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Jethendra Ravi

Analytics Manager
Bangalore

Summary

Experienced SAP BI & Data Warehouse Manager with 15 years of expertise in SAP NetWeaver BI, BW/4HANA, S/4HANA, Native HANA, SAP Datasphere, SAP BusinessObjects, and SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC). Proven skills in data modeling, extraction, reporting, and architecture across various functional domains. Proficient in overseeing project phases from blueprinting to post-production support, emphasizing solutioning, workshop facilitation, fit-gap analysis, agile delivery, and effective team leadership. Capable of leading cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality solutions within scope and on time.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
2010
2010
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications

Work History

Offshore Reporting Lead

PricewaterhouseCoopers
10.2014 - Current
  • Defined and executed the enterprise-wide reporting strategy leveraging SAP Datasphere and SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) to deliver real-time insights.
  • Directed a team of consultants in delivering analytics projects across Finance and Human Resource domains, ensuring on-time, high-quality outcomes.
  • Collaborated closely with project stakeholders, business teams, and SAP functional leads to architect, design, and develop robust SAP Datasphere solutions.
  • Optimized performance of large-scale SAC stories (>40 GB) by implementing data layer enhancements, view persistence, SQL threading, and Union Pruning strategies.
  • Managed data integration from SAP and non-SAP systems (e.g., SAP S/4HANA, Azure Databricks, SharePoint), ensuring seamless connectivity and data consistency.
  • Administered SAP Datasphere space management, supporting cost optimization and performance tuning, including sizing and usage planning.
  • Designed and implemented custom delta logic using Transformation Flows to push structured datasets into Azure Databricks.
  • Proactively diagnosed and resolved data and performance issues, applying strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
  • Developed and maintained Spaces, Local Tables, Graphical & SQL Views, Data Flows, Replication Flows, Transformation Flows, DAC models, Task Chains, and Analytical Models.
  • Oversaw project delivery management using JIRA, ensuring visibility, prioritization, and adherence to sprint timelines and quality standards.
  • Led sprint planning, test cycle coordination (SIT/UAT), ensuring smooth delivery transitions, defect resolutions and minimal business disruption.
  • Contributed to cutover and deployment planning by detailing transport management strategies within SAP Datasphere.
  • Actively engaged in solution workshops and client interactions, presenting prototypes and POCs to demonstrate innovation and promote firm capabilities.

Offshore Lead

05.2022 - 12.2023
  • Spearheaded end-to-end solutioning, architecture design, and data flow orchestration involving complex use cases built on S/4HANA CDS views and SAP Data Intelligence for enterprise-scale ETL and real-time integration scenarios.
  • Led and managed a high-performing offshore delivery team of 10+ consultants, overseeing the development of CDS-based reporting models and SAP DI pipelines that facilitate real-time data extraction and transformation, delivering insights to third-party data warehouses including Azure Snowflake.
  • Knowledge on custom DI pipeline using API, Python and shell scripts to integrate with Redwood scheduling tool.
  • Acted as the primary liaison between clients, business stakeholders, and functional teams to drive the rationalization and migration of legacy views into modern, scalable Data Warehouse solutions ensuring alignment with future-state architecture.
  • Identified bottlenecks, optimization opportunities, and areas for automation, proactively recommending improvements to enhance performance and reduce total cost of ownership (TCO).
  • Led sprint planning, cutover planning, and test cycle coordination (SIT/UAT), ensuring smooth delivery transitions and minimal business disruption.
  • Oversaw agile delivery governance, managing defect resolution, change requests, and design clarifications via JIRA, while ensuring stakeholder visibility and timely decision-making.
  • Responsible for Sprint planning, Cutover planning for SIT/UAT cycles, tracking and prioritizing defects/change request/KDD using JIRA.

Technical Lead

08.2019 - 04.2022
  • Responsible for architecting and designing high-performance Business Intelligence reports using SAP Technologies and upgrading along with the development of new SAP Technologies.
  • Involved in Requirement Gathering with Business Users and Perform Gap-fit Analysis.
  • Understanding and coordinating client’s needs / enhancements, customization accordingly and consulting with Team to provide solutions as per the delivery schedules.
  • Created Table Functions, HANA Information models for Tax Reporting.
  • Created Custom calculations, Passing Input Parameters to Table functions for optional parameters, Analytical Privileges for Securing the data and masking of columnar data.
  • Involved in SME reviews and Make sure Quality Standards are followed in development lifecycle.
  • Development of BW objects and HANA Calculation views for Materialization.
  • Worked on creation of Data lineage tool for HANA models by parsing XML using Python integration and developed a Tableau Dashboard.
  • Involved in architectural design for exporting SAC planning data to BW/4 HANA 2.0 ADSO.
  • Coordinate with Stakeholders for escalations calls, raise potential risk and propose Mitigation plan.

