sankar gopal_business intelligence_reporting_analyst

Sankaranarayanan GFort Lauderdale,FL 33069

Email : [email protected] Mobile: (215)-582-2192 _________________________________________________________________________ PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Accomplished Senior IT professional with a background in business intelligence, reporting systems, Callidus (Incentive Compensation Management), software design and full life-cycle development. Capable of managing numerous projects while leading cross-functional teams to meet and exceed overall IT initiatives. Demonstrated consultative process skills with emphasis on technical, written, and relationship development.

Top technologies:

Business Objects Enterprise Reporting (Web Intelligence, Xcelsius, Crystal Reports) Oracle PL/SQL Callidus – Incentive Compensation Management

Highlights of Skills

Business Intelligence Data Warehousing Reporting System Architecture Process Improvement Process Implementation Team Leadership and Effectiveness Software Design & Development

Summary

Over 8+ years of experience in Business Intelligence using SAP Business Objects XI-R3.1 with Info view, Web Intelligence, Data Integrator & Quality, Webi Rich Client, Desktop Intelligence, Crystal Reports XI/X11/2008, Xcelsius 4.5/2008, Central Management Console (CMC), Central Management Server (CMS), , Publishing Wizard, Import Wizard and Report Conversion Tool.

Strong Knowledge and Experience in SAP Business Objects tools & Crystal Reports

Extensive knowledge in Oracle SQL, PL/SQL programming and trouble shooting Excellent experience in designing Business Objects universes, complex BO

reports both full client and Web Intelligence Reports.

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Created reports from multiple sources & functionalities like slice & dice, drill down in Crystal Reports.

Good Knowledge of Data Warehouse Concepts including Schemas and Data Modeling.

Complete Software Development Life Cycle experience including requirements gathering, analysis/design, development and testing.

Extensive Knowledge about Incentive Compensation Management using Callidus On-Premise / On-Demand Model

Good Knowledge/Hands-on experience on Rule Writing/System Configuration in Callidus True Comp

Extensive Business Knowledge and Hands-on experience on Payment Reconciliation for 1500 reps. This task alone audits payouts worth $10 million plus approx.

Technical architect for 3 of the major implementations at Citrix Excellent communication, interpersonal, training, analytical and technical

skills.

Years of Experience Total IT Experience(Accenture) 8.6 Years Crystal Reports/Business Objects 7+ Years Oracle PL/SQL 7+ Years Callidus True Comp/Reporting 7+ Years

Technical Skills

BI Tools: SAP Business Objects XI 3.1, R1/R2 6.5.x,Crystal Report X1/X11 2008,Xcelcius 4.5/2008, Info view, CMC, Desktop Intelligence XI, Full Client, Web IntelligenceETL Tools: Informatica (ETL) Platforms: Windows (all flavors) Databases: Oracle 10g/11g, Languages: SQL, PL/ SQLCertifications: Actuate,Callidus Reporting and TrueComp Functional Skills

Performed Payment Reconciliation for 2 Geographies at Citrix - audits payouts worth $10 million plus approx.

Reporting Practitioner

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Clients worked with

Citrix ,FL Apr 2014 to PresentComcast ,PA Sep 2011 – Mar 2014Comcel, Columbia 5 MonthsRogers, Canada 1 MonthComcast R3 Release 10 MonthsSanofi Aventis, France 10 MonthsCarefirst,MD 10 MonthsWellPoint 6 MonthsBCBS -FL 9 months

Profile

Sankar is currently a fulltime Employee of Accenture based out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida with overall IT experience of 8.5 Years. He has been involved in all stages of software delivery life cycle playing major roles in design, development, testing and production support efforts with project experience across industries, most notably in Incentive Compensation sector. He has taken ownership and developed tangible skills in multiple areas of data pipeline including data integration, compensation calculation and Reporting.

Areas of strength - Enterprise report development, an area in which he has been involved in multiple engagements using BO/Crystal. His total SAP experience is more than 7 years.

Sankar has a vast knowledge in Reporting (Crystal/Business Objects), Oracle PL/SQL and Callidus applications. Managing a Team of 5 People at Offshore provided the required counseling in Reporting and Callidus on Demand

Sankar has established himself as an expert or key contributor for Crystal Reports 2008/BO X1/Oracle/Callidus on-Premise/On-Demand applications

Sankar has led BI teams in various projects and has excellent communication and leadership skills.

Results oriented, self-starter with a track record of high performance. Proven, strong technical background with excellent oral and written communication skills.

