Nilesh Patel

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Objectives

To excel in business process consulting and apply my SAP Security, Authorization, GRC 12.1 & Management skills to various project environments, enabling effective contribution and thus establish myself as a capable SAP Security Expert.

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

I have Total 20 years of IT experience out of which 14+ years in SAP Environment as a GRC Security. My experience comprises of SAP GRC/Security implementation. I also have hands on experience of various SAP Netweaver components like BI/BOBJ/PI/BPC, cloud solution. Proficient in functionally implementing and technically configuring SAP GRC Access Controls 10.0/10.1/12.0 modules such as ARA, ARM, EAM and BRM tools.

Experience

SAP Security Manager, Saint Gobain

Nov. 2019 – Present

As a Manager in SAP Authorization team, build and nurture positive working relationships with teams and clients with the intention to exceed client expectations.

Decision making with engagement management and seek to understand the broader impact of current decisions

Lead engagement planning, economics, and billing

Manage relationships with clients with the intention to exceed client expectations by constantly challenging the status quo

Assist client in identifying and evaluating business opportunities in SAP & HANA controls, GRC and Security, lead proposals/RFPs/RFIs, demo, POCs

Liaise with key client stakeholders to build strong relationship and identify new opportunities

Propose & implement tailored solutions for SAP GRC, HANA Security and HANA Controls

Act as a functional/technical lead within the project and help drive the project successfully (solution design, build, test, cutover and Go Live support)

Lead client discussions during design/blueprint phase to build implementation strategy & design tailored solutions for clients

Design & implement risk and controls framework in line with clients business processes

Focus on resolving client issues/challenges through innovative solutions

Follow communication protocols for reporting project status, risks and mitigation plan within the project

Act as a leader for junior team members and continuously help them with functional/technical queries & project activities

Lead POC build for client presentation and contribute with approach notes, RFI/RFP participation, whitepapers, asset build within Deloitte

Follow standard protocols for creating documents as per client requirements

Collaborate across teams to deliver effectively

Sr. SAP Consultant, Capgemini.

Jan. 2014 – Nov.2019

Project : BD GRC Upgrade, Manchester Airport Group (UK), Yorkshire Water (UK), CCEP – Coke Iberia

Multiple SAP GRC 10 Implementation project starting from Ramp Up version till SP11.

Closely worked with Business Process Owners, Senior Management and Audit team in defining the various functions and risks in the systems.

Worked with internal audit / Business process Owners for GRC Rule set customization & performed accuracy checks for ARA rule set validation.

Performed business process analysis, security design, and segregation of duties analysis using GRC 10 ARA.

Collaborated with Business Process Owners and Senior Management on mitigation/remediation of SOD conflicts.

Implementation exposure and good understanding of MSMP Workflows and BRF+ rules.

Configured multiple workflows for access requests and for role management.

Defined Various role methodologies in BRM as per the requirement,

Worked with application teams for the design, implementation and maintenance of SAP roles and authorization, utilizing GRC.

Worked extensively on Analyzing and Solving production problems as part of SAP security team.

Created/ Maintained roles and assigning them to users as per the requirement on BOBJ 3.5 integration to BI 7.3 2

Sr. SAP Consultant, Accenture

May. 2011 – Nov. 2013

Project : SATORP (Saudi Arabia), Eskom (South Africa), Anglo Gold Ashanti (South Africa)

Multiple SAP GRC 10 Implementation project starting from Ramp Up version till SP11.

Closely worked with Business Process Owners, Senior Management and Audit team in defining the various functions and risks in the systems.

Worked with internal audit / Business process Owners for GRC Rule set customization & performed accuracy checks for ARA rule set validation.

Performed business process analysis, security design, and segregation of duties analysis using GRC 10 ARA.

Collaborated with Business Process Owners and Senior Management on mitigation/remediation of SOD conflicts.

Implementation exposure and good understanding of MSMP Workflows and BRF+ rules.

Configured multiple workflows for access requests and for role management.

Defined Various role methodologies in BRM as per the requirement,

Worked with application teams for the design, implementation and maintenance of SAP roles and authorization, utilizing GRC.

Worked extensively on Analyzing and Solving production problems as part of SAP security team. SAP Consultant, Capgemini

Jan. 2009 – Apr. 2011

Project: Becton & Dickinson Role Design

Created/ Maintained single, composite and derived roles and assigning them to users as per the requirement

Scheduled background jobs for time to time data synchronizations, Rule generation and Alert log generation

Maintained the missing authorizations, open authorization fields and organizational values.

Updated SU24 for transaction codes by maintaining the authorization objects

User creation and administration like modifying the user profiles based on requirement lock/ unlock the user ID etc.

Creating reporting authorization object and implementing info object level security for BW

Worked extensively on Analyzing and Solving production problems as part of SAP security team.

Good knowledge on user information system (SUIM).

Extensively worked on USR* and AGR* tables

Team Lead, Tata Consultancy Services

Sep. 2007 – Jan. 2009

Project: AP Moller Group, SAP FACT OMADA

User creation and administration like lock/ unlock the user ID, modifying the profiles based on requirement with FACT Omada Tool.

Creating and maintaining single, composite and derived roles and assigning roles to users.

Maintaining the missing authorizations, open authorization fields and organizational values.

Updating SU24 for maintaining the transaction codes by adding authorization objects

Creating reporting authorization object and implementing info object level security for BW

Maintaining authorizations for data targets for reporting users

Performed user comparison using PFCG, PFUD and also by running PFCG_TIME_DEPENDENCY job. IT Analyst, TechMahindra LTD

Mar. 2006 – Jul. 2007

Project : SAP Role Based Access Control (Mahindra & Mahindra)

User creation and administration like lock/ unlock the user ID, modifying the profiles based on requirement with FACT Omada Tool.

Creating and maintaining single, composite and derived roles and assigning roles to users.

Maintaining the missing authorizations, open authorization fields and organizational values.

Updating SU24 for maintaining the transaction codes by adding authorization objects

Performed authorization trace using ST01 for the issues related to the authorization issue.

Creating reporting authorization object and implementing info object level security for BW

Maintaining authorizations for data targets for reporting users

Performed user comparison using PFCG, PFUD and also by running PFCG_TIME_DEPENDENCY job. Education

Mumbai University, B. Com.

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