SAP BI/BO/HANA Consultant

06.2015 - 07.2019
  • Involved in Integration and consuming of HANA Views to the BO reporting tools such as Web Intelligence, Analysis for Excel and Explorer.
  • Created Universe on top of Multiple HANA Calculation views and Analytical views.
  • Involved in derivation of Complex KPI such as YTD measures on Dynamic Default value Based on Fiscal Calendar, Y-O-Y Comparison, MTD measures etc.
  • Created Webi reports, Analysis for Excel Reports, Explorer View sets.
  • Created Scheduling and Publication of Webi reports to End users to avoid Performance issues in Webi Reports.
  • Created Information spaces, indexing Information spaces regularly to get latest data in Explorer.
  • Created Analysis for Excel report and published into BI Platform.
  • Involved in Creation of Analysis for Power point Dashboard for Management Reporting.
  • Involved in Reconciliation of webi Reports with HANA Views.
  • Involved in optimization of Explorer reports and Webi Reports.
  • Supported BW process chain data load issues and also migration of ECC Source system for BW.
  • Created Calculation and Analytical views based on the Requirement.
  • Developed Design Studio Dashboards on HANA Views using various components like Analytical, basic and Container components such as Incomings & Sales Dashboards.
  • Used different components like info charts, crosstab, Navigation path, Tab strip, Global scripting scorecard, Filters etc.

SAP S/4 HANA CDS and SAC Consultant

11.2018 - 03.2019
  • Involved in Requirement gathering for Finance reports Universal ledger, Trail balance and Asset reporting.
  • Identifying Standard CDS views for Transaction and master data.
  • Created Custom Basic, composite and Consumption CDS views for Reporting and extraction to BW using associations and annotations.
  • Consumed CDS views in Native HANA Calculation views for reporting.
  • Created reports and Dashboard in SAP Analytics cloud on Calculations views using Live connection.

SAP Design Studio Consultant

01.2015 - 03.2015
  • This project is about developing Design Studio dashboards for overall HR Analytics.
  • Created Dashboards such as Employee Demographics, Organization structure, Salary Analysis, Actions on Employees, Comparative Analysis.
  • Used components like Filters, Navigation panel, Charts, Grid Layout, Radio button, Text Box, Global Scripting Variables, Event based triggering like on click , On select , Bookmark.
  • Published and integration of all dashboards in BI platform.

SAP BO Consultant

11.2014 - 01.2015
  • Involved in initial discussion to decide the right SAP BO tool based on the requirement from the client.
  • Dataset preparation by loading the client Excel data to SQL server.
  • Creation of universe on top of SQL and published to the repository for reporting tools to consume.
  • Created a prototype dashboard in Explorer on Information space and also in Lumira to show the capabilities of self-service tools cannot fulfill the requirement for enterprise dashboards.
  • Created dashboard in WebI having drill down from charts by element linking, input controls, variables and conditional formatting for exception reporting.

SAP BW BO Consultant

07.2014 - 09.2014
  • This is a HR Rapid Deployment Solution being developed on SAP BW and BO as a reporting tool which contains the KPI such as attrition, headcount, promotion rate, trend analysis, age, salary, retirement eligibility and new hire.
  • Responsibilities and key deliverables:
  • Initial design and framework of proposed architecture, scoping and solution prerequisite checklist before deployment of solution to the client.
  • Documentation on how to package the solutions of both SAP objects and BO objects.
  • Creation of custom extractors based on HR Info types and Installing standard BI content for extraction and loading.
  • Installation of standard BI content like Info objects, DSO, and Info cubes related to SAP HR functional module.
  • Creating BICS connection, assigning security profiles, importing BI User in BO, application level access and deploying LCMBIAR files in BO environment.

SAP BW BO Consultant

02.2014 - 05.2014
  • Involved in development of BW objects such as infoobjects, Infocubes, DSO, Virtual Provider, Multiprovider and Infoset.
  • Created BEx Queries on different Infoproviders with variable, calculated and Restricted Key Figures, formula variables using replacement path.
  • Loading of data to Infoproviders and resolving data load issues.
  • Created Universe on BEx Query using Universe Designer, creating Prompts at universe Level, Refreshing structure as and when BEx Query changes, conditions on universe.
  • Developed WebI report with variables, formulas, charts and filters on multiple universes.
  • Created QaaWs connections on universe and consumed in SAP BO dashboards.
  • Involved in Development of dashboard KPI’s such as PO Value, #PO’s by expense group and region based on QaaWs and Live Office connections.

