Sankar Gopal_Business Intelligence_Reporting_Analyst

Sankaranarayanan G
Fort Lauderdale,FL 33069
Email : sankar.1601@gmail.com
Mobile: (215)-582-2192
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PROFESSIONALPROFILE
Accomplished Senior IT professional with a background in business intelligence,
reporting systems, Callidus (Incentive Compensation Management), software design
and full life-cycle development. Capable of managing numerous projects while
leading cross-functional teams to meet and exceed overall IT initiatives.
Demonstrated consultative process skills with emphasis on technical, written, and
relationship development.
Top technologies:
 Business Objects Enterprise
 Reporting (Web Intelligence, Xcelsius, Crystal Reports)
 Oracle PL/SQL
 Callidus – Incentive Compensation Management
Highlights of Skills
 Business Intelligence
 Data Warehousing
 Reporting System Architecture
 Process Improvement
 Process Implementation
 TeamLeadership and Effectiveness
 Software Design & Development
Summary
 Over 8+ years of experience in Business Intelligence using SAP Business
Objects XI-R3.1 with Info view, Web Intelligence, Data Integrator & Quality,
Webi Rich Client, Desktop Intelligence, Crystal Reports XI/X11/2008,
Xcelsius 4.5/2008, Central Management Console (CMC), Central Management
Server (CMS), , Publishing Wizard, Import Wizard and Report Conversion Tool.
 Strong Knowledge and Experience in SAP Business Objects tools & Crystal
Reports
 Extensive knowledge in Oracle SQL, PL/SQL programming and trouble shooting
 Excellent experience in designing Business Objects universes, complex BO
reports both full client and Web Intelligence Reports.

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 Created reports from multiple sources & functionalities like slice & dice, drill down
in Crystal Reports.
 Good Knowledge of Data Warehouse Concepts including Schemas and Data
Modeling.
 Complete Software Development Life Cycle experience including requirements
gathering, analysis/design, development and testing.
 Extensive Knowledge about Incentive Compensation Management using Callidus
On-Premise / On-Demand Model
 Good Knowledge/Hands-on experience on Rule Writing/System Configuration in
Callidus True Comp
 Extensive Business Knowledge and Hands-on experience on Payment
Reconciliation for 1500 reps. This task alone audits payouts worth $10 million plus
approx.
 Technical architect for 3 of the major implementations at Citrix
 Excellent communication, interpersonal, training, analytical and technical
skills.
Years of Experience
Total IT Experience(Accenture) 8.6 Years
Crystal Reports/Business Objects 7+ Years
Oracle PL/SQL 7+ Years
Callidus True Comp/Reporting 7+ Years
Technical Skills
BI Tools: SAP Business Objects XI 3.1, R1/R2 6.5.x,Crystal Report X1/X11
2008,Xcelcius 4.5/2008, Info view, CMC, Desktop Intelligence XI, Full
Client, Web Intelligence
ETL Tools: Informatica (ETL)
Platforms: Windows (all flavors)
Databases: Oracle 10g/11g,
Languages: SQL, PL/ SQL
Certifications: Actuate,Callidus Reporting and TrueComp
Functional Skills
 Performed Payment Reconciliation for 2 Geographies at Citrix - audits payouts worth
$10 million plus approx.
 Reporting Practitioner

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Clients worked with
Citrix,FL Apr 2014 to Present
Comcast,PA Sep2011 – Mar 2014
Comcel,Columbia 5 Months
Rogers,Canada 1 Month
Comcast R3 Release 10 Months
Sanofi Aventis,France 10 Months
Carefirst,MD 10 Months
WellPoint 6 Months
BCBS -FL 9 months
Profile
Sankar is currently a fulltime Employee of Accenture based out of Fort Lauderdale,
Florida with overall IT experience of 8.5 Years. He has been involved in all stages of
software delivery life cycle playing major roles in design, development, testing and
production support efforts with project experience across industries, most notably in
Incentive Compensation sector. He has taken ownership and developed tangible skills in
multiple areas of data pipeline including data integration, compensation calculation and
Reporting.
Areas of strength - Enterprise report development, an area in which he has been involved
in multiple engagements using BO/Crystal. His total SAP experience is more than 7 years.
Sankar has a vast knowledge in Reporting (Crystal/Business Objects), Oracle PL/SQL and
Callidus applications. Managing a Team of 5 People at Offshore provided the required
counseling in Reporting and Callidus on Demand
Sankar has established himself as an expert or key contributor for Crystal Reports 2008/BO
X1/Oracle/Callidus on-Premise/On-Demand applications
Sankar has led BI teams in various projects and has excellent communication and
leadership skills.
 Results oriented, self-starter with a track record of high performance. Proven, strong
technical background with excellent oral and written communication skills.
 Experience in interacting with business users to analyze the business process and
transforming requirements into screens, designing database, documenting and
rolling out the deliverables

