Senior SAP BI Berater Schwerpunkt BI-IP, BW, BW on HANA

1/2013 – 4/2013

Support and Extension of a BI-IP Application for a Chemical Company
- Ticket Handling for a web-based forecasting and planning application
- Evaluation and implementation of CRQs in BI-IP and WAD.
SAP BI-IP, BI 7.0, Web Application Designer (WAD), ABAP

11/2009 – 1/2013

Extension and International Rollout of a Financial Planning Application

Complex redesign of a BPS-based planning application with focus on increased flexibility and performance.
Improvement of ABAP-based backbone functions (derivations, data slices, administration functions) and BPS-based functionality.
Development of BI-IP-based batch jobs for massive data manipulations.
Rollout of the planning application into Regional Companies (Greece, Canada, Italy).

Main tasks:

- Definition and Implementation of Local Data Interfaces
- User Trainings and Workshops
- Hands-on-Development of BPS- and BW-based adjustments to the existing functionality
- Identification of Performance Bottlenecks using Statistics.
SAP BI 3.5 / 7.0, SAP SEM-BPS, SAP BEx, ABAP, BI-IP

6/2008 – 10/2009

Rolling Financial Forecast for a Telecom Company based on BI-7 and BI-IP

Full Redesign and Performance Optimization of a Financial Planning Application based on BI-IP (Integrated Planning): Input queries, planning functions, backbone functionality (exit variables, data slices, process chains …).
Development of data flows, backup scenarios and archiving functions in BI-7 (Transformations, DTPs, DSOs etc.).
Development of ABAP-based extensions to the planning functionality

Main tasks:
- Teamlead of a 3 person team
- Single-point-of-contact for the customer
- BI Architecture and hands-on-implementation
- Performance Analysis using BI statistics
- Go-live-preparation including integration test planning
- Handling of problem tickets in productive application
SAP BI-IP, BI 7.0, ABAP, BEx Analyzer

4/2007 – 6/2008

BI7 Migration, Performance Tuning and Optimization of a global Financial Planning Template. Several International Rollouts.
Performance Analysis and Redesign of all parts of BPS Application.
Technical upgrade to BI7: Intensive test of BW and BPS environment on BI7.
Flexibilization of Planning Application using an ABAP-based variable framework.
Rollout to different European Countries.
Support of Live-Application.

Main Tasks:

- Teamlead of six developers + hands-on implementation
- Development and control of migration plan and test scenarios
- Architecture of a variable framework for BI BPS
- Implementation of BW, BPS and ABAP functionalities
- Development of rollout plans
- Rollout workshops
BW-BPS, BW 3.5, BEx Analyzer, ABAP

12/2005 – 3/2007

Development of a global template for financial planning and forecasting of Regional Companies:
Fully integrated Headcount-, Volume-, P&L-, Balance Sheet planning with Cash Flow Derivations, including Cost Center Allocations.
Full Lifecycle, from Coaching the business and technical blueprint to data modeling, BPS system implementation and go-live support.

Main Tasks:
- Teamlead for 4 to 12 consultants
- Full Project Management
- Architecture of BW and BPS application
- Hands-on-Implementations in BW, BPS and ABAP
BW 3.5, BW-BPS, ABAP, BEx, APD

7/2005 – 9/2005

Design and Implementation of a cost center allocations functionality implemented both with BPS standard functionalities (distributions, allocations and FOX) and ABAP.

Main Tasks:
- Teamlead for 3 consultants
- Architecture of BW and BPS application
- Hands-on-Implementations in BW, BPS and ABAP
BW BPS, ABAP.

10/2003 – 5/2005

Implementation of an integrated planning application for volume, headcount, P&L and balance sheet planning.
Full Lifecycle, from Coaching the business and technical blueprint to data modelling, BPS system implementation and go-live support.

Main tasks:
- Project Manager (4 consultants)
- BW and BPS Architecture design and implementation
BW-BPS, BEx, ABAP