SAP BW BO Consultant

07.2013 - 01.2014
  • As a part of Blue print phase, Worked on design and documentation of technical specs, architectural standards, and naming standards of BW objects.
  • Involved in creation of customized data source for extraction of data from R/3 and generate structural authorization profiles in BW.
  • Worked on activating Business Content objects and collection of objects in appropriate transports to move objects.
  • Creation of aggregates and filling OLAP cache to Improve Query Performance.
  • Created Calculated and Restricted Key Figures, selection, Formula, Variables and BEx queries based on the Requirement.
  • Involved in creating process chains to Automate loading of data from R/3 to BI.
  • Creating BICS connection to BEx Queries from CMC and IDT.
  • Developed WEBI reports on SAP BEx Queries using BICS in WebI Rich client and Publishing it to BO Repository.
  • Created Variables, Filters, Input controls, merging of Dimensions and Prompts and to make reports accurate and easier for analysis.
  • Worked on Query Stripping, Purging of data, Automatic Refresh to increase the performance of WebI reports.
  • Created and scheduled Instance for WebI report after BW load and published for better performance.
  • Monitoring and Troubleshooting WebI and dashboard Services and restarting whenever required.
  • Knowledge of Promotion Management Tool to Promote objects from One Environment to other.
  • Created Web Services from WebI Reports and consumed in Dashboard.
  • Developed Dashboard based on BEx Queries and BI Web services.
  • Dashboard KPI’s such as Headcount, Attrition and Trend by Worker Group, Worker Type, Personnel area etc.
  • Knowledge on Dashboard Components like Charts, Selectors (Filters, label Based menus), Tab Sets, Canvas Containers and Dynamic visibility of components etc.

SAP BW Consultant

05.2012 - 04.2013
  • Worked on activating the Standard Business Content object like Info Cubes, ODS Objects, Info Objects etc.
  • Involved in creation of Info Areas, Info Objects, Info Cubes, DSOs and created required Transformations and DTPs to load data into Objects.
  • Knowledge in SAP solution Manager to Move objects from one Environment to another as a part of Change Management Process.
  • Involved in Creation of Generic Data Sources.
  • As a part of Monthly Billing Load Activity, Deletion of data from Infoproviders and reloading it for data Accuracy.
  • Created Info packages & DTP’s and scheduled them in order to load Master and Transactional data from SAP R/3 as well as flat file source system into BI.
  • Worked with BEx Analyzer to generate Queries and embedding them into workbooks.
  • Developed the process chains for Master data and Transactional data for various modules and scheduling them periodically.
  • Monitor Process chains and fix problems during data loads.
  • Knowledge in Migration of 3.x objects to 7.x.
  • Analysing and resolving Incident related to Reporting raised by users.
  • Worked on HP Quality Centre to create Test plan and passing the test case after UAT is completed.

Associate Consultant

11.2010 - 04.2012
  • Involved in daily Production support activities like data load monitoring using process chains.
  • Worked on data loads with Full update and Delta mechanisms for both master and transactional data.
  • Actively involved in rectification of load Failure errors like Master data loads, transactional loads by doing manual update, reconstruction and running the Info-packages manually.
  • Involved in handling tickets regarding extractions, performance issues and load failures.
  • Data loading was monitored, and failed data packets were analyzed and if possible manually edited in PSA and reloaded into Data Targets.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics

VTU University

Skills

SAP BW

Certification

C_HANAIMP_18 - SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP HANA 2.0 SPS06

Timeline

Offshore Lead

05.2022 - 12.2023

Technical Lead

08.2019 - 04.2022

SAP S/4 HANA CDS and SAC Consultant

11.2018 - 03.2019

SAP BI/BO/HANA Consultant

06.2015 - 07.2019

SAP Design Studio Consultant

01.2015 - 03.2015

SAP BO Consultant

11.2014 - 01.2015

Offshore Reporting Lead

PricewaterhouseCoopers
10.2014 - Current

SAP BW BO Consultant

07.2014 - 09.2014

SAP BW BO Consultant

02.2014 - 05.2014

SAP BW BO Consultant

07.2013 - 01.2014

SAP BW Consultant

05.2012 - 04.2013

Associate Consultant

11.2010 - 04.2012

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics

VTU University

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