+852 9152 6831

Ajay Kumar “this.ajaykumar@gmail.com”

Data & Analytics – Lead BI Functional consultant

Caribbean Coast, Tower-2
Manager Analytics – Capgemini Hong Kong Ltd (2015 – continue) Flat -8/F, 1 Kin Tung Road,
this.ajaykumar@gmail.com / +852 91526831 Tung Chung, Hong Kong

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Profile Summary (https://www.linkedin.com/in/theajaykumar/) Skills Highlight
A passionate data & analytics professional with 14 years of consulting experience, managing & implementing various data Business Process skill
projects in finance and supply chain area using SAP BW/HANA/SAC/ECC/S4H/APO/BPC/Azure/IFRS/Regulatory/Group > Financial operational & Management Reporting
Reporting. > Airline Route Profitability & Cost Allocation
> Group & Regulatory Reporting
Ajay holds university degrees and relevant professional certificates (technology/business) in this domain. > Financial planning & Analysis
Post Graduate Program in Business Analytics from IIM, Lucknow India. > Currency & Variance Analysis
Master of Computer Application, Bachelor of Information Technology > Supply chain, demand fulfilment reporting
SAP Certified S4HANA Financial Consultant, SAS Certified in Analytics Tools, SAP SAC
> Demand & Supply planning & Reporting
MIT Micro Master in Supply Chain Analytics, Microsoft Azure Certification
> Sales, Customer & Market Analytics

He has performed various project roles during his consulting experience such as Project Lead, Solution Architect, BI lead, SAP > Retail Store & Product performance
BW/BI functional consultant, Business Analyst, SAP BW/BO team lead, Regulatory Reporting Country Lead, Programmer.
Data Engineering & Data Warehouse skill
In his current role he has been helping Cathay Pacific Airways to execute major financial and procurement transformation > Architecture & Data Warehouse design / ETL
project in the capacity of Lead BI Functional Consultant / Business Analyst. > Data modelling, data management & governance
> SAP – BW/HANA, BO, BPC, APO, ECC/S4H
He is responsible for delivering requirement scope, conducting workshop, overall data and reporting strategy for > SAP Cloud Data Warehouse, SAC, SAP Cloud
organization, detail requirement specification, functional design document, technical design document for implementation, > Azure Cloud Data Platform – Data Lake, Synapse
co-ordinate and engage with business users, department head, GM to get requirement sign-off. He is also accountable and > Azure Databricks, Azure Stream Analytics
responsible for planning and executing end to end testing such as UAT and stake holder sign-off of final solution. > Spark, SQL, Excel, R, Java, Python, ABAP
> SAS Enterprise Miner, Visual Analytics
This solution includes designing, building & supporting financial & airline profitability analytics to increase visibility of airline
> Statistics & Modelling using R
performance across different region and flight routes, financial planning, variance analysis, management reporting, currency
> MS-SQL & Power BI
analysis as well as group reporting.

Recent roles and responsibilities performed Digital / CRM Skill

In his current role he has been helping Cathay Pacific Airways to execute major financial and procurement > Sales & Service with Salesforce
transformation project in the capacity of Lead BI Functional Consultant / Business Analyst. > Proficient in OmniStudio / Vlocity Platform
> Salesforce Industry, Analytics
Project lead in large BI implementation program for an Electricity Utility organization to build scalable data engineering
and reporting solution. Responsible for delivering data model design, functional & technical specification, system
development and testing sign-off. Project Management / Lead
> Reporting & Analytics Lead for large
SAP BW/BI Lead to implement end to end reporting solution covering all aspects of supply chain reporting for a big transformation project, project plan, resource plan
manufacturing company in Europe region. Responsible for conducting workshop for requirement analysis, > Independent Application management
documenting scope, converting into functional design document, preparing technical specification for development,
> JIRA, HPQC, Agile, Cutover, Hyper care Support
leading development progress, prepare and executing testing and responsible for getting UAT sign-off

