JIRA- ATLASSIAN
Hemant Palav
Mumbai,MH
Summary
Dynamic SAP professional with a proven track record at MAERSK Global Service Center, enhancing product performance through meticulous SAP Release and Test Management. Leveraged SAP FICO and PSCD knowledge to drive defect resolution, showcasing exceptional analytical and leadership skills. Achieved significant quality improvements, demonstrating a keen eye for detail and a commitment to excellence.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Quality Engineer
MAERSK Global Service Center
Mumbai
06.2023 - Current
- Conducted system integration tests, user acceptance tests, and regression tests by working closely with engineering managers and product platform owners to validate functionality as per their expectations.
- Developed test plans, strategies, and schedules for the releases and S/4 HANA Upgrade Programs.
- Coordinated with developers, testers, project managers, and other stakeholders throughout the entire release and upgrade testing life cycle.
- Implemented best practices for requirement management using JIRA, and defect management through SAP Focused Build Tool.
- Performed root cause analysis on defects in order to identify underlying problems and recommend solutions accordingly.
- Partnered with cross-functional, technical work streams to elevate overall product performance.
- Reviewed the testing deliverables to ensure they meet quality standards, and collaborated with product owners to define test exit criteria for releases.
- Monitored the progress of the release and provided regular updates to key stakeholders through the comprehensive Test Progress Report.
- Compiled and reviewed integration, automation, and performance testing roadmaps to maintain compliance with organizational and regulatory objectives.
- Reduced the Test defects rate by 40% with effective collaboration with project stakeholders
- Managed multiple concurrent projects while ensuring timely delivery of high-quality results.
- Provided technical guidance and support to team members on all aspects of manual and automated testing activities.
- Identified areas in need of improvement, and evaluated new technologies and tools that could improve the overall efficiency of the testing process.
- Maintained up-to-date knowledge of industry trends related to software testing processes.
- Documented lessons learned from past releases in order to improve future efforts.
SAP Test Manager
QUALITEST Group
Bangalore
04.2022 - 06.2023
- Prepare a test strategy for the release project and enhancements.
- Supervised the strategy and planned regression testing.
- Worked with Agile and Scrum methodologies to accomplish project and test milestones, and meet demanding timelines.
- Created and optimized automated testing scripts for repetitive regression test tasks.
- Documented, triaged, and managed defects in the SAP solution, and worked with developers to facilitate timely resolutions.
- Worked with U.S. on-site teams to complete timely tests and facilitate smooth product releases.
SAP PSCD- TRM Test Lead
HMRC-Capgemini
Mumbai
10.2019 - 04.2022
- Developed test plans according to the yearly release roadmap for UK tax regimes.
- I analyzed the functional and technical specification documents to create release-specific test plans, cases, and scripts.
- Developed automated tests using the building block approach with the TOSCA tool.
- Conducted system tests and system integration tests to identify compatibility issues between components in complex systems.
- Monitored the defect reported by automation and manual testers, and drove through defect triage discussions with the ABAP and functional teams.
SAP PSCD Functional Consultant
HMRC-Capgemini
Worthing
01.2018 - 10.2019
- Involved in the Discovery Workshop and requirement phases of the new Tax Regime Project.
- Provide support and assistance to business units in the PSCD scope.
- Develop detailed functional specifications that can be utilized by ABAP developers to perform programming and BRF+ table maintenance.
- Assisting the security team in defining user roles as per the TRM business process.
- Involved in form layout testing as per BRF (Business Rule Frameworks) rules and TSDs.
- Define SAP screen personas according to user roles for the tax regime.
SAP FICO Consultant
INMARSAT-Capgemini
Mumbai
01.2017 - 12.2017
- Worked on the creation of functional specifications for Finance Z reports.
- Participated in development testing for enhancement.
- Understand FSDs and TSDs of the FI Business Process.
- Involved in development testing for enhancements.
- Understand FSDs and TSDs of the FI Business Process.
- Involved in development, testing, and enhancement.
- Responsible for SIT defect resolution.
- Involved in the Go-live phase and provided functional support.
SAP FUNCTIONAL LEAD
CENTRICA-Capgemini
Mumbai
05.2016 - 12.2016
- Participated in SPAU SPDD activities as Functional Lead.
- Facilitate the basis team to apply SAP notes during the upgrade.
- Responsible for unit testing post-technical migration.
- Involved in the integration test phase, defect resolution, and overall management.
- Support UAT, end user, defect resolution, and defect management and reporting.
- Involved in Hypercare support, resolving live issues post go-live.
SAP FICO TEST LEAD
GROLSCH-Capgemini
Enschede
10.2015 - 06.2016
- Involved in the testing phases (SIT and UAT), roll out.
- Leading the FICO and PS test (CG) team, which consists of six resources, in the integration (SIT) test phase.
- Involved in pre-testing activities, test script execution, reporting, and defect management.
- Helped business users and outsourced users understand the newly introduced business process to perform testing and understand business roles.
SAP FUNCTIONAL LEAD
BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL-CAPGEMINI
BIRMINGHAM
06.2015 - 05.2016
- Involved in the discovery phases with clients and business users.
- Understand business processes from business users.
