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Kiran Kumar Ganji

Collierville

Summary

Accomplished SAP Security and GRC professional with over 12 years of extensive experience in implementing and managing SAP Security across various platforms, including ECC, S/4 HANA, BI, and GRC 10.1 & 12.0. Demonstrated expertise in HANA Security, Fiori, Portal, and BOBJ Security, with a strong focus on ensuring compliance and robust security measures.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

SAP Security & GRC Consultant

Avecia Biotechnology
01.2023 - 12.2023
  • Worked on Role enhancements
  • Created/modified Single, Composite and Derived roles and transport roles from development system to quality and finally into production systems
  • Successfully spearheaded the implementation of S/4 HANA, and GRC systems, ensuring seamless integration and deployment, which significantly enhanced operational efficiency
  • Troubleshoot and resolve end user login issues, authorization issues, portal issues
  • Find the roles based on the Fiori App & Group & Clear the Browser cache issues
  • Create the Custom Catalogs & Create the roles in Fiori system
  • Trouble short the Odata services issues & activate the services
  • Import roles into GRC, Schedule Repository Object Sync, Action Usage, FF Workflow Sync, and FF Log Sync jobs & Implemented\\Updated SOD Risks definitions
  • Created Users via CUA, adding/removing users' profile and across landscape
  • Performed role and user level risk analysis and hence mitigating risks and roles as required to achieve the overall security compliance strategy
  • Assign Groups to Portal Users & Assign BOBJ groups to required Users
  • Created and editing analysis authorizations for BW reporting tea

SAP Security & GRC Consultant

Toyota North America
Columbus
11.2018 - 10.2022
  • Involved in Installation & Configuration of SAP GRC Access Control - Access Risk Analysis (ARA), Access Request Management (ARM), Emergency Access Management (EAM) and Business Role Management (BRM) modules
  • Work in day-to-day life support issues in GRC system
  • Worked in ARM, ARA, EAM support & Implementation activities
  • Creating and modifying Single, master, derived and composite roles using PFCG
  • Capturing TR to the role and having good knowledge in mass transport
  • Actively participated in pulling Inactive user's list report on monthly basis and validity date report on yearend basis throughout the landscape's
  • Hands on experience on how to use, update a new role, add a role with specific plant restriction in Role Manager and how to download a role from Role Manger and to upload it into CUP
  • OSS ID creation for users, Providing Authorizations, Updating OSS notes with SAP credentials in the Secure Area for SAP to investigate and support the issues faced by the Business/End users of the system
  • Creating and assigning Firefighter (FF) ID's & Assigning Owners and Controllers to FF Id's
  • Worked on Ruleset Changes as per the business requirement
  • Running of monthly SOD reports and working on clean-up of Sod risk using remediation and mitigation methods with Project team
  • As a Team Lead, I was responsible for entire shift's performance, all the deliverables in that shift and answering customer's queries

SAP Security & GRC Consultant

Bombardier Transportation
Plattsburgh
03.2015 - 10.2018
  • As a Team Lead, I was responsible for entire shift's performance, all the deliverables in that shift and answering customer's queries
  • Responsible for day-to-day technical support and resolution of security issues
  • Create OSS User ID's for the SAP based on OSS messages
  • Analysing and solving the missing authorizations by using SU53 Screen shot and tracing (ST01) day to day security issues that are being raised by the Users
  • Role administration like creating, modifying, deleting and assigning roles to Users
  • Authorization checks using SU24 and maintained check indicators for Transaction
  • Creating the portal users by assigning portal roles and portal groups
  • Creating Fire Fighter ID's and assigning the Fire Fighter ID's to Fire Fighters

SAP Security & GRC Consultant

Harley-Davidson Motor Company
Milwaukee
02.2012 - 02.2015
  • Worked in multiple SAP security lifecycles (Requirements & Analysis, Implementation, Quality Assurance & Test and Cutover)
  • Expertise in User Administration tasks such as user creation, deletion, modification locking, unlocking, and password reset
  • Experienced in Role Administration tasks such as Role creation, deletion and modification of single roles, composite roles and Master& derived roles
  • Worked in LSMW, Ecatt scripts, executes programs for PFUD & SUPC
  • Mass Role maintenance, Role import, role update, Derived Org Value update
  • Responsible for monitoring and providing access to Firefighters
  • Working with authorization issues for customized t-codes and Objects
  • Mass Role maintenance, Role import, role update, Derived Org Value update