Experience in interacting with business users to analyze the business process and transforming requirements into screens, designing database, documenting and rolling out the deliverables

Experience/Project Work

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Assignment: Citrix – Fort Lauderdale, FLProject Description/Scope: Reporting and Callidus Application MaintenanceRole: Reporting and AM Lead Duration: 20+ months (Apr 2014 – Present)Responsibilities/Deliverables:

Sankar’s role is Reporting Practitioner and an AM Lead. Overall responsibilities include:

Manage Reporting – User and Admin group Complete understanding of the Business Requirements/Functionalities interacting

with the Client Team. Post Reports Deployment Fixes and Support Suggest Improvements on Citrix Reporting Space Develop Functional and Technical design specifications for any Adhoc Reports Managing and counsel Offshore Team Develop and deliver code with minimal defects including reports, SQL procedures

and scripts. Peer Review Onshore/Offshore Deliverables end to end. Fix defects and unit test the same within the break-fix cycle. Ensure Code/Report

Migration process from one environment to another with the supporting Test Results validations.

Enhance knowledge in ICOMP practice and functionalities AO/AM Lead Perform Payment Reconciliation This task alone audits payouts worth $10 million

plus approx Suggest Improvements in process for AM/AO Activities Position Hierarchy Implementation Solutioning

Crucial Items:

Designed, architected and implemented the solution for Position Hierarchy project Phase 1 and 2

Automated/Designed and Implemented Prior Period Reporting Redesigned Commission Statement for the Reps Performed Payment Reconciliation Automated Circle of Excellence Report which involved Quota Blending Performance Tuning of Exiting and New Reports Automated Position Hierarchy Template which is currently used by the Accenture,

Citrix as well as Teams from Geo Sales Ops.

Reusable Assets:

Designed and Implemented Prior Period Reporting which was a Grey Area to the Reps on their Commission Statement

Prior Period Report also helped the Internal Team in saving significant time in analyzing the variances whenever a Prior period or a Pay Period is run.

Other highlights from day-to-day activities:

SME in reporting Mentoring/Coaching

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Issue based problem solving and resolution.

Assignment: Comcast - Philadelphia, PAProject Description/Scope: SAP BI Implementation – Release 3 and Release 5/5.5Role: Tech Lead Duration: 24+ months (Sep 2011 – Mar 2014)Responsibilities/Deliverables:

Sankar’s role is a Tech Lead for the BI Technical Reporting team .He is working on Reporting related BI work. Overall responsibilities include:

Work with the Onsite team and IDC to understand the current system and compensation functionality involved in Comcast R5.

Complete understanding of the Business Requirements/Functionalities interacting with the Client Team.

Develop Technical design specifications for the reports. Transitioning knowledge to the Offshore Team

Acted as a liaison in Coordinating the offshore Team in getting the deliverables on par with the schedule.

Develop and deliver code with minimal defects including reports, SQL procedures and scripts.

Peer Review Onshore/Offshore Deliverables end to end. Fix defects and unit test the same within the break-fix cycle .Ensure Code/Report

Migration process from one environment to another with the supporting Test Results validations.

Enhance knowledge in ICOMP practice and functionalities Helped the off – shore team in understanding business requirements Created Mock ups for 2014 Plan Changes for Business Services

Crucial Items:

Provided very quick turnaround on the Showstopper Reporting Defects especially on 2013/2014 plan changes

Reusable Assets:

Developed Process/Scripts that helps in validating the Payments which is a very critical turnaround and is supposed to involve more resource and now the efforts have been reduces by 50%.

Process/Document to track code dependency, helped reduce lot of re-works for Migration team.

Process/Document/Template has created, which will be used as a base template for others, it helped to maintain consistence and reduced build effort.

Other highlights from day-to-day activities:

Gained more confidence from client team (Processing team), involved in design discussion.

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Effectively handling / coordinating with off-shore team. Peer Reviewing the Code. Product was always delivered on time.

Operates independently with less dependency from supervisor, and deliver high results.

Assignment: Comcel, ColombiaProject Description/Scope: SAP BI Implementation Role: Subject Matter Advisor Duration: 5 months Responsibilities/Deliverables:

Sankar supported the Offshore Reporting with the following Activities

Gained more confidence from client team (Processing team), involved in design discussion.

Knowledge transitioned on the Datamart ETL concepts. Writing Stored Procedures Report Development End to End Unit testing Datamart Execution Issues - Coordinated with Callidus to resolve the issue.