SAP BW functional consultant for building financial regulatory reporting for a big Insurance company in APAC region. Certification
SAP S/4HANA Finance
SAP BW/BO senior developer for building data warehouse solution for a fortune 20 customer in North America. Built
Sales, Marketing & Product performance Analytics solution for a Pharmaceutical giant. SAP SAC
Microsoft Azure
BI Developer for building retail store analytics for a big fashion brand in UK region. It includes POS data consolidation SAS Enterprise Miner
into reporting solution for product performance analytics and demand forecasting.
SAS Visual analytics
Tools / Methodology Expertise MIT Micro Master Supply Chain
Category Items Skill Level Micro
Award / Recognition
BI / Planning SAP BW/BO/SAC/BPC/APO Expert
Torchbearer, APAC Capgemini
Data Warehouse/ETL SAP BW/HANA/SAP CLOUD DWH/Azure Data Platform/SQL Expert
Project Star, Capgemini
Data Analysis/Reporting SAP Bex, SAP AO, Web Intelligence, SAC, Power BI Expert
Analytics R, SAS Enterprise Miner, Excel Experience
References
Business Apps SAP S/4HANA, SAP ECC, Salesforce Expert https://www.linkedin.com/in/ed-hughes-
Project Management MS-Office, MS-Project, JIRA Expert 24794626/
Salesforce Admin/Sales/Service Trained https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanveer-

