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Letztes Update: 21.04.2025

SAP Analytics & Planning Expert with 14+ Years of Global Experience

Abschluss: B.Soc.Sc. Money, Banking & Finance (University of Birmingham, UK)
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Sprachkenntnisse: Deutsch (verhandlungssicher) | Englisch (Muttersprache)

Schlagwörter

SAP Applications SAP Netweaver Business Intelligence Sap Hana ABAP Data Analysis Beratung VBA Programming Language SAP Cloud Steuerung Verwaltungstätigkeiten + 27 weitere Schlagwörter anzeigen

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Skills

Professional Summary
  • A passionate and accomplished SAP analytics & planning expert of 14+ years, with experience in global companies such as Volkswagen (Cariad), Deloitte Consulting, BP, Bayer, Barclays Capital and Delivery Hero.
  • Expertise in technologies such as SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), S/4HANA, BW/4HANA, BPC and Business Objects.
  • Global implementations, Big 4 consultancy & in-house experience, project management (waterfall & agile).
  • Experience as architect, technical project lead, consultant/developer through to SAP analytics & planning team lead.
  • Equally adept at hands-on back-end and front-end topics in addition to strategy, solution architecture and governance consulting & advisory work.
  • Multiple full project lifecycles: requirement gathering and prioritization, planning and estimation, leading distributed teams, design, development, unit and integration testing, architectural review, go-live, post go-live support.
  • Significant experience of S/4HANA and BW/4HANA authorization concepts, from design to implementation.
  • Expertise in greenfield implementations of S/4HANA analytics, BW and SAC.
  • Experience in hosting SAC client end-user training and internal BW training courses for consultants.
  • An avid follower of SAP technology trends, news and updates via blogs, webinars and the occasional SAP roundtable.

Core SAP Skills
  • SAP Analytics Cloud
    • Setup, licensing, infrastructure, administration, security, training to business, governance & data LCM.
    • Dashboarding & planning - live & import models, in & outbound S/4 & BW integration, SAC Add-in for MS Office.
  • S/4HANA on Premise 1809 - 2023
    • Embedded Analytics – from entire architecture/concept/approach through to implementation.
    • ABAP CDS Views (reporting & extraction) + BW queries on ODP Transient Providers.
    • ODQ data extraction framework, SAP Fiori.
  • BW (up to BW/4HANA 2.0)
    • All aspects of data modeling & ETL from SAP & non-SAP sources w. SAPI/ODP and ABAP CDS based DataSources.
    • Complex query design in BEx & Analysis for Office, advanced Excel VBA, RRI query jumps.
    • Source system setup, process chains, performance tuning, statistics, administration, transport management.
    • ABAP / ABAP Objects - Customer Exit Variables, Transformation routines and debugging.  
  • BPC Embedded 11.x & BW-IP (BPC Embedded)
    • Planning Functions/Sequences, Aggregation Levels, FOX, planning enabled queries, planning workbooks w. VBA.
  • Business Objects
    • Lumira Designer (up to 2.3) including complex scripting / CSS and Grophomate add-in (IBCS).
    • Extensive reporting & planning experience with Analysis for Office including VBA.
  • SAP Authorizations & Security
    • PFCG roles + custom authorization objects.
    • BW Analysis Authorizations & ABAP CDS Access Control / DCL (cube and dimensions).
  • Native HANA Modeling (PoC) - basic Attribute, Analytic and Calculation Views.

Projekthistorie

09/2021 - bis jetzt
SAC Architect (Freelance)
Gropyus Technologies

S/4HANA 2023, SAC, Analysis for Office, SAC Add-in for MS Office, Fiori. Greenfield S/4 Embedded Analytics, SAC reporting & planning implementation. Integrated financial planning and management reporting; liquidity forecasting via SAP Cash Management.

12/2022 - 09/2024
SAC Architect (Freelance)
Cariad SE (VW Group)

S/4HANA 2022, BW/4HANA 2.0, SAC. Bluefield S/4HANA & Greenfield BW/4HANA & SAC Implementations. Corporate planning application in SAC (financials and headcount). SAC reporting & planning architect, advising implementation partner and functional owners.

09/2021 - 03/2022
Interim SAP Analytics Manager (Freelance)
Delivery Hero

S/4HANA 1909, BW/4HANA, SAC, Analysis for Office, Lumira Designer. Part-time interim manager. Resource planning, coordination and sprint support. S/4HANA and BW/4HANA architecture reviews and advisory work.

09/2021 - 10/2021
SAP BI/BW Consultant (Freelance)
Kiwi Property

BW 7.5 on Hana, ECC, Analysis for Office. Financial Reporting (GL, AR) Support. Implementation and testing of BW solutions, including ABAP transformations and appends to SAPI DataSources.

02/2019 - 09/2021
SAP Analytics & Planning Lead (In-house)
Delivery Hero

S/4HANA 1809 + 1909, BW/4HANA 1.0 – 2.0, BPC Embedded 11, SAC, Analysis for Office, Lumira Designer 2.1 – 2.3. Analytics & planning lead/manager - overseeing a team of up to 14 in-house consultants and 5+ external team members delivering solutions across multiple LOBs.

12/2017 - 02/2019
Senior SAP Analytics Consultant (In-house)
Delivery Hero

S/4HANA 1809 + 1909, BW/4HANA 1.0, BPC Embedded 11, SAC, Analysis for Office, Lumira Designer 2.1 – 2.3. Set up of new BW/4HANA system including connections with S/4HANA. Responsible for setting up Business Objects administration, security and licensing.

04/2017 - 11/2017
SAP BI/BW/BPC Consultant (Freelance)
Berlinovo

BW 7.5 on HANA, BPC Embedded, Analysis for Office. P&L, Balance Sheet Planning & Reporting. BW configuration (aDSOs, Composite Providers, Transformations, InfoSources, DTPs, Process Chains ++). BW-IP configuration (Planning Functions, Sequences, Aggregate Levels ++).

05/2006 - 01/2008
SAP BI/BW Consultant (Freelance)
BP International

BW 7.0, BEx Analyzer. Bespoke Financial Reporting Implementations (templates for different business areas). Requirements gathering & business analysis, BW blueprinting, data model design / prototyping. BW configuration and reporting development in BEx.

08/2005 - 05/2006
SAP BI/BW Consultant (Freelance)
Barclays Capital

BW 3.5, BEx Analyzer, Web Application Designer (WAD). Bespoke Global HR, Sales & Finance Reporting Implementations. Requirements gathering & business analysis, BW blueprinting, data model design / prototyping. BW configuration and complex time dependent reporting.

11/2003 - 08/2005
SAP BI/BW Consultant (Deloitte Consulting)
BP International

BW 3.5, BPS, EC-CS, BEx Analyzer. Consolidation Reporting & Planning Implementation. BW documentation, configuration & process. Extensive reporting development in BEx (1000+ users), testing, Transport Management, BW performance tuning.

01/2002 - 11/2003
SAP BI/BW Consultant (Deloitte Consulting)
Royal Mail

BW 3.0, BPS, BEx Analyzer. Bespoke Costing Implementation. BW documentation, configuration & process. Event scheduling, advanced data manipulation in Excel. Unit testing and integration testing. Technical training and extended support.

07/2001 - 01/2002
SAP Support/Analyst (Deloitte Consulting)
Bayer

Technical and admin support in the areas of SAP customizing at Bayer. Extensive use of Lotus Notes, MS Excel, MS Access and VBA. Development of knowledge surrounding SAP Basis and the Change & Transport System (CTS).

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