Assignment: Rogers, CanadaProject Description/Scope: SAP BI Implementation Role: Subject Matter Advisor Duration: 1 month Responsibilities/Deliverables:

Sankar Led the Offshore Reporting Team for a Month playing the Role of a SME. He was responsible for

Peer Reviewing the deliverables Management Related Activities- Sending Status Emails, Defect status to the Leads Cleaning up of Stored Procedures Report Testing End to End.

Assignment: Comcast Callidus Release 3Project Description/Scope: SAP BI Implementation Role: Reporting Lead Duration: 10 monthsResponsibilities/Deliverables:

Sankar Led the Offshore Reporting Team and was responsible for

Developed Stored Procedures for all the 12 offshore assigned Reports for Release 3.

Individually developed 7 reports using Crystal as the reporting Tool.o Implemented Dynamic hierarchy Stored Procedure which establishes the relationship between Managers and Reps.

Implemented Books for all the reports. Handled Operational issues. Was awarded the Star of the Week for the following factors :

Has crisp and precise details for the task on hand

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Proactive in providing resolutions to issues and has a keen eye on the quality deliverable

Very supportive on issues and shoulders well with the team to resolve issues

Implemented Dynamic Hierarchy

Assignment: Sanofi-Aventis, FranceProject Description/Scope: SAP BI Implementation Role: Reporting Lead Duration: 10 monthsResponsibilities/Deliverables:

Sankar Led the Offshore Reporting Team and was

Individually involved in the project during the Initial requirement phase majorly on the Reporting Side.

Developed tangible skills on crystal reports, a new technology and developed 5 reports and prepared the High and Low Level Design Documents.

Took ownership and developed tangible skills in multiple areas of data pipeline including Data Integration, Compensation Calculation and Reporting. Area of strength - Enterprise Report development, an area in which he has involved in this engagement using Crystal Reports.

Was the star of the Month Feb 2010.

Assignment: CareFirst, MaryLandProject Description/Scope: SAP BI Implementation Role: True Comp Tester Duration: 10 monthsResponsibilities/Deliverables:

Sankar Led the Offshore Reporting Team and was

Played the role of True Comp Tester. Sankar initially started off with the learning of Facets and performed end to end testing for the same independently. Worked directly with the end client and got a sign off for UAT for release 1.0.13.

As a member of the testing team performed System Testing, UAT Testing and Regression Testing for nearly 4 releases.

Have also performed Production Support on a rotation basis.

Certifications:

Completed Actuate 10 Completed an internal Health Care Certifications during my tenure in

CareFirst. Facets

Assignment: WellPoint – ICM,USProject Description/Scope: SAP BI Implementation Role: Report Developer - Actuate Duration: 6 monthsResponsibilities/Deliverables:

Sankar was a part of the Reporting team of 9

Worked directly with Reporting Lead on compensation statement implementation for all internal and external brokers for the company's central region of sales.

Involved in requirements analysis, design, development, testing (including unit testing, system integration testing and user acceptance testing), deployment and support of solution.

Member of Production support team, with responsibilities including report fixes / enhancements, Data Change Request execution, and other lights-on activities.

Facilitated successful transition of reporting responsibilities to client upon completion of support role with formal presentations involving client subject matter experts, future support team and project management.

Assignment: BCBS - FL IC Management, Florida2 Project Description/Scope: SAP BI Implementation Role: Developer Duration: 9 monthsResponsibilities/Deliverables:

Sankar was a newcomer to the project direct from Greenfield training

Self-Development / Complete training programs effectively. Develop technical/industry specialty

Actuate 7 - Created New Reports for many Releases and worked on its back end SQL to incorporate the data into the Report. Worked on many report critical issues and provided fixes

Informatica Power Center 7.1 ETL -- Involved in ETL developing and Creating the mappings and transformations using Informatica.

True Comp Callidus – Sankar worked extensively on True Comp during Production Support and created new deposits and have a good knowledge on creating rules and plans in True Comp.

Production Support – Sankar has simultaneously taken the ownership of Production Support apart from Reporting in the Project for close to 1 year, delivering Reports, Payout Spread Sheets, Monthly Tasks and Post Processing Tasks.

Mercury Quality Center – Sankar has worked on the Test Data Preparation for 3 releases and have a good knowledge about the Tool (Creating Test Rules, Test Scenarios, Test Plans)

EDUCATION & Certification

Education

Bachelor of Engineering Honors on Electronics and Instrumentation from BITS PILANI, India

Certified in of 9

Actuate 10 True Comp Fundamentals 5.x Exam – A Callidus Reporting - CRS 5.x Section I Exam

Citizenship: Citizen of India

Mobility: Can travel anywhere In the US of America

Languages: Fluent in English (Reading, Writing and Speaking) /Tamil

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