Programming Java, SQL, Java Script, R, Python, SPARK Experienced singh-narray-91284b30/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lokesh-
Cloud Azure Data Lake, Synapse Analytics, Databricks Trained
mahatpurkar-781b4590/
Employment History
https://www.linkedin.com/in/angus-chan-
Duration Role/Position Organization Major Customer 89492335/
2015- Continue BI Lead/Solution Architect Capgemini Hong Kong Cathay Pacific Airways - Hong Kong
2014-2015 SAP Project Lead Capgemini India Ausnet Service -Australia
2011-2014 SAP BI Lead Consultant Capgemini Finland Oy FISKARS - Finland Personal Info
Name: Ajay Kumar
2010-2011 SAP BI Country Lead Capgemini Singapore Pte. AIA - Singapore
Passport No: Z4206744
2008-2009 SAP BW Consultant Capgemini India McKesson – USA Nationality: Indian
2007-2008 SAP BW Consultant Capgemini India Burberry UK Visa: Hong Kong Work Permit till 2015-2022
Language: English (Fluent/Read/Write/Speak)
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WORKING EXPERIENCE
Customer: Cathay Pacific Airways Limited, Hong Kong
Role: BI Lead & Functional Consultant
Employer: Capgemini HK Ltd.
Duration: September 2015 - Continue
Responsibilities: Conducting workshop, Prepare Project plan, Documenting Requirement Analysis & Functional Design, Writing Technical Specification, Development, Cutover,
Go-Live & Application Management
Tools / Technology: SAP4H, SAPBWHANA, SAP BO4.3, Azure Cloud, SAP BPC, SAP SAC, SAP AO, HPQC, Qlik, Informatica, Power BI
Business Process & Analytics scope:
• Corporate performance management, Group/Company/Departmental.
• Regulatory & statutory reporting, BS, P&L, Cash Flow Analysis
• Financial consolidation at group level (Actual, Budget)
• Financial Budgeting & Forecasting
• Financial operational reporting (G/L, AR/AP, PS/Asset/TRM)
• Management reporting (Cost & Revenue) (Actual/Budget/Forecast)
• Financial Ratio Analysis, Exchange rate variance Analysis
• Currency Analysis
• Cost & Revenue KPI analysis for Airline Industry
• Treasury & Cash Management Reporting, Liquidity management reports
• Flight scheduling & operational statistics analysis
• Airline operational performance analysis & KPI monitor
• Airline Route Profitability Analysis
• Airline Cost Allocation and Reporting by route / flight / aircraft / region
Activities:
> Developing project plan, resourcing & execution strategy for timely delivery of financial analytics and profitability reporting solution.
> Conducting workshop with business user and stakeholders for requirement analysis & design.
> Developing conceptual design in collaboration with business user so that requirement can be accepted by higher management and sign off.
> Writing BI reporting strategy, blueprint and functional specification document for developing overall reporting solution.
> Defining overall enterprise data warehouse architecture with scalable design to support organization data need for at least next 10 years.
> Defining Information Management & Governance Architecture to support decision making process using Analytics solution.
> Designing & Implementing BPC data provisioning and planning model for budgeting & Consolidation
> Writing specification for KPI & operational reporting requirements for technical implementation.
> Creating data model specification for strategic & scalable (LSA) data warehouse
> Development & delivery of end to end data warehouse and reporting solution.
> Development of dashboard and visualization using SAC & R Scripts.
> Testing strategy, execution & support.
> Develop content & conduct training to business user across locations and business unit.
> Deployment & Cutover planning, execution & support.
> Executive communication during solution deployment
> Responsible for getting business user acceptance sign-off.
> Go-live & Hyper care support
> Continued Support – helping finance and procurement general manager / directors to fulfill daily and monthly reporting needs.
> Responsible and accountable for supporting end to end reporting solution as on-going basis.
> Recently migrated all SAP workload to Azure Cloud and currently developing POC to integrate SAP with Azure Data Platform for leveraging Data Lake storage in Azure Cloud.
> Developing POC to integrate SAP BW with Azure cloud and create data as a service solution so that other BU can get SAP BW data using API call.
> Upgrading S4H and BW (S4H-1511 to 1809 & BWoH 7.5 SP14)
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WORKING EXPERIENCE
Customer: FISKARS CORPORATION, FINLAND
Role: SAP Analytics Senior Consultant
Employer: Capgemini Finland Oy.
Duration: September 2011 - 2014
Responsibilities: Requirement Analysis, Workshop, Architecture, Design & Development, Cutover, Go-Live & Application Management
Tools / Technology: ECC, SAP BW, SAP BO4.0, SAP APO, SAP BEx, HPQC, Cognos, Hyperion
Business Process & Analytics scope:
• Financial Statutory & Management Reporting
• Profitability Analysis using SAP COPA by product line
• Financial Operational Reporting(G/L/AR/AP/PS/CO/IO/COPA)
• Sales & Delivery Analysis
• Order fulfillment KPI analysis
• Requirement planning & stock management analysis
• Procurement Analysis, Inventory Management
• Vendor performance analysis for timely and quantity delivery
• Royalty management for product designer
• Production planning & detail scheduling
• Demand and Supply planning reporting (BW-APO) integration.
• Sales Order Planning
• Inventory KPI analysis
Activities:
> Conducting workshop with business user and stakeholders for requirement analysis & design.
> Developing conceptual design in collaboration with business user.
> Defining overall enterprise data warehouse architecture with scalable design to support organization data need.
> Writing BI reporting strategy, blueprint and functional specification document for developing overall reporting solution.
> Defining Information Management & Governance Architecture to support decision making process using Analytics solution.
> Writing specification for KPI & operational reporting requirements for technical implementation.
> Creating data model specification for strategic & scalable data warehouse.
> Development & delivery of solution.
> SAP BW ETL & Bex Query development for reporting & Analytics.
> Testing strategy, execution & support.
> SAP BW data authorization implementation
> Develop content & conduct training to business user across locations and business unit.
> Deployment & Cutover planning, execution & support.
> Executive communication during solution deployment
> Go-live & Continued Support.
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WORKING EXPERIENCE
Customer: Ausnet Services, Australia
Role: SAP BI Solution Lead
Employer: Capgemini India Ltd.
Duration: September 2014 – June 2015
Responsibilities: Project plan using Agile Methodology, Architecture, Design & Development, Cutover
Tools / Technology: ECC, SAP BWoH, SAP BO4.0, Native HANA.
Business Process & Analytics scope:
• Financial Reporting (General Ledger, AR/AP/PS/Asset)
• Overhead Cost Analysis
• Cost Center Reporting
• Enterprise Asset Management Analysis
• Plant maintenance & Work center Analysis
• Maintenance order reporting & Analysis
• BFMI Energy & Utility Compliance Reporting
• Asset Analysis
• Budgeting & forecasting

