation
Customer: MAS Intimates (Pvt) Ltd, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Role: Associate Consultant FICO
Duration & Environment: 08/2008 – 09/2009. SAP ECC 5.0
Responsibilities Summary:
Re- Configured Organizational Structure to facilitate the Company Merger. Enterprise structure changes. Data migration strategy. Functional specification documentation
Customer: MAS Active (Pvt) Ltd, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Role: Associate Consultant FICO
Duration & Environment: 03/2008 – 06/2008. SAP ECC 3.0B
Responsibilities Summary:
Changed the system in order to bring the organization under FSFE operational model. Configuration changes to enterprise structure. Assisted in Unit testing & integration testing. Assisting in data migration. Post go live support
Customer: Tommy Hilfiger, Amsterdam, Nederland, Cranbury NJ, USA & Canada
Role: Associate Consultant FICO
Duration & Environment: 04/2007 – 03/2008. SAP ECC 3.0B
Responsibilities Summary:
Baseline configuration, Development of Functional Specification. Power user / End User Training. Cutover Program Specifications. Program Testing. Data Migration and Go live support
Customer: InstaSAP, London, United Kingdom
Role: Associate Consultant FICO
Duration & Environment: 06/2006 – 07/2006. SAP ECC AFS 3.0B
Responsibilities Summary:
Power user / End User Training. Cutover process Specifications. Program Testing. Data Migration
Customer: P&O Nedlloyd Ltd., London, United Kingdom
Role: Technical Support Analyst
Duration & Environment: 06/1997 – 11/2005. Oracle
Responsibilities Summary:
Supported on roll out projects in Global Financial management system. Day to day support work.
Education & Certifications:
SAP R/3 Finance & Controlling Certification
SAP BW - (Training Conducted by SAP on BW 7.3)
SAP HANA – (Inhouse traing conducted by attune Consulting)
SAP Fiori – (Training conducted by SAP on SAP Fiori implementation)
HTML5 & UI5 – ( Training conducted by SAP on usage of HTML5 & UI5 in Fiori)
Higher National diploma (National Computing Center - UK)
Diploma in Advanced Programming Techniques (National Computing Center - UK)
MBCS - UK
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