VVijjaay G.M

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Vijjaay G.M

SAP Data Analytics, Solution Architect and Reporting Leader

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15+

Years in SAP Data & Analytics

10+

End-to-End Implementation

6

Industry Sector Experience

40+

Consultants Mentored

Screening facts

Experience
15+ years in SAP & enterprise analytics
Location
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Work mode
Hybrid / remote-friendly, global programmes
Notice
Open to conversations — timeline negotiable
Languages
English (professional), Kannada, Hindi

Best-fit roles

SAP Analytics / BI Lead

BW, BW/4HANA, SAC, reporting architecture and KPI governance.

Business & Data Analyst

Requirement discovery, data models, functional specs, UAT.

SAP Data Transformation Consultant

BW → Datasphere, BEx → CDS, HANA push-down.

Delivery / Programme Lead

Blueprint to hypercare across onsite-offshore teams.

Skills matrix

SAP Core

SAP BW/BI, BW4HANASAP HANASAP ABAP / OO ABAPABAP CDS Views & AMDPSAP ECC / S/4HANA (On-premises, RISE)

Analytics & Reporting

SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC)BusinessObjects (WebI, Lumira)Bex Query Designer,Power BI, TableauExcel / Analysis for Office (AFO)

Data & Integration

SLT / BODS replicationSQL & SQL ScriptData modelling (LSA++)ETL designData Quality & Reconciliation

Project Delivery Tools

Agile & Hybrid DeliveryJIRA / Solution ManagerRequirement workshopsTest & Defect GovernanceOnsite-Offshore Leadership

Proof points

  • Led analytics and reporting agenda across multi-country SAP programmes and Managing multiple global stakeholders in DMS Reporting Solutions (SME Role).
  • Led the migration of legacy SAP BW/BI landscapes to HANA-optimized and Datasphere-ready architectures, while serving as the Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for stakeholder coordination, client visits, consulting engagements, and strategic solution direction.
  • Built governed KPI catalogues that became the single source of truth for board reporting using SAC platform of dashboards, also Day to day operational reports.
  • Mentored 40+ consultants across onsite-offshore delivery models and Assisted the client in achieving a 12% reduction in annual BAU costs, gained client relationship.
  • Delivered self-service reporting to 500+ business users, cutting IT ticket backlogs and developed global strategic cost-effective development process, resulting in a notable 70% reduction in repetitive resource effort costs across union markets to the client team.

Recent progression

Associate Director : SAP Analytics & Enterprise Reporting Leader

JUNE 2017 — TILL-NOW

Client Name : Ford, Shell India Marketing Pvt Limited. Bangalore (Xenon), PMI, Unilever PLC Team Size : 12 SAP Environment : cFIN, S/4 HANA On-Premises, Embedded Analytics, CDS views, Dataspheres Contributions : • Led business discovery workshops and fit-gap assessments to define reporting and analytics requirements for SAP S/4HANA transformation programs. • Defined the target-state analytics architecture by assessing SAP BW Extractors, BEx Reports, CDS Views, and SAP Datasphere integration requirements. (Brown-field scope) • Evaluated standard SAP Fiori analytical applications and designed extension strategies to address complex business finance, AA reporting needs while maximizing SAP standard capabilities. • Established reporting catalogues, data product frameworks, governance standards, and delivery roadmaps across Finance, Procurement, and Supply Chain functions. • Provided functional leadership for Embedded Analytics initiatives, driving solution design, stakeholder alignment, requirement sign-off, and successful project delivery. • Delivered end-to-end SAC dashboard solutions leveraging embedded analytics on Central Finance (cFIN) for Financial KPIs, including standard and custom CDS view development, complex business logics, and reusable reporting templates. • Implemented Classic Account-Based Modeling in SAC to design CxO-level analytical dashboards and operational reports; successfully achieved Historical Trend analysis by designing a custom Z-table, scheduled through a customer program at higher semantic layers. • Architected a multi-layered CDS view framework (Base → Composite → Consumption) to optimize SAC integration, enabling advanced blending behavior and interactive features such as radio buttons, dropdown filters, and dark/light mode toggle for improved user experience. • Partnered with Finance and Business stakeholders to translate requirements into data models and KPIs, ensuring accuracy, scalability, and alignment with financial reporting standards. • Optimized performance of SAC dashboards through query tuning, data volume handling, and semantic modeling for real-time financial insights. • Developed reusable templates and design guidelines for SAC dashboards, reducing future development effort and ensuring consistency across reports. • Coordinated with cross-functional teams (FI, CO, R&A, IT) to streamline data integration across SAP S/4HANA, CFIN, and SAC ensuring trusted financial insights for decision-making. • Hands-on expertise in CDS views (annotations, aggregations, associations, and value help) for exposing data to SAC in real-time live connections. • Designed and implemented security concepts (row-level authorizations) in CDS and SAC to align with client’s compliance requirements. • Migrated legacy reports from BW/Excel-based solutions to SAC, achieving modernization and faster data-to-decision cycles.

Team Lead : SAP HANA, BW/BI & ABAP Consultant

NOV 2016 — JUNE 2017

Project Name : IBU NESTLE Team Size : 12 SAP Environment : SAP BI 7.5, BW on Hana Modeling 1.15, BODS Contribution: • Worked as part of SAP BW SCM L3 team, involved under many change requests under Water flow Process. • Handled Service manager and service Center and ticket assignment to team by ensuring the appropriate analysis and validation. • Precisely worked on SAP BW 7.5 version of Business flow enhancement. • Co-ordination between L2 and L3 teams, P2 ticket handling activity, helping the team on technical clarification. • Convert Design into deliverables by applying best practices • Perform testing, ensure testing standards are followed. • Support / Facilitate Application Operations.

SAP ERP Application Delivery Analyst-Business Assist

JULY 2016 — NOV 2016

Project Name : Business One and Planning One Team Size : 3 SAP Environment : SAP BI 7.4, SAP PPM, BPC 10.1 Contribution: • My role is responsible for all Business one and Planning User to provide necessary business role authorization and supporting. • Provide the AMS support on SAP PPM system and BPC system.

Domain coverage

Manufacturing · 5+ yrsIS-Retail & CPG · 8+ yrsSupply Chain & Logistics · 6+ yrsFI and Group Reporting · 7+ yrsProcurement · 4+ yrsSales & customer · 6+ yrs