SAP Security & GRC Consultant

Johnson & Johnson
06.2010 - 02.2012
  • Expertise in User Administration tasks such as user creation, deletion, modification locking, unlocking, and password reset
  • Experienced in Role Administration tasks such as Role creation, deletion and modification of single roles, composite roles and Master& derived roles
  • Extensively worked on SU24 transaction and making changes to proposal values, adding new authorization objects for particular transaction code
  • Expertise in trouble shooting the authorization issues by using SU53, STAUTHTRACE, ST01 and in finding user/role information using SUIM
  • Expertise in creating SECATT scripts for mass derived role creation, mass user creation

Education

Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science Engineering

JNTU
Hyderabad

Skills

  • SAP Security, GRC
  • SAP ECC, S/4 HANA, HANA DB, Fiori
  • SAP Enterprise Portal, SAP BI/BW, BOBJ
  • SAP Solution Manager, HCM, CRM, SCM

Core Competencies:

  • Extensive experience in Role Administration, User Administration, problem analysis, troubleshooting, and transporting roles, coupled with strong knowledge in Segregation of Duties (SoD) and auditing.
  • In-depth expertise in GRC Access Control (ARA, ARM, EAM), with hands-on experience in MSMP workflow configuration and creating custom rules using BRF+.
  • Proven ability to work on S/4 HANA implementation projects (both Green Field and Brown Field approaches), with a focus on role creation and troubleshooting Fiori app issues.
  • Proficient in maintaining Fiori groups and catalogs, and collaborating with internal and external auditors to ensure compliance with SOD policies.
  • Solid experience in utilizing SECATT scripts and LSMW for user and role creation, and generating analysis authorizations in BW and repository roles in HANA systems.
  • Skilled in preparing and analyzing security-related reports using SUIM and various security tables, actively participating in internal and external audits.

Key Contributions:

  • Implementation Leadership: Successfully led the implementation of ECC, S/4 HANA, and GRC systems, ensuring seamless integration and deployment while enhancing operational efficiency.
  • Support & Troubleshooting: Provided expert technical support, resolved complex authorization issues, and managed user and role administration to maintain optimal system functionality.
  • Rollout Strategy: Directed rollout initiatives by designing and creating various role types (single, business, master, derived) tailored to meet specific business requirements.
  • Team Management: Oversaw and mentored a team of security consultants, effectively estimating project efforts and ensuring timely delivery of project milestones.

Additional Skills:

  • Strong integration knowledge across SAP modules, including FICO, HR, PRC, WMS, SSD and Logistics.
  • Effective in using ticketing systems (REMEDY, SNOW, JIRA, HPQC) to resolve issues efficiently, demonstrating excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Committed to continuous learning, providing training to support teams and business users, and maintaining documentation updates in an on-call support model.

Accomplishments

  • Received recognition for my dedication and hard work, including the Champ Award for successfully designing SAP Security solutions
  • Received client appreciation for the successful implementation of SAP GRC configuration and deployment
  • Received appreciation from my manager and clients for my contributions to the S/4 HANA implementation

Certification

· SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP Access Control 12.0

· SAP Certified Technology Associate - SAP System Security and Authorizations

· SAP Certified Technology Associate - SAP Fiori System Administration

Timeline

SAP Security & GRC Consultant

Avecia Biotechnology
01.2023 - 12.2023

SAP Security & GRC Consultant

Toyota North America
11.2018 - 10.2022

SAP Security & GRC Consultant

Bombardier Transportation
03.2015 - 10.2018

SAP Security & GRC Consultant

Harley-Davidson Motor Company
02.2012 - 02.2015

SAP Security & GRC Consultant

Johnson & Johnson
06.2010 - 02.2012

Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science Engineering

JNTU
Kiran Kumar Ganji