Activities:
> Developing project plan, resourcing & execution strategy using JIRA agile project management methodology.
> Validate business requirement & design solution. Prepare functional and technical design specification.
> Creating data model specification for strategic & scalable data warehouse
> Distribute and assign technical development to technical BW consultant
> Development & delivery of solution.
> SAP BW ETL & Bex Query development for reporting & Analytics.
> Review development objects and perform functional unit testing for data model and report
> Perform SIT & support business user in UAT
> Business user acceptance and sign-off

Customer: AIA Singapore

Role: SAP Financial Analytics Senior Consultant
Employer: Capgemini Singapore Pte.
Duration: September 2010 - 2011
Responsibilities: Requirement Analysis, Workshop, Architecture, Design & Development, Cutover, Go-Live & Application Management
Tools / Technology: ECC, SAP BW, SAP BEx.
Business Process & Analytics scope:
• Financial Statutory & Management Reporting
• Financial Operational Reporting(G/L/AR/AP/PS/CO/IO/COPA)
• Profit center Accounting & Controlling
• Financial Regulatory Reporting, Local GAAP & IFRS standard.
• Multiple ledger comparison reporting
• Coding block & Segment reporting
• Data migration using SAP BW to ECC

Activities:
> Conducting workshop with business user and stakeholders for requirement analysis & design. Developing conceptual design in collaboration with business user.
> Writing BI reporting strategy, blueprint and functional specification document for developing overall reporting solution.
> Writing specification for KPI & operational reporting requirements for technical implementation.
> Creating data model specification for strategic & scalable data warehouse
> Development & delivery of solution. Testing strategy, execution & support.
> SAP BW ETL & Bex Query development for reporting & Analytics.
> Deployment & Cutover planning, execution & support.
> Go-live & Support
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WORKING EXPERIENCE
Customer: McKesson USA
Role: SAP BW Development Consultant
Employer: Capgemini India.
Duration: September 2008 - 2010
Responsibilities: Design & Development, Cutover, Go-Live
Tools / Technology: ECC, SAP BW, SAP BEx. SAP CRM, SAP BO
Business Process & Analytics scope:
• Sales & Service Reporting using SAP ECC & CRM
• Marketing & Campaign Analysis
• Trade Promotion (TPM) Analytics using SAP BPS & BW
• Customer / Product Analytics
• Logistics & Inventory

Activities: Design & Development

> Functional Requirement Validation at customer onsite location
> Prepare functional design specification
> Prepare Technical design specification
> SAP ECC extractor development using enhancement techniques
> Function module base extractor development
> Delta extraction configuration and enhancement
> Data warehousing development
> ETL modelling & design
> Data staging & data mart development
> Reporting & Visualization development
> SAP BW data analysis authorization implementation
> SAP Bex Query development for reporting & Analytics. SAP BO Web Intelligence Report Development.
> Go-live support

Customer: Burberry UK
Role: SAP BW Consultant
Employer: Capgemini India.
Duration: September 2007 - 2008
Responsibilities: SAP BW data warehouse development
Business Process & Analytics scope:
• Retail store analytics
• BW POS data consolidation and management using PIPE for reporting
• Product performance analytics by region/market
• SAP BW and SAP PI/XI integration

Activities: Design & Development

> Prepare Technical design specification
> SAP BW and SAP PI/XI integration configuration and development for POS data consolidation from retail store to SAP retail system
> SAP ECC extractor development using enhancement techniques
> Function module base extractor development
> Delta extraction configuration and enhancement
> Data warehousing development
> ETL modelling & design.
> Data staging & data mart development
> SAP BW data analysis authorization implementation
> SAP Bex Query development for reporting & Analytics
> Go-live support