Harsha Gunjikar
Bengaluru
Summary
Dynamic professional with 7+ years of experience at leading firms, including PricewaterhouseCoopers and Accenture, specializing in SAP GRC Access Control and user management. Proven track record in executing successful GRC audits, greenfield, and brownfield implementations, and system upgrades. Experienced in managing teams of 15+ members, fostering team development, and driving cross-functional collaboration. Adept at risk analysis and compliance management, ensuring operational integrity and regulatory alignment across complex IT environments.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Assistant Manager
PricewaterhouseCoopers(PwC)
Bengaluru
12.2022 - 03.2025
- Performed and managed a brownfield implementation in Dubai for a leading industrial technology company, overseeing system upgrades, role redesign, and seamless integration within the existing infrastructure.
- Assisted in a GRC greenfield implementation for a global IT services provider by supporting end-to-end solution design, process mapping, workflow configuration, and cross-functional collaboration for successful deployment.
- Executed an end-to-end GRC audit for a major energy client, covering risk assessment, control evaluation, and compliance reporting to ensure regulatory alignment and operational integrity.
- Executed and led an ITGC (IT General Controls) project for a leading retail and consumer goods company, overseeing control assessments across IT operations, access management, and change management to ensure audit compliance and regulatory readiness.
- Led the ITGC and ITAC project for a global steel and mining leader, managing control assessments across IT operations and application controls to ensure compliance, and strengthen risk management.
- Provided guidance and support to junior staff members on daily tasks, projects, and objectives.
- Organized training sessions for new hires to familiarize them with the workplace environment.
- Supervised daily operations including scheduling shifts, assigning duties.
- Conducted regular performance reviews for employees to identify areas of improvement.
- Held regular one-on-one meetings with employees to review performance and priorities and provide feedback.
APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT ANALYST
Accenture
Bengaluru
08.2020 - 07.2021
- Worked on Access Control components (ARA, ARM, BRM & EAM).
- GRC Segregation of Duties such as Risk & Rule set maintenance, Risk Remediation and Mitigation.
- Experience in GRC 10.1 and 12.0.
- Assisted in the GRC 12.0 upgrade.
- Responsible for the security aspect of the Hospira system.
- Experience in user creation, role assignment, role deletion, providing access to users using SU53 screenshots and provisioning reports.
- Creation and modification of roles for the S/4 Hana pre work.
- Coordinated between the client and the testing team for requirement gathering.
- Monthly MDG monitoring activity. Sync child system roles(PB1) with IDM to ensure clean Audit.
- Monthly Post PXED activity. Sync all production child system roles with IDM and resolve connector role issue in IDM.
- Remove blocked users from SAP service marketplace.
APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE
Accenture
Bengaluru
03.2018 - 07.2020
- User Administration through CUA and IDM.
- Role Administration using Profile Generator.
- Troubleshooting authorization issues.
- Gained a strong grasp of Security related Tables and Authentication concepts.
Education
B.TECH. - COMPUTER SCiENCE AND ENGiNEERiNG
Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering
Bengaluru, India06.2017
Skills
- User and Role Management (ID creation, role design, authorization concepts)
- SAP Fiori Security and Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
- SAP Security Monitoring and Compliance
- Access Request Management and Workflow Automation
- SAP Single Sign-On (SSO) and Identity Management
- SAP Marketplace & OSS Notes for issue resolution
- SAP GRC Access Control (AC) — User Access Reviews, Risk Analysis, Emergency Access Management (EAM)
- Process Control and Risk Management modules
- Policy and Compliance Management
- GRC Workflow Configuration and Testing
- Segregation of Duties (SoD) Analysis and Mitigation
- SAP Business Intelligence (BI) and Business Objects Reporting
- RFCs (Remote Function Calls) and Access Request Interfaces
- Test Case and Script Preparation for Security and GRC Audits
- Service Management Tools (eg, HPSC) for Incident and Change Management
Tools And Skills
Security aspects of applications like SAP Business Intelligence & Business Objects (BOBJ)., Ticketing Tools (Incident Management) such as HPSC, Service Manager & Service-Now., ALM QC application, creation of test scripts & test cases, etc., Customized tool developed by the Client (Access Request Interface) which is a complete automated tool for access setup in SAP Systems., Created and managed RFCs for monthly release changes., Coordinated with clients in obtaining role build requirements., Supported Deployment activity by mass role creation & maintenance., Designed and built SAP security monitoring mechanisms., SAP Marketplace support and experience in all security activities in that area (OSS connection, ID creation, etc)., Experienced in troubleshooting issues related to BI security and fair knowledge on the security setup in that area (Info-area, Info-cube & Query) & Analysis authorization concepts., Basic knowledge in SAP Fiori Security & worked with the development team in moving the changes (Catalogs, Tiles, Groups & Roles).
Accomplishments
- Client impact Award
- Leadership Award
- Spot Award
- Employee of the month awards for 10 months out of 12
Timeline
Assistant Manager
PricewaterhouseCoopers(PwC)
12.2022 - 03.2025
APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT ANALYST
Accenture
08.2020 - 07.2021
APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE
Accenture
03.2018 - 07.2020
B.TECH. - COMPUTER SCiENCE AND ENGiNEERiNG
Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering
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