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Experience/Project Work
Assignment: Citrix – Fort Lauderdale, FL
Project Description/Scope: Reporting and Callidus Application Maintenance
Role: Reporting and AM Lead Duration: 20+ months (Apr 2014 – Present)
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
Sankar’s role is Reporting Practitioner and an AM Lead. Overall responsibilities include:
 Manage Reporting – User and Admin group
 Complete understanding of the Business Requirements/Functionalities interacting
with the Client Team.
 Post Reports Deployment Fixes and Support
 Suggest Improvements on Citrix Reporting Space
 Develop Functional and Technical design specifications for any Adhoc Reports
 Managing and counsel Offshore Team
 Develop and deliver code with minimal defects including reports, SQL procedures
and scripts.
 Peer Review Onshore/Offshore Deliverables end to end.
 Fix defects and unit test the same within the break-fix cycle. Ensure Code/Report
Migration process from one environment to another with the supporting Test Results
validations.
 Enhance knowledge in ICOMP practice and functionalities
 AO/AM Lead
 PerformPayment Reconciliation This task alone audits payouts worth $10 million
plus approx
 Suggest Improvements in process for AM/AO Activities
 Position Hierarchy Implementation Solutioning
Crucial Items:
 Designed, architected and implemented the solution for Position Hierarchy
project Phase 1 and 2
 Automated/Designed and Implemented Prior Period Reporting
 Redesigned Commission Statement for the Reps
 Performed Payment Reconciliation
 Automated Circle of Excellence Report which involved Quota Blending
 Performance Tuning of Exiting and New Reports
 Automated Position HierarchyTemplate which is currently used by the Accenture,
Citrix as well as Teams from Geo Sales Ops.
Reusable Assets:
 Designed and Implemented Prior Period Reporting which was a Grey Area to the
Reps on their Commission Statement
 Prior Period Report also helped the Internal Team in saving significant time in
analyzing the variances whenever a Prior period or a Pay Period is run.

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Other highlights from day-to-day activities:
 SME in reporting
 Mentoring/Coaching
 Issue based problem solving and resolution.
Assignment: Comcast - Philadelphia, PA
Project Description/Scope: SAP BI Implementation – Release 3 and Release 5/5.5
Role: Tech Lead Duration: 24+ months (Sep 2011 – Mar 2014)
Sankar’s role is a Tech Lead for the BI Technical Reporting team .He is working on
Reporting related BI work. Overall responsibilities include:
 Work with the Onsite team and IDC to understand the current system and
compensation functionality involved in Comcast R5.
 Complete understanding of the Business Requirements/Functionalities interacting
with the Client Team.
 Develop Technical design specifications for the reports. Transitioning knowledge to
the Offshore Team
 Acted as a liaison in Coordinating the offshore Team in getting the deliverables on
par with the schedule.
 Develop and deliver code with minimal defects including reports, SQL procedures
and scripts.
 Peer Review Onshore/Offshore Deliverables end to end.
 Fix defects and unit test the same within the break-fix cycle .Ensure Code/Report
Migration process from one environment to another with the supporting Test Results
validations.
 Enhance knowledge in ICOMP practice and functionalities
 Helped the off – shore team in understanding business requirements
 Created Mock ups for 2014 Plan Changes for Business Services
Crucial Items:
 Provided very quick turnaround on the Showstopper Reporting Defects especially on
2013/2014 plan changes
Reusable Assets:
 Developed Process/Scripts that helps in validating the Payments which is a very
critical turnaround and is supposed to involve more resource and now the efforts
have been reduces by 50%.
 Process/Document to track code dependency, helped reduce lot of re-works for
Migration team.