- Involved in SPAU and SPDD activity from the Functional Team, I facilitate the basis team to apply SAP notes during the ECC upgrade.
- Facilitate the basis team to apply SAP notes during the ECC upgradation.
- Leading the FICO and PS test team in the integration test phase, involved in unit testing, test script execution, reporting, and defect management.
- Involved in unit testing, test script execution, reporting, and defect management.
SAP FICO TEST LEAD
BURBERRY-CAPGEMINI
Mumbai
06.2014 - 10.2015
- Involved in the testing phases (SIT and UAT), roll out.
- Provided and analyzed Q&A database to the client for GAP analysis.
- Developed a test matrix as per the business process.
- In final preparation involved in integration testing, quality testing, and final UAT using real-time data in pre-production.
- Involved in pre-testing activities.
- Involved in defect management and reporting activities.
- Responsible for data migration defects.
SAP CO CONSULTANT
AMGEN-CAPGEMINI
Mumbai
09.2013 - 05.2014
- Participated in workshops and interacted with the business to gather requirements and end users to understand the core business process.
- Participated in the discovery presentation and sign-off from the customer team of CO configurations.
- Responsible for the configuration of the assessment cycle, CCE, and PCE hierarchy.
- Responsible for configuration. Of cost allocation and distribution cycles for cost object 'business process.'
- Resolved existing issues in Product Costing and Activity-Based Costing.
- Responsible for unit testing, defect resolution of integration testing, quality testing, and UAT. Also developed End User Training Guides.
- Involved in cutover, go-live activities, and PGLS.
SAP FI CONSULTANT
AVIALL-CAPGEMINI
Mumbai
10.2012 - 08.2013
- Worked on Material Ledger configuration and unit testing.
- Responsible for the preparation of FSDs.
- Worked as a Solution Manager for updating details related to configuration.
- Preparation of BPPs, Test Scripts.
- Involved in the realization test and go-live phases of the project.
- FI CO Cutover, Master Data, and Preparation of Configuration Documents.
- Participated in System Integration Testing, Security Testing, Regression Testing, and Smoke Testing.
- Involved in defect resolution during post-go-live hypercare support.
- Co-ordination with onshore and offshore resources.
- Responsible for unit testing, defect resolution of integration testing, quality testing, and UAT. Also developed End User Training Guides.
- Involved in cutover, go-live activities, and PGLS.
SAP FI-PS CONSULTANT
SUBSEA7-CAPGEMINI
Mumbai
06.2012 - 09.2012
- Involved in defining the Transfer Pricing Process in PS (through CATS/Network Confirmation).
- Involved in testing for CRs related to the project system.
- Involved in the creation of Z Developments (Tables and Reports in PS); involved in configuring the project structure and cost allocation cycle.
- Involved in configuring the project structure and cost allocation cycle.
Education
MBA - Finance
LN College of Management & Technology
Mumbai, India06-2009
Skills
- SAP Test and Release Management
- Defect Management
- SAP FICO
- SAP PS
- SAP PSCD-TRM
- Communication and collaboration
Certification
- SAP Certified Application Associate –Financial Accounting with SAP ERP 6.0 S4F01
- Financial Accounting in SAP S/4 HANA for SAP FI (1709)
- SAP Leonardo – An Introduction to Blockchain System Conversion to SAP S/4HANA
- PRINCE2 (Foundation & Practitioner)
- Intelligent Enterprise User Experience with SAP Fiori
- SAP C/4 HANA Business Processes: Lead‑to‑Cash
- Agile Project Delivery with focused Build for SAP Solution Manager
Software
UI Path -RPA
Service Now Now – Incident and Change Management Tool
HP QC / ALM – Application Lifecycle Management Tool
WIN SCP – File transfer management Tool
SAP Focused Build
NEXT Platform
SAP Signavio
SAP Product
ECC 6.0, EHP5, EHP6, EHP7, SAP S4 HANA 1610, 1709, 1909, 2020,2021 ARIBA Guided Buying, ARIBA SLP
Timeline
Quality Engineer
MAERSK Global Service Center
06.2023 - Current
SAP Test Manager
QUALITEST Group
04.2022 - 06.2023
SAP PSCD- TRM Test Lead
HMRC-Capgemini
10.2019 - 04.2022
SAP PSCD Functional Consultant
HMRC-Capgemini
01.2018 - 10.2019
SAP FICO Consultant
INMARSAT-Capgemini
01.2017 - 12.2017
SAP FUNCTIONAL LEAD
CENTRICA-Capgemini
05.2016 - 12.2016
SAP FICO TEST LEAD
GROLSCH-Capgemini
10.2015 - 06.2016
SAP FUNCTIONAL LEAD
BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL-CAPGEMINI
06.2015 - 05.2016
SAP FICO TEST LEAD
BURBERRY-CAPGEMINI
06.2014 - 10.2015
SAP CO CONSULTANT
AMGEN-CAPGEMINI
09.2013 - 05.2014
SAP FI CONSULTANT
AVIALL-CAPGEMINI
10.2012 - 08.2013
SAP FI-PS CONSULTANT
SUBSEA7-CAPGEMINI
06.2012 - 09.2012
MBA - Finance
LN College of Management & Technology
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