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 Process/Document/Template has created, which will be used as a base template for
others, it helped to maintain consistence and reduced build effort.
Other highlights from day-to-day activities:
 Gained more confidence from client team (Processing team), involved in design
discussion.
 Effectively handling / coordinating with off-shore team. Peer Reviewing the Code.
Product was always delivered on time.
 Operates independently with less dependency from supervisor, and deliver high
results.
Assignment: Comcel, Colombia
Project Description/Scope: SAP BI Implementation
Role: Subject Matter Advisor Duration: 5 months
Sankar supported the Offshore Reporting with the following Activities
 Gained more confidence from client team (Processing team), involved in design
discussion.
 Knowledge transitioned on the Datamart ETL concepts.
 Writing Stored Procedures
 Report Development
 End to End Unit testing
 Datamart Execution Issues - Coordinated with Callidus to resolve the issue.
Assignment: Rogers, Canada
Role: Subject Matter Advisor Duration: 1 month
Sankar Led the Offshore Reporting Team for a Month playing the Role of a SME. He was
responsible for
 Peer Reviewing the deliverables
 Management Related Activities- Sending Status Emails, Defect status to the Leads
 Cleaning up of Stored Procedures
 Report Testing End to End.
Assignment: Comcast Callidus Release 3
Project Description/Scope:SAP BI Implementation
Role: Reporting Lead Duration: 10 months
Sankar Led the Offshore Reporting Team and was responsible for
 Developed Stored Procedures for all the 12 offshore assigned Reports for
Release 3.

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 Individually developed 7 reports using Crystal as the reporting Tool.
o Implemented Dynamic hierarchy Stored Procedure which establishes the
relationship between Managers and Reps.
 Implemented Books for all the reports.
 Handled Operational issues.
 Was awarded the Star of the Week for the following factors :
 Has crisp and precise details for the task on hand
 Proactive in providing resolutions to issues and has a keen eye on the
quality deliverable
 Very supportive on issues and shoulders well with the team to resolve
issues
 Implemented Dynamic Hierarchy
Assignment: Sanofi-Aventis, France
Role: Reporting Lead Duration: 10 months
Sankar Led the Offshore Reporting Team and was
 Individually involved in the project during the Initial requirement phase majorly on the
Reporting Side.
 Developed tangible skills on crystal reports, a new technology and developed 5
reports and prepared the High and Low Level Design Documents.
 Took ownership and developed tangible skills in multiple areas of data pipeline
including Data Integration, Compensation Calculation and Reporting. Area of
strength - Enterprise Report development, an area in which he has involved in this
engagement using Crystal Reports.
 Was the star of the Month Feb 2010.
Assignment: CareFirst, MaryLand
Role: True Comp Tester Duration: 10 months
Sankar Led the Offshore Reporting Team and was
 Played the role of True Comp Tester. Sankar initially started off with the learning of
Facets and performed end to end testing for the same independently. Worked
directly with the end client and got a sign off for UAT for release 1.0.13.
 As a member of the testing team performed System Testing, UAT Testing and
Regression Testing for nearly 4 releases.
 Have also performed Production Support on a rotation basis.
Certifications:
 Completed Actuate 10
 Completed an internal Health Care Certifications during my tenure in
CareFirst.

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 Facets
Assignment: WellPoint – ICM,US
Role: Report Developer - Actuate Duration: 6 months
Sankar was a part of the Reporting team
 Worked directly with Reporting Lead on compensation statement implementation for
all internal and external brokers for the company's central region of sales.
 Involved in requirements analysis, design, development, testing (including unit
testing, system integration testing and user acceptance testing), deployment and
support of solution.
 Member of Production support team, with responsibilities including report fixes /
enhancements, Data Change Request execution, and other lights-on activities.
 Facilitated successful transition of reporting responsibilities to client upon completion
of support role with formal presentations involving client subject matter experts,
future support team and project management.
Assignment: BCBS - FL IC Management, Florida2
Role: Developer Duration: 9 months
Sankar was a newcomer to the project direct from Greenfield training
 Self-Development / Complete training programs effectively. Develop
technical/industry specialty
 Actuate 7 - Created New Reports for many Releases and worked on its back end
SQL to incorporate the data into the Report. Worked on many report critical issues
and provided fixes
 Informatica Power Center 7.1 ETL -- Involved in ETL developing and Creating the
mappings and transformations using Informatica.
 True Comp Callidus – Sankar worked extensively on True Comp during Production
Support and created new deposits and have a good knowledge on creating rules and
plans in True Comp.
 Production Support – Sankar has simultaneously taken the ownership of Production
Support apart from Reporting in the Project for close to 1 year, delivering Reports,
Payout Spread Sheets, Monthly Tasks and Post Processing Tasks.
 Mercury Quality Center – Sankar has worked on the Test Data Preparation for 3
releases and have a good knowledge about the Tool (Creating Test Rules, Test
Scenarios, Test Plans)

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EDUCATION & Certification
Education
 Bachelor of Engineering Honors on Electronics and Instrumentation from BITS
PILANI, India
Certified in
 Actuate 10
 True Comp Fundamentals 5.x Exam – A
 Callidus Reporting - CRS 5.x Section I Exam
Citizenship: Citizen of India
Mobility: Can travel anywhere In the US of America
Languages: Fluent in English (Reading, Writing and Speaking) /Tamil

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